Did the London to Brighton run today (but forgot the camera
).
First up was 60040 in "Territorial Army" logo at Crawley New Yard for the aggregate load. She does look very smart, but I still prefer Rhubarb & Custard.
The other thing was 1x 10 car and 1x 5 car SWT Plastic Pigs (Class 442) down in Montpelier Sidings. I don't know if they were hauled down there or driven down, but the 10 car had a totally smashed Driver's window which would have been difficult to see out of.
My understanding is that these are due to form the new 'Gatwick Express' service when it is taken in house by the Southern Railway and extended to run London Victoria-Gatwick-Brighton. I guess that in the coming months they'll be busy teaching the fitters how to fix them and doing traction conversion courses for traincrew.
Apologies if this has been reported before, but I don't get down there as often as I'd like.
HTH,
Foggy.