Rail Adventure 43465 & 43484 Haul The Railvac - 12th March 2024

Rail Adventure Group HST power cars 43465 and 43484 make an unusual sight heading north along the west coast main line and through Springs Branch south of Wigan at lunchtime on Tuesday 12th March 2024. The class 43s were taking the railvac machine from Crewe to Bo'ness town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

In April 2021 the company bought existing UK TOC Hanson & Hall Rail Services, subsequently renamed RailAdventure UK Ltd. As well as taking over the existing fleet of a Class 31 and a Class 50, the company purchased eight Class 43 power cars from Angel Trains, six for dual-car operational use, and two for spare parts. It has been involved in hauling the Class 777, Class 555 and Class 802 rolling stock to the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal on their delivery runs.

Class 43 on a freight type run certainly makes for a very weird but cool sight. A livery hard to describe too.


An article about the Railvac and her purposes
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/suck-it-and-see/

A link to Rail Adventure Group website
https://www.railadventure.de/?lang=en


The official working today 6X44 1152 Crewe Bas Hall S.S.N. to Bo'ness Jn Exchange Sdg 1236 18 early

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Filmed at Springs Branch
Filmed Tuesday 12th March 2024


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