September 2019 RAIL EXPRESS 81
POWERSCENE
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now‘deadinside’ ,No. 37716took6K05
forward, passing Acton Bridgeovertwo
hourslate.
Twodayslater ,Nos. 37716 and
57003 ranlight from Gresty Bridge
to Norwich andtheType 3teamed
up withclassmate No.37424 on the
short-s et Anglianshuttles with effect
from July15, replacing No. 37419 and
NAMED
56091 DriverWayne Gaskell–The Godfather
66162 Maritime International Five
66302 Endeavour
66428 Carlisle Eden Mind
66747 Made in Sheffield
331106 Proud to be Northern
395018 HornbyVisitor CentreMargate,KentNAMES REMOVED
156441 William Huskisson MPNo. 37421, this locomotivecovering
thediagram untilthe end of July.
The ChestertoCarli sle‘Dalesman’
wasrouted via Shaprather thanthe
Settle&Carlisl elineonits outward
journeyonJuly16, whenType 3s
Nos. 37669+37685 poweredthe
1Z52/07.48Chester-Carlisle asfaras
Carnforth, whereStanier8F No.48151
waswaiting to takeover. The return
journeydid runoverthe S&C withthe
twodiesel sheading light engineto
Preston toreplac ethe stea mloco
that evening.
The samepair handled the
1Z25/07.41Carnforth-Scarborough
as farasYork onJuly 18, while Nos.
37685+37706double-headed both the
1Z45 /08.32York-Carlisle(to H ellifield)
on July23and the ‘ScarboroughSpa
Express’ fromCarnforthtoYork two
days later,successfullyhandling the
return duty on both occasions.
July26found No. 37706 on hire
to Colasto take nine empty timber
wagons fromCarlisleYard to Carnforth
fortyreturning, while No.37685 took
14 coachesand steam locomotives
Nos. 45690Leanderand6201Princess
ElizabethfromCarnforthtoCrewe onthe afternoon ofJuly19. Next daythe
Type 3worked the1Z24/05.30Crewe-
Carlisle to Liverpool Lime Street with
No. 6201 at therear,befor ethe ‘Pacific’
took overwith theType 3‘tailing’ the
train asfarasLostock Hall Junction.
The BranchLineSociety’stour to
Stocksbridge,Hull, KellingleyColliery
andDraxran initiallyasthe 1Z37/06.06
Lancaster-Wakefield Wrenthorpe
SidingsonJuly20, formed of nine
coaches‘top andtailed’by Nos. 37521
and 37669(see alsopage 73).CLASS 47
HAULINGapassenger train on the
national network forthe first time
since December 2014, the privately-
owned No. 47828 double-headed
the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’ from
Carnforth toYork alongwith No. 47832
on July11. Carrying theattractive
InterCity‘Swallo w’ livery,No. 47828
is currently available toWest Coast
Railways, although that run on July11
wasits onlymainline outing during
the month.
The Tyseley-based No.47773was
also restricted to justasingleevening
trip when,onJ uly4,i taccompaniedNAMEGAME
later partnering No. 37407 Blackpool
Towerfrom July23until theend of
themonth.
In SouthWales, No. 37418 handled
the 2F10/07.43Rhymney-Cardiff
Centraland 2R20/17.01returnfrom
the startoft he month untilJuly15,
when theevening dutywastakenover
by ColasRailfreigh texampleClass 56s arerarevisitors to the Grimsbyarea, but on July20Colas example
No. 56302wascaptured approaching Great Coates Sidings No.1 signalboxwith
the 6X80/14.58 Doncaster Up DecoytoUlceb yvia the Immingham&GrimsbyLight
Railway.JonathanLongbottom
DCR ‘Grids’ Nos. 56091+56103 passLeedsMidlandRoad depot
and its line of stored Class 70s on July29, with the 6Z55/12.30
Chaddeston toCarlisle Kingmoor.Duncan McEvoyApair of GBRf ‘Tugs’ Nos. 60085+60056 pass
GreenLane, on theTyne Dock branch, with the
07.30 empty biomass hoppers from Drax on July- OnlyNo. 6008 5was po wering.Martin Cook