Rail Express – September 2019

80 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019

POWERSCENE David Rapson

CLASS20

WITH Type 4No. 47773 unavailable,

it fell to LondonTransport-liveried

EE Type 1No. 20142 to accompany

‘Jubilee’ No. 45596Bahamason the

1Z54/07.45 Dorridge-Herefordtour

on July20. The specialwasrouted

via BirminghamSnowHill, Worceste r,

Lydney, the Severn Tunnel and

Abergavenny, reaching Herefordon

time at 12.40 with No.20142 at the

rear.The return jo urney, however, went

northtoShrewsburybefor eheadingto

Wolverhampton,Bescotand Tyseley.

Aweek later onJuly 27, the

samelocomotivesventur ed further

afiel dwiththe 07.45 Dorridge-York

via Burton,Toton, Chesterfieldand

Moorthorpe, taking in Doncaster onthe

homewardtrip (see also page 75).

CLASS33

‘CROMPTON’ No. 33207featured in the

regular threeTuesda ytrips between

Waterloo andWindsor&EtonRiverside

on July 16, each train being hauled

by Stanier ‘Black 5’ No. 44871.

Departures fromWaterloowere

booked at 08.05, 11.18 and 14.09,

with the diesel locomotivereturning

theempty coachesand steam engine

readyfor the next trip. Intheevening

the diesel‘tailed’the 1Z84/19.25

Waterloo-Chertsey ‘SurreyHills’

specialvia Richmond beforethe train

returned toLondon asthe1Z85/20.49

from Chertseyvia Woking, Guildford

andRedhill.

No.33207wasalsoutilised on

both July23and 30 whenthetrips

were hauledby former LNER B1

No.61306. Previously, on July4,t he

samecombinationhad left Liverpool

Street station withacharterfor

Norwich,later completingaround trip

between Norwich and Dereham on the

Mid-Norfolk Railway.

CLASS37

NO longer ‘on decision’, large-logo

blue No.37401MaryQueenofScots

returnedtoCarlisle from Crewe

with four other locomotives on the

6C02/004.19 Basford Hall-Carlisle

Yard on July19, passing Oxenholme

at 07.20.Three days late r, however,

No. 37401waspartofaquartet of

loco motivesatop the 6K05/12.46

CarlisleYard-BasfordHall, passing

Applebyat14.00 with alengthy train

of almostthreedozenwagons i ntow.

No. 37716wastravelling south

beh ind No. 68002Intrepidon the

6K05onJuly9,when theClass 68

suffered afailu re at Horrocksford

Junction, Clitheroe.Eventuallythe

Type 3was able to shuntthe failure

offthe trai nand, with theClass 68

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