66779 Evening Star at Bamfurlong - 07th December 2024
Today we see her heading north along the west coast main line and through Bamfurlong south of Wigan on the stormy and windy morning of Saturday 7th December 2024.
The class 66 was working the regular Gloucester to Clitheroe cement train. This usually comes from Avonmouth but commonly split at Gloucester.
The official working today
66779 "Evening Star"
6M90 0556 Gloucester N.Y. Gbrf to Clitheroe Castle GB
Passed 1016
Running Ontime
Filmed in Storm Darragh this area had a yellow weather warning for wind.
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Filmed at Bamfurlong
Filmed Saturday 7th December 2024
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A GBRF Class 66 locomotive, numbered 66779 and named "Evening Star," was filmed operating on the West Coast Main Line near Bamfurlong, south of Wigan. The locomotive was working a regular service from Gloucester to Clitheroe, carrying cement. The video was recorded during Storm Darragh, with strong winds affecting the area. The locomotive is liveried in Brunswick green, commemorating the last steam locomotive of the same name built by Swindon Works for British Railways in 1960.
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