Greater Anglia Class 90s - 90008

Locomotive hauled passenger trains on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Norwich (Thorpe) ended after 169 years without any ceremony on 25th March 2020. This is my tribute to the last generation of loco hauled services which were formed of rakes of eight or nine [toward the end seven or eight] Mk.3 coaches sandwiched between a Class 90 locomotive at the London end and a Driving Van Trailer [DVT] of the 821xx series at the Norwich end of the train. These trains had replaced the previous generation of Great Eastern loco hauled services from 2004. This stock had previously worked on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, originally under British Rail ownership and then with Virgin West Coast after privatisation.

Most of the video is mobile phone footage.

90008

On 21st December 2016 90008 is seen leaving Colchester with a train from Liverpool St to Norwich. The whole train is in Greater Anglia white and grey. The locomotive carries the nameplate "The East Anglian".

Two near identical scenes of 90008 leaving Colchester follow, on 3rd January 2018 and 5th January 2018.