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POWERSCENE David Rapson
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Our authoritativeclass-by-class reviewofnewsworthylocomotiveworkings.
CLASS 20 via Burton, Toton, Chesterfield and specialvia Richmond beforethe train returnedtoCarlisle from Crewe
WITH Type 4No. 47773 unavailable, Moorthorpe, taking in Doncaster on the returned to London as the1Z85/20.49 with four other locomotives on the
it fell to London Transport-liveried homewardtrip (see also page 75). from Chertseyvia Woking, Guildford 6C02/004.19 Basford Hall-Carlisle
EE Type 1No. 20142 to accompany andRedhill. Yard on July19, passing Oxenholme
‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas on the CLASS33 No.33207 wasalsoutilised on at 07.20.Three days later, however,
1Z54/07.45 Dorridge-Herefordtour ‘CROMPTON’ No. 33207 featured in the both July23and 30 when thetrips No. 37401 waspartofaquartet of
on July20. The special wasrouted regular three Tuesdaytrips between were hauled by former LNER B1 locomotives atop the 6K05/12.46
via BirminghamSnowHill, Worcester, Waterloo andWindsor &EtonRiverside No.61306. Previously, on July4,the Carlisle Yard-BasfordHall, passing
Lydney, the Severn Tunnel and on July 16, each train being hauled same combinationhad left Liverpool Applebyat14.00 with alengthy train
Abergavenny, reaching Herefordon by Stanier ‘Black 5’ No. 44871. Street station with acharter for of almost threedozen wagons intow.
time at 12.40 with No. 20142 at the Departures from Waterloo were Norwich, later completing around trip No. 37716 wastravelling south
rear.The return journey, however, went booked at 08.05, 11.18 and 14.09, between Norwich and Dereham on the behind No. 68002 Intrepid on the
northtoShrewsburybeforeheading to with the diesel locomotivereturning Mid-Norfolk Railway. 6K05onJuly9,when the Class 68
Wolverhampton,Bescot and Tyseley. theempty coachesand steam engine suffered afailure at Horrocksford
Aweek later on July 27, the readyfor the next trip. In theevening CLASS 37 Junction, Clitheroe. Eventuallythe
same locomotives ventured further the diesel‘tailed’the 1Z84/19.25 NO longer ‘on decision’, large-logo Type 3was able to shuntthe failure
afieldwiththe 07.45 Dorridge-York Waterloo-Chertsey ‘SurreyHills’ blue No.37401 Mary QueenofScots off the trainand, with theClass 68
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