The Railway Magazine – August 2019

Furnes sVale,ont he LNWRroutetoBuxton, seldomfeatures in the

pages ofTheRM.OnJune 28, Northern Class 150 Nos.150139 and

150205 approach the station past the signalboxwith the 12.24

ManchesterPiccadilly-Buxtontrain.MICK TINDALL

Delays introducing the Mk5 sleepercarriagesonroutesto Fort

William, Invernes sand Aberdeen meanstesting of the newstock is

still on-going.OnJune 26, Class 73/9 Nos.73966 and 73969 stop

brieflyat Pi tlochryonasouthboundtest train.JOSEPHMURPHY

Class 90 Nos.90045 and 90016 headtowardsCarnforth, passingYealand,with one of the lastFreightliner-operated 4M27 intermodals

fromCoatbridgeto Daventry on June 27. DRS Class 88stook over thisworkin gfromJuly 1.AIDEN FORT

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through, alsoto the south, and
No.195114 movedtoplatform 6
and went out again southbound
withoutwaiting.Finally,at1 5.26,
No.195116 arrived from the south
in to platform 1.

ON JUNE 22, the 1N75/07.18
Saltburn-Newcastle,normally the
preserve of Class 156 units,was
unusually in the charge of
Class 158 No.158816,coupledto
Class 156 No.156463.

THE new Class 195 and 331
units enteredpassenger service
on July 1.SevenClass 195 units
wereemployedonservices from
Manchester Airporttob oth
Liverpool andCumbria, whiletwo
Class 331 unitswereemployedon
the Leeds to Doncaster diagram.

THE first visit ofaClass 397to
Scotland occurred onTuesday,
June 25 when Nos.397003 and
397004 worked the 3Q53/07.49
Crew eHolding Sidings-Glasgow
Centra ltest train and thereturn
3Q54/12.06 GlasgowCentral-
Crew e.

DELIVERIES of new Class 802 units
fromDollandsMoor to Eastleigh
found Nos.802209+802210 being
movedbyClass 66 No.66731 on
July 3.

AFURTHER new Class 397 –
No.397005–was top-and-tailed
by Class 37 No.37800 and Class 57
No.57305 fromPortbury to Crewe
on July 5.

THE 12.08Pembroke-Swansea
serviceonJune 9was forme dof
units Nos.153320 and 150242.
It rantot ime, arrivingat 14.10.

CLASS 175 No.175007collided
with afallen tree between Little
Mill and Nant-y-derry, north of
Pontypool,while working the
15.14 departurefromNewport
(11.13Milfor dHaven-Manchester
Piccadilly) on Sunday, June 23.
It was4½hours beforethe
passengersreached Abergavenny,
and ittook until after21.00 hours
beforeservices startedrunning
again.Thefollowing day,
aClass 150replaced the Class 175
on the 08.30 Llandudno-Cardiff,
keeping time throughout.

MARKETHarbo rough station
reopenedto traffic on June1after
aseven-dayblockadeto realign
the track andconnectthe new
platformsto the railway.

AFATALITYnorth of Leicester
during the afternoon of June 1
caused the inevitable disruption.
Some trainswerecancelled while
otherswerediver tedvia Oakham
and Corby. CrossCountryservices
werealso affec ted.

SING LE HST powercar No .43484

towed Class 41 No.41001 from

Etches Park to NevilleHill on

June 29.

CLASS 710 No.710257was

top-and-tailedby Nos.57305 and

47815 from Old DalbytoWillesden

on June 18.Afurther move, using

the same locomotives,involved

taking No.710256 from Old Dalby

to DerbyonJune 20.

THE three Class 717 units stored

atWestWorthing have allnow

movedback to Hornsey,with

No.717010 moving on June 16,

No.717013 on June 23 and

No.717023 on July 14.

ASTHE Class 717s entertraffic,so

the Class 313s arerapidly being

dispatched forscrap to either Sims

Metals,NewportorCFBooths,

Rotherham.

Departuresto Sims were :on

June 17, Nos.313018+313046,

hauledby Class 57 No.57312;

Nos.313028+313043, also

behind No.57312, on June

24; Class 37 No.37884 moved

Nos.313036+313054 on July 1,

Nos.313025+313053 on July 8

and Nos.313038+313040

on July 15.MovedtoBooths

wereNos.313062+313063

by No.37884 on June 20 and

Nos.313042+313058 on July 17

FURTHER Class 345 units arebeing

movedtoWorksopforsafestorage

unti lthey areabletoenter service.

No.345056wasmoved by Class 37

No.37611 on June 12; No.345057

by No.37601 from Old Oak

Common on June 17,followedby

No.345058twodayslater; and

No.345061 on July 3.

NEWClass 345No. 345064was

towedfromDerbytoOld Dalb yby

Class 37 No.37611 on July 11.This

wasfollowedonJuly 17 when the

same locomoved No.345004, also

fromDerbytoOld Dalby

SOUTHERN’SClass 313 units

continue to cause problems.

No.No313219 failedat Bognor

Regis withaseries of faults prior

to working the 05.29 serviceto

Littlehampton on June 17. Class

377 No.377108wassubstituted

forthe completediagram

working ,leaving No.313219to go

to BrightonDepot forattention.

On June 19, the 06.21 Brighton-

Littlehampton and 07.22return

working and the 08.21 Brighton-

WestWorthing and 09.12return

workingwereallcancelled

because of unit No.313211 failing

at BrightonDepot withanumber

of faults with the unit.

CelebrityNo. 313201wasin

trouble againat Littlehampton

on June 27 priorto working the

10.55 servicetoPortsmouth

when faults materialised on the

unit.Itw as takento Brighton

Depot forrepairs,with No.313217

continuing the diagram, working

the 13.10 servicetoBognor Regis.

ON JUNE 24,anumber of

cancellations occurred on the

Marshlink line when Class 171

No.171202 failedat Hastings.

TOTALmayhem broughtmassive

cancellationsto the Southern

network on June 29 because

of signalling and points failures

in theGatwick area. No service

fromLondonVictoria reached

Littlehamptonall af ternoon and

evening,leaving passengersto

maketheir ownway back.

THE 12.44 Littlehampton-London

Victoria servicefailed,with aseries

of faults on Class 377 No.377426

causing the servicetobecancelled

on July 1. Having spentall

afternoon in the station itwas

eventually draggedto Brighton

Depot forattentionby No.377129.

REFURBISHED Class 442 units

finallyre-entered traffic on June

10 when Nos.442410+442420

worked the 06.28Southampton

Airport-Waterloo and 18.48

return. Laterint he month,

Nos.442403+442408were

reportedonthe diagram. Unlike

ever yother SWRunit,the unit

numbers areonthe cab side,

rather than on the end of the unit.

SWR Class 159 No.159015was

observedheading fromSalisbu ry

to Loughborough on June 12,

travelling viaYeovil Junction,

Honiton, Exeter andTauntonto

reach its destination.Afurther

move wasreportedonJuly 5

when No.159002 alsowent from

SalisburytoL oughborough.

ONCE again theSaturday’s-only

servicefromWaterloo to

CorfeCastle failedto reach its

destination on July 6. On this

occasion, the train only got as

far asSalisbu ry,whereitwas

terminatedbecause of an issue

with the train crew’. This is the

thirdoccasion thisyear,including

the dayoft he RMTstrike, thatthe

servicehas failedto reach Corfe

Castle.

TheRoyalTrain

THE RoyalTrain, conveying

HMTheQueen,wasobserved

heading northbound as it passed

Thankertonat08.11 onFriday,

June 28.It wastop-and-tailedby

Class 67 Nos.67006 and 67005.

CharterTrains

APAIR of Class 67s–Nos.67001

and 67012–top-and-tailed a

charterfromGlenrothes with

ThorntontoLlandudno Junction

on Saturday, June 15.