86 RAIL EXPRESSSeptember 2019
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BESIDES those credited elsewhere,
this issue has been made possibleby
the contributions of thefollowing
readers, to whom the editor is most
grateful:Stewart Armstrong, Joel
Coulson, Alexander Cromarty,Brian
Dobbs, Steve Donald, Simon Howard,
Brad Joyce, Gordon Kirkby, Stuart
Kirk by,Mick Langton, Chris Newton,
Graham Nuttall,Keith Partlow,
Chris Playfair,Colin Pottle, Karen
Richardson, Steve Sien kiewicz, Jamie
Squibbs, Tim Squires, Gary Stringer,
Steve Stubbs, JackTaylor,Mick
Tindall,Martin Turner,and manymore.73951 and 73952 took an ultrasonic
test train from Derby RTC (Loram)
to Neville Hill during theevening of
July30, while Nos.73964 and73965
handled the1Q69/09.40Tonbridge-
DerbyonJuly20passing Bedford
at 18.15. They returnedtwodays
laterwith TrackRecording Coach
No. 999550inthe formationand the
sametest set,between Nos. 73962
and73964,formed the1Q75/11.23
Tonbridge-Brighton viaBlackfriars and
Littlehamptonon July29.
Meanwhile, No. 73961 spent half of
the month underrepair at Eastleighas
did No. 73963 at Brush,Loughborough
whereita rrived on July16.CLASS 86
VETERAN No. 86259LesRoss/PeterPanundertook charterwork overboth the
West andEast Coastmainlines during
July, starting out on July13with the
1Z86/07.10 Euston-Carlisle, which it
hauled toCarnforthprior to handing
overtos team motivepowerint he
shape of ‘Jubilee’ No. 45690Leander.
Later,the AC electricranlight to Preston
to collect thereturn service, whichwas
then heavily delayedwhile police tried
to apprehendatrespasser nearLeyland.
On July20, No. 86259 took the
1Z50/08.16King’s Cross-Carlisle asfar
as Doncaster,where PacificNo. 60163
Tornadowaswaiting to ta ke the
trainforward. Afterwards,No. 86259
ranlight to Newcastle and hauled
the lastleg of the tour (1Z54/19.22
Newcastle-King’s Cross) back to
London,reach ed nineminute searly.CLASS 88
THE ActonGrangeJunctionblockade
resultedin Class 88 locomotives being
regularlyseenbetween Golborne
Junction, Eccles andWilmslowas
container trainsbetween Daventry and
Mossendwere diverted thatway for
twoweeksstarting on July20. Pioneer
No. 88001was oftenrecorded with
the 4S44/12.13Daventry-Mossend
during thefirstweek of diversions,
with No.88004takin goveronJuly27.
OtherClass88s to benote dwere
Nos. 88006/7/8/9/10.
The 6D43/07.31Crewe CLS-Valley
flask train andits afternoonreturn saw
pair sofClass88s at the helm on half a
dozenoccasionduring July, withNos. 88003+88010inaction on July29,
twodaysprior to the pair handling the
6C51/12.15 Sellafield-Heysham.CLASS90
DURINGthe last 11days of Ju ly when
the railway south of WarringtonBank
Quay wasclosed, theRoyalMail
Terminal to thenorth of thestati on
wasservedbythe 1M44/16.18
from Shieldmuirextendedto
WillesdenPRDC.
1M44wasformed of three Class
325 electric units hauledby aClass 90
locomotive whic h, once the train had
been dealt with atWarrington RMTand
the locomotivehad run round the sets,
took theroute north again to Winwick
Junction thence viaEarlestown and
Eccles to Wilmslowand Cr ewe.
The northbound1S96/16.05
WillesdenPRDC-Shieldmuir didnot call
at Warringtonand,havingtraversed
ChatMoss, took the curve from
ParksideEast Ju nctionto Golborne
Junction toreachthe West Coast
Main Line. Untilthe end of July, the two
serviceswere alte rnatelypoweredby
Nos. 90018 and 90019.
The Caledo nian Sleeperswere
also affectedby the ActonGrange
work,with the 1M16/20.45 Inverness-
Euston Mk.3 sleepers travelling south
viaChorleytoManch ester and then
southby way of Stockport, Stoke-
on-Trent and Colwich Junction. Nos.
90042/3/7/9were allnoted on this
train at Stokebetween July20and the
end of the month. EUK Railtours’summer trips fromWaterloo toSwanage brin gback memories of British
Rail days with Class 73 powerpaired witha4-TCset.OnJ uly28, Nos. 73201 and
73107 were the locos, the 1Z73working pictured passingEastleigh.Mike Lalley