Freight Review
Back on 18th October,
awaiting my train to Nuneaton, 66619 passed northbound through
Leicester
with the following rake of side-tipping bogies: 501337/ 391/ 390/ 389/ 317/
057/ 289/ 290/ 291/ 017/ 085/ 194/ 193/ 195/ 025. Apparently this is the
Carlisle-Mountsorrel service and is usually class 70 hauled, but only as far as
Crewe
! It also travels via Bescot and when the service has been noted at Stafford
earlier in the day the consist is twice the length as it is when it passes
Leicester
, having dropped off vehicles at Bescot. Actually, that evening at
Nuneaton
was quite busy with some additional/late-running services being noted. The
Colas Rail service to and from Hams Hall, which everyone keeps telling me has
ceased and will terminate at Daventry instead - and be worked by DB Schenker,
was noted at it's usual time heading southbound in the charge of 66845 vehicles
being: 33.87.4909.327/ 394/ 395/ 385/ 301/ 390/ 386/ 389/ 396/ 383,
33.68.4909.357/ 386/ 872/ 369. The southbound automotive service was in the
charge of 92041. A Freightliner coal service was also noted heading east with
66565 at the head, consist being: 370248/ 024/ 084/ 108/ 124/ 175/ 172/ 128/
331/ 148/ 073/ 525/ 097/ 126/ 051/ 538 (not all the vehicles were noted due to
the visibility and severe graffiti!). The two DRS ex-Daventry services were
hauled by 66422 and 66416 respectively. We still keep hearing rumours of DRS
dropping all their class 66s except the last four due to their not being
required. However, these two services through
Nuneaton
are still being regularly hauled by all members of the class in the DRS fleet!
Class 70, 70001, is still a regularly sighting in the evening at Nuneaton on the
Ipswich
-
Lawley street
, the service being lengthened to thirty bogies. A week later, 25th October, at
Leicester
, two coal services - one DB Schenker and one Freightliner - were noted. Firstly
66091 with the following train: 310390/ 837/ 024/ 941/ 538/ 609/ 513/ 138/ 152/
341/ 583/ 440/ 222/ 553/ 172/ 478/ 523/ 887/ 971/ 892, 311017. Not too far
behind was 66528 with its train: 370110/ 197/ 141/ 160/ 309/ 134/ 184/ 162/ 225/
150/ 112/ 206/ 108/ 144/ 140/ 177/ 158/ 077/ 106. A nice sight at
Nuneaton
that evening was the southbound automotive service being hauled by 92001 and
90029 both resplendent in EWS livery. Moving on to 8th November and the sight of
four class 20 locomotives, 20301, 20302, 20304, 20305 complete with two barrier
vehicles (ex-bogie fuel tanks) heading northbound, at 13.10, through Leicester en
route to Old Dalby to collect some tube stock. They were noted later that
afternoon at Melton Mowbray with the stock. That same day, at about 17.35, 70004
was at the head of the Crewe-Mountsorrel engineers' service, vehicles being:
501077/ 171/ 170/ 169/ 017/ 053/ 277/ 278/ 279/ 113. (Comparing this rake with
the service noted on 18th October it seems these vehicles do change within the
set rakes!) Then, on 22nd November, the same service, hauled by 66560, had the
following vehicles: 501037/ 235/ 237/ 236/ 099/ 004/ 135/ 131/ 130/ 064/ 017/
169/ 170/ 171/ 077. The lunchtime Doncaster-Mountsorrel service, which had been
hauled by 66620 for about four weeks, finally changed locos and 66617 appeared
with the following rake, noted in Leicester Humberstone Road at lunchtime on 9th
December: 31.70.5992.003/ 002/ 095/ 119/ 055/ 031/ 117/ 082/ 084/ 070/ 032/ 027/
106/ 107/ 104/ 115/ 043/ 118/ 044/ 114/ 087/ 092/ 101. The evening at Leicester
on that date generated the test train, top and tailed by a magnificent-looking
47712 Pride of
Carlisle
and 37259. The same night 66951 was at the head of the Crewe-Mountsorrel
(wagons not identified due to the train traversing Platform One at
Leicester
in fog!). A Freightliner coal then headed northbound with 66561 in charge,
consist: 370055/ 172/ 200/ 330/ 221/ 136/ 057/ 038/ 100/ 063/ 118/ 069/ 151/
028/ 163/ 173/ 229/ 373. A DB Schenker coal service following with 66122 at the
head. The vehicles on this train being: 310509/ 330/ 750/ 336/ 069/ 561/ 204/
528/ 949/ 347/ 660/ 944/ 783/ 206/ 385, 311145/ 043/ 100/ 034/ 058. To end with,
a snippet of news that has come to my notice recently is that the Fawley-Castle
Bromwich bitumen service has ceased and the site at Castle Bromwich has been
noted having all the unloading facilities being removed and the trackwork into
the site also being removed and, apparently, being concreted over. I believe
that this was the last of the services transporting bitumen in the old
four-wheel vehicles - a regular sight on Monday evenings at Leamington Spa.
That's about all for this effort - the last of 2010. So all good fortune in 2011
to all of you. I'll order a scorching Summer for everyone! All the best.
Stock
Alterations Part 1
Locomotives
Transfers
08428 Mossend, 08578 Margam, 08888.
09022 Tidal,
57005/005(GL)-BH (HNRL)
DFTZ:
66507
EPXX:
86215
MBDL:
66301/302/303/304/305
WNTS:
37401/419/425
WSSK:
08428/495/567/623/533/676/711/735/757/782/784/802/879/886/907,
08922/993. 09201
(All previously WSSN)
WBES Euro Cargo
Class 66 RHTT 66010/026/028/029/033/042/062/071/072/073
Stored
BH: 09012.
37602. CS:
20309/310/311/312. MG:
08737. TO: 08921.
Boden Rail (Washwood Heath):
09003. 20906.
Hope(LaFarge): 20132.
Crewe
HS: 47747.
Manby Airfield: 01501/502/503/505/506.
Crewe
HC: 37108.
Doncaster
(Wood): 56041/053/055/099/110.
Doncaster (
Belmont
): 56072/119.
Traffic
08567 TO, 08993
Doncaster
, 59203.
60048/054/096/099. 66079/103,
66121/177/184/193/206 TO, 67009.
92007/017 CE
Re-Registered
37219/518 - HQ
Disposals
Ron Hull:
37893
EMR Kingsbury: 08869.
58045. 87011/018/030/032
Mid Hants? 01553
(x12092)
Private: 37898
New Stock
70007 HQ(LD)
Electric
Multiple Units
Transfers
313115(WN)-BI
Stored
423417 Bluebell Railway
Traffic
313213/220 - BI
380105/106/107/108/109 HQ(GW)
Renumbered
313113 213, 120 - 220
New Stock
378234 -WN
Coaching &
NPCC Stock
Transfers
VSNB 1207/21
MBCS
3313/26/50/52/92/95. 3431. 5171. 5200/16/36/37/49. 5669. 6723/24.
9104. 9392. 10237. 13440.
Stored
3385. 5989.
9479. 9513
Crewe
Heritage Centre
Re-Registered
99513 (GWR 2511), 99750 (NER 1661) HQ (MBCS)
Disposals
Booth: 5756
Wensleydale: 97713/717
Renumbered
17064 - 14064
Stock
Alterations Part 2
Locomotives
Transfers
08892(BH)-ZA (On Loan),
47270(HQ)-CS, 47810(BH)-KM,
66191/239/243/246(
France
)-TO
XHNC 20303/309
KM, XHSS 66301/303/304 (at Longport)
EXPS 87009/017/023
Europhoenix stored Cl87
Stored
BH:
20306. CE: 37401. HQ:
73109/136. LD: 57001.
TO:
08605/706. 37419. 60003/007.
ZG:
08032/826/933. (Foster Yeoman Locos) 66578/579*/580/581.
·
Seen working
4M99 Southampton
Trafford
Park
liner at Nuneaton on 21/10/10, stored at
Eastleigh
on 22/10/10.
Traffic
09007 WN(
London
Overground), 57010 KM, 70007 LD(DFGI).
Class 60s in traffic
(23) by Pool Code
WCAI
60013/024/040/045/049/063/073
WCAK
60009/011/019/048/054/074/084
WCBI
60010/059/091/096
WCBK 60015
WFMU 60039/071/099
Disposals
EMR-Attercliffe: 37689.
56041/053/055/072/093/099/110/119
EMR-Kingsbury: 08538.
37709/886. 86212/223/226/230.
87018/021/027/032.
12049
For
Sale
HNRL - for preservationists
03020/037/118/180/197.
D2302/10/24. 20032/072/081/088.
37428/680/696. 47829.
Diesel Multiple
Units
Transfers
150120/123(WN)-PM,
125(PM)-TS, 130(WN)-PM
Traffic
172008 -WN
Electric
Multiple Units
Renumbered
313115 - 215
378011 211, 014 -
214
New Stock
380101/110/11 - HQ
Coaching &
NPCC Stock
Stored
BY: 10237.
11019/027/030/044/046/054
Traffic
3100 EH
(Re-registered), 42384 -NL
Disposals
Booth: 96210/218
Epping & Ongar Rly:
3385. 5989. 9479. 9513.
Bachmann Europe (Barwell):
977966
Renumbered
41078 - 42384