TRACTION 2011 Part 1
FREIGHT
TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 55022 on hire to GB Railfreight working the Alcan
alumina tanks between North Blyth and Lynemouth plus
its extraordinary appearance on the Fort William-North Blyth tanks;
DBS-liveried 59206 working the Theale-Robeston tanks; GBRf-liveried 92032
hauling the Daventry-Dollands Moor intermodal; 20304 & 20305 hauling a
rake of container flats from Harwich to Peterborough; DRS’ 66433 working
the Northolt-Calvert ‘Binliner’; 92026 hauling a rake of 41 Seacow
ballast wagons; 47739 hauling stored KSA wagons to Hamilton; 73206
shunting in Peterborough Yard; 66842 works the first Colas coal train over
the Weardale Railway; 92009 emerges in DB Schenker livery; damaged 70012
leaving Newport Docks by road on its way back to the USA….and an amazing
10 loco convoy of Class 66s.
PASSENGER
TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: The Wrexham & Shropshire farewell at London
Marylebone; DRS start hauling Boat Trains to Southampton Docks and then
take over the Northern Belle; a
FGW HST ventures along the Exmouth branch in Devon; FGW’s 57603 arriving
at Brush for a re-paint; Class 67 haulage for Chiltern Trains; 91101
arriving at Kings Cross on its maiden run in ‘Flying Scotsman’ livery;
31190 & 31601 traversing the Hope Valley; ‘Bubble Car’ W55034
re-enters traffic for Chiltern Railways in two-tone green; 20303 &
20309 deputising for steam on the Northern Belle to Holyhead…and 47790
emerges in Northern Belle livery.
THERE’S ALSO: ‘Crompton’
D6515’s main line test run following its Eastleigh Works overhaul; 56312 on hire to Colas towing a ballast cleaner; the
bizarre combination of 86101 towing 73109; FOUR
Class 59s on a freight train on the West Somerset Railway; Network Rail
Class 97s at work on the Cambrian route; DRS Class 37s on the Bourne End
and Henley-on-Thames branches; 57601 towing 2 Grand Central HST power cars
to Loughborough; Freightliner-liveried 57001 ventures to Barry; 57314
towing 2 ‘Voyager’ coaches; 50044 returns to the main line re-painted
in BR blue; 20308 on inspection saloon duties at York; 31190 towing 40106
from the Nene Valley to Washwood Heath; 37254 ventures to Eridge on the
Spa Valley Railway …and the ‘Clag shot of the Year’ as former
Fastline 56301 returns to traffic at the Swanage diesel gala in
spectacular style.
