Trains at Tamworth Station 14/02/20 (inc. GWR HST power cars, 57312, 66747, 86401)

This video shows the result of a long day (08:30-17:30) spent at Tamworth station, which is a split-level station that lies on both the WCML and the CrossCountry Mainline. During the day, we see a variety of CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast and LNWR passenger services, alongside a staggering 34 freight/special workings, as detailed below with the time they appear in the video:
00:06 - GBRf 66740 on the 03:10 Felixstowe North - Trafford Park Euroterminal working.
01:06 - Freightliner 66546 on the 02:50 Felixstowe North FLT - Garston FLT
02:48 - Colas Track Machine DR 73929 on the 08:57 Nuneaton Civil Engineers - Lichfield Trent Valley CE Sidings
03:03 - Freightliner 66515 on the 06:08 Leeds FLT - Southampton MCT
04:03 - DB Schenker 66122 on the 08:59 Crewe Basford Hall - Mountsorrel Sidings
04:53 - DB Schenker 66024 on the 01:04 Dollands Moor Sidings - Ditton Foundry Lane
07:14 - Freightliner 66414 & 70006 on the 09:21 Crewe Basford Hall - Southampton MCT
08:01 - Freightliner 86628 leads a classmate through the lower level on the 05:00 Trafford Park FLT - Felixstowe North FLT
08:42 - GBRf 66787 on the 05:48 Southampton West Docks - Doncaster iPort
09:28 - DRS 66421 on the 06:35 South Bank Tees Dock - Daventry DRS 'Tesco' service
10:07 - DB Schenker 66110 on the 09:17 Trafford Park Euroterminal - Southampton West Docks
11:05 - DRS 88006 is overtaken by an AWC pendolino as it passes through the lower level on the 05:48 Mossend Down Yard - Daventry IRFT
11:45 - Royal Mail 325002 on the 11:20 Crewe TMD - Willesden PRDC empty-stock working
11:54 - GBRf 66767 on the 11:10 Bescot Yard - Toton North Yard departmental working
12:33 - An unidentified DRS Class 88 on the 12:16 Daventry IRFT - Mossend Down Yard
13:01 - DB Schenker 66015 on the 11:04 Kingsbury Oil Sidings - Humber Oil Refinery empty tanks
13:30 - DB Schenker 66056 on the 12:39 Burton West Yard - Cardiff Tidal T.C
14:15 - DB Schenker 66116 on the 07:47 Margam T.C - Tees Yard
14:39 - Freightliner 70011 on the 09:19 Hope (Earles Sidings) - Walsall Freight Terminal
15:11 - DB Schenker 60019 on the late-running 07:15 Lindsey Oil Refinery - Kingsbury Oil Sidings
16:02 - DB Schenker 66068 on the 12:43 Walsall Freight Terminal - Dowlow Briggs Sidings
16:41 - AC Locomotive Group's 86401 (Caledonian Sleeper livery) on the 11:15 Wembley IC Depot - Carnforth Steamtown
17:10 - Freightliner 66568 on the 08:01 Felixstowe North FLT - Crewe Basford Hall, whilst DB Schenker 66050 passes in the opposite direction with the 06:06 Mossend Euroterminal - Daventry IRFT
17:57 - GWR HST powercars 43088 + 43160 on the 08:55 Laira T&RSMD - Doncaster Works Wabtec
18:38 - GBRf 66747 (NWT livery) on the 10:18 Scunthorpe Trent T.C - Eastleigh East Yard
19:36 - DB Schenker 66155 on the 06:29 Southampton West Docks - Masborough F.D
20:05 - A Colas Rail track machine on the 13:39 Rugby D.E.D - Lichfield North Jn
20:33 - Freightliner 66513 on the 09:12 Felixstowe North FLT - Trafford Park FLT
21:16 - DB Schenker 60001 on the 10:02 Wolverhampton Steel Terminal - Masborough F.D
21:54 - Rail Operations Group 57312 hauls an Inspection saloon on the 15:16 Tyseley TMD - Butterley (M.R.C), which was used earlier in the day for a private stakeholder charter to Round Oak Steel Terminal in conjunction with proposals for an ultra-light rail service between Stourbridge Junction and Brierley Hill
22:09 - Freightliner 66544 on the 09:25 Southampton MCT - Garston FLT
22:41 - Freightliner 66549 on the 12:18 Leeds FLT - Southampton MCT
23:48 - A Royal Mail Class 325 speeds through on the 14:39 Crewe TMD (E) - Northampton
24:00 - GBRf 66740 on the 14:18 Trafford Park Euroterminal - Felixstowe North
24:43 - Freightliner 66556 on the 13:00 Southampton MCT - Trafford Park FLT
25:25 - Freightliner 66587 (ONE livery) on the 14:03 Ditton FL - Felixstowe North FLT
25:56 - Freightliner 66507 on the 09:32 Felixstowe North FLT - Ditton FLT

[@Wirralspotter]

Brilliant video once again! I saw 86401 as well at Winsford

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thank you for watching!

[@ehg319]

Incredible!!

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thank you!

[@antman09ful1]

Enjoyed your video Andrew, you can always get a cross section of traffic at Tamworth.

[@ACETrainsUK]

Thanks Mike, I agree, Tamworth is fantastic for variety and having two for the price of one! Regards, Andrew

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London has now got night tubes

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Hi !

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