August2019 •TheRailway Magazine•115
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Wednesday, June 12, running
fromTonbridgeWest Yard to
Eastleigh EastYard.
AN EASTLEIGH EastYard to Hoo
Junction UpYard engineers’
train wasseen passing through
MortlakeonJune 12with
Class 66 No.66760David Gordon
Harrisin charge.
Asimilar train on June 17,
from Hoo Junction UpYard to
Eastleigh EastYard, wasseen at
Brentford, hauledby No.66725
Sunderland.The same locowas
seen again on June 21working
from Eastleigh EastYard to Hoo
Junction UpYard.
MOD trainsreportedincluded
Class 66 No.66708 passing
through Lancasterat 21.30 on
June 12 haulingaCarlisleto
Bicester service. Thefollowing
week,onJune 19, the same
diagramwas hauledby
No.66736.
THE final move of Tube stock
took placeonJune 13 when
Class 20 Nos.20901+20905
top-and-tailed with Class 66
No.66787 onarakefromDerby
Litchurch Laneto West Ruislip.
GBRf-liveried Class 66 No.66731
passed through Lancasterat
23.01 on June 20 with 6C55, a
Tuebrook (Liverpool)to Shap
Quarryemptymineral train.
ASTOCK move on Friday,June
21 from EastleighWorks to
TonbridgeWest Yard wasseen
between Barnes andPutney,
formed of ArlingtonFleet Group
translatorvehicles Nos.64664
and 64707, hauledby Class 66
No.66750BristolPanel Signal
Box.
CLASS 60 No.60087wasseen
working 6E24 Liverpoolto
DraxLoaded Biomass through
StockportonJune 27.ON JUNE 27, Class 66 No.66725
Sunderlandwasseen passing
Mortimer station on an
engineers’train fromScunthorpe
TrentTerminalComplexto
Eastleigh EastYard.AHAMSHalltoS outhampton
WesternDocks container train
wasseen onFriday,June 28
at Oxford station, hauledby
Class 66 No.66742ABP Port of
ImminghamCentenary1912-
2012.GBRf-liveried Class 50s
Nos.50014+50049 passed
through Lancasterat 12.50 on
July 5haulingarakeofblue&
whiteMk2 coaches from Burton
to Polmadie.ON JUNE 21, Class 70 No.70810
wasobservedrunning light
engine fromCarlisleColas Yard
to Crewe.CLASS 70 No.70807wasseen
passing Burnham onThursday,
June 27working lightengine
from Eastleigh EastYard to
DagenhamDock Reception.COLAS Rail-liveried Class 70
No.70815 passed through
Lancasterat 22.08 on June 30
with a‘runs-as-required’
Sundays-only CarlisletoCreweinfrastructuretrain.CLASS 37 No.37669wasobserved
passingThankertonwith the
5Z37/08.50FortWilliam-Carnforth
SteamtownonSaturda y,
June 22, withcoaching stock
Nos.5239+5453+ 6528+9391+
5278+5419 intow.CLASS 86 No.86259wasnoted on
theWCRCyard head-shunt, away
from theoverheads,onJ une 18.DC Rail Freight
CLASS 56 Nos.56103+56091
worked arakeofwagons from
WillesdentoWestburyon
June 24.They were then used
to run lightengineto rescue
Class 59 No.59206, which had
failed whileworking the 07.17
Merehead-Actonstone train,
dragging the train andconsist
back toWestbury. They then
took theirowntrain th rough to
Southampton.Thefollowing day
they movedanemptyrake back
to Westburybefor eagain taking
loadedwagon stoS outhampton,
returningtoWestburyempty
on June 27.Twodayslater they
returned fromSouthamptonto
Chaddesden.Hanson&Hall
CLASS 50 No.50008was
employedtomovecoach
No.12615 fromWembleyto Bristol
BartonHill on July 13.DerbyRTC &
Network Rail
ON SATURDAY,June 1, Class 37No.37025wasseen passing
Barnes stationat the head of
Network Rail train fromDollands
MoorSidingsto DerbyRTC.The
train consisted ofColas Motorail
wagon 96609, trackrecording
coach977986, structure-gauging
coach977985, ultrasonictest
coach999602, andat the rear,
remotedriving car No.9708.HARSCOStoneblowerDR80301
StephenCornishwasseen passing
BrentfordonMonday, June 3,
working fromWoking UpYard
Receptionto BroxbourneDown
Tamper Siding.CLASS 950 track inspection unit
No.950001formeda16.43 Derby
RTC-FermePark vi aToton and
Richmondworking on June 3.It
passedMarket Harborough 150
minutes late,having been delayed
by an incident north ofLeicester.THE 11.46 Hull-HeatonNMT
wastop-and-tailedby Class 43
Nos.43062 and 43014 on June 22.COLAS Rail’s Class 37 No.37254
wasseen on June 27at Stockport
with the structure-gauging
Network Rail testing train from
LongsighttoC reweCS.PLASSER&Theurer ballast
regulatorNo. DR77901was
seen onThursday, June 27
passing Burnhamworking
fromSouthall Isu (signalling &
telecommunications engineer)to
DidcotFuellingPoint.
Plasser&Theurer switch/
crossing tamper No.DR73907was
seen onFriday, June 28 passing
Burnhamworking fromSouthall
IsutoSevernTunnel Junction
Sidings.Finally,switch/crossing
tamper No.DR73918, operatedby BalfourBeatty,was seenon
Sunday, June 30at Barnes,having
worked in fromWoking UpYard
Reception.CLASS 37 No.37402wasseen
propelling inspectioncoach
Caro linesouthbound through
Derbyat1 0.50 on June 28.COLAS Class 37 Nos.37099 and
37521 top-and-tailed an NR track
inspection train standing in the
middleroads of Lincoln station on
June 29.They leftheadingwest at
13.40.Thesametrain wasseen at
Doncasterat 15.00.It leftshortly
afterwards ,heading south.CLASS 73 Nos.73964 and 73962
visited Littlehampton on July 1
with the Network Rail train the- 23TonbridgeYard-Tonbridge
Yard viaBlackfriars,Littlehampton,
BrightonandThreeBridges.Int he
consist were vehicle Nos.6264,
977983, 5981 and 977868.
Ourthanks
THE Railway Magazine’sthanksfor
information goto:Paul Atkinson,
Andrew Ballinger,MikeBechley,
Laurie Bishop,Tim Clarke, Gene
Collins,MikeCooper,Nigel Crisp,
Alan Deans,MichaelDenholm,
CharlesFoss,Steve Frost, David
Gurr,John Harpur,Martin James,
BarryJones ,BarryKnock,Brian
Mason, JohnMason, Sean Morris,
RichardMoxon, George Orriss,
Martin Osman, RogerPhillips,
StuartPigg,AnthonyPritchett,
Mark Reynolds,RDRichardson,
RobertRiddell,Howard Robinson,
Alan Saunders,Peter Sharp,
TerrySmart, Mike Smith, David
Tozer, RodWarrington, Craig
Wellum, ChrisWest and Graham
Whitehead.Colas Class 66 No.66846workstrain 6Z66, the 13.36 Hooton-Ellesmere‘IVA’ vans,fromFordatBridgend on July 8, passing Merseyrail Class 508 No.508139 on the approach
to Hooton station.Thefreight workin gisnotedas an occasional one.DOUG BIRMINGHAM