More freight action as DBS 66151 passes by with 4E99 1511 Mossend to Tees Dock Intermodal. The Edinburgh Suburban lines are predominately used by freight traffic, and even that is much reduced from say ten years ago. It used to have a passenger service with circular trains calling at some half a dozen stations all now long closed.
This is the train I specifically wanted to see, the second of the two ECS loco hauled ScotRail trains operated by DRS. Prominent on the skyline is the tall spire of Marchmont St Giles' Parish Church.
The six mkII coach train is hauled by brand new type 5 68006 "Daring" and is on hire to ScotRail and is in their Saltire livery, as is the coaches.
