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DB Cargored Type 5No. 66065 heads arakeofsimilarly-coloured stone hoppers at Wistow, Leicestershire, on June 27. Dave Smith
❮ steam locomotiveNo. 45596 on No. 35018 British India Line on the A4 No. 60009 in both directions as a
the 1Z19/17.42 Birmingham Moor 1Z82/08.46 London Victoria-Weymouth, precaution against the steam engine
Street-WorcesterShrub Hill and hauling the 16.35 return as faras setting firetothe ever-increasing
1Z20/19.30 return. Southampton wherethe train reversed. lineside undergrowth.
LocomotiveServices’ duo of Three days later found the ‘47’ in use Nos. 47746 and 47854 ‘top and
Nos. 47501 and47853 handledthe on the Waterloo-Windsor ‘shuttles’ tailed’ aCarlisle to Chester trip on
1Z47/06.01 Chester-Windsor &Eton with B1 No. 61306 Mayflower,and the July13, returningasthe 1Z82/16.39
Riverside outwardvia Wrexham and same twolocomotives handled the from Chester via the Settle &
Shrewsbury on July13, while the 16.43 Eastleigh-Southend East as faras Carlisle line.
following weekend (July20) found Hanwell Bridge Loop on July18before Rail Operations Group’s Type 4s
No. 47501 Craftsman at the rear of the Nos. 47245 and 47802 took the train Nos. 47813 Jack Frost and47815
‘Welsh Marches’ (1Z10/08.16 Crewe- through to its destination. July21found Lost Boys 68-88 took twotranslator After the open dayatDRS’Carlisle
Cardiff)–atrain hauled by BR Standard No. 47802 working between Plymouth vehicles from Leicester to Merseyside Kingmoor depot on July20, (see
‘Pacific’ No. 70000 Britannia.Proving its and Parwith the 08.48 charter from on July23, in preparation forthe Headline News), the 6K05 Carlisle
reliability,No. 47501 wasbackonthe Bristol, having replaced the steam movement of newNorthern Class 331 to Crewe engineers’ train on
main line on July27, this time ‘in multi’ locomotiveatPlymouthbeforeitmade electric units across the Pennines. The July22was used to transport
with No. 47810 on the 1Z47/05.10 areturn trip to Weymouth on July25, following evening, the pair handled the Nos. 37401+68022+66511 back
Crewe-Paignton. this time with A4 ‘Pacific’ No. 60009. 5Q17/17.15 Allerton TMD-Skiptonwith south –the train being pictured at
Another Type 4toearn its corn Forthe 08.00 Bristol-Kingswear three-car set No. 331002, and on WilpshirenearBlackburn with
of late is West Coast’sNo. 47802. On service on July28, Network Rail July26passed through Manchester No. 6627 in charge. Chris Newton
July6,itaccompanied ‘Merchant Navy’ decreed that No. 47802 should pilot Victoria station late in the eveningwith
Engineering work at Acton GrangeJunction (Cheshire)
sawWest Coast Main Line trafficdiverted from its usual
route, and led to the 6E26 Knowsley-Wilton ‘Binliner’ being
poweredbyaClass 60 instead of the usual Class 66 as it
wasdivertedvia Manchester Victoria and the climb from
thereuptoMiles Platting. No. 60092 is pictured on 6E26
on the York avoiding line on July23. Duncan McEvoy
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