Greater Anglia Class 90s - 90006

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.

90006

On 10th August 2013, 90006 is seen leaving Colchester with a train from Liverpool St to Norwich. The locomotive and train were in "ONE" livery at this time with silver painted buffers, the locomotive also carried two different nameplates on each side. On the side seen here the nameplate was "Modern Railways Magazine" and on the other side the nameplate was dedicated to "Roger Ford". Both sides had a circular crest [for want of a better word] with "Modern Railways Magazine 50 Years 1962 - 2012".

Two days later on 12th August 2013, I had a day out with 90006. The loco is seen arriving at Stratford with a train from Liverpool St to Norwich. The interior of a Mk.3 coach is seen, with another Class 90 set passing outside the window, followed by a Freightliner train. At Colchester the same train is seen departing for Norwich. Later the same same day 90006 is seen leaving Stratford with a train from Norwich to Liverpool St.

On 23rd August 2013, 90006 is seen departing Stratford with a train from Norwich to Liverpool St.

On 20th December 2013, 90006 is seen arriving at Colchester with a train from Norwich to Liverpool St.

On 15th March 2014, 90006 is seen departing Diss with a train from Liverpool St to Norwich. The original "GreaterAnglia" logo had been removed at some point in the recent past and dust had affixed itself to the glue residue used to hold the logo on to the paintwork.

Nearly six years later on 12th February 2020, 90006 is seen arriving at Colchester wearing the white/grey Greater Anglia livery, but without the "greateranglia" logos which were removed in preparation for the end of loco hauled services. In the background 90003 is seen.

A week later on 20th February 2020, 90006 is leaving Colchester with a train from Liverpool St to Norwich.