Odd train on Shadwell viaduct
 

Sitting at home this lunchtime gazing out over a rainswept Shadwell
I've
noted a very odd train on what must be the C2C lines to/from
Fenchurch
Street.

It appears to be roughly (I've only caught the back end of it) 5 all
yellow
coaches topped and tailed with a diesel loco. The coaches are of at
least 2
different types, with what might be a couple of MkIIIs with everything
else
older.

Any ideas what it might be?

Odd train on Shadwell viaduct
 

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 06:06:01 -0800 (PST)
Someone Somewhere wrote:
Any ideas what it might be?

Sounds like a track recording train.

B2003

Odd train on Shadwell viaduct
 

Someone Somewhere wrote:

Sitting at home this lunchtime gazing out over a rainswept Shadwell
I've
noted a very odd train on what must be the C2C lines to/from
Fenchurch
Street.

It appears to be roughly (I've only caught the back end of it) 5 all
yellow
coaches topped and tailed with a diesel loco. The coaches are of at
least 2
different types, with what might be a couple of MkIIIs with everything
else
older.

Any ideas what it might be?


Network Rail measurement train used for structure gauging?

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphot...314557&nseq=10
http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlar...2.php?id=27166

Odd train on Shadwell viaduct
 

On Jan 6, 2:23*pm, Bruce wrote:
Someone Somewhere wrote:
Sitting at home this lunchtime gazing out over a rainswept Shadwell
I've
noted a very odd train on what must be the C2C lines to/from
Fenchurch
Street.

It appears to be roughly (I've only caught the back end of it) 5 all
yellow
coaches topped and tailed with a diesel loco. *The coaches are of at
least 2
different types, with what might be a couple of MkIIIs with everything
else
older.

Any ideas what it might be?

Network Rail measurement train used for structure gauging?

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphot...2.php?id=27166

Close - following Boltars reply I did a bit of a google search and
came up with this:
http://www.old-dalby.com/images/3725...l%202-8-07.jpg

Which is much closer (even if that is just the fact that the locos
weren't yellow here!)

Thanks both.

Odd train on Shadwell viaduct
 

"Someone Somewhere" wrote in message
...

It appears to be roughly (I've only caught the back end of it) 5 all
yellow
coaches topped and tailed with a diesel loco. The coaches are of at
least 2
different types, with what might be a couple of MkIIIs with everything
else
older.

Any ideas what it might be?

Probably looked something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fa7JUrPJ34

MaxB