Steam; The Chiltern Steam Express 5May07 (complete with a Hoover and bridge mural at Kilburn...)

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5th May 2007

The wonderful sight of GWR 'Hall' 4965 "Rood Ashton Hall" on former Great Central metals. Train details are 08.23 Birmingham Moor Street to Maryebone and 17.03 return.

For me the bonus was 50049 working the ECS as 5Z58 from Marylebone to Wembley. After running round 50049 worked 5Z59 back in to Marylebone, an incredibly rare visitor. Meanwhile "Rood Ashton Hall" worked tender first out of Marylebone light engine on a loop round North West London to back in to Maryelbone tender first to haul the express back to Birmingham.

Well done Chiltern Railways for running the train and big up gen posters on Freightmaster Interactive, without their comments I would have not had a clue about the ECS. Thank you :)

168219, more standard fare for Chiltern's Clubman service to Birmingham. Kilburn on 5May07 Buy Print	Gawd! 50049 Defiance makes a fine sight working 5Z58 ECS to Wembley, at Kilburn with London's high rise skyline in the background, 5May07 Buy Print	50049 Defiance working empty stock back to Marylebone, passing the fine Metropolitan Railway station at Willesden Green, 5May07 Buy Print	50049 Defiance at Marylebone, 5May07!!! Buy Print
Rood Ashton Hall pounds former Great Central metals at Kilburn, near the journeys end, 5May07 Buy Print	4965 with the return leg; 1Z59 1703 Marylebone/Moor Street "Chiltern Steam Express", Kilburn 5May07 Buy Print	Running tender first, 4965 runs light through Willesden Green on its turning manouvre, 5May07 Buy Print	The Metropolitan Railway bridge over Kilburn High Road, but look closely... Buy Print
...and you will see a Metropolitan Railway bridge plate MR16, 7May07 Buy Print	And meanwhile, the adjacent Network Rail structure has an escapee scaling bridge MCJ1/21 Buy Print