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Another addition to the GBRf fleet of Class 66s, No. 66791
(the former SwedishBeacon Rail T66404) is pictured at
Crewe behind No. 66786 on July29, workingtoLongport as
the 0M70/10.57 from Hams Hall. Martin Turner
❮ DoncasterUpDecoy-Millerhill Yard, as Hellifield before handingoverto (XHCK) hauling asingle flask wagon On hiretoDCR,No. 60096 Impetus
atrain thatcan produce various ‘Jubilee’No. 45690. Both diesels as the 6Z57/14.40 Shirebrook (W H (GBTG) passed Stevenageat20.15 on
combinations of motivepower. then ranlight to York to collect the Davis) to CreweCLS on July2and then July4atthe head of the 6Z60/17.14
Nos. 56105+56096had charge on return working(1Z33/15.38 Carlisle- haulingthree spoil wagons forming Willesden-Chaddesden, and next day
July1,bound forthe previously Leicester). The next morningNo. 57001 the6G94/12.22 BasfordHall-Bescot formed the6Z61/13.38Chaddesden-
mentioned work at Queen Street, while took twocoaches from this charter’s threedayslater.Meanwhile on July 18, Maltby Colliery hauling thesamerather
Nos. 56113+56049 were reported set from Leicester to Burton Wetmore No. 57003 movedDVT No.82133 from disreputable JNAs.No. 60096was
atop 6S31onJuly9and the same Sidings, wheretheywereused to Cardiff Canton to Norwich CrownPoint later recorded atop the 6Z46/13.35
pair had No.70811 forcompany strengthen the1Z50/09.50 Burton- as 5Z38 (Swindon at 11.07). Barnetby-WillesdenonJuly9,before
sevendayslater.ByJuly23, however, Stratford-upon-Avonspecial. No. 57001 Nos. 57314 and 57316 reached being partofaquartetoflocomotives
No. 56113 wasworkingalone witha later returned lightenginetorejoin No. Stratford-upon-Avon during the month, including classmateNo. 60056
solitary wagon. 47832 to work an empty stock duty to arriving thereonJuly6with atrain heading from TotontoDoncaster on
Carnforth. July 30 found No. 57001 from WakefieldKirkgate, while the July 17. Since then, No.60096 spent
CLASS 57 back in action ‘top andtailing’with latter loco waspairedwith No. 57601 muchofthe rest of July on light engine
HAVING previously coveredjusta single No. 57601 Windsor Castle onthe on the‘NorthernBelle’(July13) from driver training work inthe south-east.
passengerduty this year,No. 57001 ‘Dalesman’ betweenYork, Wakefield, Cardiff Central to Weymouth. That
accompaniedNo. 47832 on the Leedsand Hellifield. evening, Nos.57316 and 57601 took CLASS 66
1Z32/06.02 Leicester-Carlisle charter Twoother57/0s have been the emptycoaches forstablingat ANOTHER set of coachesfor the
on July27, the pair workingasfar reported atwork, with No. 57002 Birmingham Internationalbefore RhymneyValley passengerservices
returning to the Dorsetcoast the ranasthe 5Z32/07.14 Burton
SHED TALK following day‘top andtailing’the Wetmore-Cardiff Canton viaChepstow
1Z14/09.18 Coventry-Weymouth. on July 9, hauled by No. 66100–one
The ‘Belle’ waspartlysteam-hauled of some 51 members of theclass to
Correct to July25, 2019 by No. 60103 Flying Scotsman on presentlysport DB Cargored livery.
90028 WQ/WQAA-CE/WEDC July20, ‘tailed’ by No. 57316, on the Thesamelocothen ‘top andtailed’
Allocations 90039 CE/WEDC-WQ/WQAA 1Z28/13.56 Carnforth-Crewe as far the1Z62/07.37Euston-BuxtonUK
08757 WQ/WQBARe-registered 90040 CE/WEAC-WQ/WQAA as Preston wherethe A3 Pacific was Railtours’ excursiononJuly13with
43002 LA/EFPC-HQ/SCEL 92006 HQ/GBET-WB/GBSL substituted by No.57314. the similarly painted No. 66107,
60020 HQ/WQAA-TO/WCBT theoutward journey beingrouted
66001 WBAR-WBAE ForSale CLASS60 viaWilmslowand then Manchester
66041 WBAE-WBAR 59201-06, 60006/50/60/81/86 AN engineering blockadeatActon Victoria beforethe pair returnedsouth
66070 WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAT Grange Junction, just south of throughMobberleyand theMiddlewich
66104 WBBE-WBBT Sold Warrington, commenced at 02.20on Chord(see alsopage73).
66107 WBAR-WBBT Barry Tourist Railway: 08503 July20, leading to majordiversions Next day, No. 66165 wasattached
66108 TO/WBAE-WQ/WQAA Avon ValleyRailway: 08663, 09015 of passenger and freight trafficfor to Pathfinder Tours’ ‘PembrokeCoast
66114 WBBE-WBBT aperiod of twoweeks.The waste Express’ charter at Carmarthen and
66130 WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAR Stored/stopped locations trains from Knowsley(near Kirkby on ‘tailed’ steamlocomotiveNo. 60163
66181 TO/WBAR-WQ/WQAA Crewe DMD: 37667 Merseyside) to Wilton have normally Tornado to its destination on the
66194 WQ/WQAA-TO/WBAR Crewe ETD: 90039/40 been in the hands of Class 66ssince 1Z20/09.09Bristol TempleMeads-
66791 HQ/MBDL Newlyregistered Ely: 43002 theybegan running, withonlya Tenby.
66997 GROG-MBDL Long Marston: 43078/91 handful of occasionswhen Class 60s On July16, No. 66221hauled
66998 GROG-MBDL Neville Hill: 41001 were used. From July 19, however, ‘RoyalMail’ EMUNo. 325013 through
67012 WAAC-WAWC Toton: 60029, 66108/81 Nos. 60039 and60092 became a Uttoxeter forming the 5Z25/15.07
67025 WQBA-WQAA regularfeatureonthe morning (6E26) StokeMarcroft–Crewe IEMD.
68022 KM/XHTP-LO/TPEX Operational andevening (6E16)departures over The fiveColas Railfreight Class
68024 KM/XHTP-LO/TPEX 08757, 60020/65, 66024, 66194, the routebetween Kirkbyand Wigan 66s (Nos. 66846to66850)are usually
90019 WQ/WQAA-TO/WEDC 92006 Wallgate prior to the endofJuly. to be found in thesouthofEngland,
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