The End of an era

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Subject: Last Virgin XC Loco Hauled into Padd
Hi all,
Just a quick note to say that last night was the last ever booked Virgin loco hauled service into Paddington (1V97) which then went to form the 1M02 0600 Padd-Manchester. And I had the distinction of despatching on its journey into Padd!!
Regards
Stewart

There's an August 1968 feel about all this. Throughout the summer, the Virgin Cross-Country locomotive-hauled workings have been going over to shiny new Voyagers, one by one. Soon it will all be history and memories.

Posted by TimHall at August 17, 2002 02:16 PM

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