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Train clarification required (Holyhead)?

Today - thursday 26th June - at approx 20.30, i saw a train heading towards Abergele comprised of a class 66 ( i think) 4 coaches in Arriva blue, and a dead electric loco at the rear. What train was this. The Irish Mail with the dead loco and portion split at Crewe? Or some other.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    The train you saw would be the Cardiff - Holyhead service [sponsored by the Welsh Agency and often referred to as the WAG Express] which consists of a Class 67 locomotive (usually one from 67001 / 02 / 03) hauling 4 coaches and a Driving Van Trailer. The latter vehicle is a specially configured vehicle with driving controls that allows it to lead a train and take power from the locomotive which will then be at the rear of the consist.

  • 7 years ago

    Probably the class 67 which runs a train between Cardiff and Holyhead with a driving van trailer on the back.

  • 7 years ago

    As Alex says above. Arriva Trains Wales has also recently leased a second set of carriages and locomotives

  • 7 years ago

    The Irish Mail is now a thing of history.

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