Voyager test train (?) on S.R. Central Div. August 2020.

[C126]

Dear all,

 

Sorry if this has been happening for a while and is mentioned here elsewhere; my visits to RMWeb are not as frequent as ideal.  Tracing an engineers' train, top and tailed with 73s, I overtook on the way to Sussex on Tuesday, 11th Aug., I came across the attached "623R" (Obfuscated): a Voyager unit under Civil Engineers' control.  Does anyone know what these are being run for?  As the railway descends into a Serpell-like network, surely there can not be new services planned, restoring the lovely Sussex-Kensington Olympia-northwards trains, can there?  If there are, may I vote for Eastbourne as a destination, please!  Any info would be much appreciated.  Hope this is of interest to others.  Thanks.

 

3 Bridges Voyager SR 110820.pdf

[Redkiterail]

this is a network rail test train or tamper the timing for 220/221 is just for schedule purpose secondly three bridge voyager md is just for tampers

[C126]

Aaaah; many thanks 'Red Kite Rail'.  Thought it was too good to be true!  Sorry to clutter up the board.  Best wishes to you all.

[Wickham Green too]

Wouldn't a tamper from Eastbourne to Manchester be more comfortable than a Voyager ??!?

[TravisM]

11 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

Wouldn't a tamper from Eastbourne to Manchester be more comfortable than a Voyager ??!?

Smell nicer as well