It's Monday July 6th, and were are volunteer passengers on a train scheduled to test the COVID-19 segregation procedures. We turn up at sheringham at 10:30 for two round trips to Holt, which will pass through Weybourne without stopping.
After queuing outside the station, we sanitise our hands and introduce ourselves at the ticket office to a masked General Manager, who ticks us off on the list and assigns us to a compartment.
The train is hauled by the B12, with Driver Mark and Fireman Joe on the footplate who are happy to be up and running again. The B12 hauls the beautiful Quad-Art set, a Mk1 suburban and a Mk1 BSK. The B12 as had the attentions of a cleaning crew the day before and she is looking gorgeous:
I've never been on the Quad-Arts before. They are a Gresley-designed articulated set (four bodies sharing five bogies) designed to suit the twists and turns of suburban railways.
Holt station is closed, but we can get out and stretch our legs while Mark & Joe run around the train:
Max comes along on the second trip. He loves trains and this is a very happy time for both of us.
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