Above: An East Midlands HST,led by powercar No.43046, takes a
diversionaryrouteand passes Oakham on July 14 with the 09.43
Leeds-StPancras.Ith ad beenre-rou tedbecause of engineering
work on theMidland Main Line between Leicester andKettering.
CHRIS MILNER
Right: Vivara il Class 230 No.230004 arrivesat Stewartb ywith
the 15.55Bedford-BletchleyonJuly 3. Reports suggest the units
arestill going throughasettling-in period,with severaldoor and
genset faults.ROBIN STEWARTSMITH
Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 Nos.37419Carl Haviland1954-2012, in BR InterCit yliver y, and large logo No.37407BlackpoolTower
top-and-tail the 12.36 Norwich-GreatYarmouth into the seaside resortonJuly 3.Therewereindications theloco-hauled operation may
cease by the end of July.AUBREYEVANS
112•TheRailway Magazine•August2019
Operations Track Record
JUSTtwofurther new Class 385
units have been delivered in
recent weeks,both hauled from
NewtonAycliffebyClass 67
No.67001. No.385041 made
the journey north on June 20,
followedbyNo. 385042 on
July 17.
HST vehicle No.42263was
deliveredto Wabtec Kilmarnock
works by low-loader lorryon
Thursday, June 27.
THE sixthrefurbished HST
set has arrivedat Perth,
with Nos.43176+42276+
42576+42055+ 40612+43127
working the 5S03/03.13
DoncasterWabtec-Perth on
Tuesday, July 2.
On the same day,
Nos.43124+43037ranfrom
BrushLoughboroughto
Haymarket,their placeat
Loughborough being takenby
Nos.43136+43179, whichwent
south on July 5.
AFURTHERtwosets of 365 units
–Nos.365519+365529–were
movedsouthto CreweSouthby
Class 37 No.37800 on July 10.
TEAL blue-liveried Class 92
No.92038 passed through
Lancaster lightengineat 14.12 on
June 10 enroutefromCarlisleto
Crew e, running 170 minutes early
from its scheduled path.
No.92038 appeared again on
July 1when it passed through
Lancaster,running lightwith
No.92033 enroutefromCarlisle
to Preston. Laterthatafternoon,
No.92038 headed backto Ca rlisle
lightengine fromPreston.FL CLASS 66 No.66590was
observedpassingThankerton
onWednesday, June 19 while
working the 6X05/03.34Tees
Dock-Polmadie with three new
Mk5 sleepercoaches.THE 1B01/19.50FortWilliam-
LondonEuston departedon
time on the evening of June 28
behind Class 73 No.73971, which
then failed between Corrou rand
Tulloch. Rescue in theform ofNo.73966wasdispatched from
Polmadie.Bythe time the assisting
locomotivehad arrived,being
attached andrescue completed,
the trainwas659 minutes (10
hours and 59 minutes) late at
Dalmuir,wherethe trainwas
terminated.ONTHURSDAY,June 27, the
13.05/1V57 CrossCountry‘Voyager’
fromManchesterPiccadilly
to ExeterSt Davids made an
unscheduled stopat Bromsgrove
twohours late because of a
warning lightont he driver’s
instrumentpanel,indicating a
mechanicalfailure.
Thewell-loaded,five-car train,
formed of Class 221 No.221128,
wasconsideredafailu re andall
the passengers hadto alightand
wait forthe next train to the South
West –the 09.00/1V58 Glasgow-
Penzanceservic ewhich, likeall
CrossCountry‘Voyager’and HST
125 trains,was not scheduledto
stop between Birmingham New
Street and Cheltenham Spa.Thepick-up trainconsisted of
four coaches,meaning not all the
failed train’s passengerscould
be ac commodated, with many
havingto wait forthe next passing
SouthWest service. ThePenzance
train wastimedto leave at 15.40,
but because of havingto find
passenger spacelet alone seats,it
left17minutes late.
Those preventedfromboarding
wereeventually ableto travel
forwardonthe 14.05/1V59 from
ManchesterPiccadillyto Paignton
which, likethe previousfour-
coach train, made an unscheduled
stop and departedat16.10, thus
leaving the platform clear of
frustrated tr avellers.
Credit is dueto the crew of the
failed train on suchahot da yin
thatthey provided wate rfor their
former passengers and allowed
manytouse one of the train’s
toilets.The failed train eventually
left Bromsgrove at 16.10 as 5D56
en routetoCentralRivers.OBSERVATIONS of services
between ExeterSt Davids and
BristolTempleMeadsbetween
June 17 and July5produced
arange ofresults,with someservices on time but many
running late foravarie ty of
reason s, oftenbeing delayedby
other services.ASIGNALLING problem onFriday,
June 28 north ofOxford station
caused disruptionto CrossCountry
services.The 16.27Manchester
Piccadill y-Bournemouth,formed
of Class 220 No.220020,wasfull
and standing on arrival seven
minutes late at Ban burystation.
Thetrain wasthen heldat signals
betweenWolver cote Junction
andOxfor dNorth Junction while
waiting forpreceding trainsto
clear the platformat Oxford.
Arrivalat Oxford station was
eventually 33 minutes late.CLASS 158 units have movedon
to BishopAucklandto Saltburn
passengerdutiesfollowing the
introduction of the summer
timetable.
On May25, the servicewas
handledby No.158845, supported
by Class 156 No.156496 and
Class 142 Nos.142065/68/86.ACORRESPONDENT had an
eventful outcome to ajourney on
the 15.26Leeds-Skipton on June
12.Theservic e, formed of Class
333 No.333010,washeld outside
Skipton station because of the
failure of aunit in the station.It
turnedout the unit–No. 333013
–had failed on the points crossing
therebyblocking all lines in and
out of the station.Afte rawhile it
wasdecidedto at tempt to clear
the blockage by No.333010
pushing the failed unit back into
platform 1.This pr oved to be
difficult and not fully successful.
Eventually,No. 333013was
pushed partway into platform 1
and passengers taken off.
It wasthen decidedto escort
passengers off No.333010 into the
nearbyTescocar park as the unit
could notreach the platform, this
wasaround 1½ hours laterthan
scheduledat around 17.45.In the
meantimeroutes in and out of the
stationwereblocked.
It has beenreportedstaff
both on the train and those
helping passengers off actedina
professional and friendly manner,
keeping travellers updated, with
safet yensured throughout the
process,and information about
farereclaimsgiven.THE 13.21Leeds-Doncaster,with
Class 321 No.321903, departed
eightminutes late on June 18.It
lost another 12 minutesat South
Emsall when unableto transmit
the powertot he traction motors,
the train arrivingat Doncaster 20
minutes late.THE new Class 195 and 331 units
areattractingatte ntion. No.
195113, out on familiarisation,
wasseen waiting forapathoff the
Furness lineat Ca rnforthat 09.52
on June 18.During acouple of
hoursat Preston onWednesday,
June 19, unit No.195121was
observedatplatfor m7,whereit
remainedfortwo hours or more,
departing southward at 14.40.
During that time new electric
three-car set No.331006 passed