Stewart Watt posted this to the ModMod mailing list.
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.
