> Just caught the backend of a train consisting of a set of old liveried
> Virgin coaches ( MK3 ?,) with the driving trailer. tailed with a
> Thunderbird Class 57 going through High Wycombe. Was the leading
> engine also a Class 57 and if so which two were used ? Any more info
> on this ? Was it a scheduled passenger service ? If it is coming back
> a return time through HW would be useful as I would love to shoot some
> phots of it !

> slssfw@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

>> Just caught the backend of a train consisting of a set of old liveried
>> Virgin coaches ( MK3 ?,) with the driving trailer. tailed with a
>> Thunderbird Class 57 going through High Wycombe. Was the leading
>> engine also a Class 57 and if so which two were used ? Any more info
>> on this ? Was it a scheduled passenger service ? If it is coming back
>> a return time through HW would be useful as I would love to shoot some
>> phots of it !

>
> Yes, it's one of the Virgin BlockBuster services. The standby loco-hauled
> set is being used in place of a pair of Class 221 Super-Voyagers.
>
> It does work back later - I'm not sure what time out of Euston but the
> BlockBuster service is hourly, to Coventry and Birmingham International.

>
> Not being a rail map expert, I have no idea how it actually got from there
> to going along the Central Line to Euston. (Feel free to point me at a
> line map.)

> Jack Taylor wrote:

>> slssfw@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>

>>> Just caught the backend of a train consisting of a set of old liveried
>>> Virgin coaches ( MK3 ?,) with the driving trailer. tailed with a

> "Dave Newt" wrote in message
> news:6i32mpFoid5oU1@mid.individual.net...

>> Not being a rail map expert, I have no idea how it actually got from there
>> to going along the Central Line to Euston. (Feel free to point me at a
>> line map.)

>
> This is exactly what you need...
>
> http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/virgin-block-buster.html

> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, Dave Newt wrote:
>

>> Jack Taylor wrote:

>>> slssfw@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>>

>>>> Just caught the backend of a train consisting of a set of old
>>>> liveried Virgin coaches ( MK3 ?,) with the driving trailer. tailed
>>>> with a Thunderbird Class 57 going through High Wycombe.

>>>
>>> Yes, it's one of the Virgin BlockBuster services. The standby
>>> loco-hauled set is being used in place of a pair of Class 221
>>> Super-Voyagers.
>>>
>>> It does work back later - I'm not sure what time out of Euston but
>>> the BlockBuster service is hourly, to Coventry and Birmingham
>>> International.

>>
>> I was one one of those from Crewe, getting into EUS at 1705 last ...