The Railway Magazine – August 2019

114•TheRailway Magazine•August2019

Operations Track Record

CLASS 37 No.37685 moveda
rake of sevencoaches fromFort
Williamto Ca rnforthSteamtown
on Saturday, June 15. On the
same day, Class 37 Nos.37402
and 37419 double-headedaFort
Williamto Crew ediagram.

WESTCoast Railwaysstarted its
‘Scarborough Spa Express’2019
season on June 20 with‘Jubilee’
4-6-0 No.45699Galateaon the
outward leg.

THREE charters reportedon
June 22 included Class 57
Nos.57314 and 57316,top-and-
tailing the 1Z54/06.02Manchester
Victoria-Edinburgh service;
Class 68 Nos.68016 and 68003
top-and-tailing the 04.25 Norwich-
Edinburgh service; and Class 90
No.90035working the 07.15
King’s Cross-Berwick.

THE 6S31/05.43Mossend-Tees
Dock in termodal appearedto be
exclusively in the hands of
Class 66 No.66109TeesportExpress
throughoutMayand most of June.

AN UNUSUALworking on June 10
found Class 66 No.66091work a
Bescot-Seaforth-Wolverhampton
steel train.

OBSERVATIONS of theregular
Bescot-Boston-Wolverhampton
steel trains hauledby Class 60s
included No.60100 on June 14;
No.60039, June 21; and No.60044,
June 28 and July 8.

CLASS 60s arebecoming more
common inwest London.
OnWednesday, June 19, an
unidentified Class 60wasnoted
stabledat ActonTerminal

Complex. Nos.60001 and 60024

wereboth noted stabledat the

samecomplexonThursday, June

27 and 29.

THE infrequently run 14.15Tees

Yard-CarlisleYard ligh tengine

movementproduced solitary

Class 66 No.66095 on June 22.

CLASS 59/2s arecurrentlyforsale

with DBC. No .59201wasseen at

Bedwyn onThursday, June 27 on

an ActonTerminalComplexto

Whatley Quarrytrain of empties,

with No.59203at Burnham on

aMereheadQuarrytoActon

TerminalComplexstone train

running.

THE 4A69 fromTheale ARCto

ActonTerminal Complexwas seen

at Reading station onThursday,

June 27, headedby Class 66

No.66158. No.66107, in DBred,

had takenover thisworking the

next day.

Also onThursday, June 27, the

6M20 fromWhatley Quarryto

Churchyard Sidingswashauled by

No.66013, inEWSliver y.

Thefollowing day, the same

train washeadedby No.66144,

also inEWSliver y.

THETheale Murco to Robeston

Sidings oil tankerswasseen

passing DidcotParkwaybehind

Class 60 No.60092 onFriday,June

28.Thefollowing day, No.60007

wasseen passing Cholsey on the

Theale Murco toMargamTerminal

Complexoil tanks

ARARITYonJune 28found

Class 66 No.66023 takingacoal

train from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

collie ry to Immingham.

THE 01.55Mossend-Seaforth

(Liverpool), hauledby DB Cargo

Class 66 No.66099, passed

through Lancaster on July5at

13.20; itwasamere440 minutes

late!

AN UNUSUALworking in

south-west London occurred

onWednesday, June 12 when

Class 66 No.66505wasseen

passing throughMortlakewith

asinglecontainer flatworking

from AshfordCrane Depot to

Southampton MCT.

THE 18.14Coatbridge-Crewe

Freightliner train is stillaregular

doubled-headed Class 86

diagram. On June 20, this train

passed southbound through

Lancasterat 21.44, hauledby

Nos.86609+86627.

THE 11.18Leeds Midland Road-

Millerhill lightengine movement

on June 22 produced Class 66

Nos.66597+66503TheRailway

Magazine+66538+66413Lest We

Forget.

GREY-liveried,consecutively

numbered Class 90s Nos.90047+

90048 passed northbound

through Lancasterat 15.57 on

June 20 with the 12.18 Daventry-

CoatbridgeFreightliner train.

MANY Class 70s arestored

at Leeds Midland Road,but

sightings of activemembers

have included No.70008, seenat

Stourton(Leeds) container depot

on the morning of June 26, and

No.70015 passingWoodlesford

towards Stourton on June 27 on

the 02.15Southampton-Leeds

working.

OBSERVATIONS ofcont ainer trains

at the end of June produced

No.66544at Burnham on June 27,

headingaWentloogto Felixsto we

North FLTservic e. Afew minutes

later, still at Burnham, No.66555

wasseen onaSouthampton MCT-

Garston FLTcontainer train.

Returningto Burnham onFriday,

June 28, No.66519wasont he

Wentloog to Felixsto we North FLT

service.This wasfollowedbyClass

70 No.70020 on theSouthampton

MCTtoGarston FLTdiagram,

whichwasapparentlyterminated

at Crew eBasford Hall SSN.

Class 66 Nos.66416 and

66537 double-headed the 4M65

fromSouthampton MCTto

LawleyStreet FL T, seen passing

Banburystation onFriday, June

28. On the same day, Class 70
    No. 70008worked the 4M98 from
    Southampton MCTtoGarston FLT,
    seen passingOxford station.

ASELLAFIELDto Crew eCoal

Yard flask move wasnotedat

Warrington BankQuay on

June1with Class 88s Nos.88004

and 88007 in charge.

CLASS 57 Nos.57002 and

57003 movedtwo refurbished

snowploughs fromDerbyto

Willesden on June 11, taking

themforwardtoTonbridgethe

following day.

THE dailyCarlisleto Crewe

engineers’train thatpasses

sou th throughEuxton

late-afternoon had Nos. 66431,

37401 and 66424 on the front

on Monday, June 17.

DRS Class 66 No.66304was

entering the east end ofTees

Yard withaNRballast train

around 11.00 onJune 27.

KEEPING therouteopen, Class 68

Nos.68003+68016worked a

singlewagonfromCrew eto

Sizewell and back on June 29.

SATURDAY,June 29, sawthe

first arrival of the newTilbury

to Grangemouth via Daventry

container service, just 24

minutes late.The trainranas

4Z40 andwashauledby

Class 88 No.88001.

CLASS 57 No.57002moved

asingle new flaskwagonfrom

WHDavis (Shirebrook)toCrewe

on July 2.

TRAINS observedfrom

Mountfield Sidingsto

SouthamptonWesternDocks

produced Class 66 No.66715at

the headat Barnes station on

Saturday, June 1. OnThursday,

June6the train, headedby

No.66717, stoppedat Barnes

stationforacrewchange.

On Monday, June 17, the train

wasseen at Mortlake, with

No.66717 again in charge.

OBSERVATIONSat Harwich

ParkestonQuay included Class

66 No.66784 on June 3,

noted in the field sidings

withasingleWabtec-serviced

condensate tank forthe Harwich

refinery, having arrived from

Peterborough in the early hours.

Aweek later, it wasthe turn

of No.66707to do the same

trip.Itw as stillat Harwich

ParkestonQuay yard on June 10,

its in tended diagramtohandle

the condensate tanks from

the HarwichrefinerytoNorth

Walsham having been cancelled

again.

Thefollowing dayitl eft

HarwichParkestonQuay yard

at 10.36 light-engineto North

Walsham, bringing back loaded

condensate tanksto the Harwich

refinerythe same afternoon.

Nos.66721 from Hams Hall

and 66776 fromDoncaster iPort

werenotedinHarwichParkeston

Quay yard on June 16 with

stop -overIntermodals from the

early hours of the previous day.

Thefollowingweekend(June

23) found Nos.66709, 66715 and

66728 on site.

It wasnoted the HOBC units

returnedto HarwichParkeston

Quay yard in twoovernight

consignments fromWhitemoor

yard on June 25 and 26 June

afteralmostfour weeks away.

TRAIN 6M79 from Angerstein

WharftoB ardonHill wasseen

passing Barnes headedby

Class 66 No.66768 on both

Tuesday, June4andThursday,

June 6.

CLASS 73 No.73119Borough

ofEastleighpassed through

Mortlakelight engine on

Hanson&Hall Class 50 No.50008Thundererwasusedfor the

movementfromChil tern’s Wembleydepot on July 13.This followed

asplit in thetoilet tank of ChilternRailway TSONo. 12615 and

the needforarepairat sister DB groupcompanyArrivaTrainCare,

Bristol BartonHill.JAMIE SQUIBBS

TheGBRailfreightpairing of Nos.66732GBRf TheFirstDecadeand
66745 ModernRailways TheFirst 50Yearswork the15.49 Garston-
Dagenham Dock pastWeaver Junction on June 3.Thereverse
working carries newFordvehiclesfordistribution.TOMMCATEE

DB Schenker Class 60 No.60044Dowlowapproaches Barnetbyon

June 21 with the 14.30 HumberOilRefinery-KingsburyOil Sidings.

STEPHEN GINN

Class 92 Nos.92044 and 92032top-and-tail with SPAwagons

Nos. 460705 and 460477 near Nashenden, closeto the Medway

Viaduct, on June 30.Thewagonsform amaintenancetrain which

sucks dust off tunnelwalls.Previously,the trainhas beenworked

by Eurotunnel Krupps diesel locomotives.JAMIE SQUIBBS