The Railway Magazine – August 2019

TheWelsh Valleys arereverberating to thesound of Class 37s oncemore. No.37418worksone of twopeak-morning andevening

loco-hauled diagrams,the 17.01CardiffCentral-Rhymney, past Pontlottyn, on July 3.JAMIE SQUIBBS

RoyalClass 67
No.67005
Queen’s
Messenger
heads south
at Brock,
nearPreston,
on June 28,
returning the
RoyalTrain to
Wolver ton,
having taken
HM TheQueen
to Scotland
earlier that
day.STEVE
SIENKIEWICZ

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ONTUESDAY,June 11 the 11.30
Euston-Glasgowbecame a
partial failurebefor ereaching
Warrington, but struggled on
to its destination, arriving 122
minutes late.Following trainswere
seriously delayed.
Thenextday theWCMLwas
closed north ofCarlisle because
of afallen tree inFloriston, south
of Lockerbie.Unfortunately,the
ECMLwasalso closed aftera
personwashit by atrain.
The09.06 Glasgow-Manchester
servicewas first affected, coming
to astand nearQuintinshill,
while the 09.40 Glasgow-Euston,
returnedto Glasgowfrom
Beatto ck and the 10.00 Glasgow-
Euston terminatedatCarstairs.

STOPPED LNER Mk4rake sare
arrivingatWorksopforstorage,
with BN23 arrivingonJune 6;
BN25, June 8; BN24, June 29; and
BN29, July 13.

NO FEWER than eightClass 91
locomotives (andafurther eight
Class 43 HST powercars) were
noted inaperiod of 2½ hoursat
King’s Cross on June 12, in the
twilightofL NER Class 91s.

WITH‘Azuma’Nos.800101-13
nowpassedforservic e, increasing
numbers ofreports have been
received .Currently,they are
employedonKing’s Crossto
Leeds and also Hull,although
No.800101 had not beenreported
in trafficby mid-July.Others
reportedontest included the
still-unliveried Class 800/2
No.800202 on June 7, withraised
pantograph, ona5Q73/09.36

Doncaster-Darlington and

5Q74/11.31 Darlington-Doncaster

test train. No.800203wasnoted

heading intoYork station from the

south on the afternoon of June 12.

CLASS 91 No.91122 failedat

AbbotsRipton, near Huntingdon,

whileworking the 09.45Leeds-

King’s Cross on June 18.

‘Thunderbird’Class 67 from

King’s Crosswascalle dtor escue

the stricken train, which eventually

terminatedatStevenage.Asa

result thereturn 12.33to Leeds

wascancelled.OnJune 22, the

1S05/07.00King’s Cross-Edinburgh

wasunusually propelledby Class

91 No.91118 on the southern end

of the train, with DVTNo. 82205

leading northwards.

ACORRESPONDENT travelling

from Romseyto Ca rdiff on June 5

observedanumber of Class 166

units.Among the trains notedwas

No.166214 on the 10.50 Romsey-

Portsmouth, delayedand arrived

10.59.The11.21 Romsey-Cardiff,

arrived 11.24,formed of unit

No.166221.AthirdClass 166

observedwas No.166218

at Ca rdiff on the 11.23 from

Portsmouth.

CLASS 143 No.143612was

working the 12.23 Exmouth-

Paignton along with Class 158

No.158766 on June 12, an unusual

combination in thatpartoft he

countr y.

AFURTHERrefurbished

rake of HST stock,formed of

Nos.49105+48114+48115,was

taken south fromDoncaster

Wabtec to Lairabypower cars

Nos.43122+43153 on June 19.

CLASS 387 units earmarkedfor

Heathrow Express services saw

No.387135towed from Reading

to Ilford by Class 57 No.57305 on

June 21,followedonJuly 15by

No.57306 moving No.387133.

THE 17.42 leftPenzance

25 minutes late on June 26,

having been delayedinboundby

congestionat Castle Cary because

of the GlastonburyFestival.After

‘great running’, arri valatB ristol

TempleMeadswas on ti me.

CLASS 166 No.166208wastested

between Exeter and Barnstaple

overnightonJ une 27-28–running

as 5Z85 on theoutward journey

and5Z86 on thereturn journey.

THE LondonPaddingtonto

Reading and DidcotParkway

stopping serviceisn ow timedfor

EMUs, andisg enerallyworked

by the Class 387 units.However,

on June 27, Nos.165116+165117

wereon the 11.42London

Paddington-Reading,and the

12.48 from Reading-London

Paddington.Thefollowing

daythe 11.42wasworkedby

Nos.165104+165106, with

No.165116 being addedat

Readingforthe return at 12.48.

DVTNo. 82133wasmoved from

CrownPointtoC ardiffCanton by

Class 57 No.57003 on June 16.

DELIVERIES of new units saw

No.745102 movedfromDollands

Moor to Ripple Lane by Class 92

No.92036 and Class 66 No.66001

on June 19, wherethe Class 92

came off leaving the Class 66to

takethe unit throughto Crown

Point.

Thenextoperation, on June 27,

involved Nos.755404+755420+

755422 being movedby

Nos.92044 and 66001.

These werefollowedon

July 4with arrivalat Crown

Pointbehind No.66001 of

Nos.755328+755423+755424.

CLASS 317 No.317669was

towed fromIlford to Ely by

Class 66 No.66750 on June 22,

followedonJune 29, when itwas

joinedby No.317663, movedby

No.66703.

NEWunits arefindingtemporary

homesat KimberleyPark on the

Mid-Norfolk Railway until they

aretaken into traffic.Movements

from CrownPointsaw

Nos.755415/16 makethe short

journey on June 6; No.745004,

June 19; Nos.755404/20/22,

June 27; and No.745104, July 9.

FIFTY-eightyears separated

twotraction formsseen within

twohours at Grea tYarmouth

on June 12.At 16.17,aStadler

Class 755wasseen leaving on a

trainto Norwich viaAcle.Later,

at 18.12, Class 37 Nos.37425 and

37407 top-and-tailed the 17.36

ex-Norwich.

THE departureoft he 19.00

Norwich-LiverpoolStreet,

powere dbyClass 90 No.90014

on June 26,wasdelayedbyeight

minutes because of operational

difficulties.Passengerswere

advised therewerenotoilets

available inStandardClass and

only one inFirstClass.Itw as

decidedto te rminate the trainat

Colchester,whereita rrived 17

minuteslaterthan scheduled.

CLASS 755 No.755413wasseen

at Colchesterat 13.30 on July 2

on atest runto Norwich Crown

Point. It leftwithin fiveminutes

of its arrivalat 13.35.

CLASS 320 No.320310

washauled from Glasgow

SpringburnWorks to Shields

TMDby Class 57 No.57312at

15.00 on June 16.It is expected

to be the last EMUto leave the

works beforeclosure.

IT WASreportedthataprop

shaftfromaScotRail Class 156

unit wasdropped from the unit

on the morning of June 19, and

struck signalling cables nearto

Shields Junction on the Glasgow

to Paisley line just after06.00.

Thelocationofthe incident

at Shields Junction,at thestart

of the morning peak,preve nted

trains from departing from

the depot,and caused major

disruptionto services operating

in Ayrshireand on the south

Glasgowsuburban network.

Network Rail staffatte nded

the incidentsiteand repairs

werecompletedby about 06.50.

At leas t60services had been

cancelledby 09.00.