Rail Express – September 2019

84 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019

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Correct to July25, 2019

Allocations

08757 WQ/WQBARe-registered

43002 LA/EFPC-HQ/SCEL

60020 HQ/WQAA-TO/WCBT

66001 WBAR-WBAE

66041 WBAE-WBAR

66070 WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAT

66104 WBBE-WBBT

66107 WBAR-WBBT

66108 TO/WBAE-WQ/WQAA

66114 WBBE-WBBT

66130 WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAR

66181 TO/WBAR-WQ/WQAA

66194 WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAR

66791 HQ/MBDL Newlyregistered

66997 GROG-MBDL

66998 GROG-MBDL

67012 WAAC-WAWC

67025 WQBA-WQAA

68022 KM/XHTP-LO/TPEX

68024 KM/XHTP-LO/TPEX

90019 WQ/WQAA-TO/WEDC

90028 WQ/WQAA-CE/WEDC

90039 CE/WEDC-WQ/WQAA

90040 CE/WEAC-WQ/WQAA

92006 HQ/GBET-WB/GBSL

ForSale

59201-06, 60006/50/60/81/86

Sold

BarryTourist Railway: 08503

Avon ValleyRailway:08663, 09015

Stored/stopped locations

Crewe DMD: 37667

Crewe ETD:90039/40

Ely: 43002

Long Marston:43078/91

Neville Hill: 41001

Toton: 6002 9, 66108/81

Operational

08757, 60020/65, 66024, 66194,

92006

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DoncasterUpDecoy-MillerhillYard,

atrain thatcan producevarious

combin ations of motivepower.

Nos. 56105+56096had charge on

July1,boundforthe pr eviously

mentionedwork at Queen Street, while

Nos. 56113+56049were re ported

atop 6S31onJuly9and thesame

pair had No.70811forcompany

sevendayslater.ByJuly23, ho wever,

No. 56113wasworkingalone witha

solitarywagon.

CLASS 57

HAVING previously coveredjustasingle

passengerduty this year,No. 57001

accompaniedNo. 47832 on the

1Z32/06.02Leicester-Carlisle charter

on July27, the pairworkin gasfar

as Hellifield before handingoverto

‘Jubilee’No. 45690. Both diesels

thenranlight toYork tocollect the

return workin g(1Z33/15.38Carlis le-

Leicester).The next morningNo. 57001

took twocoachesfrom this charter’s

set fromLeicester to BurtonWetmore

Sidings, wheretheywereused to

strengthen the1Z50/09.50 Burton-

Stratford-upon-Avonspecial. No. 57001

laterreturned lightengin etorejoinNo.

47832 towork an empty stock duty to

Carnforth. July 30 found No. 57001

back in action ‘t op andtailing’with

No. 57601Windsor Castleonthe

‘Dalesman’ betw eenYork, Wakefield,

Leedsand Hellifield.

Twoother57/0s have been

reported atwork, with No. 57002

(XHCK) haulingasingleflask wagon

as the 6Z57/14.40 Shirebrook(W H

Davi s) to CreweCLS on July2and then

haulingthree spoil wagons forming

the6G94/12.22 BasfordHall-Bescot

threedayslater.Meanwhile onJuly 18,

No. 57003 movedDVT No.82133 from

CardiffCanton toNorwich CrownPoint

as 5Z38 (Swindon at 11.07).

Nos. 57314 and 57316reached

Stratford-upon-Avon during the month,

arriving thereonJuly6with atrain

fromWakefieldKirkgate, while the

latter locowaspairedwith No. 57601

on the‘NorthernBelle’(July13) from

CardiffCentral toWeymouth. That

evening, Nos.57316 and 57601 took

the emptycoachesforstablingat

Birmingham Internationalbefore

returning to the Dorsetcoast the

following day‘top andtaili ng’the

1Z14/09.18 Coventry-Weymouth.

The ‘Belle’waspartl ysteam-hauled

by No. 60103Flying Scotsmanon

July20, ‘tailed’by No. 57316,on the

1Z28/13.56Carnforth-C rewe as far

as Prestonwher ethe A3 Pacific was

substitutedby No.57314.

CLASS60

AN engineering blockadeatActon

Gran ge Junction, justsouth of

Warrington, commenced at 02.20on

July20, leading to majordiversions

of passenger and freight trafficfor

aperiod of twoweeks.The waste

trains from Knowsley(near Kirkby on

Merseyside) to Wilton have normally

been in the hands of Class 66ssince

theybegan running, withonlya

handful of occasionswhen Class60s

were used. From July 19, however,

Nos. 60039 and60092beca me a

regularfeatureonthe morning (6E26)

andevening (6E16)departuresover

the routebetween Kirkb yand Wigan

Wallgate prior to theendofJuly.

Another addition to the GBRf fleet of Class 66s, No. 66791

(the former Swedis hBeaconRail T66404) is pictured at

Crewe behind No. 66786 on July29, workingtoLongport as

the 0M70/10.57 from Hams Hall.Martin Turner

On hiretoDCR,No. 60096Impetus

(GBTG) passedStevenageat20.15 on

July4atthe head of the 6Z60/17.14

Willesden-Chaddesden, and next day

formed the6Z61/13.38Chaddesden-

Maltby Colliery hauling thesamerather

disreputable JNAs.No. 60096was

later recorded atop the6Z46/13.35

Barnetby- WillesdenonJuly9,before

beingpartofaquartetofl ocomotives

includingclassmateNo. 60056

heading fromTotontoDoncaster on

July 17. Since then,No.60096 spent

muchofthe rest of July on light engine

driver trainingwork i nthe south-east.

CLASS 66

ANOTHER setof coachesfor the

RhymneyValley passengerservices

ranasthe 5Z32/07.14 Burton

Wetmore-CardiffCantonviaChepstow

on July 9, hauledby No. 66100–one

of some51 members oftheclass to

presentlysport DBCargored livery.

Thesamelocothen ‘top andtailed’

the1Z62/07.37Euston-BuxtonUK

Railtours’excursiononJuly13with

the similarly painted No. 66107,

theoutward journey beingrouted

viaWilmslo wand thenManchester

Victoriabeforethe pairreturnedsouth

throughMobberleyand theMiddlewich

Chord(see alsopage73).

Next day, No. 66165wasattached

to PathfinderTours’ ‘PembrokeCoast

Express’ charter atCarmarthen and

‘taile d’ steamlocomotiveNo. 60163

Tornadoto itsdestination on the

1Z20/09.09Bristol TempleMeads-

Tenby.

On July16, No. 66221hauled

‘RoyalMail’ EMUNo. 325013 through

Uttoxeter forming the5Z25/15.07

StokeMarcroft–Crewe IEMD.

The fiveColas RailfreightClass

66s (Nos. 6684 6to6 6850 )are usually

to befound in th esouthofEngland,