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Mainline and other recordings
Only a few at the moment, but maybe more will follow.
Peppercorn A1 Class Pacific 60163 'Tornado'
at speed passing Oakle Street, south of Gloucester, with the Severnsider
Railtour on 30th May 2009. 0:52, 1.0MB
60163 on Sapperton Bank with
The Thames Tornado Railtour, 1Z28, Gloucester to London Victoria
7th November 2009.
60163 approaches from the right from St Mary's Crossing, Chalford, whistling as
it passes. The final whistle in the left distance marks the entry to Sapperton
Tunnel. 1:23. 1.6MB
The Great Western Incursion Railtour, 1Z43
charging through the Chalford Valley towards Frampton Mansell, on Sapperton Bank,
on Saturday 20th February 2010. Tyseley to Didcot outbound behind GWR Hall
Class 4-6-0 No 4965 Rood Ashton Hall + GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 No 5043 Earl of
Mount Edgecumbe. 1:18, 1.5MB
In the late afternoon,
the return journey from Didcot back to Tyseley approaches Sapperton Tunnel
from Kemble. A glider tug from the nearby Kemble Airfield flies overhead as the
train approaches. 0:32, 0.6MB
The Midland Tornado Railtour, 1Z71, on the
Lickey Incline, with BR Standard Class 8P 2-6-4 71000 'Duke of Gloucester'
standing in for 60163 between Gloucester and London Waterloo. The whistle sounds
on the ascent from Bromsgrove and again opposite the recording position about
halfway up the incline. 71000 sounds to be assisted by the Class 60 diesel
hanging on the back. A multiple unit descends the bank from Barnt Green as the
sound of 71000 fades into the background.
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