TRACTION 2001 PART 1

Contents:

• FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION:
• - 37412 & 37428 work the Immingham-Llanwern iron ore;
• - 86261 hauling a Bescot-Warrington MGR;
• - the extraordinary sight of 73131 on the Leicester-Toton fuel tanks;
• - EPS duo 37604 & 37606 on the Northolt-Calvert Bins;
• - 37520 & 37674 on the Rylstone-Leeds aggregates;
• - 20306 & 20310 with a CWR set at Oxted in Surrey;
• - 37608 & 37611 with Freightliner coal over the GSW route;
• - 73131 & 73136 on a Dollands Moor-Tonbridge Enterprise;
• - Royal Scotsman-liveried 37401 on the Grangemouth-Dalston tanks and the Longannet fly ash;
• - 92013 with the first 92-hauled freight on the ECML;
• - 37065 hauling the first Chiltern tank train in 10 years;
• - 31110 & 73108 & 73136 triple-head a Temple Mills-Hoo Junction departmental;
• - 47761 on the Kings Cross-Ketton cement;
• - 73129 on the Great Western main line with a CWR set;
• - Class 37s & 56s on the Edinburgh Bins;
• - Class 31s, 37s and a Res 47 on the Forders Bins;
• - FOUR blue-liveried locos on ONE depart-mental train;
• - Class 56s return to Southampton on automotive traffic;
• - EWS Class 31s bow out in style at Old Oak Common;
• - the end of the Scottish Cromptons;
• - GB Railfreight 66/7s enter service . . .
• - and 57601 emerges from Brush to work for Freightliner Heavy Haul!
• PASSENGER WORKINGS, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS:
• - A Virgin freight-haulage bonanza, featuring 37248, 37608, 37609, 56105, 56115, 59204 & 92013 - plus, the astonishing spin from Brighton to Reading with 73118 & 73130;
• - Class 67s re-start the Scotrail Sleepers;
• - top & tail Freightliner 47s on hire to Anglia for Norwich-Lowestoft/Great Yarmouth shuttles;
• - Virgin`s 47828 on the Severn Valley Railway;
• - DRS`s 37611 on Cardiff-Rhymney Ruggex duties;
• - D449 on the Portsmouth Direct with the `Vac Venturer`;
• - Fragonset 31s on the Fife Circle;
• - the last train to Wisbech . . .
• - and FA Cup specials with Class 31s, 37s and 67s.
• THERE`S ALSO . . .
• - 37670 on Scottish snowplough duties;
• - 56007 delivering new Class 333 EMUs to Skipton;
• - Crompton D6598 on SWT driver training runs;
• - re-painted GIF Class 37 movements to Spain;
• - 20314 shunting at Castleton Yard;
• - Res 47s visit Newhaven Marine;
• - 73118 travelling to Derby - and then working a Serco test train;
• - 67014 hauling a CWR set from Doncaster-Rugby;
• - 66516 on Humberside hauling a rake of 4-CEPS to Immingham;
• - long-lost HST power car 43104 hauling the Doncaster Works test train;
• - top & tail Class 37s on Skipton-Neville Hill Class 308 stock moves;
• - 33108 returning to the main line;
• - the re-naming ceremony of D821 Cornwall at Falmouth . . .
• - and D1015 Western Chamyion hauling its first train in 25 years!

Continent: Europe
Country: UK

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