From Happy Valley to Prestbury Park

13th March 2008

A selection of the former CTB 11M Olympians on racecourse specials in Cheltenham. Happy Valley is the largest and most famous racecourse in Hong Kong and the CTB fleet would have passed there many, many times during their HK careers. Prestbury Park is the racecourse in Cheltenham, home of one of the UK's biggest racing festivals.

13601 BIW4977 (ex CTB 135, ER9371) at the 2008 festival meeting. 13601 is seen in Pitville St waiting to work a town centre-racecourse shuttle.	13601 BIW4977 (ex CTB 135, ER9371) at the 2008 meeting. 13601 is captured leaving the racecourse after dropping off passengers.	13609 J701HMY (ex CTB 166, EW8656) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13609 waits in Queens Road before pulling into the station for another load of race-goers.	13611 OSK784 (ex CTB 170, EX258) at the 2008 festival meeting. 13611 didn't perform in Devon in this livery, but is captured loading up at the railway station on a racecourse bound run.
13620 H723KDY (ex CTB 134, ER6587) at the 2008 festival meeting. 13620 is seen leaving the racecourse after dropping off passengers.	13620 H723KDY (ex CTB 134, ER6587) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13620 rests in Queens Road prior to carrying another capacity load to Prestbury Park.	13627 HIL8410 (ex CTB 156, ET623) at the 2008 festival meeting. 13627 is captured in the railway station car park prior to moving ahead to load up passengers.	13629 H495LNA (ex CTB 147, ET1848) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13629 waits in Queens Road before pulling into the railway station forecourt.
13631 H492LNA (ex CTB 151, ET1989) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13631 loads up passengers at the railway station after the arrival of a busy train full of race-goers.	13634 H764KDY (ex CTB 155, ET1163) at the 2008 festival meeting. 13634 is seen in the station car park waiting the next trip to the racecourse.	13634 H764KDY (ex CTB 155, ET1163) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13634 waits patiently to work another shuttle to the racecourse.	13635 H735KDY (ex CTB 142, ET1026) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13635 waits on the railway station forecourt prior to working another shuttle to the racecourse.
13646 H463EJR (ex CTB 153, ET2205) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13646 loads up with passengers at the railway station.	13652 H462EJR (ex CTB 162, ET1746) at the 2006 festival meeting. 13652 waits in the queue in Queens Road prior to another run to the racecourse.