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NAME GAME

NAMED
56091 DriverWayne Gaskell –The Godfather
66162 Maritime International Five
66302 Endeavour
66428 Carlisle Eden Mind
66747 Made in Sheffield
331106 Proud to be Northern
395018 HornbyVisitor CentreMargate, Kent

NAMES REMOVED
156441 William Huskisson MP

­ Class 56s arerarevisitors to the Grimsbyarea, but on July20Colas example
No. 56302 wascaptured approaching Great Coates Sidings No.1 signalboxwith
the 6X80/14.58 Doncaster Up DecoytoUlcebyvia the Immingham &GrimsbyLight
Railway. Jonathan Longbottom

now‘dead inside’,No. 37716took6K05 later partnering No. 37407 Blackpool No. 37421, this locomotivecovering the afternoon of July19. Next daythe
forward, passing Acton Bridgeovertwo Tower from July23until theend of thediagram untilthe end of July. Type 3worked the1Z24/05.30 Crewe-
hours late. themonth. The ChestertoCarlisle‘Dalesman’ Carlisle to Liverpool Lime Street with
Twodayslater,Nos. 37716 and In South Wales, No. 37418 handled wasrouted via Shap rather thanthe No. 6201 at the rear,beforethe ‘Pacific’
57003 ranlight from Gresty Bridge the 2F10/07.43Rhymney-Cardiff Settle &Carlislelineonits outward took overwith theType 3‘tailing’ the
to Norwich and theType 3teamed Central and 2R20/17.01 returnfrom journeyonJuly16, when Type 3s train as farasLostock Hall Junction.
up withclassmate No. 37424 on the the startofthe month untilJuly15, Nos. 37669+37685 poweredthe The BranchLineSociety’s tour to
short-set Anglian shuttles with effect when the evening duty wastaken over 1Z52/07.48 Chester-Carlisle as faras Stocksbridge, Hull, KellingleyColliery
from July15, replacing No. 37419 and by Colas Railfreightexample Carnforth, whereStanier 8F No.48151 andDraxran initiallyasthe 1Z37/06.06
waswaiting to takeover. The return Lancaster-Wakefield Wrenthorpe
journeydid run overthe S&C with the SidingsonJuly20, formed of nine
DCR ‘Grids’ Nos. 56091+56103 pass LeedsMidland Road depot twodieselsheading light engineto coaches ‘top andtailed’ by Nos. 37521
and its line of stored Class 70s on July29, with the 6Z55/12.30 Preston to replacethe steamloco and 37669(see also page 73).
Chaddeston to Carlisle Kingmoor. Duncan McEvoy that evening.
The same pair handled the CLASS 47
1Z25/07.41 Carnforth-Scarborough HAULING apassenger train on the
as farasYork on July 18, while Nos. national network forthe first time
37685+37706double-headed both the since December 2014, the privately-
1Z45/08.32 York-Carlisle(to Hellifield) owned No. 47828 double-headed
on July23and the ‘Scarborough Spa the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’ from
Express’ from CarnforthtoYork two Carnforth to York alongwith No. 47832
days later,successfullyhandling the on July11. Carrying theattractive
return duty on both occasions. InterCity‘Swallow’ livery,No. 47828
July26found No. 37706 on hire is currently available to West Coast
to Colas to take nine empty timber Railways, although that run on July11
wagons from Carlisle Yard to Carnforth wasits onlymainline outing during
fortyreturning, while No.37685 took the month.
14 coachesand steam locomotives The Tyseley-based No.47773 was
Nos. 45690 Leander and6201 Princess also restricted to just asingleevening
Elizabeth from CarnforthtoCrewe on trip when,onJuly4,itaccompanied ❯

Apair of GBRf ‘Tugs’ Nos. 60085+60056 pass
Green Lane, on the Tyne Dock branch, with the
07.30 empty biomass hoppers from Drax on July
24. OnlyNo. 60085was powering. Martin Cook

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