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Hi, I’m after info on what is operating the 6Z53 Portbury to Margam this afternoon, It’ll be on the way very soon as the line block has just been lifted! This ran in earlier as 6Z55 if that helps. Thank you.

Thank you. I did go down to see it.

Hi all, could anyone tell me what is working 6z55/53 Portbury-Margam steel today? It’s on the way back down the gorge now.

More likely due to things in Ireland piping down a bit, since parties involved there were considered more likely to target the royal family than Islamist terrorists.

You could probably sell it to somewhere in the USA for a tidy sum, though they’d probably be expecting something a bit more ornate than maroon MK3s!

6Z55/53 Margam-Portbury steel did run today, in the hands of 66654. Had 25 wagons, more than the typical 19-21, but not a full load, a few at the front had two slabs, the remainder appeared to just have one.

Aren’t there a couple of coaches from the HST prototype set in the royal rake? Perhaps the 125 group would be keen on getting those, although probably heavily modified.

DB were using their 66/6s frequently on the Portbury steel flows (after regular locos struggled getting up the hill out of the docks in the Autumn). GBRF are now running that flow, so perhaps one where a stronger 66 would allow more wagons or be more resilient once the leaves start coming down...

Please could someone let me know what worked this test train service? 2Q20 1815 Fareham to Bristol Kingsland Road Thank you. Edit: looks like it’s one of the 153 units.

There’s paths in for Tues-Fri this week for a DB steel train into Portbury, 6Z55 & 6Z53 return. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R02500/2025-07-01/detailed Curious why that’s running and not GBRF, although in the past they’ve both run trains on the same day so possible GBRF will...

Wouldn’t mind picking it up from Bath but doesn’t seem like much of a tour for the money starting there!

Surprised the class 99 doesn’t appear to be on the list, surely they’d want to show that off a bit? Also wouldn’t be too long a trip for a convoy of classes 01-07 from Peak Rail!

Pretty sure that was the location of the temporary Leeds Whitehall station used when the main station was undergoing a major refurbishment circa 2001.

It doesn’t matter how they perform locally as people’s perception of reform will be based on the information they consume, and as that is more curated than ever by very wealthy tax-averse libertarians (mostly the US tech sort, but a few home grown hedge fund weirdos too) then the views/agendas...

If the straits close it will block the shipment of LPG, pushing up gas prices too which have been the cause of high electricity prices over the last couple of years (due to most of the supply coming from Russia previously, and also how industry pricing is structured). So AC would remain expensive.