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Tracks<br />
the monthly magazine of the<br />
Inter City <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Volume 40 No.2<br />
<strong>February</strong> 2012
Inter City <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
founded 1973<br />
www.icrs.org.uk<br />
The content of the magazine is the copyright of the <strong>Society</strong><br />
No part of this magazine may be reproduced without prior permission of the copyright holder<br />
President: Simon Mutten (01603 715701)<br />
Coppercoin, 12 Blofield Corner Rd, Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 4RT<br />
Chairman: Carl Watson - chairman@icrs.org.uk (07403 040533)<br />
14, Partridge Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9XG<br />
Secretary: Gary Mutten - secretary@icrs.org.uk (01953 600445)<br />
11 Speedwell Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0XQ<br />
Treasurer: Gary Mutten - treasurer@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Membership Secretary: Trevor Roots - membership@icrs.org.uk (01466 760724) (07765 337700)<br />
Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD<br />
Editorial Manager:<br />
Trevor Roots - editor@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Website Manager:<br />
Mark Richards - website.manager@icrs.org.uk<br />
7 Parkside, Furzton, Milton Keynes, Bucks. MK4 1BX<br />
Publications Manager: Carl Watson - publications@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Editorial Team: Sightings: James Holloway - sightings@icrs.org.uk (0121 744 2351)<br />
246 Longmore Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3ES<br />
Traffic News: John Barton - traffic.news@icrs.org.uk (0121 770 2205)<br />
46, Arbor Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 7LD<br />
Wagons & Trams: vacant<br />
Europe (website): vacant<br />
Publications Team:<br />
Combine / Pocket Book / Irish: Carl Watson - ukbooks@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Wagons: Scott Yeates - wagon.compiler@icrs.org.uk<br />
Name Directory: Eddie Rathmill / Trevor Roots<br />
USF: Scott Yeates / Carl Watson / Trevor Roots<br />
Contents:<br />
Officials Contact List .....................................2<br />
<strong>Society</strong> Notice Board ................................ 3-5<br />
Publications ................................................ 40<br />
GBBG Advert .............................................. 24<br />
Current News / Sightings:<br />
Gloucester / Stirling Sightings ......... 23-26<br />
Light Rail & Metro News ....................... 31<br />
Liveries ................................................. 31<br />
Open Day News ................................... 11<br />
Out and About Sightings ................. 16-17<br />
Stock Changes / Transfers ............. 37-39<br />
Traffic and Traction News ............... 12-15<br />
Freight Corner ................................. 32-35<br />
Feature Articles:<br />
Eastleigh Works Report ...................... 6-8<br />
Infrastructure News ................................ 5<br />
Network News ...................................... 17<br />
Preservation Photo Spot ...................... 26<br />
Preservation Scene ......................... 18-22<br />
<strong>Railway</strong> Globetrotters ...................... 27-31<br />
Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast.......... 9-11<br />
Front Cover Photo:<br />
On a cold, frosty but sunny 8 th January 2012, diverted 67006 ‘Royal Sovereign’ + 9804, 6704, 10680,<br />
1513, 10675 & 10526 passes Huntly signal box at 11.35 with the Caledonian Sleeper ecs from<br />
Aberdeen en route to Inverness (see Traffic & Traction News for more info).<br />
£1.50 where sold separately (post free)<br />
Printed & distributed in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD<br />
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<strong>Society</strong> Notice Board<br />
Editor’s Comments:<br />
On 10 th January the Government finally announced their intention to build HS2 and so herald the<br />
largest civil engineering project seen in a very long time. Irrespective of the nimby objectors who have<br />
and continue to put forward spurious reasons for rejecting the scheme, HS2 will be a major asset to<br />
the national rail network. It is an essential project planned to ease overcrowding and capacity<br />
restrictions for the future generations and thank goodness that a government has had the guts to not<br />
take the easy option and plan long term for once. The good of the nation must sometimes outweigh<br />
the sensitivities of the few. The fact we are in financial meltdown and skint means it was doubly<br />
important that the decision was made as it will eventually generate jobs and future growth, both<br />
desperately needed. The £32 billion total cost of the scheme, one fact being thrown back by objectors<br />
as a huge sum to pay for a 45 min saving on journey time to Birmingham overlooks the fact it is for the<br />
entire Y network to Manchester and Leeds and is to be funded annually as a follow on cost to<br />
Crossrail. The only shame about the scheme is that we have to wait that long and the amount of<br />
tunnelling proposed, to overcome some objections, so negating one of the joys of train travel...the<br />
view. Why is it that the passing of trains is seen to be worse than that of automobiles. Would we could<br />
put the endless drone of motorways in tunnels !!<br />
Unfortunately no one has yet come forward to help with Wagon News / Reviews etc, so yours truly has<br />
somehow found time to write an article. With wagons an important part of the railway, hopefully the<br />
Reviews will appear on a 2 or 3 month basis, but I really do need some help as I can’t do everything.<br />
I have now adopted an innovation on membership where I now email all those who are due for<br />
renewals/reminders, so saving on the high cost of postage to both the <strong>Society</strong> and you the members<br />
and which will hopefully keep the subs from rising. This also saves time in waiting for post to go out<br />
and come back and saves the ‘waste’ where members then renew online by PayPal, which more of<br />
you are helpfully doing. Those without email will still be sent forms by post as will those whose email<br />
does not appear to have been answered. So please, if you have changed your email since last<br />
renewing, are going to or have gained an email for the first time then please let me know. As those<br />
who have renewed in recent months have found, I now also acknowledge receipt by email where I<br />
can. Please be assured for those without computers I am not discriminating against you, just taking<br />
advantage of helpful technology to improve admin and hopefully a better service to members.<br />
Eastleigh Works Tour, Thur. 15 th March 2012:<br />
There is one place left but it is first come first served. Please ring Carl on 07403 040533 to apply.<br />
AGM, Sat. 21 st April 2012:<br />
We have moved away from a preserved venue back to the ‘real’ railway this year at Derby. We have<br />
booked a pod on the balcony inside the old Carriage Shop adjoining the Roundhouse, part of the<br />
original works and now known as Pride Park. Access is simple from the footbridge over Derby station,<br />
where I imagine all those going will congregate for a bit of spotting. Likely traffic through the station will<br />
be made available in either March or April issue of Tracks. The date is 21 st April, time 11.00-13.00.<br />
Tours will also be conducted around the buildings from 13.30 which last approx. 1 hour. Car parking is<br />
available and more details will be provided in the next issue. Can members attending or if you wish to<br />
record your apology for absence, please contact our Secretary, Gary Mutten.<br />
As you will be aware from last year’s AGM, Gary notified us that he intended stepping down from the<br />
AGM but we have excellent nominations for both the Treasurer and Secretary roles in Peter Britcliffe<br />
and Stuart Moore. Gary has been responsible for both posts for some time so whilst it is sad to lose<br />
Gary it is great that Pete has a new role to play and we have ‘fresh’ blood injected into the small hard<br />
working committee. Hopefully as many of you will attend as possible, to send Gary on his way with<br />
thanks and to welcome the ‘new’ boys.<br />
Errata:<br />
It has just been brought to my attention that on page 9 in the Nov. 2011 issue under Ramblings of a<br />
Rail Enthusiast the location for 46238 should be Crewe, an inadvertent typo I’m afraid, repeating<br />
Carlisle...even you missed that one Dave.<br />
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In the Dec. 2011 issue under Stock Changes D2578 should read D2587. In Jan. 2012 issue under<br />
Stock Changes 47799 has been transferred to EDV not STR.<br />
New 2012 Books:<br />
For new members and those who missed the<br />
announcement last month two new 2012 books have<br />
been released and selling fast. The Wagon Book is<br />
updated to the 1 st October 2011 and has one new<br />
helpful feature in that wagons known to be stored are<br />
shown with the suffix (s). The Name Directory last<br />
published in 2010 is updated to the 10 th November<br />
and has been reworked to iron out the issues with<br />
advertising names and therefore better than ever.<br />
Duplicate numbers in Part 2 have also been removed.<br />
As it is the only such up to date book on the market it<br />
is an invaluable reference source and one used<br />
regularly by the editor. Full prices etc are shown on<br />
the rear cover. Order your copies now via PayPal or<br />
from Carl by post.<br />
As promised the eagerly awaited 2012 Combine is<br />
now available. Prices are £12.00 (members), £15.99<br />
(non-members). It is 264 pages long and updated to<br />
1 st January 2012. Order details on rear cover.<br />
The next new book will be the 2012 Pocket Book at<br />
the start of March. Prices are £7.00 (members), £9.50<br />
(non-members).<br />
Membership Matters:<br />
Subscriptions: Annual - £16.00, Five year - £75.00 (saving £5.00 & hedging against annual rise)<br />
ICRS Membership gives you:<br />
• a high quality full colour 40 page monthly magazine Tracks - covering all aspects of railways.<br />
• an informative website, with access to previous editions of the magazine.<br />
• up to 27% discount on all ICRS publications (8 published).<br />
• 10% discount on lan Allan books & first time mag subs (not additional to discount for IA Subs Club members).<br />
New Members:<br />
Paul Gieron (Barnt Green), Andi Hall (Wolverhampton), Derek Humphreys (Solihull), Robert Hyde<br />
(Minsterworth), David Martin (Northampton), Harry Millar (Dyce), Richard Moynihan (Wroughton),<br />
Michael Stock (Shepton Mallet), Stephen Sumners (Leyland), Kevin Wright (Wolverhampton) - a warm<br />
welcome to you all.<br />
Payment / Renewal: If paying by cheque / postal order, please make payable to ICRS. Please note<br />
we cannot accept credit card payments over the telephone, however you can pay by credit card<br />
through our online PayPal facility. In a few clicks you can be signed up for another year, or take<br />
advantage of the 5-year subscription, which not only saves you £5 but potentially beats any<br />
subscription rises in that time. Select ‘Join ICRS’ from the menu on the homepage at icrs.org.uk<br />
Please provide your first name whether joining or renewing and your email. If you renew at the very<br />
end of or in the first week of the month you may receive a renewal reminder form but do not worry as<br />
the admin process will naturally see things cross in the post. Please ignore the reminder if you have<br />
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the following month. Where possible please note that renewal / reminder forms will now be emailed.<br />
For those members without email, forms will still be posted but please return them promptly as it is<br />
costly to send reminders. All renewals whether online or by post will be acknowledged by email where<br />
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Also use the comments box if buying or renewing a subscription for someone else.<br />
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Membership Cards: Your membership is valid until the end of month as shown by the first two<br />
numbers. For those who joined from mid 2009, the second two numbers are the year. With the change<br />
in Tracks distribution, please note that cards will now be sent as soon as practicable following your<br />
renewal in a separate envelope.<br />
Website Matters:<br />
Members Area: Access requires a username and password. From the start of 2011 the username is<br />
now your 6 figure membership number and the password a random word provided by Mark Richards.<br />
For new members this will be in the welcome letter. For existing members, email a request to Mark at<br />
website.manager@icrs.org.uk Please remember to include your ICRS membership number.<br />
NB. The username / password is personal to you and should not be given to a non-member.<br />
Flickr Photo Gallery: As previously stated, Mark Richards has established our photo gallery on<br />
Flickr, so please have a look www.flickr.com/photos/intercity-railway-society. However the<br />
success of this site relies on your support, so please send Mark your photos.<br />
ICRS Yahoo Group: address is: finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/intercityrailwaysociety/<br />
We have our own Yahoo Group, established in March 2004, open to members and non-members alike<br />
to post sightings and observations, share comments and debate about the current railway scene. To<br />
join please email Mark Richards at website.manager@icrs.org.uk<br />
Facebook: For those of you who've become part of the social networking revolution online, ICRS now<br />
has a Facebook page. Search for ICRS and request us to be your friend and you'll be connected to<br />
what we do. We acknowledge that not all of our members have computers but if you can and want to<br />
get in touch then please do so and we'll see where it takes us.<br />
Magazine:<br />
Submissions: Any information / article on any railway related item will be most welcome for inclusion<br />
in the magazine. Your visits, travel stories or anecdotes about any part of the railway network, past or<br />
present, home or abroad can give pleasure to others or inform of places to visit. This railway hobby of<br />
ours is made all that more enjoyable by the sharing of information, knowledge and experiences. Neatly<br />
hand written submissions are perfectly acceptable, but ideally a typed document is preferable. Better<br />
still, if you have a PC and internet connection then send an email. Good quality photographs are<br />
always welcome, either prints or preferably high res digital photographs via e-mail (not compressed<br />
please). Please include full contact details with any submissions, including your first name.<br />
The latest date for articles / info for the next issue is Friday 24 th <strong>February</strong> 2012<br />
with delivery to members after Friday 9 th March 2012<br />
Magazine Distribution: Tracks is now distributed direct from the printers (as from Sep 2011) to<br />
members in a clear plastic wrapping with an address carrier sheet. If any member fails to receive their<br />
copy after one week from the above estimated delivery date then please contact the editor.<br />
Magazine Contributors: Thanks to John Sheppard, Mike Rumens, Brian Derricote, Ian McAlpine,<br />
Geoff Hope, Paul Bright, Roger Francis, Dave Spencer, Mark Richards, Derek Sneddon, Nigel<br />
Hoskins, John Barton, James Holloway, Carl Watson & Trevor Roots. We are sorry if anyone has<br />
been missed. All photos by Trevor Roots unless shown otherwise.<br />
Infrastructure News<br />
St Albans South Signal Box by Mark Richards:<br />
Over the weekend of the 14 th / 15 th January I was in St Albans for the Model <strong>Railway</strong> Show and<br />
beforehand a visit to St Albans South Signal Box, the largest preserved Midland <strong>Railway</strong> box. If you<br />
have never been, it is well worth a visit. The box is immediately adjacent to the Midland Main Line,<br />
very close to St Albans (City) station. They have a wonderful collection of signalling memorabilia and<br />
are in the process of restoring the lever frame and can currently offer demonstrations of how the<br />
signalling works. Being close to the MML, it is an excellent vantage point to watch the trains go by and<br />
the grounds have been attractively landscaped with an eclectic collection of signals of varying vintage<br />
on display.<br />
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Eastleigh Works Report<br />
by Carl Watson<br />
Miscellaneous Matters:<br />
New track is being laid at the south end of the site by Arlington Fleet Services with access to Bay 2<br />
now almost completed, Bay 1 to follow.<br />
NR Cl.57s and GLVs continue to come and go for maintenance.<br />
DBS had 66030 off the road in Eastleigh stone yard overnight on 15 th / 16 th with re-railing taking place<br />
on the afternoon of 16 th . On 19 th 57303 was despatched from the Works to haul 66030 from the yard to<br />
the depot.<br />
Locos:<br />
Preparation work has begun on 57310 for its repaint into NR yellow (as seen below with 47709).<br />
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59101, 59102 and 59104 departed on 3 rd January following repairs/maintenance (as seen below).<br />
DRS 47853 has been rubbed down (see photo below) and entered the Paintshop.<br />
Repairs are underway to return 01508 (MOD 428, Ruston 466617) to operational condition.<br />
Colas 66846 was on site for a few hours only on 27 th January for an exam.<br />
The beginning of January was busy with NR Test Trains with 31602 on 3 rd , 31465 on 10 th and 73107,<br />
73138 and 73201 also on the 10 th .<br />
Kof 323 674-2 is now in regular use shunting around the Works.<br />
GBRf 66746 has arrived for repainting (see photo below left).<br />
The boiler for Schools Class 925 'Cheltenham' has arrived back from Ropley and will be refitted within<br />
days (see photo below right).<br />
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Units:<br />
444026/015/010/036/007/006/014 have all received replacement bushes with Siemens now turning<br />
round two units per week.<br />
The unusual liveried and little seen LUL 4-TC set 76297, 71163, 70823, 76324 arrived for<br />
bogie/underframe overhaul on 18 th behind 66711 (see photo below with 76297 to the fore).<br />
London Underground / Isle of Wight:<br />
Ex-LU Standard Stock vehicles L135 and 2 (ex-IoW 485041) and A Stock vehicles 5010, 5011, 5226,<br />
5227, 6010, 6011, 6226 and 6227 have been disposed of.<br />
Coaching Stock:<br />
BFK 17159 now has replacement doors fitted and is being painted.<br />
Wagons / Track Machines:<br />
The Speno Rail Grinder DR79221-226 departed on 6 th after stabling over Christmas and New Year.<br />
Balfour Beatty GP Tramm MPV DR98217 (known as the Drain Train) (see photo above) arrived on 4 th<br />
with KFAs 4574 009-4 and 013-6 for overhaul and returned to collect them on 25 th .<br />
KFA 92616 has been overhauled and was ready to leave as of 31 st January.<br />
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all photos by Carl Watson
Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast<br />
by David Spencer – 1964 Part 6<br />
I try to provide extra detail on the items of traction shown in photos, other than number, date and<br />
location as provided by Dave…so it’s my fault if errors creep in, ed.<br />
July (cont): On Sunday 5 th I began another week’s holiday, this time in Wales. I travelled again by<br />
DMU to Abergavenny where I walked back at Abergavenny Junction and down the 1 in 40 incline to<br />
Abergavenny (Brecon Road). Here the infrastructure was huge and mainly intact and the station still<br />
had name boards. The goods station and engine shed were all still standing and a great find but when<br />
I was back in town in July 2009, all trace of railway and station had disappeared. A took a bus to<br />
Beaufort where I began an LNWR day starting with an amazing half demolished viaduct then down the<br />
branch to Ebbw vale (High Level). I then returned to Beaufort and walked the MT&A line to Nantybwch<br />
then turned off down the Sirhowy Valley line through Tredegar where there was another engine shed<br />
and sizable station. I had never travelled on this line and it was all new as far as Bird In Hand Junction<br />
with seven stations and plenty of interest. Beyond Pontllanfraith I had travelled, but continued to Nine<br />
Mile Point where I decided to get a bus into Newport. I have commented before that me and stupidity<br />
are never far away and I let lots of buses to Cross Hands through before I realised too late that I<br />
needed to change bus and ended walking the last nine miles into Newport having walked over twenty<br />
five miles during the day.<br />
Collett 0-6-0PT 4620 (w/d 07/65)<br />
Cowbridge, 6 th July 1964<br />
Monday 6 th started with D1054 into Cardiff and a<br />
bus to Cowbridge with the intention of walking to<br />
Llantrisant, so imagine my delight to see 4620<br />
pottering about in the yard. Cowbridge was<br />
fascinating place with a both a terminal station<br />
and a separate through station built when the<br />
line was extended to Aberthaw. Having secured<br />
a lift in the brake van I took photos of the<br />
shunting and entered another branch in the<br />
book.<br />
Churchward 2-8-0T 4285 (w/d 04/65)<br />
Llantrisant, 6 th July 1964<br />
From Llantrisant I walked up to Tonteg Junction and got a bus onto Pontypridd and a train to Dinas.<br />
From there I was able to walk up to Penycraig and began to walk back towards Llantrisant down the<br />
Ely valley line where I met two trains. The first an English Electric type 3 on trial then nearer Coed Ely I<br />
saw 3617 being banked by 9778 with coal empties up to Cambrian Colliery. For reasons I cannot<br />
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ecall I got a bus back for the last mile or two into Llantrisant then a DMU to Port Talbot and back to<br />
Pyle. From there I walked the Porthcawl line and got a bus to Bridgend and D1011 to Cardiff. I<br />
returned to Bridgend the following day with D1054 and continued to Tondu by DMU where I began<br />
walking again to Brynmenyn where the line splits three ways. I chose the Ogmore valley line to<br />
Nantymoel first and on reaching the terminus I faced a dilemma, do I walk all the way back or go over<br />
the top to the parallel Garw valley and decided the later. I made the same decision in Swansea and<br />
found a bog on the top of the hill and sure enough I had to squelch over the top again and as I<br />
descended I found myself in the middle of Blaengarw Colliery to find an engine called ‘Marion’, a name<br />
I was familiar with due to a girl I was quite fond of back home.<br />
above: NCB 0-6-0ST ‘Marion’<br />
right: NCB Sentinel 0-4-0 ‘Invincible’<br />
Blaengarw Colliery, 7 th July 1964<br />
I walked down the valley to Llangeinor<br />
Junction and went up the PTR line for a<br />
while before getting a bus back to<br />
Bridgend and train to Fishguard Harbour.<br />
From there I got the overnight Innisfallen<br />
ferry to Cork for my first and whirlwind<br />
figure of eight trip to Ireland in which time<br />
I got arrested and got someone else into<br />
trouble! ….that excitement is yet to come<br />
and will feature in a future <strong>Railway</strong><br />
Globetrotters…ed.<br />
After arriving back at Fishguard Harbour, Brush type 4 D1732 was haulage direct to Cardiff and a<br />
DMU up to Porth and a bus on to Maerdy. Although it was a branch I had travelled many times I<br />
wanted to walk it to photo the detail of the intermediate stations. Back in Porth I got a train down to<br />
Pontypridd and up to Quakers Yard and set off to walk the RR and GW Joint line through the now<br />
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infamous Aberfan to where it met the Hirwain line at Joint Line Junction. The line had closed in<br />
<strong>February</strong> 1951 due to the condition of the viaduct at Quakers Yard but there were substantial remains<br />
of the station at Aberfan, but less so at Abercanaid. I then walked up to the mouth of Merthyr Tunnel,<br />
then returned to Rhydycar Junction and waited for the afternoon freight to Vaynor Quarry up one of<br />
the remaining bits of the B&M. Haulage was 3706 and 3690 and I went in the brake van up to Vaynor<br />
and back to Merthyr. I caught a bus up to Dowlais for what was planned as freights all the way to<br />
Newport but as often happened it did not work as planned. First I got a lift in the brake van hauled by<br />
D6935 down the Taff Bargoed Valley to Nelson and Llancaiach. From there 5613 took me in another<br />
brake van to Aber Junction and it’s here it all went wrong. I was advised to go to Caerphilly station to<br />
catch the Newport train which was due to go via Machen a much desired piece of track but a 56XX<br />
came storming through with no prospect of stopping and another good scheme went wrong.<br />
Collett 0-6-2T 5613 (w/d 05/65), Nelson & Llancaiach, 10 th July 1964<br />
On Saturday 11 th I got 5692 as haulage up to Merthyr but the weather was awful and I bottled out and<br />
went home by DMU all the way. After the line closed and before the preservationists took over, the<br />
Severn Valley Line had deteriorated and so I decided to walk and see what was left. Between Bewdley<br />
to Aveley Colliery the line was still open for freight, but totally disused thereafter. As I continued up<br />
the now familiar bit to Bridgnorth and then went beyond, I had a lucky escape as I had just walked<br />
through Bridgnorth Tunnel when D3115 came down the line with a demolition train. A few minutes<br />
earlier and I would have been stuck inside… a bit scary! It was a long, long walk then to Linley Halt<br />
and J Coalport and just after track lifting had started so I decided that I had had enough and at<br />
Jackfield halt I found a bus stop to Wellington and home.<br />
all photos by David Spencer (to be cont)<br />
Open Day News<br />
It is hoped that as details become known of forthcoming Open Days around the country then info<br />
concerning them will be notified to you. If anyone hears of any such events, please let the editor know.<br />
On 10 th / 11 th March 2012 London Transport Depot Museum, Acton is holding a open weekend.<br />
Location is 2 Museum Way, 118 – 120 Gunnersbury Lane, London, W3 9BQ. Opening times are<br />
1100-1700. Tickets are valid on both days and cost £10.00 for adults, £8.00 for senior citizens, £6.50<br />
concessions and £5.00 London Transport Museum Friends. Accompanied under 16’s go free. Nearest<br />
underground station is Acton Town (District / Piccadilly Lines), which is just across the road to the<br />
entrance. There is no car parking allowed in the area.<br />
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Traffic & Traction News<br />
by John Barton<br />
January 4<br />
90028 on the Caledonian Sleepers from Euston<br />
– Inverness and Aberdeen was seen heading<br />
northbound through Milton Keynes at 22.06 +<br />
coaches 10523, 10706, 10526, 10675, 10513,<br />
10680, 6704, 9804, 10519, 10666, 10565,<br />
10551, 10607, 10650, 1210 & 9807.<br />
January 5<br />
66606 headed westbound through Newport at<br />
15.44 with a Stoke Gifford to Cardiff Pengam<br />
light engine movement to collect failed 66622.<br />
60074 looking very smart in its new livery was<br />
noted on the 6Z50 test run past Sandiacre then<br />
back into Toton at 14.26.<br />
January 6<br />
317710 + 317732 + 317723 departed Ipswich<br />
08.30 for London Liverpool Street.<br />
390055 took a trip to Oxley today to have some<br />
catering equipment fitted before entering traffic<br />
on Monday 9 th January.<br />
66606 + 66622 working 0Z25 departed Pengam<br />
Sidings at 16.17 heading to Basford Hall.<br />
January 7<br />
47818 t&t 47828 with 3174, 3273, 1566, 3267,<br />
3182, 3275, 3247, 325, 17167 & 10734 passed<br />
northbound through Milton Keynes at 20.51<br />
working Kensington Olympia - Manchester<br />
Victoria.<br />
66415 leading SRL95491 SRL95490 on 6Y70<br />
Bletchley CS - Hanslope Jnct passed Milton<br />
Keynes at 19.58 with severe wheel flats on<br />
95490.<br />
January 8<br />
66018 + 66012 + 66014 + 60096 passed<br />
Wilmslow at 16.55 on a Basford Hall to<br />
Doncaster Carr depot move.<br />
66250 working from Margam to Hartlepool was<br />
noted passing under the M4 at 15.30 heading<br />
up the Tondu branch.<br />
January 9<br />
86101 ‘Sir William A. Stanier FRS’ & 86701<br />
‘Orion’, on ice breaking duties, were seen<br />
stabled in Carlisle station at 11.00.<br />
January 9 (cont)<br />
The latest Cl.92 to receive DBS red, 92031 was<br />
seen in Carlisle Kingmoor Yard at 11.40.<br />
66746 working 4Y81 Southampton - Mountfield<br />
passed Basingstoke at 21.21.<br />
73107 t&t 73201 + 73138 passed Basingstoke<br />
at 19.43 heading for London on 1Q40 Eastleigh<br />
- Eastleigh.<br />
January 10<br />
The TEA tank wagons once used from<br />
Quidhampton and Burngullow are now working<br />
out of Aberdeen, These have replaced the<br />
French-registered ICA 87797 series, which are<br />
heading back to France.<br />
January 11<br />
66623 + 70017 + 4 HHA coal hoppers passed<br />
Stalybridge at 21.00 on 6E02 19.42 Basford<br />
Hall - Hunslet Yd / Midland Rd.<br />
20905 + 20901 t&t 20227 + 20142 on 7X09 Old<br />
Dalby - Amersham through Leamington Spa at<br />
20.47.<br />
January 12<br />
66746 + EMU 455849 passed through<br />
Strawberry Hill at 21.41.<br />
20309 + 37612 passed Coppull near Wigan at<br />
19.51 on Sellafield - Crewe flasks.<br />
January 13<br />
66507 + 66605 + 66554 passed Guide Bridge<br />
Station at 20.54 heading for Stalybridge and<br />
Huddersfield on Crewe Basford - Leeds<br />
Midland Road.<br />
January 14<br />
66002 departed Oxford at 22.32 heading<br />
southbound with the 5Z56 Oxford - Didcot Yard<br />
ecs.<br />
90046 passed through Birmingham<br />
International at 20.45 with the 4M41 Ipswich -<br />
Crewe liner.<br />
January 15<br />
57602 passed through Lostwithiel at 22.34 on<br />
Penzance - London Paddington via Cholsey.<br />
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January 15 (cont)<br />
73212 + 73213 + Seacows + 66711 arrived at<br />
Tonbridge at 19.50.<br />
D5613 (31190) + 31601 in BAR livery passed<br />
through Walsall at 13.35 (photo below by<br />
James Holloway).<br />
found for 6K02, I waited at various other scenic<br />
locations until 15.00, slowly getting colder in the<br />
hard frost, which stayed all day out of the sun.<br />
The chance to see daylight 3 loco hauled<br />
movements on the largely single track<br />
Aberdeen – Inverness line was scuppered by<br />
poor organisation and a signalling failure at<br />
Keith which messed up the timings. The 3<br />
planned trains were all westbound and the<br />
following timings were for Huntly:<br />
66107 on 6K01 booked to arrive at 11.12 to be<br />
looped for a service train at 11.18, 67006 on<br />
5A25 Caledonian Sleeper ecs straight through<br />
at 11.42 and another Cl.66 on 6K02 at 12.26.<br />
Arriving at Huntly at 11.00 the preceding 10.49<br />
Aberdeen – Inverness service train with SPT<br />
liveried 170473 was still in the station heralding<br />
a problem. Still lucky for me as it was the only<br />
SPT Cl.170 I didn’t have a reasonable photo of.<br />
This was eventually released 23 mins late on its<br />
way at 11.12 to be followed by the sleeper at<br />
11.36 which now looped until 11.47 (see front<br />
cover) to allow 170420 on the by now late<br />
running 11.18 Inverness – Aberdeen to pass at<br />
11.45.<br />
Not wishing to risk going elsewhere for a better<br />
shot as by now the sun was not ideal I waited<br />
and 6K01 shortly turned up at 12.04, 56 mins<br />
down and passed through at speed (see photo<br />
below). Not knowing a driver had not been<br />
January 16<br />
92019 passed through Bescot Yard at 23.07<br />
with a Hams Hall - Mossend working.<br />
90039 on 6L48 Garston - Dagenham DK empty<br />
cartics passed Barking eastbound at 22.44.<br />
66711 + 455847 departed Clapham Jnct on a<br />
Wimbledon - Ilford move.<br />
January 17<br />
67019 and 67025 were seen in Dollands Moor<br />
number 7 road having had their A exam.<br />
57306 working 6Z25 Derby RTC - Tonbridge<br />
ran round at 19.10 in Derby station.<br />
January 18<br />
Ex-LMT 150002 headed westbound through<br />
Didcot at 17.58 on 5Z19 Reading Depot -<br />
Bristol Barton Hill.<br />
66108 passed southbound light engine through<br />
Carlisle at 16.31 on Carlisle Yard - Margam.<br />
January 19<br />
37038 + 37218 passed Coppull near Wigan at<br />
19.24 working Sellafield - Crewe flasks.<br />
66084 headed north through Carlisle at 15.36<br />
with a Shap - Carlisle Yard loaded ballast.<br />
January 20<br />
390055 was seen in platform 13 Euston at<br />
20.40 having arrived from Manchester.<br />
70002 + 66560 + hoppers + 66505 on the rear<br />
passed Wilmslow at 20.23 on a Crewe Basford<br />
Hall - Midland Road move.<br />
January 21<br />
66075 + 66044 dead in tow arrived in Carlisle at<br />
17.03 and departed at 17.05 heading north<br />
working Tees Yard - Carlisle yard light engine<br />
move.<br />
66302 + 57008 + 57007 passed Cotmanthorpe,<br />
south of York at 11.13 with 0Z37 Carlisle -<br />
Whitemoor working.<br />
January 23<br />
70013 passed Carlisle at 22.28 on Fiddlers<br />
Ferry - Killoch empty coal hoppers.<br />
67019 t&t 67025 top + 6 wagons departed<br />
Tonbridge at 20.53 on a Rye - Hoo Jnct<br />
working.<br />
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January 24<br />
ex-DRS 66416 reversed its train of loaded<br />
Bardon JGAs westbound past Foxhall Junction<br />
and into Didcot DC siding (Milton Park) at 18.57<br />
on 6Z39 Avonmouth - Didcot DC.<br />
66847 departed Didcot platform 4 heading<br />
eastbound at 18.12 with the 6O78 Margam -<br />
Dollands Moor steels.<br />
January 25<br />
20905 + 20901 departed Dorridge at 20.15 with<br />
7X09 Old Dalby - Amersham working.<br />
January 26<br />
ex-DRS 66416 on 6L18 Bardon Hill - Harlow<br />
Mill loaded bogie hoppers departed Cambridge<br />
at 04.50.<br />
January 30<br />
70007 dispatched from Tilbury, came to the<br />
rescue of 4M87 Felixstowe - Trafford Park<br />
which had failed near Caledonian Road &<br />
Barnsbury on the North London Line. The train<br />
loco 86501 failed with smoke coming from the<br />
loco. The train got on the move two hours late.<br />
None date specific News:<br />
The latest DBS tender list has seen the remaining Cl.47 47799 and all the remaining 33 stored 56s<br />
sold, leaving no Cl.47s or 56s on the books with DBS. With 47799 going into preservation at Eden<br />
Valley <strong>Railway</strong>, both the ex-royal Cl.47/8 locos have now been saved. Most of the Cl.56s (27) have<br />
been bought by European Metal Recycling (EMR), so many will go for scrap, though no doubt some of<br />
the better ones may yet be resold. Of the others, 56018, 56115 & 56117 were bought by Europhoenix<br />
for use abroad though 56018 has since been swapped for 56101 (see associated report in<br />
Preservation News). Devon & Cornwall <strong>Railway</strong>s has gained 56091 & 56103. The only Cl.56 loco<br />
fitted with GSMR, 56007 has been bought by Ed Stevenson for spot hire.<br />
Further to the photo in the October 2011 issue, ex-DBS Cl.37s (another class no longer with DBS) can<br />
still be seen lined up to the south of DRS Kingmoor Depot, Carlisle. Yet to arrive in September 2011<br />
and the last two to be transferred north from Stoke Marcroft and Margam respectively, 37410 and<br />
37426 are seen on 9 th January 2012. Behind 37410 are 37416, 37411, 20307 & 20303.<br />
With more new Cl.70s arriving for Freightliner, DRS is not to be outdone and has ordered 15 brand<br />
new diesel-electric Vossloh Espana Eurolight locos, fitted with train heating and these will arrive by the<br />
end of 2013. As a more flexible mixed traffic loco than the Cl.66s it will be interesting to see how these<br />
will be used and whether they will ultimately replace Cl.47s used for passenger work.<br />
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In a much vaunted move, 60 of the<br />
64 Cl.460 Junipers are to be rebuilt<br />
by Alstom to strengthen Cl.458s for<br />
SWT. It will be done over the next<br />
two years with an additional car<br />
being added to the existing 30 x 4<br />
car sets and a further six 5 car sets<br />
created. It will mean that 12 of the<br />
16 driving cars will lose their<br />
distinctive nose. As the DMFLO<br />
driving cars will require more<br />
conversion work, it will be four of<br />
these that will remain spare. Most of<br />
the Cl.460s are now in store at<br />
Bournemouth and Stewarts Lane,<br />
with only two sets diagrammed for<br />
daily use with Southern alongside<br />
the older Cl.442 usurpers.<br />
Following 170434 other Cl.170s are<br />
finally receiving the ScotRail Saltire<br />
livery. However 170425 the second<br />
to be so treated has blotted its<br />
copybook only weeks after leaving<br />
works. It is seen right on Inverness<br />
Depot with front end damage to<br />
79425 on 27 th January 2012. It is<br />
presumed this is due to hitting a<br />
tree, though I have not seen any<br />
report to verify this.<br />
With expenditure outstripping income it has been discussed that the Caledonian Sleepers could be in<br />
jeopardy. With the wish to reduce short haul internal fights and encourage more people from cars<br />
there is no logic in abandoning the sleepers. Fortunately Transport for Scotland is to match the DfTs<br />
offer of £50 million to either buy new coaches or upgrade existing stock, a more likely outcome. Good<br />
news, all Scotland needs now is a link to HS2 sooner rather than later.<br />
Another new loco hauled service along the Cumbrian coast has seen DRS begin a 6 week trial on the<br />
9 th January operating a Mon-Fri ‘work’ train for Sellafield workers. Hauled by a single electric train<br />
heated loco, the service leaves Carlisle at 06.15 with 4 coaches, of which 3 (TSOs 5929/6006/6042)<br />
are reserved between Carlisle and Sellafield, with the fourth coach (BSO 9527), available for public<br />
use. After arriving at Sellafield at 07.55, the service continues to Barrow with all coaches now in public<br />
use. After stabling it returns at 15.39 ecs to Sellafield, to form the 16.48 to Carlisle, arriving at 18.32.<br />
The first service was hauled by 37423 ‘Spirit of the Lakes’.<br />
390055 is now in service as a 9-car set and is easily recognisable along with 390054 being the only<br />
two Pendo’s without Virgin branding. The Pretendolino still gets its regular outing on a Friday to Crewe<br />
via Birmingham New Street. The Cl.90 drops off at Crewe and a Cl.57 brings the ECS back to<br />
Wembley. Interestingly there is a regular working on a Sunday with a Pendo dragged ECS from Oxley<br />
to Euston by a Cl.57, presumably to retain route and traction knowledge as there does not seem to be<br />
any other good reason for it to be dragged! The Cl.57 then runs back to Wembley.<br />
LOROL have been trialling traction changeovers for 378s on the move. For those not familiar, the<br />
overhead line runs to the south of North Pole Junction, from where third rail is in operation towards<br />
Clapham Junction. Currently, all trains formed of electric multiple unit stock are required to stop to<br />
change over from AC to DC heading towards Clapham Junction or DC to AC going towards Willesden.<br />
The Class 395s of Southeastern can change from AC to DC or DC to AC whilst on the move as can<br />
Class 92 locomotives.<br />
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Out & About<br />
by James Holloway<br />
To be more helpful for those interested in where stock was exactly, can I ask all contributors who list<br />
trip sightings en masse, particularly over long distances, to please add more detail when submitting to<br />
James…ed<br />
Ian McAlpine:<br />
28 th December:<br />
Hooton: 508120/140<br />
Crewe:<br />
86401/24, 90044, 175116, 2221116, 350130<br />
Soho Depot: 08805<br />
30 th December:<br />
Peterborough: 70007<br />
13 th January:<br />
Peterborough:<br />
66108/526/541/731, 91118, 158788, 170101<br />
Doncaster: 66018/142, 321902<br />
York: 47798, 57003<br />
14 th January:<br />
Darlington: 43310/11, 142015<br />
York: 144004, 150206, 158757, 185108/25/39/41<br />
15 th January:<br />
Darlington: 142094, 156444, DVT 82203<br />
York: 57003<br />
Peterborough: 66071/712, 91124<br />
21 st January:<br />
Whittlesea: 158774, 170206/519<br />
March: 66729<br />
Cambridge:<br />
170109/272, 317649/55/63, 365514/23<br />
Brian Derricote:<br />
28 th December:<br />
Stourbridge-Marylebone and return:<br />
165012/38, 172101/104/211-213/341/342<br />
Willesden-Surrey Quays 10.45-13.15:<br />
172102, 378135/137/138/140-142/144-149/153<br />
378154/201/205-207/209/212/213/217/223/224<br />
378233/234/255-257<br />
Liverpool Street 13.45-14.00:<br />
315818, 317892, 379005/18<br />
St Pancras 16.00-18.15:<br />
43049/66, 37 3021/022/201/202/213/214/223/224<br />
395002/06/11/12/27/28<br />
10 th January:<br />
Stafford:<br />
37602/3, 66096/097/184/432/505/537/554/555/562<br />
66598/602, 70007, 86609/14, 90024/45/49, 92016<br />
92019<br />
Mike Rumens:<br />
31 st December:<br />
Nuneaton 14.25-15.15:<br />
70002, 153356, 170518/22, 350256, 390024<br />
1st January:<br />
Rugby:<br />
66744/745/850, 390029, DR78730/77319/98307<br />
999801<br />
2 nd January:<br />
Nuneaton: DR73947/73948<br />
4 th January:<br />
Nuneaton:<br />
66011/414/571/593/702/849, 153356, 170105/115<br />
170397/521/523/638, 221103/04/09, 350105/117<br />
350243, 390005/10/12/22/42/47-49/54, DR73947<br />
6 th January:<br />
Nuneaton 09.14-10.40 & 14.20-16.05:<br />
66526/572/702/716/738, 90016/47/48, 153366<br />
170105/107/112/113/117/398/520/522, 221102/03<br />
221111/13/16, 350124/250/257/263, 390001/03<br />
390006-09/11/14-16/20/30/31/34/35/37/43/50/52<br />
390053, DR73901/936/948/77002/98010<br />
9 th January:<br />
Nuneaton 14.20-15.27:<br />
66057/525/591/711, 86607/28, 153375, 170102<br />
170397/521/523, 350119/129/260, 390002/06/12<br />
390021-23/27/31/34/35/42/49/53/55<br />
10 th January:<br />
Nuneaton 14.20-15.27:<br />
66129/171/414/525/526/565/572/602/715, 90043<br />
153375, 170108/398/518/519/636, 221109/15/32<br />
221143, 350118/122/129/249, 390001/06/09-11/13<br />
390015/18/21/24-26/31/32/34/36/37/42/47/52/54<br />
13 th January:<br />
Nuneaton 09.10-10.15:<br />
66541/594/702, 70011, 90043, 153354, 170101<br />
170105/08/12, 221103/07/13, 350103/15, 390016<br />
390018/22/31/34/39/42/50, DR73806/999800/801<br />
17 th January:<br />
Nuneaton 09.58-10.45 & 14.08-15.50:<br />
66002/039/126/182/543/565/591/620/702/735/742<br />
86637/9, 70002, 153364, 170109/518-520/638/639<br />
221106/43, 350101/124/253/258, 390004/13/17/18<br />
390020/23/24/29/34/40/41/46/52, DR98009/10<br />
20 th January:<br />
Nuneaton 09.00-10.15:<br />
66504/41, 70002, 90049, 153371, 170106/109<br />
170638, 221119, 350109/119/256<br />
Geoff Hope:<br />
1 st December:<br />
Crewe 08.45:<br />
47790, 153353, 221112/18, 323227, 350113/118<br />
350256, 390032<br />
Wolverhampton: 66197, 323206, 390013<br />
Soho: 08805, 323202, c.s. 6364/5<br />
Birmingham Moor Street 10.00-14.10:<br />
67015, 150106/9, 165008/17/19, 168002-004/106<br />
168112/113/214/217/219, 172211-221/332-335<br />
172337/338/340-342/344/345, DVT 82303<br />
c.s. 10230, 12059/117/145/173<br />
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Tyseley: 66009/160<br />
9 th December:<br />
Manchester Piccadilly 14.10-16.45:<br />
57302, 66145/562/593, 142004/07/13/20/32/35/37<br />
142040/44/45/48/52/54/61, 150103/115/139/144<br />
150147/149/150/223/228/270/272/275/277<br />
156427/40/60/68/72/91, 158773/774/777/788/799<br />
158856/862, 170301/8/9, 175005/006/105/109/113<br />
175115/116, 185104/05/07/09-13/16/17/24/26/34<br />
185136/37/42-44/48-50, 220006/14/18, 221119/20<br />
221126/41, 323224-38, 390001/03/04/06/12/13/19<br />
390028/40<br />
12 th December:<br />
Bolton 09.15-09.31:<br />
150111/148/150/204/218, 153331<br />
Manchester Victoria:<br />
150139/269/277<br />
Manchester Piccadilly 10.25-14.45:<br />
66020/564/571/589/741, 142005/07/13/32/33/37<br />
142038/41/48/52/58/61/63, 150111/112/119/140<br />
150143/147/204/206/215/228/270/275, 156424<br />
156429/41/64/66/72/83/88/91, 158773/777/785<br />
158799/840/846/847/854/857/862/863/866<br />
170301/4/6/8, 175002/004/007/008/107/109/111<br />
175113/115, 185102/03/07-10/12/14-16/18/20-22<br />
185124/26/28/29/33/35/39-43/45-51, 220008-10<br />
220018/20/22/31, 221128/40, 323224-31/33-36/38<br />
390001-04/10/19/23/24/26/27/34/38/54<br />
15 th December:<br />
Manchester Piccadilly 14.05-16.45:<br />
66542/572/741, 142007/11/13/28/34/36/41/44/45<br />
142052/53/55/56/60-62, 150111/118/119/133/140<br />
150201/204/210/211/214/218/225/228/270/274<br />
150275, 156427/55/59/64/66/87/89, 158774/785<br />
158788/847/857/863, 170301/3/4/7/9, 175001/011<br />
175105/108/114/116, 185102/03/06/-09/11/13-15<br />
185117/18/20/22/25/26/28/31/36/37/39/45/51<br />
220001/14/16, 221130/34, 323224/25/27-37<br />
390001/10/11/14/16/19/23/28/34/43<br />
20 th December:<br />
East Midlands Parkway 09.15-09.35:<br />
66136, 158780<br />
Leicester 09.55-13.30:<br />
43043/045/046/048/049/054/055/058/064/075/076<br />
43082, 66021/124/545/554/622/741, 156410/70/98<br />
158812, 170103/106/110/113/116/519/523/637<br />
222001/02/05/06/10-17/21-23/102/103<br />
22 nd December:<br />
Doncaster 08.25-15.30:<br />
08853, 37601, 43206/208/238/239/251/257/272<br />
43277/295/296/299/300/302/305/310/313/315-317<br />
43319/320/367/423/467/468/484, 47237, 66013<br />
66018/118/121/130/131/137-139/416/511/529/557<br />
66565/566/703/715/719/722, 67021, 91101-08/10<br />
91113/14/16/18/20-22/24-27/32, 142011/26/95/96<br />
144002-04/06/09, 153302/32/63, 156410, 158792<br />
158793/842/845/861/905/907/909/910, 170305/9<br />
180101/03/05/09/10/12/14, 185115/18/21/29/39<br />
220004/06/07/11/15/17/23/30, 221121, 321902<br />
DVT 82200-04/07/08/10-12/14/16-19/22/24-29/31<br />
DR 73934/46, c.s. 6378/9, 10214/28<br />
James Holloway:<br />
10 th January:<br />
Water Orton 12.54-15.32:<br />
60091, 66007/054/126/141/145/170/199/544/556<br />
66567, 170101/103/106/107/110/113-115/397<br />
170519-523/638/639, 220003/18, 221130/36<br />
950001<br />
21 st January:<br />
Walsall 13.35: 31601+D5613<br />
Bescot 13.45: 56091/115/117, 66016/053/056<br />
Paul Bright:<br />
22 nd December:<br />
Blackpool-Coventry:<br />
56311, 57309, 60039, 142019, 150113/50, 158754<br />
170505/632, 185112/13, 221102/36, 323218<br />
350110/111/234/256, 390013/17/42<br />
28 th December:<br />
Coventry-Blackpool:<br />
66602, 142052, 150114/260, 156460, 220031<br />
323241, 350102/118/238, 390004/22/50<br />
Network News<br />
Peterborough Station: With work underway on enlarging Reading, Peterborough is now to set to<br />
follow with 3 more through platforms proposed. The southern bay platform 1 will be removed, 2 & 3 will<br />
be re-numbered to 1 & 2, a new platform 3 will be created on the un-faced western side of the current<br />
platform 3 and a new island platform 6 & 7 to be built to the west of existing 4 & 5. Together with a<br />
new freight loop line to the west all the existing through platforms are to be extended.<br />
National Express East Anglia (NExEA): The NExEA franchise comes to an end at the close of<br />
service on Saturday 4 th <strong>February</strong> to be replaced by Greater Anglia. On commencement of the new<br />
franchise, 9 Cl.317 units are to be handed back. The new franchise will run for 39 months.<br />
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Preservation Scene<br />
A complete class 107 3 car DMU is back together at the Tanat Valley <strong>Railway</strong> (TAN), Nantmawr<br />
Quarry with recently arrived centre trailer 59791 joining driving cars 52031 & 52005 previously moved<br />
from the Nene Valley <strong>Railway</strong>. In the photo below taken by Roger Thomas on the 22 nd January 2012<br />
the cab of ex-Embsay & Bolton Abbey <strong>Railway</strong> 52012 can also be seen coupled to 52031. With 51993<br />
also at TAN this means there are now 5 out of the 11 extant Cl.107 DMUs present at TAN.<br />
Former DMU Cl.101 driving trailer 54356 used as a loco hauled observation car on the Kyle of<br />
Lochalsh line from 1984 - 1994, has moved from the Gloucester & Warwickshire <strong>Railway</strong> (GWR) to the<br />
Nottingham Heritage Centre, Ruddington (NHC) where it is to be restored as an observation car.<br />
Stored since 1996 it is still in the green & white Hebridean<br />
coaching livery and numbered 6300,<br />
as seen on 17 th April 2011 at Winchcombe, GWR.<br />
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With the preserved status of many items of<br />
rolling stock constantly changing these days,<br />
56101 is the latest to lose its preservation status<br />
having been bought by Europhoenix for an<br />
intended future abroad. Initially it has moved to<br />
Burton and just days before its move it is seen at<br />
Barrow Hill late on Sunday 8 th January in the<br />
company of 89001.<br />
Happily 56018, originally earmarked for life<br />
abroad, has entered preservation in place of<br />
56101. 56018 has been stored in Warrington<br />
Arpley yard since 2009 as seen here right on<br />
16 th July 2009.<br />
56006 the first Cl.56 to be<br />
accepted into service by BR in 1976<br />
has been bought off the latest DBS tender list by<br />
European Metal Recycling (EMR) and is in danger of being<br />
scrapped. Formerly part of the EWS heritage fleet, 56006 has been<br />
stored at Barrow Hill for 9 years, as seen here on 8 th January 2012 and It may<br />
yet still have a future if a fund raising effort to buy the loco from EMR is successful.<br />
20
Following the successful first move under its own power on 29 th November 2011, Stanier 4-6-2 46233<br />
‘Duchess of Sutherland’ is undergoing final fitting out at its home West Shed at Swanwick, MRB where<br />
it is seen on 8 th January 2012. The chalked message where the worksplate should be, reads “Plates<br />
being painted...don’t panic !!”<br />
Following poor usage, Weardale <strong>Railway</strong> ceased its commuter operation<br />
using Cl.141 DMUs 141103 & 141113 between Bishop Auckland West and Stanhope on the<br />
31 st December 2011. It is to concentrate on running more heritage services<br />
as asked for by passengers. 141103 is seen manoeuvring<br />
back into the Stanhope following the running round of a<br />
steam service on Saturday 22 nd October 2011.<br />
21
On 8 th January 2012 on the Midland <strong>Railway</strong> Butterley, 08590 ‘Red Lion’<br />
was called into action to rescue the service DMU of 51591 + 59609 +<br />
51625 on. Due a baffling brake failure on the DMU, the 08 was<br />
summoned after the DMU failed at Swanwick. It is seen on the<br />
first service back to Butterley passing the DMU shed at 13.15.<br />
Cl.117 DMU DMBS cars 51341 & 51398 are to be stripped to provide spares for other needy projects<br />
around the country. These two cars along with seven others were originally bought by Dorset CC to<br />
provide a commuter service on the Swanage <strong>Railway</strong>. That never materialised and alongside with four<br />
other cars they were moved to the Midland <strong>Railway</strong> Butterley where they have suffered severe<br />
damage from vandalism, these two being the worst of the stored vehicles. Both still in NSE livery,<br />
51341 is seen below outside the DMU shed on 8 th January 2012 at Butterley after being brought up<br />
from storage alongside the running line at Swanwick. I presume 51398 was inside the shed as I never<br />
saw this vehicle anywhere at MRB on the day I visited.<br />
22
After 4 years open storage at Swanwick on the Midland <strong>Railway</strong> Butterley, the former BR and LT<br />
Cl.491 4-TC set is now undergoing restoration work. Formed of cars from various units (former sets in<br />
brackets), 76298 (415), 70855 (413), 70824 (412) & 76322 (427) are notionally numbered as set 413.<br />
With 76298 leading the set is seen at Swanwick outside the carriage repair shed and alongside the<br />
running line on the 8 th January 2012.<br />
Not reported before, newly refurbished and reliveried<br />
33035 finally entered passenger service<br />
on the Ecclesbourne Valley <strong>Railway</strong> over the<br />
weekend of 22 nd / 23 rd October 2011. Here it is<br />
after recently arriving from Barrow Hill looking all<br />
sparkly in its new BR blue livery at the<br />
Wirksworth base on 14 th August 2011. It was<br />
formerly painted in NSE livery, one of only two<br />
Cl.33s to be so treated.<br />
Following a notice to quit, the two Cl.502 EMU cars stored at Tebay are to move to safe undercover<br />
storage in an industrial unit at Burscough which belongs to the Merseyside Transport Trust.<br />
After all the troubles suffered by the Gloucester & Warwickshire <strong>Railway</strong> it is a pleasure to report a<br />
success with the opening of a passing loop at Gotherington at the very point where the first landslip<br />
occurred. This means trains can now operate simultaneously from Cheltenham Racecourse and<br />
Winchcombe. The first trains passed on the 4 th December 2011.<br />
23
Gloucestershire Sightings<br />
by Nigel Hoskins<br />
The following sightings are mostly from Gloucester Station, but also include workings on the avoiding<br />
line southeast of the station between Barnwood and Gloucester Yard Jncts. Only freight and notable<br />
loco hauled workings are shown with the diagram code, time (if known) plus origin and destination<br />
(see location codes).<br />
20 th December<br />
09.05 66847 6Z50 GL-Teigngrace<br />
66510 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66423/303 6M67 BR-CE<br />
60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66419 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66185 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66105 6V06 KY-CT<br />
66065 4V32 TO-ON<br />
21 st December<br />
03.40 66717 6Z31 CT-HD<br />
04.15 66201 6V11 IM-CF<br />
04.15 66192 6V62 HL-MG<br />
09.19 DR77903 6U16 LD-GL<br />
10.59 66165 6A36 AH-DT<br />
11.10 66124 4E66 MR-RA<br />
13.13 66097 6E31 MG-HL<br />
70002 4V61 RG-SG<br />
60054 6B47 WH-RN<br />
66717 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
22 nd December<br />
11.06 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
13.02 66112 6V67 RA-MG<br />
14.58 66510 4V47 RG-SG<br />
16.06 66717 6Z31 CT-HD<br />
20.38 70002 4V61 RG-SG<br />
60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
23 rd December<br />
07.03 66012 6B16 RN-WH<br />
08.40 DR77903/73114 6U12<br />
LD-GL<br />
11.01 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.19 66003 4E66 MG-RA<br />
13.03 66054 4Z32 RC-MG<br />
13.39 66012 6B25 WH-RN<br />
16.03 66717 6Z31 HD-CT<br />
22.35 66108 6V66 RA-MG<br />
24 th December<br />
60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66622 4V20 FF-SG<br />
25 th December<br />
150121/122/128/247,<br />
153373/77 at GL<br />
27 th December<br />
04.34 60071 6B16 RN-WH<br />
11.18 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.27 66114 4E66 MG-RA<br />
12.08 60071 6B25 WH-RN<br />
19.00 60054 6B47 WH-RN<br />
19.03 66705 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
29 th December<br />
00.45 66066 6E49 CT-RM<br />
01.01 66125 6E39 CT-SC<br />
10.57 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.30 60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
29 th December (cont)<br />
12.58 66585 4V06 RG-SG<br />
13.50 57007/11 6M67 BR-CE<br />
19.07 66705 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
19.10 66139 6Z44 AW-LY<br />
20.15 66050 6E30 MG-HL<br />
22.21 66201 6V35 RM-CT<br />
22.33 66019 6V29 LC-CT<br />
30 th December<br />
19.55 66018 6E11 CF-IM<br />
60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66585 4V06 RG-SG<br />
31 st December<br />
11.10 60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
11.55 66618 4V06 RG-SG<br />
14.45 66595 4V46 RG-PG<br />
15.25 66846/9 0Z66 RY-EH<br />
18.25 66515 4V56 RG-SG<br />
19.56 66094/193 6V35 RM-CT<br />
20.10 66069 4Z33 RC-AV<br />
66133 4Z32 RC-AV<br />
2 nd January<br />
16.10 66005 6V55 BD-RN<br />
19.50 70010 4V61 RG-SG<br />
60049 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66183 6V67 RA-MG<br />
3 rd January<br />
13.20 66847 6Z50<br />
ChIrk-Teignbridge<br />
15.59 66054 6M41 MG-RO<br />
19.00 66050 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.15 66127 6V69 BS-AD<br />
66849 0Z67 LL-RY<br />
60049 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66011 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66122 6V66 RA-MG<br />
70011 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66183 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66197 6V05 RO-MG<br />
4 th January<br />
14.00 70011 4V47 RG-SG<br />
16.00 70006 4V22 FF-SG<br />
60054 6B25 WH-RN<br />
60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
66122 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66109 6M96 MG-CY<br />
66011 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66705 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
66164 6M41 MG-RO<br />
5 th January<br />
05.45 66197 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.04 66054 6M96 MG-CY<br />
12.19 60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
12.52 66122 6V67 RA-MG<br />
15.06 70011 4V47 RG-SG<br />
5 th January (cont)<br />
15.09 37612/08 6M67 BR-CE<br />
15.14 66106 6V92 CY-MG<br />
16.16 66164 6M41 MG-RO<br />
19.10 66194 6Z44 AW-LY<br />
66847 6Z50 Chirk-GL<br />
60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
60011 6V05 RO-MG<br />
6 th January<br />
03.15 66616 0Z66 EA-FR<br />
11.05 60071 6B47 WH-RN<br />
14.05 66186 0V07 RO-MG<br />
20.14 66011 6V55 BD-RN<br />
20.35 66705 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
22.20 66097 6V61 RO-MG<br />
66075 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66197 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66106 6M96 MG-CY<br />
66122 6V92 CY-MG<br />
70006 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66137 6E11 CF-IM<br />
66193 6Z88 CT-SN<br />
7 th January<br />
13.07 70011 4V20 FF-PG<br />
14.25 66108 4E66 AV-SC<br />
19.26 66053 6V35 RM-CT<br />
60049 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66555 4V56 RG-SG<br />
66122 6V05 RO-MG<br />
8 th January<br />
66250 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66197 6E47 LL-TS<br />
9 th January<br />
09.11 66169 6M96 MG-CY<br />
10.10 37606/7 5Z17 DY-EX<br />
11.05 66100 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.58 66009 0A36 AH-DT<br />
12.30 60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
12.56 66034 6V67 RA-MG<br />
14.00 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
14.58 66419 4V47 RG-SG<br />
15.11 66122 6V92 CY-MG<br />
19.05 66506 4V57 RG-SG<br />
20.53 60054 6B47 WH-RN<br />
21.56 66087 6V66 RA-MG<br />
10 th January<br />
07.15 66169 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.05 66847 6Z50 GL-Teignbridge<br />
11.08 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.27 66005 4E66 MG-RA<br />
12.03 66063 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.28 60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
12.50 66162 6V67 RA-MG<br />
12.55 66009 6A36 AH-DT<br />
15.05 66034 6V92 CY-MG<br />
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10 th January (cont)<br />
16.02 66506 4V47 RG-SG<br />
19.06 66122 6V06 HD-CT<br />
20.02 66735 6E11 CF-LY<br />
20.21 66063/187 6E30 MG-HL<br />
22.38 66006 6E09 SS-IM<br />
23.03 66015 6E47 LL-TS<br />
66186 6M41 MG-RO<br />
11 th January<br />
10.11 66186 6M96 MG-CY<br />
66506 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66169 6E31 MG-HL<br />
66197 6M81 MG-RO<br />
66005 6V67 RA-MG<br />
60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
66087 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66100 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66034 6V92 CY-MG<br />
12 th January<br />
06.38 66140 6M81 MG-RO<br />
11.10 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.30 66005 4E66 MG-RA<br />
19.18 66847 6Z50 Chirk-GL<br />
60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66506 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66034 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66186 6M41 MG-RO<br />
66197 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66169 6V64 HL-MG<br />
13 th January<br />
09.11 66050 6M96 LL-CY<br />
10.33 66161 6Z55 BS-AD<br />
11.01 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.18 47727/49 0Z47 WW-WY<br />
11.26 66041 4E66 MG-RA<br />
12.07 66063 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.53 66005 6V67 RA-MG<br />
13.59 66161 6Z56 AD-BS<br />
15.15 60071 6V92 CY-MG<br />
15.58 66132 6M41 LL-RO<br />
17.15 66121 6O42 Halewood-SO<br />
19.01 66158 6Z44 AW-LY<br />
19.37 66705 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
20.06 66031 6V55 BD-RN<br />
66011 7X36 DT-AH<br />
66558 4V47 RG-SG<br />
14 th January<br />
66617 6Y27 Hackney-AH<br />
66506 4V06 RG-SG<br />
60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66054 4E66 MG-SC<br />
66005 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66059 4Z33 TO-AV<br />
66558 4V46 RG-PG<br />
14 th January (cont)<br />
66100 6V02 HL-LL<br />
66132 6V07 RO-LL<br />
66847 0Z49 GL-EH<br />
15 th January<br />
14.20 47727/49 0Z47 WY-WW<br />
66100 6M75 MG-CL<br />
66186 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66106 6E47 LL-TS<br />
16 th January<br />
07.30 66618 6Z25 FR-RY<br />
07.30 66075 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.11 66050 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.00 60071 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.52 60049 6E41 WH-LY<br />
12.52 66116 6V67 RA-MG<br />
14.00 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
15.02 66087 6V92 CY-MG<br />
17.00 66525 4V47 RG-SG<br />
17.03 66162 6M41 MG-RO<br />
19.01 66075 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.07 66705 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
19.45 66519 4V57 RG-SG<br />
20.22 66136 6E11 CF-IM<br />
20.30 66169 6E30 MG-HL<br />
21.35 60054 6B47 WH-RN<br />
21.55 66197 6V66 RA-MG<br />
23.45 66132 6W51 WY-GL<br />
17 th January<br />
09.05 66847 6Z50 GL-Teignbridge<br />
11.03 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.27 66075 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.29 66197 4E66 MG-RA<br />
13.00 66952 4V06 RG-SG<br />
13.15 37606/20309 6M67 BR-CE<br />
13.15 66004 6V67 SC-MG<br />
14.55 66525 4V47 RG-SG<br />
15.00 66087 6V92 CY-MG<br />
67029 0Z63 GL-CF<br />
18 th January<br />
21.22 66109 4E93 AW-MF<br />
22.00 66187 6V66 RA-MG<br />
66095 6E47 LL-TS<br />
66004 6V07 RO-MG<br />
66087 6M94 MG-CY<br />
66114 6E11 CF-IM<br />
66075 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66169 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66152 6M81 MG-RO<br />
60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
66525 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66705 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
66100 6V55 BD-RN<br />
66116 6E30 MG-HL<br />
19 th January<br />
60049 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66525 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66087 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66051 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66096 6V67 RA-MG<br />
60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
66197 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66847 6Z50 Chirk-GL<br />
67002 0Z63 CF-GL<br />
66016 6V81 RM-CT<br />
66197 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66098 0F63 TO-AV<br />
20 th January<br />
05.35 66169 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.08 66096 6M96 MG-RO<br />
10.20 66068 6Z55 BS-AD<br />
11.01 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.10 66078 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.26 66113 4E66 MG-RA<br />
12.57 66051 6V67 RA-MG<br />
14.57 66525 4V47 RG-SG<br />
15.58 66162 6M41 MG-RO<br />
17.00 66111 6O42 Halewood-SO<br />
18.35 66705 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
19.00 66169 6V07 RO-MG<br />
21.45 66092 6V66 RA-MG<br />
66068+67029 0Z55 AD-BS<br />
66598 0Z26 SG-RY<br />
21 st January<br />
11.45 60091 6E41 WH-LY<br />
12.35 66618 4V06 RG-SG<br />
13.35 66523 4V22 FF-SG<br />
15.28 66419 4V46 RG-PG<br />
21.40 66618 6Y27<br />
Hackney-Stoke Works<br />
22 nd January<br />
12.59 66040 4E68 East Usk-SC<br />
23 rd January<br />
06.52 66085 6W40 Bridgend-BS<br />
09.04 66114 6M96 MG-CY<br />
09.56 66016/118 0W40 BS-AD<br />
10.20 66847 0Z69 GL-LL<br />
10.53 DR77901 6J88 WS-ST<br />
11.35 60054 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.52 31285 1Z06 DY-AD<br />
12.11 DR73935 6J42<br />
Port Talbot-RY<br />
13.27 97301 1Q13 DY-TY<br />
14.55 66548 4V47 RG-SG<br />
66051 6M81 MG-RO<br />
66003 6M41 MG-RO<br />
66100 6V92 CY-MG<br />
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Stirlingshire Sightings<br />
by Derek Sneddon<br />
The following sightings are from Camelon Station & nearby Carmuirs Junction with an occasional<br />
sighting from Falkirk. Only freight and notable loco hauled workings are shown together with the<br />
diagram code, time, origin and destination (see location codes)<br />
.<br />
16 th December<br />
05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66107 6S36 DS-GM<br />
17 th December<br />
02.30 66101 6Z48 MN-IS<br />
05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.05 66185 6A32 MN-AB<br />
10.35 66530 6G05 RV-LT<br />
11.20 66429/421 4M16 GM-DV<br />
13.00 66431 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66144 6S36 DS-GM<br />
14.07 47802/832 1Z17 ED-PH<br />
18 th December<br />
13.00 66431 4A13 GM-AB<br />
19 th December<br />
05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.30 66304 4N66 GM-ML<br />
10.35 66530 6G05 RV-LT<br />
20 th December<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66152 6A31 GM-AB<br />
07.00 66431 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66530 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66305 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66107 6S36 DS-GM<br />
18.15 66101 6N44 PW-GM<br />
21 st December<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66429 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66518 6A65 OX-AB<br />
10.35 66530 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66305 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66101 6S36 DS-GM<br />
22 nd December<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66107 6A32 MN-AB<br />
07.00 66433 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66530 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB<br />
23 rd December<br />
05.45 66426 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66530 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66142 6S36 DS-GM<br />
18.15 66107 6N44 PW-GM<br />
24 th December<br />
05.45 66426 4H47 MN-IS<br />
09.30 66432 4A66 GM-AB<br />
10.05 66002 6A32 MN-AB<br />
27 th December<br />
05.45 66426 4H47 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB<br />
28 th December<br />
05.45 66426 4H47 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB<br />
29 th December<br />
05.45 66426 4H47 GM-IS<br />
06.00 66009 6A32 MN-AB<br />
13.00 66433 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66165 6S36 DS-GM<br />
30 th December<br />
05.45 66426 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.15 66121 6S04 MN-AB<br />
13.00 66424 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66165 6S36 DS-GM<br />
31 st December<br />
02.30 66110 6Z48 MN-IS<br />
05.45 66304 4H47 MN-IS<br />
09.30 66301 4A66 GM-AB<br />
10.05 66107 6A32 MN-AB<br />
13.30 66174 6S36 DS-GM<br />
1 st January<br />
09.40 66009 6K01 DL-MN<br />
11.20 66152 6K02 DL-MN<br />
2 nd January<br />
12.10 66110 6Z50 IS-MN<br />
13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB<br />
3r January<br />
05.45 66304 4H47 MN-IS<br />
4 th January<br />
05.45 66431 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66421 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.30 66432 4N66 GM-ML<br />
13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66174 6S36 DS-GM<br />
5 th January<br />
05.45 66431 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.30 66110 6A32 MN-AB<br />
07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE<br />
13.00 66432 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
18.15 66107 6N44 PW-GM<br />
6 th January<br />
05.45 66431 4H47 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66107 6S36 DS-GM<br />
7 th January<br />
02.30 66113 6Z48 MN-IS<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.05 66116 6A32 MN-AB<br />
10.35 66512 6G05 Killoch-LT<br />
11.20 66429 4M16 GM-DV<br />
13.00 66423 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66152 6S36 DS-GM<br />
14.05 66107 6K08 MN-Carnoustie<br />
18.10 66110 6K01 MN-NL<br />
18.40 66112 6K02 MN-NL<br />
20.05 66152+66002 6K03 MN-NL<br />
9 th January<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66423 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66524 6G05 RV-LT<br />
11.20 66301 4N66 GM-ML<br />
13.00 66433 4A13 GM-AB<br />
10 th January<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.35 66524 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.30 66113 6S36 DS-GM<br />
18.15 66152 6N44 PW-GM<br />
11 th January<br />
07.00 66423 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66615 6A65 OX-AB<br />
10.35 66524 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66432 4A13 GM-AB<br />
12 th January<br />
05.45 66431 4H47 NM-IS<br />
06.30 66113 6A32 MN-AB<br />
06.30 66601 6H51 OX-IS<br />
07.00 66432 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66524 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66421 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66110 6S36 DS-AB<br />
13 th January<br />
05.45 66431 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66432 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66524 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66426 4A13 GM-AB<br />
Stirlingshire & Gloucestershire Sightings Location Codes:<br />
AB Aberdeen<br />
AC Achnasheen<br />
AD Alexander Dock<br />
Jnct<br />
AE Attercliffe<br />
AH Ashchurch<br />
AJ Awre Junction<br />
AL Alston<br />
AN Acton<br />
AP Appleford<br />
AR Abercynon<br />
AT Abbotswood Jnct<br />
AV Avonmouth<br />
AW Aberthaw<br />
AY Ayr<br />
BA Blair Atholl<br />
BD Bedworth<br />
BE Berkeley<br />
BH Brierley Hill<br />
BI Burntisland<br />
BL Bristol<br />
BN Beeston<br />
BO Bo’ness<br />
BP Bath<br />
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BR Bridgwater<br />
BS Bescot<br />
BT Barton Hill<br />
BW Barrow Hill<br />
BZ St Blazey<br />
BY Barry<br />
CA Calvert<br />
CB Coatbridge<br />
CE Crewe<br />
CD Charfield<br />
CF Cardiff<br />
CH Chaddesden<br />
CL Carlisle<br />
CM Chalmerston<br />
CN Carnforth<br />
CP Chepstow
CQ Croft Quarry<br />
CR Cadder<br />
CS Cheltenham<br />
CT Cardiff Tidal<br />
CV Cliff Vale<br />
CY Corby<br />
DC Dyce<br />
DL Dalmeny<br />
DM Dollands Moor<br />
DR Doncaster<br />
DS Dalston<br />
DT Didcot<br />
DV Daventry<br />
DY Derby<br />
DU Dundee<br />
EA Earles Sidings<br />
ED Edinburgh<br />
EE Elderslie<br />
EH Eastleigh<br />
EL Elgin<br />
EU Euston<br />
EV Evesham<br />
EX Exeter<br />
FB Ferrybridge<br />
FF Fiddlers Ferry<br />
FG Fishguard<br />
FO Forres<br />
FR Fairwater<br />
GC Glasgow Central<br />
GL Gloucester<br />
GM Grangemouth<br />
GR Grange Sidings<br />
GS Gleneagles<br />
GY Grimsby<br />
HA Hayes<br />
HD Handsworth<br />
HF Hereford<br />
HH Holyhead<br />
HL Hartlepool<br />
HR Harwich<br />
HS Hunslet<br />
HT Hastings<br />
HV Haverfordwest<br />
HW Heywood Jnct<br />
HY Hinksey<br />
IM Immingham<br />
IB Ironbridge<br />
IS Inverness<br />
JM Jersey Marine<br />
KB Kittybrewster<br />
KC Kirkcaldy<br />
KK Kilmarnock<br />
KL Kyle of Lochalsh<br />
KN Kennethmont<br />
KS Kingsland Road<br />
KY Kingsbury<br />
LA Laira<br />
LB Ladybank<br />
LC Lincoln<br />
LD Lydney<br />
LG Lairg<br />
LH Leith<br />
LI Linlithgow<br />
LK Lackenby<br />
LL Llanwern<br />
LM Long Marston<br />
LN Laurencekirk<br />
LO Longsight<br />
LS Leeds<br />
LT Longannet<br />
LW Linkswood<br />
LY Lindsey<br />
MC Machen<br />
ME Montrose<br />
MF Milford<br />
MG Margam<br />
MH Millerhill<br />
MN Mossend<br />
ML Motherwell<br />
MO Moreton<br />
MS Maesteg<br />
MT Mountsorrel<br />
MV Manchester Vic<br />
MW Moorswater<br />
NA Nairn<br />
NE Neath<br />
NG Nottingham<br />
NH Newton Heath<br />
NJ Norton Jnct<br />
NL Newtonhill<br />
NT Newport<br />
NV Neville Hill<br />
NW Nantwich<br />
OB Oban<br />
ON Onllwyn<br />
OO Old Oak Common<br />
OX Oxwellmains<br />
OY Oxley<br />
PA Paisley<br />
PC Port Clarence<br />
PF Peak Forest<br />
PG Pengham<br />
PH Perth<br />
PM St Philips Marsh<br />
PN Paddington<br />
PO Polmadie<br />
PR Preston<br />
PT Paignton<br />
PW Prestwick<br />
PY Portbury<br />
PZ Penzance<br />
RA Redcar<br />
RC Ratcliffe<br />
RD Reading<br />
RE Redmire<br />
RG Rugeley<br />
RM Rotherham<br />
RN Robeston<br />
RO Round Oak<br />
RR Rowley Regis<br />
RV Ravenstruther<br />
RY Rugby<br />
SA Saltley<br />
SB Stourbridge<br />
SC Scunthorpe<br />
SD Standish Jnct<br />
SG Stoke Gifford<br />
SH Slough<br />
SI Stirling<br />
SK Shirebrook<br />
SN Stockton<br />
SO Southampton<br />
SP Spetchley<br />
SR Stourton<br />
SS Swansea<br />
ST Severn Tunnel Jnct<br />
SV Stevenage<br />
SW Swindon<br />
SY Shipley<br />
TD Tyne Dock<br />
TE Trostre<br />
TH Theale<br />
TK Tavistock Jnct<br />
TL Tilbury<br />
TN Taunton<br />
TO Toton<br />
TR Trishington<br />
TS Tees Yard<br />
TY Tyseley<br />
VA Victoria<br />
WB Wembley<br />
WH Westerleigh<br />
WP Worksop<br />
WR Warrington<br />
WS Worcester<br />
WV Wolverhampton<br />
WW Washwood Heath<br />
WY Westbury<br />
YT Yate<br />
YK York<br />
Preservation Photo Spot<br />
Continental Traction in the UK<br />
There are many preserved railways in the UK with continental rolling stock, none more so than the<br />
Nene Valley <strong>Railway</strong> (NVR). On the 22 nd November NVR took delivery of Swedish Y7 railcar 1212. It<br />
was based on the railway from 1984-89 but has been on Tweedle Farm, Fleggburgh in County<br />
Durham for the past 6 years. It is hoped to have it in service by Easter. It is seen at Wansford on 20 th<br />
December 2012.<br />
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<strong>Railway</strong> Globetrotters<br />
by John Sheppard<br />
Havana, Cuba 24 th May 2010:<br />
On a visit to Cuba, just under 2 years ago, I was wandering around Havana and happened to pass<br />
what appeared to be a scrapyard full of rusting old steam trains. As a very keen photographer I was<br />
eager to get a closer look.<br />
looking eastwards with 1502 to the fore and a tender numbered 1707,<br />
El Capitolio can be seen towering above across Industria<br />
I gave the guard on the gate a couple of pounds and was then free to wander around at my leisure. I<br />
was told that the trains were mostly Russian due to the close ties between the then USSR and Cuba<br />
and that there was a restoration project underway to save the best of them.<br />
four locos facing the northern boundary of the compound including 1358, left foreground<br />
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numbered 10 marked on the cabsibe and possibly 2342 on the dome nearest the cab, this loco<br />
is with others lined up against the northern boundary of the compound<br />
a closer view of the loco tucked in behind the blue cab in the first photo with a smokebox plate that<br />
reads ‘The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia USA’<br />
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A freshly painted loco E1334 sat at the top of the yard on an isolated set of rails and appeared to be<br />
setup as a tourist spectacle as seen in the photo below.<br />
1358 with CAI PEPITO TEY marked on the cabside, the tender appears to be numbered 1164<br />
As you can see from the photographs most of them are in a very dilapidated state and beyond any<br />
hope of ever breathing again. There were a large number of locos, tenders and some carriages from<br />
an extensive period of the stream era and it was delightful to see them, even if they were old and<br />
toothless.<br />
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a closer view of locos on the extreme left in the first photo with 1351 behind a tender<br />
numbered 1708<br />
1413 1326<br />
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The site is in Centro Habana on the north side of Dragones between Amistad to the west and Industria<br />
to the east and is also close to Chinatown. Amazingly it is right next to one of the most imposing<br />
building in Havana, Le Capitolio (National Capital Building), the dome of which can be seen in some of<br />
the photos. Built in 1929, this was the seat of government until the 1959 Cuban Revolution when it lost<br />
its prominence and is now the home of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. The site is not that far<br />
northwest of the main Central <strong>Railway</strong> station, La Coubra...ed.<br />
Light Rail, Metro & Tram News<br />
all photos by John Sheppard<br />
Edinburgh: Following the first trial runs using car 277 at Gogar depot test track on 12 th December<br />
2011, the depot was officially handed over to Edinburgh City Council. It was also accompanied by a<br />
revised plan for opening of various phases with March 2013 being the proposed timetable for the<br />
Airport – Gogar section...time will tell !!<br />
Tyne & wear Metro: The second refurbished and re-liveried car 4072 returned to South Gosforth<br />
depot in November.<br />
Blackpool: Flexity2 tram 002 arrived on 16 th December after its journey from Saxony.<br />
Manchester Metrolink: Car 1003 has been re-liveried in yellow & silver, the first of the T68 trams to<br />
be so treated.<br />
Track laying has started at the new East Didsbury terminus.<br />
Revised Liveries<br />
British American <strong>Railway</strong> Services owned 56303 with DCR (Devon & Cornwall) branding<br />
Barrow Hill Roundhouse, 8 th January 2012<br />
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Freight Corner<br />
WAGON UPDATES by Scott Yeates (to UKRS No.3 UK Wagons 2012):<br />
To allow members to keep their copy as up to date as possible, it is intended to provide changes via<br />
this spot every month. It is known that various wagons reportedly withdrawn or missing from previous<br />
editions are still in service so if any member can provide information please let Scott know, contact<br />
details on page 2.<br />
Scrapped: (assumed)<br />
The following stored OTAs have all been removed from Elgin Yard on or shortly after 19 th January:<br />
112161/178/183/207/255/310/329/341/391/396/399, 200675/736/930/933/934/945, 210144 plus an<br />
unidentified 112xxx<br />
FREIGHT NEWS<br />
The 8 mile freight line has been re-opened to enable DBS to haul coal from the Unity drift mine at<br />
Cwmgrach, near Neath to Aberthaw Power Station. Three trains a week are initially planned.<br />
Europorte’s 11 operational Cl.92, have like DBS been given clearance to work along HS1 and intend<br />
to operate from Calais Fréthun through to Barking.<br />
WAGON REVIEW by Trevor Roots:<br />
With the start of a new flow of timber traffic I thought it was appropriate to look at timber wagons with<br />
this issue concentrating on the OTA conversions.<br />
OTA Timber Wagons:<br />
With an upsurge in timber moving from the Scottish highlands to processing plants south of the<br />
border, BR began converting redundant 45t open goods wagons coded OBA & OCA in 1985 from the<br />
following batches.<br />
Number Code Lot No Design Code Built Manufacturer<br />
100001-110500 OBA 3909 1977-79 Ashford Works<br />
110501-110800 OBA 3930 OB001C/E 1978-79 Shildon Works<br />
112000-112399 OCA 4014 OC001A 1981-82 Shildon Works<br />
The OBAs/OCAs have a 20’9” wheelbase, FAT 7 / Brunninghaus leaf springs (the original 15 leaf<br />
springs of the first batch being modified) and SKF roller bearings. Some OCAs had Timken roller<br />
bearings but from photographic evidence the OTAs seem to have only been converted from those<br />
wagons with SKF bearings. The OBAs had wooden side doors whilst the OCAs were all steel. Both<br />
had steel ends but one difference is that OBAs had angled bottoms to the corner stanchions whereas<br />
the heavy longer OCA stanchions were square, clearly seen in the left hand photo on page 34. In<br />
addition to adding side stanchions and straps to retain the load, the OBAs/OCAs simply had their<br />
sides and drop hangers removed and the ends extended upwards. Numbers are generally carried on<br />
the solebars though some had them also on the ends.<br />
OTAs 112318, 112387, 112302 & 210170 showing the various differences<br />
in ends and stanchions, Elgin Yard, 23 rd January 2012<br />
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The first examples had a short square cornered section end section added, roughly 2ft in height. This<br />
design appears not to have been used on that many and altered to the much widely used second<br />
design of extension. This was roughly 4ft in height, depending on whether it was an OBA or OCA<br />
which had different height ends, but the top corners were angled. Interestingly there are some odd<br />
examples where the shorter OCA extension has been used on an OBA, possibly as a repair so the<br />
total height is shorter. This is more striking with the livery variation as can be seen with 112387 in the<br />
photo above.<br />
110208 an example of an OBA conversion from lot 3909<br />
but with the later style of tapered stanchions, Elgin Yard, 23 rd January 2012<br />
112341 an example of an OCA conversion from lot 4014 in blue livery showing the<br />
wooden floor and square style stanchions, Elgin Yard, 3 rd August 2011<br />
All the conversions feature removable stanchions of two designs which retained either 3 or 4 stacks of<br />
timber. The original square hollow style fit into pockets welded to and protrude above the floor edge.<br />
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They have hooks on the top to enable them to be lifted out easily. Though only 9 stanchions were<br />
provided for each wagon there were between 9 and 13 pockets fitted to allow the 9 stanchions to be<br />
moved to suit the load. The second type of stanchion is a tapered and fluted design painted red and<br />
appears to have been provided for the later VDA conversions though earlier OBA/OCA conversions<br />
also have them. These stanchions fit into a double set of pockets welded to the solebar so once<br />
removed leave nothing protruding above floor level. Confusingly and I have knowledge of why or<br />
whether wagons were retrospectively altered but there are therefore several permutations of wagon<br />
type and stanchion.<br />
examples of lot 4014 OCA worksplates<br />
no worksplates appear to be visible on OBA wagons built to lots 3909 or 3930<br />
The photos above show the variations discussed earlier between wagon type and stanchion type.<br />
In the left hand photo the tapered style of stanchion is fitted to ex-OBA 110208 whilst the square style<br />
stanchion sporting the top hook is fitted to ex-OCA 112389. Note also the different end stanchions and<br />
varying heights between the two different lots 3909 and 4014. The right hand photo again shows the<br />
square section stanchions fitted to similar ex-OCA (lot 4014) wagons 112384 and 112371 and also<br />
shows the pockets and web strapping reels in more detail.<br />
One other variation is the floors, which are either wooden as built or adapted to chequer plate.<br />
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Liveries over the years have varied, with BR Railfreight red used initially for the majority but either blue<br />
or light green for those wagons diagrammed for Thames Board traffic. When sectorisation came in<br />
they were all allocated to Transrail but retained their original liveries. Some have received EWS<br />
maroon livery.<br />
With the increased traffic brought about by the hurricane of 1987 more conversions were carried out<br />
using redundant 45t VDA vans from the following batches.<br />
Number Code Lot No Design Code Built Manufacturer<br />
200550-200999 VDA 3855 VD001A 1976 Ashford Works<br />
210100-210399 VDA 3908 1977-78 Shildon Works<br />
As with the OBAs/OCAs it was a simple conversion involving removing the roof and sides. This left the<br />
rounded end profile as seen below and a similar height to the extended OBAs/OCAs.<br />
200975 & 112241 showing the different profiles of the VDA (left) and OCA (right)<br />
conversions, Elgin Yard, 23 rd January 2012<br />
examples of the two different VDA lots, 3855 (left) and 2908 (right)<br />
As with the OBAs/OCAs both stanchion types were used within the same batch with no apparent<br />
reason. I can only reason this was due to conversion at different works, does anyone know ?<br />
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The VDA conversions either carried EWS maroon or Kronospan blue. Unlike the OBA/OCA<br />
conversions, data panels and numbers were carried on the ends. Numbers also carried in various<br />
places on the floor edge or solebar depending type of stanchion pocket fitted.<br />
200731 showing the tapered stanchion<br />
and EWS maroon livery<br />
Elgin Yard, 3 rd August 2011<br />
both these photos show VDA conversions from lot 3855 (above) and 3908 (below)<br />
210144 showing the square section stanchion<br />
and faded Kronospan blue livery<br />
Elgin Yard, 3 rd August 2011<br />
In total there were 171 conversions and were all eventually put in store at various locations, if not<br />
having been scrapped earlier, when the KFA conversions came into use in 2007.<br />
Hopefully I’ve done justice to these wagon types, if not let me know and I’ll pass it on. A future Wagon<br />
Review will feature the later KFA Ferrywagon conversions and the latest Rover cube conversions, the<br />
latter though I have yet to see.<br />
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Stock Changes<br />
It is hoped that all major changes recorded below will help you keep the Combine, Pocket Book and<br />
Name Directory up to date, (numerous pool code changes will not be recorded). In order to compile<br />
as accurate and up to date list as possible, can members please pass on their observations,<br />
particularly name changes and multiple unit reformations to the editor, Trevor Roots<br />
Locos returned from abroad: (DBS - France)<br />
66045<br />
New:<br />
70017 70018<br />
DVTs Re-numbered:<br />
82144 to 82306<br />
DMUs disbanded & re-formed:<br />
ex-LMT 3 car units reverted to 2 car<br />
150012 to 150112 150015 to 150115<br />
150018 to 150118 150019 to 150119<br />
150206 from 150012 & 150015<br />
150220 from 150018 & 150019<br />
Namings: (* previous names re-applied)<br />
319008 Cheriton*<br />
319009 Coquelles*<br />
Locos Transferred: (* into preservation)<br />
D4195 GWR to SDH<br />
08393 EMR Kingsbury to LHG<br />
25265 GCR to BU D6737 NNR to SDR<br />
D6737 Weybourne, NNR 2 nd October 2011<br />
37227 BAT to BU 37275 GCR to BH<br />
47799 * to EDV (correction from last month)<br />
56018 * Warrington Arpley Yd to ?<br />
56302 MNR to BU<br />
Units Transferred:<br />
54356 (6300) GWR to NHC (ex- Kyle of<br />
Lochalsh line loco hauled observation car)<br />
51909/54271 LM to SDH<br />
51363 /51405/59510 MHR to GWR<br />
3CIG 1496 (part) – 76747/62385 PON to DMR<br />
Cl.421 1498 SWR to EOR<br />
Locos for Scrapping:<br />
Booths, Rotherham 08909, 09203<br />
EMR Kingsbury 56046, 56073, 56112<br />
56133<br />
25265 Quorn, GCR 1 st May 2011<br />
New Stock<br />
having arrived for driver training 70016 is seen stabled in Wapping Sidings south of Carlisle station<br />
on 9 th January 2012. With 70017 yet to arrive, this still had 2 days to enjoy as<br />
the newest loco in the UK<br />
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More Loco Transfers<br />
03180 seen (above) on 8 th January 2012 has now transferred to the Heritage Shunters Trust,<br />
Rowsley South from the Battlefield Line and long term storage at Market Bosworth,<br />
where it was seen (below) on 1 st May 2011 in the sorry state in which it arrived minus engine<br />
having been saved from the cutters torch....but only just !!<br />
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transferred from the Heritage Shunters Trust at Rowsley South, 07013 and D2587<br />
now reside at Barrow Hill Roundhouse, 8 th January 2012<br />
the loss of these two means that HST no longer has a full set of BR shunters<br />
with no examples of Cl.05, Cl.07 or Cl.06 as<br />
06003, the sole survivor, has also moved from HST to the Manchester Museum of Science<br />
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