Skaleby West

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Another strange visitor to Skaleby West today. The Midland Pullman liveried HST is seen crossing the river bridge on the final approach to the station. I am sure the station master will not be impressed about the latest diesel invasion! In truth this is another staged photo for the shop's social media pages.

 There was some genuine running undertaken today with Bachmann 56xx on the passenger stock. A six wheeled tank wagon, painted in the Coca-Cola livery was a less than prototypical addition to the train. This was added for the purpose of filming ahead of the next shop update video for Youtube. Unfortunately, the driver (me) was not paying attention and the loco ran off the end of the layout and sustained a damaged buffer beam. The loco was from my own collection so fortunately no shop stock was damaged. Hopefully I can undertake a repair so the loco can return to service.