GBRf Nos. 47727Caisteal Dhun Eideannand 47749City of Truromove another set of redundant HST stock from Laira. The pair were running around 90 minutes behind
schedule because of the failure of a GWR IET near Totnes, while working a Penzance to Paddington service. Power car No. 43056 was also attached at the rear of the train.
The pair of immaculate locos speed through Teignmouth on their way to Long Marston on June 3.STEPHEN GINN
DRS Class 66 Nos. 66302 and 66303 top-and-tail the 05.56 Carlisle-Georgemas nuclear flask working
past Bardrill, between Blackford and Gleneagles, on May 15.IAN LOTHIANJuly 2019 •The Railway Magazine•115Have you got a story for us? Email: [email protected]
- Nos. 66749 and 66744Crossrail
- were with an empty ballast
consist and loaded uplifted
concrete sleepers and track
from engineering work around
Stowmarket.
GBRf has bought a further
three Class 66s from Europe,
the first being No. 66790, which
was towed from Immingham
to Longport by No. 66741 on
June 3.
MONDAY, May 5 saw Colas Class
70 Nos. 70803 and 70815 head
north through Euxton, just
before lunch, double headed
light engine, a rare sight in the
area.
THE 11.13 Doncaster Up Decoy-
Millerhill engineers’train on
May 7 was worked by Class 70
No. 70809. On May 14, there
was a light engine movement
of Class 70 No. 70814+Class 56
Nos. 56113+56090.
THE Carlisle to Chirk logs on
May 9 and 10 were in the hands
of Colas Class 56 Nos. 56094 and
56096, seen over CefnViaduct
at 19.15.
THE Preston dock to Lindsey oil
refinery empty bitumen tanks
passed Barnetby on May 14
headed by Class 56 Nos. 56087
and 56105
COLAS Rail-liveried Class 70
No. 70814 passed through
Lancaster at 10.15 light engine
on June 1 en route from Carlisle
to Crewe.WCR-liveried Class 37 No. 37668
passed through Lancaster at
15.40 on May 7 with a Southall to
Carnforth e.c.s. train made up of
maroon-liveried Mk1 coaches.BLUE-liveried Class 31 No. 31128
passed through Lancaster at 10.50
on June 6 en route from Carnforth
to Burton-on-Trent. Class 37
No. 37668 passed through
Lancaster at 21.25 on June 9 with
a four-coach maroon Mk1 e.c.s.
train from Crewe to Carnforth.ROG
ROG Class 47 No. 47815 formed
a 10.50 Ely Papworth-Leicester
depot light engine move on
May 16. On the same day, BR
Green Class 47 No. 47830 formed
a 12.34 Leicester-Peterborough
light engine move continuing
immediately light on the 14.40
Peterborough-Crewe Basford Hall.Derby RTC &
Network Rail
A NETWORK Rail yellow
inspection train was seen arriving
from Ferme Park into platform 13
at London Liverpool Street on
Wednesday, May 1, where it stood
for a few minutes before leaving
for Cambridge.
Leaving Liverpool Street the
train was headed by Class 37
No. 37099Merl Evans 1947-2016,
with No. D6757/37057 at the
rear of the train with a consist
of generator No. 6261; track
recording coach No. 999550;
special vehicle No. 1256; and staffcoach No. 977969. Later in the day
it was seen at Harwich at 16.05.CLASS 43 Nos. 43062 and 43013
topped-and-tailed the 08.32
Derby RTC-Heaton NMT on May 4.COLAS Rail Class 67 Nos. 67023
Stellaand67027Charlottetop-
and-tailed NR’s 18.48 Derby RTC-
Reading Depot test train on
May 7.The same pair were seen
again on May 18 working the
08.32 Derby RTC-Heaton test train.CLASS 70 No. 70817 on a
northbound network rail train
provided a rare sighting atYork
on May 20.NETWORK Rail’s Loram C44 Rail
GrindingTrain Nos. DR79401-
DR79404 passed through Market
Harborough on the evening of
May 13 forming the 4Q02/20.20
Wellingborough-Derby.ELECTRO-DIESELS Nos. 73965 and
73963 were at Littlehampton on
May 14 while working the 10.37
Eastleigh-Eastleigh via Portsmouth
Harbour and Littlehampton
Network Rail recording train.ARLINGTON-liveried EMU
translator vehicles Nos. 68501
and 68504 were at Leicester on
May 16.COLAS Rail Class 37 No. 37521 plus
DBSO No. 9703 top-and-tailed
the 3Z15/10.00 Derby RTC-Ferme
Park test train at Peterborough on
May 16.COLAS Rail Class 37 No. 37116
with the Network Rail test train,
including DBSO No. 9702, was
seen passing Leicester on the
morning of May 20, heading from
Derby RTC toTonbridgeWestYard.COLAS Rail-liveried Class 70No. 70815 was seen passing
through Lancaster at 21.50 on
June 9 with a SuO Carlisle to
Crewe Network Rail infrastructure
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