Rail Express – September 2019

90 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019

UNITS

Correct to July25, 2019

Allocations

158763/66PM-EX

195012 Newl ydelivered HQ/EDHQ

195122/25/26 Newlydelivered HQ/

EDHQ

331004/09/11Newly delivered HQ/

EDHQ

331101/08/10AN-NL

331104 Newlydelivered HQ/EDHQ

345005/63/64 Newlydelivered OC/

EDHQ

385042 NewlydeliveredEC/HAHQ

397005/06 Newlydeliv ered HQ/

EAHQ

710121 Newl ydelivered HQ/EKHQ

71026 0Newly delivered OC/EKHQ

745005 Newlydelivered HQ/EBHQ

75532 8Newly delivered HQ/EBHQ

755404/20/22/23/24Newly

delivered HQ/EBHQ

800203/04/05/06 Newlydelivered

HQ/HBHQ

80111 2Newly delivered HQ/HBHQ

802209/10/11/12/16Newly

delivered HQ/EAHQ

Renumbered

319001-799001

Nowinpasse nger traffic

195102/14/16/17/18/19/20/21

331106/08/10

385121

710263/64/65/66/67

717013/23

800108/09/12

Stored/stopped locations

Crewe South Yard:

365519/29/31/35

Dollands Moor: 717015

Eastfield: 365525

Ely: 317663

Horn sey: 717025

Ilford: 365541

KimberleyPark: 745004 ,745104,

755404/20/22

Tyne Yard:801104/06

Worksop:345057/61,

710116/17/19

Disposals

CFBooth ,Rotherham:Arri valdate:

July 17: 313042/58

France cut June:373303/07/13/14;

July:373304

Raxstar atEastleighWorks:Cut

date: w/eJune 21:51346

Sims Metals, Newport:Arrival

dates:July1:313036/54;July 8:

313025/53; July15: 313038/40;

July 22: 313024/56

SHEDTALK

Making their final journeybyrail,

and formingararesight forthe class at

Rotherham Central,ex-GreatNorthern

unit sNos. 313042+313058 approach

their final destination atCFBooth’s

scrapyard behind No. 37800 on July17.

Chris Playfair

Nos. 466014/040were re leased in

theearlyhours of July20, No. 66707

agai nbeing usedfortheir return home

as the5X85/03.57 Ilford-Tonbridge

West Yard and on t oSlade Green,

from wherethe loco then took Nos.

466018/037 to Ilfordfor their turn in

the rolling programme.

CLASS 710‘AVENTRA’

JULY4saw No. 710117return to

Old DalbyfromCrewe,Nos. 37611

Pega susand57305Northern Princess

being usedforthe move.Six da ys

later,No. 37611wasused foranother

‘710’ move,this time with No. 37601

Perseusto haulNo. 710119 as the

5Q26/13.17 Old Dalby-Worksop. This

unit, which had been at Old Dalbysince

May16, is the firstfour-car‘Aventra’

to be placed in storeatthe HNRCsite.

It wassubsequentlyjoinedby No.

710117, which arrived on July18, the

same pair of ‘37s’ being usedforthe

unit’s transfer.

No. 710260wasreleased from

Bombardier on July19, Nos. 37601/611

collecting the unit and moving it as

the 5Q58/09.11 DerbyLitchurch

Lane-Old Dalby.

By mid-July, eight members of the

clas s(Nos. 710261-267/269) had seen

use on the Gospel Oak to Barking line.

The full timetable offour trains per

hour has nowbeen restor ed on the

route, with all six diagrams nowbeing

coveredbyClass 710srather than

shortened Class 378 units.

CLASS 717 ‘DESIROCITY’

THE last unit in storeatWest Worthing,

No. 717025,returned to Hornseyon

July14. One of the twoother sets that

had arrived back fromWest Worthing

the previous month, No. 717010,

entered trafficonJuly1.

The last unit to be stored at

Cricklewood, No. 717021, arrived back

at HornseyonJune 30.Four other sets

(Nos. 717015/017/019/024)remain in

storeatDollands Moor.

CLASS 745 ‘FLIRT’

JULY19saw the first daytime run from

Norwich to Liverpool Street of one

of Greater Anglia’s newStadler ‘Flirt’

units when No. 745003 undertook a

run between the twocities. The unit

is the onlyone of threesuch newsets

delivered sofartobeused fortesting,

theothers (Nos. 745002/004) having

been senttot he Mid-NorfolkRailway

forstorage on June5and June 19

respectively. Also presenton t he MNR

is No. 745102, which isfor‘Stansted

Express’ duties.

Another delivery took place on July

23 when No. 92011Handelhauled

No. 745005 to RippleLane (East

London) from whereNo. 66002took

overtoNorwich CrownPoint.

CLASS 755 ‘FLIRT’

AFURTHER three Class 755 sets arrived

at Norwich CrownPoint on July4when

Nos. 755328/423/424were brought

north from RippleLane by No. 66001.

The previous dayNo. 755407–which

had been used asatraining unit at

Cambridgesince January–was

returned to CrownPoint by No. 37800

Cassiopeia.Moving in the opposite

direction on July17and hauledby

No. 37608wasset No.755406.

Having arrived at Norwich Crown

Point from RippleLane earlierthat

day(see last month’s issue), Nos.

755404/420/422were hauled to the

Mid-NorfolkRailwayonJune 27by

No. 37608Andromedaforstorageat

KimberleyPark. The same EEType 3

wasusedtor etur nNo. 755416 from

the MNR to Norwich CrownPoint on

July23.

CLASS 800‘AZUMA’

SET No. 800206wasreleasedfrom

NewtonAycliffeonJuly5,t he five-car bi-

modeforming the 5Q40/09.50Merchant

Park Sidings-Willesden Junction, after

which it continuedontoEastleightojoin

No. 800205(which hassincedeparted,

see Class 801 section below).

No. 800108made itsdebutpassenger

runs on June 29 and, on July3,became

the first‘Azuma’tor eachYork on a

servicetrain when, runningvice aHST

owing to disruptiononthe East Co ast

Main Line,itformed the1N87/15.06

King’s Cross-York.

Othersets undertook their first

passengerworkingsonJuly2(No.

800112)andJuly13(No. 800109),

leaving justoneClass800/1 set

(No. 800101atDoncasterCarr) stillto

appear onrevenue-earningwork.

CLASS 801‘AZUMA’

HAVING arrivedfromNewtonAycliffe

forcommissioning withNo. 800205

on June 28, No.800112 leftEastleigh

with thesamepartner on July 15, the

pair formin gthe 5X82/07.26Eastleigh-

Willesden Junctionbefor econtinuing on

to DoncasterCarr.

Stored atTyne Yard in mid-July were

Nos.801104/106.

CLASS 802‘HITACHI AT300’

NEWLY-arrived through theChannel

Tunnel, Nos. 802209/210were

collectedby No. 66731inte rhub GBon

July3and movedasthe 6X80/04.30

DollandsMoor-Eastleigh.Afurthertwo

sets, Nos.802211/212, made thesame

move on July 24 withtractionbeing

provided by No. 66703DoncasterPSB

1981-2002.

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