Rail Express – September 2019

82 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019

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DB Cargored Type 5No. 66065 headsarakeofsimilarly-coloured stone hoppers at Wistow, Leicestershire, on June 27.Dave Smith

steam locomotiveNo. 45596 on

the 1Z19/17.42 Birmingham Moor

Street-WorcesterShrub Hill and

1Z20/19.30return.

LocomotiveServices’ duo of

Nos. 47501and47853handle dthe

1Z47 /06.01Chester-Windsor&Eton

Riverside outwardvia Wr exham and

Shrewsbury on July13, while the

followingweekend (July20) found

No. 47501Craftsmanat therear of the

‘Wel sh Marches’ (1Z10/08.16 Crewe-

Cardiff)–atrain hauledby BR Standard

‘Pacific’ No. 70000Britannia.Proving its

reliability,No. 47501wasbackonthe

main line on July27, this time ‘in multi’

with No. 47810 on the 1Z47/05.10

Crewe-Paignton.

AnotherType 4toearn its corn

of late isWest Coast’sNo. 47802. On

July6,itaccompanied‘Merchant Navy’

No. 35018British India Lineon the

1Z82/08.46London Victoria-Weymouth,

hauling the 16.35return asfaras

Southampton wherethe trainreversed.

Three days later found the ‘47’ in use

on theWaterloo-Windsor ‘shuttles’

with B1 No. 61306Mayflower,and the

same twolocomotives handled the

16.43Eastleigh-SouthendEast asfaras

Hanwell Bridge Loop on July18before

Nos. 47245 and 47802 took the train

through to its destination. July21found

No. 47802working between Plymouth

and Parwith the 08.48 charter from

Bristol, havingreplaced the steam

locomotiveatPlymouthbeforeitmade

areturn trip toWeymouth on July25,

this time with A4 ‘Pacific’ No. 60009.

Forthe 08.00 Bristol-Kingswear

service on July28, NetworkRail

decreed that No. 47802 should pilot

A4 No. 60009 in both directions as a

precaution against the steam engine

setting firetothe ever-increasing

lineside undergrowth.

Nos. 47746 and 47854 ‘top and

tailed’aCarli sle to Chester trip on

July13, returningasthe 1Z82/16.39

from Chester via the Settle &

Carlisle line.

Rail Operations Group’sType 4s

Nos. 47813JackFrostand47815

Lost Boys68-88took twotranslator

vehicles fromLeicester to Merseyside

on July23, in preparationforthe

movement of newNorthern Class 331

electric units across thePennines. The

following evening, the pair handled the

5Q17/17.15 AllertonTMD-Skiptonwith

three-car set No. 331002, and on

July26passed throughManchester

Victoria station late in theeveningwith

Engineeringwork at Acton GrangeJunction (Cheshire)

sawWest CoastMain Line trafficdiverted from its usual

route, and led to the 6E26 Knowsley-Wilton ‘Binliner’ being

poweredbyaClass 60 instead of the usual Class 66 as it

wasdivertedvia Manchester Victoria and the climb from

thereuptoMiles Platting. No. 60092 is pictured on 6E26

on theYork avoiding line on July23.Duncan McEvoy

After the open dayatDRS’Carlisle

Kingmoor depot on July20, (see

Head line News), the 6K05Carlisle

to Cr ewe engineers’ train on

July22was used to transport

Nos. 37401+68022+66511 back

south–the train being pictured at

WilpshirenearBlack burn with

No. 6627 in charge.Chris Newton