The pictures below are taken from a cab ride in D1015 from Banbury to Birmingham whilst working Railtour 6 on December 7th 2002. Many thanks to both EWS and the DTG for facilitating this opportunity.
| D1015 stands at Banbury. |
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| The second mans view, awaiting the road at Banbury. |
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| Although we were following a unit and thus we were heavily checked, some high speeds were possible. Here D1015 has 76 MPH on the clock, is at full power (1,530 RPM) and is accelerating hard. |
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| Running in towards Leamington Spa. |
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| The view of the M40, near Warwick. |
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| Another view of the M40 from D1015. |
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| Checked again we recover from 20MPH, Maybachs at full power again. |
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| Approaching Tyseley, we have a "green" at last. |
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| Slowing down at Bordesley for the turn off the GWR mainline onto the spur to the Camp Hill line. |
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| Passing the former Carrs paints factory on the left. All wizzo bashers will remember the huge fans here as we were nearly always checked at this point. |
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| A clear run into New St, with the Birmingham skyline in the background. |
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