My wife and I were out for our usual Sunday morning walk when I noticed more cars than usual in the car park.
So, being curious as to the reason, I looked over the wall to discover this scene.
A preserved DMU parked up with no sign of any action.
But why all the people?
Butterley railway station.
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Details below jointly supplied by son Andrew and friend Peter Rose.
Class 127 British Railways Derby DMU built in 1959.
Formed of DMBS 51625, TSL 59609 and DMBS 51591.
Stored out of use according to the ‘MRB’ website.
43048 ‘125 Group’ British Rail Crewe built Class 43 HST power car /1.
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This turned up wearing the remains of its ‘East Midland Trains’ livery.
Further investigation when I got home showed that 125 Group (who, I believe, are based at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire) were using its two Class 43 power cars No. 43048 and No. 43159 together with a rake of five coaches to provide a timetabled service from Butterley over the weekend of 2nd & 3rd April 2022.
It is, I understand their intention is to run excursions using the set using Butterley as a base.
Personally, I think that is a wonderful idea and I look forward to be able to support them when they do.
Power(cars) to their collective elbows.
Then with a mighty roar and a burst of exhaust smoke it departed.
43048 ‘125 Group’ British Rail Crewe built Class 43 HST power car /2.
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
43159 ‘125 Group’ British Rail Crewe built Class 43 HST power car /1.
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It’s not everyday that a World Record holder visits Butterley but 43159 together with 43102 holds the World Speed Record for Rail Diesel Traction at a speed 148.5 mph recorded on the East Coast Main Line in November 1987.
The power car wearing the remains of its ‘First Great Western’ livery accelerating away up the slope towards Swanwick Junction.
43159 ‘125 Group’ British Rail Crewe built Class 43 HST power car /2.
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
As the HST disappears into the distance, a look down the yard reveals 141113 ‘British Leyland’ built DMU’ ‘West Yorkshire Metro’ and part of a Class 143 set.
Two HST power cars, a Class 141, and half a Class 143 and we only went out for a walk!!
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