Traction 2006 Pt 1


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TRACTION 2006 Part 1

The first five months of 2006 exceeded our expectations to produce such a fascinating amount of workings that we’ve had to extend the running time of this programme!

FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: Class 56s return to the main line for Fastline Freight, 37 419 hauling Class 56s to Old Oak Common for component recovery, 47 802 on the Warrington-Willesden mail, 47 840’s two trips to Shoeburyness on scrap EMU moves, ex-DRS Class 87s return to traffic on Royal Mail trains, 37 425 on the Dagenham-Bridgend Ford vans, the first DRS Class 47s to reach Plymouth, 47 145 hauling box wagons from Stoke to the Isle of Grain, 90 001 hauling EWS’ Garston-Dagenham automotive service, 47 830 on the Ayr-Oxwellmains cement, 37 425 reaches Exeter with the ‘silver bullet’ china clay tanks, 31 128 & 31 190 hauling steel wagons from Doncaster to Stoke…and the West London ‘Tractor’ bonanza including 37 425 & 37 405 on the Brentford-Appleford ‘Binliner’! 

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: the unprecedented sight of two HST power cars ‘back to back’ hauling the Penzance-Paddington ‘sleepers’, Class 47 haulage returns to the Riviera ‘sleepers’ with 47 813, Class 37s back on Cardiff-Rhymney services, Virgin Class 57s on Arriva North Wales services, 47 840 rescuing a Penzance-Paddington service, Class 50-hauled service trains for Arriva, 57 604 ventures to Shoeburyness in Essex to collect redundant slam-door stock, 47 245 returns to the main line for West Coast Railway Company…and the launch of the ‘Blue Pullman’ with newly re-painted 47 709 & 47 712.

THERE’S ALSO:  Network Rail Class 73s and converted Gatwick MLV’s on de-icing duties, 37 411 & 37 425 on the Serco test train in Kent, 33 103 breaking new ‘Crompton’ ground on Devon and Cornwall branches, 56 057 working the Lafarge self-discharge train on the Nene Valley Railway, former DRS ‘Cromptons’ return to traffic for West Coast Railway Company, track re-laying trains on the closed Ebbw Vale branch, Class 87s en-route from Oxley to Long Marston, Class 37-hauled railtours along the Cambrian, 67 020 hauling redundant TPO stock away from Exeter…and 45 112 making a mega-rare ‘Peak’ visit to Kingswear!

"If you are new to the TRACTION programmes you will not be disappointed. 100 minutes of solid enjoyment." TRACTION MAGAZINE

 


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Narration: David Maxey
First Published: 2006
Areas Featured: From all over the UK
Class Featured: Most current UK loco types, including some preserved.
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