Steam on East West Rail! 34028 'Eddystone' with "The Varsity Explorer" - 25/10/2025 скачать в хорошем качестве

Steam on East West Rail! 34028 'Eddystone' with "The Varsity Explorer" - 25/10/2025

After a gap of more than 60 years, mainline steam would return to Britain's 'newest' railway, the former Varsity Line between Bicester & Bletchley which is one section of the route from Oxford to Cambridge which closed in 1968 as a through route and has been reopened in recent times as part of East West Rail, with the section from Oxford to Bletchley complete and the route to Bedford (on which is now the Marston Vale Line) still in situe Since its re-opening in late 2024 a number of charters have used the route but on Saturday 25th Ocotber 2025 Railway Touring Company's "The Varsity Explorer" would be billed as the first mainline steam to traverse the new route, running from Slough to Chester behind West Country no 34028 'Eddystone' on only its second mainline tour since its return in September Just 1 locaton today sees 'Eddystone' at Verney Road nr Winslow picking up speed on the 1in149 climb having had a water stop at Claydon, the cows in the field infront certainly don't seem phased at all by the passage of the train! 34028 will spend a week at Carnforth before returning south next Saturday on another trip over East West Rail, stay tuned!