Rail Express – September 2019

September 2019 RAIL EXPRESS 83

POWERSCENE

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EMU No. 331109 boundforDoncaster
West Yard.
On July19, Nos.47813and
5730 5had charge of the5Q32/08.55
Portbury-Manchester International TPE
stock move (withEMUNo. 397006)
whennoted atCheltenha msoonafter
midday, albeitrunningalmost an hour
late .5Q32eventually terminated
at Cr ewe.

CLASS 50
AGBRailf reight staffcharteron July6
had ‘Hoovers’Nos. 50007+50049 in
charge as th e1Z50/07.1 5Motherwell-
Scarborough andreturn. Thefollowing
daythe pair poweredthe 10.05
Motherwell-BirminghamNewStreet
(also1Z50), heading south via Berwick-
on-Tweedand York.
No.50008Thundererwasgiven a
runout on July23, takingarailvacuum
machin eeastasthe 6X50/10.10
Leicester-Whitemoor.Having
successfullycompleted that job,
No. 50008 ‘top and tailed’with
No. 67002 on the 1Z08/07.57 Derby-
Carlisle Branch LineSociety tour

via Thirsk and HexhamonJuly27;

Thunderer’sfirstuse onamain- line

pass engertrain since November 23,

1991.The homewardjourney was

routedoverthe Settle &Carli sle line to

Leedsthence Doncaster,Sheffieldand

back to Derbyarrivin gthereat21.22.

CLASS56

BOTH DCR‘Grids’Nos.56091and

56103 handledpassengertrains

duringtheEast Lancashi re Railway’s

gala weekendonJuly4-6.Neith er

locomotivesaw muchfurther activity

untilJuly29when theydouble-headed

19 emptyKEA/JNA hoppers as the

6Z55/12.30Chaddesden-Carlisle

Kingmooroverthe Settle&Carli sleline,

leaving Settle Junction at 16.40.

Engineeringwork at Glasgow

Quee nStreet stationbrought members

of the class into the mainstat ion at

the beginning of the month, possibly

forthe very firsttime.For example,

Nos. 56094and 56302 arrivedaround

01.00 on July2with the6K40/23.53

from MillerhillYard,and similar trains

ranoneachofthe followingthree

SPECTRUM

LOCOMOTIVES

BR Green:08737 (D3905)

Caledonian Sleeper: 92006

DBCargored: 66077

Maritime blue: 66162

Newell &Wright Container Services:

66747

ScotRailInterCity:43037, 43124

UNITS

Azuma:800203/04

Northern:150130, 150273, 155344,

156441, 158867, 158905, 333014

Pendolinorevised:390134/35/36

Pride: 700155

Renatus: 321330

SouthWesternRailway: 159017

TransportforWales:158828/32,

175002

White with green doors:

350104/08/15/23

COACHES

Blue: 6181

GWRgreen: 48115

Pullman: 3362

ScotRailInterCity: 4061 2, 42055,

42276, 42576

nightswithNos.56105 and56096 in

charge of 6K41 on July 3. The latter

pai rwerenotedagain on July5and

July18.

No. 56098 (GBGD)returnedtoPeak

Forest early on July5,f ollowingavisit

to Leicester depot. The previous day

the Class 56 had partnered No. 66727

on the4Z27/12.55HotchleyHill-

Middlesbrough between Humberstone

Road andDoncaster beforebeing

attached behindNo. 66722 that

evening togo forwar dfromHexthorpe

on the6M43/20.14 Selby(Potter

Grou p)-PeakForest, where No. 56098

rejoined classmate No.56081 on

shunting duties at the quarry.

The ColasRailfreightexamples

have continued to makesporadic

appe arance sonthe 6S31/09.43