TRACTION 2004 Part 1
As
the Traction series enters its tenth year, it’s business as usual!
Programme number 18 covers not only a period of farewells, but of
comebacks and nostalgia to. Believe it or not, it features only THREE
Class 66-hauled workings!
FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION
Extensive coverage of the final Royal Mail TPO workings, GB
Railfreight’s first Class 73 is released from Derby, 47 776 on the
Furzebrook LPG tanks, 09 020 on the WCML with limestone wagons from Shap
Quarry, 60 023 on a Derby-Brighton ‘Electrostar’ delivery, 37 669 + 37
695 on a Bescot-Ironbridge MGR, 47 843 visits Aberthaw cement works, Class
37s return to the West Country on china clay and Meldon ballast duties,
Heavy Haul 47/8’s on Thameslink EMU stock moves, the last ever Class 56
MGR working, 56 078 on Worksop MGR duties and on two departmental workings
on the former Southern Region and Class 58 loco 5111 working abroad in
Holland. There’s also extensive coverage of the run-down of EWS’ Class
47 and 56 fleets.
PASSENGER TRACTION
Class 31-hauled passenger trains return to the North West, EWS
Class 47s finish for First North Western, ‘top & tail’ Class 37/4s
working to Merthyr Tydfil, 45 112 on Midland Main Line passenger duties,
Class 87s going into store at Bicester, 37 203 on the Rhymney-Cardiff,
Virgin’s 47 851 works an EWS charter train to Wales, Large Logo 47 635
is re-instated to work a Cardiff-York charter, 40 145 storming the South
Devon banks of Rattery and Dainton. There’s also extended coverage of
the two final Class 56 railtours – the ‘Sarum Flyer’ and the
‘Twilight Grids’.
PLUS ‘top
& tail’ Res Class 47s on the Uckfield and Chingford branches,
Network Rail’s 73 213 on Serco duties on the Shepperton branch, 31 106
ventures to the West Highlands with an inspection saloon, former Tinsley
favourite 47 145 on Serco duties, 73 109 rescuing Wessex Class 31s after
they ran out of fuel, TWO Class 67s on test hauling SIXTEEN Scotrail
sleepers round the Hamilton Circle, Crompton’s return to the Meldon
Quarry branch, six Spanish-bound Class 58s at Newport Docks, 57 601 on an
inspection saloon in Suffolk. There’s also coverage of the North York
Moors, West Somerset and Mid-Hants diesel galas.
“The
usual strong selection of weird and wonderful locomotive workings. This
series continues to be very collectable and the 90 minutes whizzed by.”
TRACTION MAGAZINE
