Tracks the monthly magazine of the Inter City Railway Society

Volume 40 No.6 June 2012 Inter City Railway Society founded 1973 www.icrs.org.uk

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Contents: Officials Contact List ...... 2 Stock Changes / Transfers ...... 38 Society Notice Board ...... 3-4 Traffic and Traction News...... 20-21 Publications ...... 40 Freight Corner ...... 32 GBBG Advert ...... 28 Feature Articles: Current News / Sightings: Eastleigh Works Report ...... 5-8 Gloucester / Stirling Sightings ...... 29-32 Infrastructure News ...... 25 Light Rail & Metro News ...... 32 Open Days & Galas...... 9-19 New Liveries ...... 39 Std Gauge Preservation Scene ...... 23-24 Open Day News ...... 8 Narrow Gauge Preservation Scene .. 26-27 Out and About Sightings ...... 21-22 Railway Globetrotters ...... 33-38

Front Cover Photo: Still in Strathclyde PTE livery, 3 out of the four surviving Cl.303 EMU cars, formed from two separate units 75597 (303032), 61503 (303023) & 75632 (303032) are now stored under cover in the new display shed at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, 11th May 2012.

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Editor’s Comments: Well hopefully those that can have been getting a nice sun tan. Talk about topsy turvy weather. More record high temperatures up in Scotland and more heat already this year than we usually have in a whole year (if any). Then from getting burnt with 27o on Sunday 27th it went abruptly to 9o under leaden skies on Monday and stayed there with drizzle....no gradual cooling down, still that’s Scotland. Typical as that was when the windows started, so much more pleasant for the fitters, not so us with big holes in the wall for a week. Still after a couple of years of disruption with roof & windows finished we can at last look forward (not sure if that’s the right description) to decorating. Hopefully someone will buy Chris’s house down south as we have put it back on the market and we can then settle down in one place for a while.

Anyway that’s enough of that, with so many open days and preservation galas etc there has been a flurry of articles of topical interest and I have been struggling to fit it all in around the ongoing series. So apologies but Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast - 1964 Part 10 and AC Locos in Preservation - Part 2 already written have been shunted to next month. Still that makes editing the next few months easier with plenty of articles already penned including a couple of interesting infrastructure articles from Mark Richards, one of which is started this month.

Errata: Dave Spencer’s Railway Globetrotter articles in the last two issues should really have been entitled Scandinavia not Belgium !! Gremlins (and my typing fingers) struck Stock Changes where the Pendolino re-numberings got a bit confusing: 39107 should be 390107 and 391054/055/056 should be 390154/155/156.

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Magazine Contributors: Thanks to Michael Hayman, Ian McAlpine, Geoff Hope, Paul Bright, Neil Dix, Roger Francis, David Elliott, Dave Spencer, Mark Richards, Derek Sneddon, Nigel Hoskins, John Barton, James Holloway, Carl Watson & Trevor Roots. We are sorry if anyone has been missed. All photos by Trevor Roots unless shown otherwise.

4 Eastleigh Works Report by Carl Watson

Locos: 37423 stabled with a Test Train on 1st May. 37087 arrived (see below) on 2nd May with 47501 for overhaul and 47839 (unbranded) for spares.

37423 arrived back (see below) with its Test Train on 2nd May after problems with the DBSO.

66744 arrived with barriers 6378 and 6379 on 3rd May.

5 57304 emerged from the Paintshop in DRS blue on 15th. It seems likely that decals will be applied when all three 57/3s are done, as was the case with the 47s.

37409 top & tailing 20308 + 20312 arrived on 5th with the Hampshire Hotchpotch Railtour. It stayed about 30 minutes and then headed back out for Southampton Docks.

57312 towed 50026 (see below) to Swanage on 4th ready for the Diesel Gala on 11th-13th. 57312 arrived back from Swanage with 50026 and 73136 on 14th, 73136 departing straight away for mainline duties. 57009 departed light engine on 16th following cabside repairs and a partial repaint

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57003 arrived on the 23rd to collect 50026 and take it to Worth Valley Diesel Gala via a stop off at Lydney to collect 31466.

SR Schools 925 ‘CHELTENHAM’ has been completed and was moved out of the shed where it’s been overhauled and into the main workshop on 4th. She was steamed for the first time on the 8th (see above) and moved under her own steam on 9th, the first time for many years doing several trips up to the main gate and back. Following completion of a repaint into 1938 Southern Railway livery (see right) she departed for Railfest on the 25th.

7 Units: 317709 and 317723 have arrived from Ilford for storage. The class 444 program came to an end with 444020 being the last unit. Since then class 450s have visited for various modifications; 450006, 017, 030, 031, 034. LU 4-TC EMU (76297, 70823, 71163 & 76324) is nearing completion with all vehicles back on overhauled bogies by the 25th. On that date 71163 is seen below left being lowered.

Track Machines: The Speno Rail Grinder loco DR79221 was repainted following maintenance and emerged from the Paintshop on 17th as seen above right. London Underground: Ex-LU A Stock vehicles disposed of have been; 6198, 6079, 5198, 5079, 6084, 6232, 6233, 6194, 6148, 5001, 5000, 6050, 6040, 6071, 6225, 5233, 5232, 6053, 6057, 6045, 6153, 5148, 5050, 6015, 6151, 6081, 6093, 5040, 5194, 6047, 6046, 6089, 6088, 6106, 6107. Wagons: 66571 departed on the 2nd with overhauled FSAs 608509, 608544, 608002, 608001 FTAs 607122, 607040 and KTA 97759. 66101 arrived with IVBs 2398 645-4, 2398 563-9 and IZA 2929 138-8 for repairs. 66592 arrived on the 16th with FLAs 606012, 605002, 605006, 605015, 606002 for overhaul. 66956 arrived on the 21st with FLAs 606005, 605004, 605019, 605007, 606006 for overhaul and departed with those that arrived on the 16th. all photos by Carl Watson ______

the jungle that was Toton New Bank sidings has been cleared to make way for stabling the High Output Ballast Cleaner (HOBC) trains, 27th May 2012 (Neil Dix) the 24Cl.60s are now in one row, from left to right: 60067/32/60/86/50/88/18/27/37/42/97/14/25/31/05/53/78/23/89/04/93/83/06/81

8 Open Day Reports & Diesel Galas

Appleby Frodingham Railway by Trevor Roots and Neil Dix: The Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society (ARFPS) held a diesel weekend over the weekend of 12th / 13th May in the steelworks owned by TATA Steel, Scunthorpe. Day membership was made available to non-members. The society has a four road depot located within the steelworks and is only visible from trains run on their infrequent open days. This was a location I have wanted to visit for some time and fortunately this open event coincided with my regular trip south so after an overnight stay at Ferrybridge services, I was able to visit on the Sat morning. I hoped to view all the ex-BR stock, but with no idea of the layout I wasn't sure what I would see. The entrance is via Gate D to the steelworks and there was ample parking. The society operates from adjacent the road from a short single faced platform named Frodingham. The station has a run round loop with a short headshunt, occupied by the catering Mk1 4668. It is possible to view workings from the road and around into the Gate D entrance, a distance of about 100m.

No.1 [2877] YE 0-6-0DE + brake vans on the 11.30 service from Frodingham station, 12th May 2012

the view from Frodingham station across Scunthorpe steelworks with 07012 + brake vans departing on the 10.30 service, 12th May 2012

9 Trains were booked to run every 30 mins from 10.00-16.00 though times slipped. The trains were operated alternatively with either loco + DMU (56207/59245) + LMS inspection saloon DM395280 or loco + 3 brake vans (7605/955160/993829). Some trains were top & tailed. Locos used were resident ex-BR diesels D2853, 07012 and a brief outing for D2128 (see below), plus ex-industrial shunters No.1 [2877] YE 0-6-0DE and [2661] YE 0-4-0DE ‘Arnold Machin’. Some of TATAs own shunter fleet, namely Nos.3 & 80 were also called into action as was 08737 the resident DBS Cl.08, but not the HNRC Cl.20s, which were out of action. D2128 was still under repair and its availability and therefore reliability was in doubt, as proved to be the case.

Itinerary: (12th May) – services in red assumed not to have run due to slippage and services in blue planned but not seen switched to later times. The 12.20 (clockwise) & 13.00 (anticlockwise) services swapped 08737 midway on passing.

Time Stock used Loco left in Station booked (actual) 10.00 D2853 + DMU + coach No.1 10.30 07012 + brake vans No.1 11.00 (11.05) TATA No.3 + coach + DMU + D2853 07012 11.30 (11.40) No.1 + brake vans 07012 + TATA No.3 12.00 (12.20) 08737 + D2853 + DMU + coach 07012 + TATA No.3 12.30 13.00 ‘Arnold Machin’ + brake vans 13.30 TATA No.1 + coach + DMU + D2853 14.00 TATA No.3 + brake vans 14.30 07012 + DMU + coach 15.00 15.30 TATA No.80 + brake vans 16.00 D2128 & ‘Arnold Machin’ + DMU + coach

D2853 + DMU (56207 + 59245) + coach approaching the station with the returning 10.00 service,12th May 2012

The tour trains took almost an hour to go around and generally went in a clockwise circuit of the site passing the AFRPS depot en-route, where unfortunately no stop was made to alight. I decided not to go on the tour so as to photograph the different trains from the station and also as we were travelling south I had to leave after the 12.30 departure. However Neil did travel on the 12.30 train but as he says "I can't really tell you much about the tour as it was packed and we didn't get a window seat". I can concur on that as we did get in the 11.00 DMU and it was very busy with people making several trips and therefore finding room was difficult. The best view was probably from the brake vans, the 12.00 was not that packed and we were nearly tempted.

10 AFRPS shed with D2128( left) and D1344] HC 0-4-0DM (right), 12th May 2012 (Neil Dix)

Neil was fortunate enough to be taken to view the AFRPS depot where he saw D2128, [3151] 'Richard Clark' Bagnall 0-6-0DM and [D1344] HC 0-4-0DM. Inside the depot were 0-6-0ST 'Slough Estates No.5' and [1438] Peckett 0-4-0ST. He was also able to view the outside of the TATA steel loco shed where could be seen the two HNRC Cl.20's, highline shunters No's 2 & 5 plus 0-6-0 No. 51 and Bo-Bo No.77, which was off of its bogies and sat on a well wagon.

“We left the shed around 15.00 and were back on the station by 15.10. At 15.16 TATA No. 80 came up to the platform and coupled up to the Brake Vans. We boarded the Shark brake van 993829 next to the loco and went around for a second trip. At 16.15 we stopped near the AFRPS shed and to witness D2128 + ‘Arnold Machin’ + coach + DMU arrive. D2128 having failed was then detached and pushed back into the depot.”

[3151] 'Richard Clark' Bagnall 0-6-0DM, 12th May 2012 (Neil Dix)

D2128 & ‘Arnold Machin’ + coach + DMU approaching the AFRPS shed, 12th May 2012 (Neil Dix)

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08737 leading D2853 + 56207 + 59245 + coach on the booked 12.00 service passing the ‘sculpture’ of a steelworks wagon tipping out molten ore, as seen from Gate E entrance, 12th May 2012

07012 + shark brake van 993829 catering vehicle Mk1 4668 in the station 12th May 2012 headshunt, 12th May 2012

TATA No.80 at 16.25 having arrived back into TATA No.3 at 12.25 in the station having worked th the station, 12 May 2012 the 11.30 into the station, 12th May 2012 Neil Dix

A worthwhile visit backed up by excellent sunny weather, but I for one will need a return visit to see the remaining stock, particularly D2128. 12 Long Marston by Neil Dix: In September 2011, Long Marston held their 'Final' open weekend. Like many other people, I didn't expect to be visiting the site again for a number of years due to some major redevelopments that were due to take place. It was therefore an unexpected pleasure to be able to visit the site again on May 5th as part of a private tour.

The railway sidings in the Long Marston complex are split into 7 different yards (A to G) plus the exchange sidings and Network Rail connection from Honeybourne. Already some changes have taken place, none more so than near to where the tour began at the Campden Road entrance. Beyond the gate, the sidings of 'F' Yard have been lifted and the area cleared (see below).

lifted tracks in the yard

Further on however, we found that the sidings in C, D, E & G Yards were still in situ and it was this part of the site that had the most variety. From a locomotive perspective, there was the line up of class 86s and 87s, including 86424 that had arrived just days earlier. Coaching stock included Arriva Mk2s, Virgin Mk3s, Driving Van Trailers, Mk3 Sleepers and Nightstar Generator Vans. The freight stock consisted mainly of 2 axle and bogie tanker wagons, Freightliner FRA container flats and ex CAIB PNAs.

line-up of electric locos headed by 86424

13 ex-Virgin WC Mk3 12165

ex-Virgin WC DVT 82123 with 82138

From here it was back to the cars for a drive across the site to the Europhoenix workshops. The area around the workshops includes A & B Yards, the triangle and test area which is where a section of track with overhead line is located. At the 2011 open weekend much of this area was just grass however some of this land is now being prepared for the laying of new trackwork. This part of the site contains more stored locomotives along with 2 of the Pendolino carriages damaged in the Lambrigg accident. We were invited to look into the Europhoenix workshops. Inside was 86217, 87023 and 2 minilok's whilst 87017 could be found just outside the workshop doors.

14 20059 heads 20016, 86228, 86229 & 86233

Moving on again, we made our way around to the exchange sidings and control tower. This area would be most familiar to anyone who has attended any of the open days in the past. The sidings here now mostly contain stored wagons and coaches along with a few industrial shunting locomotives. It is estimated there are around 5 miles of sidings in this area and I can certainly believe it. We were able to obtain a full stock list from the control tower and even though much has left Long Marston in recent months, there is still almost 600 items on site!

a line-up of stored stock with resident tour DMU 51352 + 59505 + 51376

Overall it was an enjoyable day out and the weather was kind. A big thank you goes out to Motorail Logistics CEO, Ruth Flack-Dunmore for taking the time to show us around. It should also be mentioned that the team at Long Marston do a lot for charity and this was no exception. The money raised from this event went to another of their good causes.

There is a lot more work to do before any more open weekends can take place here, but if and when they do hold another event I would certainly recommend going - just be prepared for a lot of walking!

15 Stock List: Locos: 20016/057/081/088/092, 37415/428/696, 47829, 86217/228/229/231/234/235/242/246/251/424, 87009/017/023/025 plus cab of E3044

Industrial Locos: 01552 [167V] TH 0-6-0DH, NCB 503 [6614] Hunslet 0-6-0DH, RRM22 [D1231] EE 0-6-0DH, SFNL No.7 [6973] Hunslet 0-6-0DH, Minilok [160] 8wDH, Minilok 4wDH, Rachael [7003] Hunslet 0-6-0DH, Emma [8902] Hunslet 0-6-0DH, 28 [7279] Hunslet 0-6-0DH, No.5 [7161] Hunslet 0-4-0DH, H014 Suzie [10119] Sentinel 0-4-0DH, D1171 HC 0-6-0DM

Coaches: Mk1: 1966, 3727, 3746, 3749, 15849, 24918, 25231, 25735, 34531 Mk2: 3438, 5787, 5869, 5913, 5936, 6013, 6035, 6162, 6170, 6722, 9500, 8505, 9509, 9524, 17031 Mk3: 10201/26/31/33/40/50/53, 10540/554/596/647/681/682/701/709/710/727/731, 11005/06/11/13 /26/33/97, 12008/022/029/036/045/047/058/063/065/083/087/092/095/101/104/134/142/144/156/158/ 160/163/165, 40402/403/416/419/434/723, 44065/088/089, Nightstar: 96372/373/375, SR GUV 1427, GWR 060907, un-numbered Siphon G, un-numbered frames believed 96181 DVTs: 82106/110/111/113/116/120/122/123/125/128/129/137/138/140/141/145/148/150

Wagons: 3146/162/166/168/174/180/182/183/184/185/187/192/193/194/195/198/199/200/206/207/209/210/216/ 221/225/226/228/235/236/237/241/242/246/247/259, 3750-849, 27003/013/014, 51955-957, 964/965/967, 57194/195/205/210/211/214/221/231, 57501.503.549, 58246-262/264/265/267/269, 63680/699/779/780/866/888/894, 70048/052/055/058/059/061-066/114/116/400-407, 78215/218/ 249/268/273/274/276, 82500-502, 504-508, 511/513-515/517/519/521/522/730-736/739- 741/743/744/746, 83095/197/275, 84083/086-088, 85930/932/937/940/942/943/974, 87135/173/191, 87462/484/527/569/583/590/670/672/790/796/874/878/888/889, 92520/525-532/547-571/603- 609/690, 95378/383/386-390, 613001/004/006/007/011-022/025/027-029/031-033/035/037/039-043, 33.70.0899.075.2/076.0/077.8/082.8/083.6/084.6/085.1/091.9/097.6/098.4/099.2/101.6/103.2 33.70.4666.003.7/004.5/009.4/013.6/045.8, 33.70.6790.012.2/014.8/023.9/029.6/039.5/042.9/046.0/047.8/050.2/071.8/08107/086.6 33.70.7899.038.5/043.3/045.0/052.6/055.9, 33.80.9292.200.0/206.7/209.1/212.5/213.3/214.1 33.80.2693.009.3/013.5/023.4/025.9/028.3/032.5/038.2/042.4/045.7 33.4667.000.0/001.8/005.9/006.7/009.1/011.7/012.5/013.3/014.1/015.8/016.6/017.4/018.2/020.8/021.6 /024.0/025.7/028.1/031.5/.033.1/034.9/035.6/036.4/037.2/038.0/039.8/044.8/045.5/048.9/049.7 33.80.4736.015.5/037.9, 83.70.2795.319.4/322.8/345.9

Misc: Cranes: 34358 (Cowans), 78231/234/237 & unknown Wickham Trolley

86233 in ‘heritage’ livery

all photos by Neil Dix

16 Swanage Diesel Gala, 12th & 13th May 2012 by Carl Watson: Fate can be cruel and despite valiant attempts by all parties, the convoy of locos due from Kidderminster was unable to attend. Firstly D6515 failed on its way up to collect them and then replacement 47375 failed just south of Gloucester on its way to Swanage. 50049 was sent from Kidderminster to recover the errant convoy back to Kidderminster. This probably was the reason therefore that several locos ran with the headboard ‘The Shambles’

33111 Harmans Cross, 12th May 2012

Despite this massive setback there was still a healthy line-up of locos with 50026 making its first ever runs in preservation, 57312 making its first passenger runs in Network Rail livery and D5401 visiting from the Great Central Railway. Transmart Trains 73136 was a late and much welcome addition to the gala. Add these four to the line’s own two class 08s, D3591 (recently transferred from the Battlefield Line) and 08436 plus 33111 and that’s a line-up many railways would be proud of. A nice touch was the use of BR Standard 80104 so that the planned three train timetable could be maintained with the reduced number of locos. This had been suitably re-numbered as D80104 especially for the occasion! The line’s DMU contingent were all visible but took no part in the event which I found a little surprising.

55028 & D5401 Swanage, 13th May 2012

17 50026 Harmans Cross, 12th May 2012

Unfortunately D3591 failed at Norden on the Saturday and took no further part in proceedings but was visible and photographable at Norden (above right) as was 08436 (above left).

73136 ‘Perseverance’ and 57312, Swanage 13th May 2012 (Neil Dix)

18 50026 also had some minor problems which saw it miss a turn or two on the Saturday afternoon but it was soon back working and very good it looked and sounded too. 57312, being air braked only, had 73136 coupled inside on all of its runs to operate the brakes but 73136 did venture out on a couple of solo runs on the Sunday.

Having had such awful weather in the weeks leading up to the gala it was most welcome that glorious sunshine appeared for the whole weekend and helped very much to make the event.

I attended the gala with my 12 year old son Jack on the Saturday, having camped overnight Friday night right by the railway line. Unfortunately Jack was too young to have any cab rides (we were hoping for at least the 50!) but we did get guided tours of all three signal boxes on the route, including the one recently re-built at Corfe Castle. We had such a good time that we returned with the whole family on the Sunday for more rides and to enjoy the sunshine.

D80104 Harmans Cross, 13th May 2012

All in all, the team at Swanage pulled off an excellent gala, despite the setbacks, and it is a credit to them that they produced such a wonderful event.

all photos by Carl Watson (unless otherwise shown)

Open Day News

It is hoped that as details become known of forthcoming Open Days around the country then info concerning them will be notified to you. If anyone hears of any such events, please let the editor know.

Tyseley Locomotive Works: website: tyseleylocoworks.co.uk An open weekend is planned for the 23rd / 24th June from 10.00-17.00 and will feature many resident and visiting steam locos (tbc). The cost is £10 for adults with all children under 15 being admitted for FREE (accompanied by an adult only). Parking is limited (opens at 09.00) so it is recommended you travel by train to Tyseley station which is a 5-10 min walk away. 19 Traffic & Traction News by John Barton

May 1 Mark Richards was taken in a brief moment of 59201 + 59101 in co-ordinated DBS red passed sunshine between torrential rain in the morning Southall at 20.40. and heavy showers in the afternoon, but the 66713 departed north out of Worcester Yard at brooding clouds indicate that it wasn't to stay 16.41 with 3175/3186/3201/3218/3239 & 3240 dry for long! and at the same time 66710 departed south on 6Z60 Doncaster Roberts Road - Cardiff Tidal with 3410/3414/3415/3447/3448 & 3451 May 3 20302 + 20303 passed Coppull near Wigan at 19.46 working the Sellafield - Crewe flasks. May 4 37604 + 37259 working 1Q13 Exeter Riverside Yard – Didcot passed Topsham at 22.59. 57601 t&t 47804 on 5Z43 Carnforth - Bristol Temple Meads ecs passed Hadnall near Shrewsbury at14.10 (photo by Roger Thomas).

May 8 70013 Departed Didcot Parkway at 20.13 working Westbury Up Yard - Scours Lane Jnct. May 9 66508 working 4D12 Longannet Power Station - Mossend passed through Stirling at 23.46. D6515 working from Swanage to Kidderminster via Barrow Hill passed Acocks Green at 12.43. May 10 60074 powering 6B47 Westerleigh - Robeston empty Murco bogie tanks passed Tutshill near Chepstow at 19.31. May 5 82301 t&t 67018 departed Leamington at 14.54 66199 + failed 66141 hauled 5 MBAs + 7 china on a Marylebone - Birmingham Moor St clay wagons into Exeter Riverside Yard at working. 22.50. May 11 66086 + 465175 passed Crayford at 15.40 31106 + 999508 + 97302 working 2Z88 Derby working Wolverton - Slade Green. RTC - Doncaster West Yard arrived at 12.38. May 6 90043 departed Milton Keynes Central at 19.21 66078 t&t 66165 on 5Z78 Crewe HS – Chester working London Euston - Crewe Via with 35469, 5961, 5987, 6054, 6158, 5929, Birmingham NS. 1203, 3366, 3340, 3344, 3384, and 3348. May 12 May 7 45407 t&t 44871 & support coaches passed Long Dyke Jnct, Cardiff at 19.13 with Newport - Barry TMD working. 121034 was seen at Quainton Road on the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, working one of the 'Quaintonian' shuttles to Aylesbury. The line north of Aylesbury Vale Junction is normally freight only being used by binliner services to Calvert but the bubble car shuttle runs twice a year on the early May and August Bank Holidays in connection with events at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. The photo by

20 May 12 (cont) dwell time ensures an on-time departure to 08516 ‘Rory’ was seen on Bristol Barton Hill Wolverhampton (photo by Mark Richards). shunting MPVs 98908 + 98958 (photo by David Elliott). 60163 passed Didcot Parkway at 21.56 working from Shrewsbury to London Paddington. May 13 60007 arrived into Didcot Parkway at 19.20 and departed at 19.32 with the 6E38 Colnbrook - Lindsey tanks. Black 5s 44871 and 45407 headed north from York passing Shipton by Beningborough some 10 minutes early. May 14 66713 passed Cambridge at 20.32 with a train 90043 + 90046 were later seen heading away of welded rails from Whitemoor heading south. from Birmingham New Street at 20.20. 20302 + 20303 scurried through Bolton le 66850 on IZ50 Chirk - Teigngrace empty timber Sands heading southbound load at 19.10. train was seen passing Dorrington Signal Box May 15 Near Shrewsbury at 13.57 (photo by Roger 66619 passed Water Orton at 16.28 on Thomas). Westbury - Stud farm empty ballast boxes. 43136 & 43186 passed Westbury Cement Works on 1C89 Paddington - Penzance at 18.20. 325016 + 325002 + 325011 worked south through Bolton le Sands at 18.08 on the Shieldmuir - Warrington mail. May 16 47804 + 47826 were seen on 1Z74 Skegness - Blackpool passing Sleaford at 07.53. 70014 stood outside Barton Hill awaiting a road through Bristol Temple Meads with empty coal hoppers for Portbury at 07.37. May 17 31105 + 6262 + 999605 + 9702 departed 66213 working 6M18 Cwmbargoed DP - Hope Didcot LHS heading northbound at 19.59 Earl Sidings via Margam with 18 loaded HTAs working 3Z01 Didcot – Didcot. passed southbound through Llanbradach near 67006 ‘Queens Messenger’ and newly named Caerphilly at 21.23. and re-liveried 67026 ‘Diamond Jubilee’ were 319424 + 319368 worked 2L28 23.13 London seen at Bletchley heading light engine from Victoria – Orpington. Tyseley to Wembley. The locos had been out May19 the previous day on the Royal Train which had 34067 passed through Shortlands at 10.24 with passed through Milton Keynes Central shortly 1Z61 Birmingham - Canterbury West. after 17.00 heading towards London (see photo 67006 t&t 67019 passed through Wigan at under Revised Liveries) 09.34 working a Blackpool North - Wembley May 18 football special. Two locos for the price of one! The ill-fated 37604 + 37606 passed Asland crossing, 90046 which had derailed at Bletchley in Bamber Bridge at 20.55 working a Stirling - February was due to work the 'Pretendolino' but Crewe charter. failed at Wembley in the morning. 90043 was May 20 duly dispatched from Crewe to haul 90046 dead 56311 passed Long Dyke Jnct, Cardiff at 20.37 in the train as it is seen below arriving at Milton with a Cardiff Riverside - Cardiff Tidal Sidings Keynes Central with 1K39 18.43 London working. Euston - Crewe via Birmingham New Street. 59202 t&t 59204 were seen in Bristol Temple This is the regular loco-hauled working on a Meads at 16.41 waiting to continue working Fridays and it invariably runs late to 6W34 Parson Street - Westbury engineers Birmingham New Street where a generous train.

21 May 21 Paddington – Northfleet. These two locos have 47739 + barriers passed over the River been working the Crossrail spoil trains, of which Derwent just north of Belper at 20.14. this is the empties returning to Northfleet. There 31602 + 31601 were seen heading south light are at this time two paths running a day, one in engine into Stowmarket with 0Z97 16.17 each direction. Until shortly before the 66s Sheringham NNR – Barking. turned up the service from Willesden Junction May 22 to Clapham Junction was suspended as the 86614 + 86637 working the Coatbridge - LOROL service was severely disrupted due to Basford hall liner headed southbound through power supply problems and a broken down Bolton le Sands at 21.27. train. Therefore there were a lot of unhappy 66019 t&t a test train with 66017 arrived into customers at Shepherds Bush. Didcot LHS at 20.07 working 1Q13 Didcot - May 26 Didcot via London. 37611 t&t 37601 were seen stabled on a test May 23 train at Didcot Parkway with 9481, 977997, 37601 t&t 37611 was seen at Weymouth at 5981 & 1256 (photo by David Elliott). 15.25 with the 1Q13 Didcot T.C. to Exeter Riverside. 37611 t&t 37601 was seen heading north by Notton on the Melksham line at 18.13 working 1Q13 Didcot - Exeter Riverside test train. May 24 37038 + 37606 arrived at Bridgewater Yard at 07.40 to later to work 6M67 Bridgwater Up Yard - Crewe CLS. May 25 66719 t&t 66720 was seen passing through Shepherds Bush at 20.00 working 6O94

Out & About by James Holloway

To be more helpful for those interested in where stock was exactly, can I ask all contributors who list trip sightings en masse, particularly over long distances, to please add more detail when submitting to James…ed

Michael Hayman: 19th March: 18th May: Knottingley 9.55-15.15: London Victoria: 09201, 66067/070/084/124/186/187/548/559/707 35028 ‘Clan Line’, 60163 ‘Tornado’, 70000 66708/719/727/737/742, 142066, 144008/15 ‘Britannia’ 67026 150201, 180107 22nd March: Geoff Hope: Manchester Piccadilly 14.30-16.45: 5th March: 66533/571/703, 142007/09/11/30-34/38/42-44/58 Knottingley 10.45-15.15: 142062/63/67, 150113/115/117/118/133/134/141 66006/021/040/136/547/708/709/719/733, 142061 140143/203-205/210/218/228/274, 156420/59/64 150275, 153331, 158784/94, 180107/14 156466/82/83, 158788/799/806/812/846/847/857 12th March: 158864, 170301/4/5/7/8, 175006/102/105/107/111 Knottingley 9.50-15.15: 175113, 185103/05/10/12/13/15/16/18/20/22-24/27 09201, 66039/108/118/168/171/513/561/710/711 185134-36/38/40/42/49, 220005/19/28/32, 221126 66714/723/733, 142065, 144014, 150148/214 221130, 323223/24/26/27/30/31/33-39, 390001/15 153358, 155343, 180101/07 390020/21/24/34/36/46/49 15th March: 29th March: Barnetby 8.50-16.15: Barnetby 8.45-16.15: 60071, 66003/050/070/096/124/149/158/167/187 60071/74, 66003/092/116/118/120/139/149/156 66193/419/507/518/527/561/708/712/719/736 66174/192/193/207/250/507/544/957/709/719/740 153310/84, 170301/9, 185102/12/19/37/45 153308/21/84, 170303/8, 185108/11/22/28/30

22 2nd April: Leicester: 66502, 170639, 222016/101 Knottingley 9.55-15.15: Hams Hall: 08623 09201, 66043/092/125/127/140/168/197/545/595 Washwood Heath: 08762, 66616 66701/717/719/725/729/730/735/738/739, 142022 Lawley Street: 66418/533/538 142084, 144016, 150137, 153360, 180105/14 Birmingham Snow Hill & Jewellery Quarter: 12th April: 172332/36/41/42, Trams 01/03/04/07/09/10/12 Barnetby 10.30-18.00: 14-16 60007/54, 66012/015/053/068/096/104/125/127 Birmingham New Street: 66143/149/158/513/527/557/708/736/744, 153326 170506/520/633, 220007, 221113, 323208, 350245 153374/85, 156408, 170307/8, 185103/05/11/15 4th May: 185129, DR75403 Peterborough: 317344/5 20th April: Biggleswade: 66005 Manchester Piccadilly 14.55-16.15: King’s Cross: 67027, 365538 66533/740, 90049, 142009/18/29/32/39/42/46/49 Paddington: 142054/55/58/65/70/90, 150112/113/115/117/133 43020/091/153/174, 165116/25, 360204 150143/149/201/203/207/226/269/271/275 Acton: 59206, 66097/169, 165123 156428/71/72, 158770/783/799/806/846/858/863 Reading: 170304/8/9, 175007/107/104/107, 185102/03/05 43005/137/150, 59204, 165106, 221141 185106/18/19/22/24/26/27/30-32/34/35/41/46/48 9th May: 220018/27, 221119/36/39, 323223/24/26-28/30/32 Peterborough: 20142/227/901, 66701/713/721 323233-36/38/39, 390004/18/24/37/51/53/154 Leicester: 222007/8 DR98008 Nuneaton: 90047, 350119 23rd April: Crewe: Manchester Piccadilly 14.40-16.45: 46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’, 08868, 56031/069 66954, 90049, 142004/09/12/18/31/32/34/40/42/46 56074/106, 86633/35/38, 90017/40/46, 92024 142060/62/63/90/95, 150110/111/113/133/137/139 221101/103/113, 350126 150143/146/148/203/206/215/220/223/268 Chester: 142092, 158822/32, 507032 156429/55/61/82/83/88/91, 158777/780/810/813 Hooton: 507016, 508139/43 158846/856/858/863, 170301-3/5/7, 175004/104 11th May: 175105/108/114, 185103/04/09/12/13/21/24/30/32 Little Sutton-Moorlands: 185135/36/38/39/43-49/51, 220003/24/27, 221125 507028/030, 508122/128/139 221137, 323223/24/26-28/31-39, 390006/08/10/19 12th May: 390020/22/43 Hooton: 508117/127/134 26th April: Chester: Manchester Piccadilly 14.30-16.45: 57315, 150132/225, 158828/33/34, 175005/6 66543/589/716, 142001/05/13/14/31/37/42-44/49 13th May: 142054-56/60/61/90, 150118/137/139/141/142/150 Hooton: 507028, 508134 150201/203/214/220/222/224/268/271/275 Chester: 156425/28/40/41/60/61/72/83, 158774/777/788 142053, 150143/255, 153312, 158822/23, 175010 158847/858/862-864, 170301-5, 175011/101/107 175102/104/105, 221108 175111/114, 185103/05-07/11-13/15/19/20/23/24 Crewe: 185132-34/36/41/42/47/49, 220007/16/32, 221127 56031/069/074/106, 86247, 153374, 221117 221132, 323223/24/26-28/31-36/38/39, 390010/11 Birmingham NS: 170511/522, 323208, 350112 390013/34/40/42/51/53 Lawley Street: 66537, 70017 30th April: Washwood Heath: 08588/762 Knottingley 9.50-15.00: Leicester: 66548, 222004 09201, 66030/039/055/093/175/545/546/561/703/728 19th May: 142009, 144015/19, 150269, 153358, 180102/7 Peterborough: 66068/713/714/735/739/744, 153326, 158846 Paul Bright: 170207, 321418 2nd May: Nottingham: 153355, 156498, 158777, 222002 Blackpool: 158905, 185108 Chesterfield: 158783/872/901/902, 222021 Preston: Grantham: 66010 57316, 66007/304, 92009, 142012/28/34/39/47/51 150118/19/38/41/43/48, 156424/72/88, 158754 Nigel Hoskins: 158758/905, 185103/08/16/24/32/43/45, 221108 10th May: 221111/43, 390009/17/22/26/32/34 Haresfield-Gloucester: 08.11 0Z41Kidderminster-Swanage reached Ian McAlpine: th Haresfield loop as 47375+55019+D821+20059 28 April: +20118 where 47375 was a failure. 50049 as Peterborough: 13.30 0Z50 from Kidderminster worked the whole 43465/84, 66005/177/717/743, 156405, 158785 train back to Gloucester 170109 23 Standard Gauge Preservation Scene

Museum of Scottish Railways, Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway by Trevor Roots: The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) which operates the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway has recently opened (31st March) a new 4 road display shed at the eastern end of the yard at Bo’ness, adjacent the existing diesel shed. In conjunction there is a new step free walkway from the entrance and car park past the rear of the shed, where the access is situated, then on round through the yard to the SRPS Museum buildings. Though still quite a trek, the only previous official access to the museum was via the footbridge over the line west of the station. It was and still is possible however to access the museum from Boundary Street off the A904, past the eastern stock access and through some woodland/public open space alongside the Firth of Forth...a long trek.

the new display shed as seen from the rear of the SRPS museum stands between 37175 ‘W.S.Sellar’ (left) outside the diesel shed and 20020 (right), 11th May 2012

rear (eastern) view of the new display shed and completed walkway adjacent the diesel shed ,11th May 2012

The vast collection of rolling stock has become progressively much easier to see over the years with the first museum building opening in 1995 and the extension in 2002 (left and right buildings respectively in the photo below). The yard between the museum and the station was always difficult to

24 see but this new walkway, still under construction, now affords further views and photographs of most of the stock. No more peering through the fence on the eastern boundary. Only locos inside the steam shed, adjacent the station and the diesel shed are now out of view.

with the SRPS museum buildings to the rear this western looking view shows the rough path now available through the yard with visiting WCR 37516 and resident 47643 on view,11th May 2012

One big advantage of the new display shed is that the Cl.126 DMU and Cl.303 EMU can now be stored under cover as complete sets.

inside the new display shed with 2 x 14T fuel tanks, 3 x industrial locos & a steam crane between the 3 car Cl.126 DMU (left) & Cl.303 EMU (right), 11th May 2012

Whilst the museum has an entrance fee, the new display shed is free. An adult season ticket for unlimited access to the Museum of Scottish Railways is however only £4, valid between 2nd April – 2nd October during opening hours, 11.00 to 16.00 (last admission 15.30).

25 Infrastructure News Anything to do with structures on the railway or track maintenance will be covered in this section.

South London Line Changes by Mark Richards – Part 1: There are several significant changes proposed to services in South London for the December 2012 timetable which will provide new journey opportunities. The current Southern operated South London Line service linking London Bridge and London Victoria via Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill will be withdrawn as East London Line services are extended from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction.

Existing Service The present South London Line service operated by Southern calls at all stations between London Bridge and London Victoria – South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill, Clapham High Street, Wandsworth Road and Battersea Park. A basic half-hourly interval is operated 7 days a week using Class 456 units. The service provides a useful link between the two termini as well as interchange at both Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill to other Southern, Southeastern and First Capital Connect cross-London services. Southeastern also provide services over the Atlantic Lines principally the Victoria to Dartford service Mondays to Saturdays and Blackfriars to Sevenoaks on Sundays.

Overview of the South London Line Starting from London Bridge low level, the line diverges at South Bermondsey Junction from the Norwood Junction route calling first at South Bermondsey. The station is built on a viaduct and is located near to Millwall Football Club’s ‘New Den’ stadium.

The next station is Queens Road Peckham which opened in 1866 although the present station platforms date from a more recent 1970s rebuild. Approaching Peckham Rye, the South London line crosses the Catford Loop lines which run via Nunhead. From Peckham Rye the Up and Down South London become the Up and Down Atlantic, running parallel with, albeit partly grade separated from, the Catford Loop/Chatham lines as far as Factory Junction. Flat crossings between the Atlantic/Catford routes are provided at Crofton Road Junction, Shepherds Lane Junction and Voltaire Road Junction. The Catford Loop becomes the Chatham Up and Down Main at Brixton Junction where the main route via Herne Hill diverges. At Voltaire Road Junction the four tracks are joined by a fifth – the Chatham Reversible with a series of crossings here providing links between both the Atlantic Lines and all three Chatham lines.

Two particularly fine examples of station architecture can be found on the South London Line at Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill although the frontage of the former is largely obscured by modern developments. Both were built for the London Brighton & South Coast Railway in the Franco-Italianate style with Denmark Hill opening in 1865 and Peckham Rye the following year.

The Atlantic Road Viaduct (hence the name Atlantic Lines) carries South London Line services over Brixton station. Shortly before this the line passes through the site of the former East Brixton station. Brixton itself has a disused platform on the Up Chatham Main which is best viewed either from Platform 2 or from a service to Herne Hill.

A copy of the DfT consultation can be found here: http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-17

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Further to the photo and brief description of the Railvac on page 22 in the last issue I have been contacted by former member Morris Graham who provides the following extra info:

“I am given to understand that the vehicle was damaged by fire and was rebuilt. The original wagon number was 35 74 390 0080 7R, which indicates that the machine was rebuilt onto an Rs type wagon (bogie flat wagon). One notable thing about this machine is that it has two different types of buffers, square at the hose end (clearly visible in the photo), round at the other.

26 Narrow Gauge Preservation Scene

Statfold Barn Railway by Ian Sant: I don’t know about you, but I had never heard of this railway until a friend of mine (Brian Kiddy) invited me to accompany him on a members day on Saturday 15th October 2011.

Located just outside Tamworth, it is a private estate railway where fencing and barriers are kept to a minimum. Member’s days are very relaxed and you are free to roam in and out of the various buildings and the locomotive sheds unhindered. You are asked to take care and to be safety conscious throughout but the open access gives you the opportunity to explore every nook and cranny and take lots of photographs.

The railway consists of a 2’ 0” gauge oval track round the owner’s lake and a field railway which is dual-gauged at 2’ 0” and 2’ 6”. The field railway starts at Statfold Station which has 2 platforms and after leaving the station there is right turn where you cross standard gauge, over the junction with the garden railway and head down to Oak Tree Halt, here, on the return, you can alight to have a look in grain store which has a number of other items of railway interest and a few non-railway items as well. The train proceeds round the field and it is easy to see why the railway is a working industrial railway at harvest time as the seed crops are easily transferred to purpose-built hopper wagons. These wagons when not in use are easily seen at the top end of the line.

The train now proceeds down to an oval loop and a seamless return to Statfold Station is achieved. The train on this occasion was top and tailed by steam locomotives so that to be pulled by each you make two journeys. Today we had as our locomotives, ‘Howard’ an Arnold Jung 0-4-0 and at the other end was Peckett 0-6-0ST ‘Harrogate’ (see above with the later nearest).

th We did our two round trips, behind 3 ‘Sid’, 15 October 2011 each of the locomotives and then our final trip was on board the rail mounted Land Rover Series 2a ‘Nemeth’ which provided something a little different! There are many locomotives here from manufacturers such as Peckett, Orenstein and Koppel, Krauss, Bagnall, Fowler just to name a few. There are steam and diesel as well as others to view including mining locomotives. I must just mention one other item, known as hissing ‘Sid’; a replica Lishman and Young Compressed Air Locomotive and was regarded as a safe form of underground traction.

27 The railway has a close connection with the Andrew Barclay and the Hunslet Engine Company One of the locomotives here is ‘Trangkil No. 4’ which was the very last steam locomotive built at the Hunslet Jack Lane Works in Leeds and was brought back to UK from the Indonesian island of Java and overhauled at Statfold where it was re-gauged from its original 750mm to 2’ 0”.

2 ‘Nemeth’, 15th October 2011

As I said at the beginning, this is very relaxed day and you are free to roam at will so exploring areas is great because you are not really sure what you will find next.

Thanks to Brian for inviting me and to the Statfold Barn Railway for a fabulous day out. Finally, I would again remind you that this is a private railway so if you do want to visit you will have to come along on one of their three open days a year, in the Spring, Summer and Autumn. As the first has now passed (31st March), the next two are 2nd June and 15th September.

Please visit their new website www.statfoldbarnrailway.com or else contact [email protected].

all photos by Ian Sant

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Belonging to ICRS tells us you have an interest in vehicles involved in travel, whether it is to do with their design or simply number-crunching. That being the case, have you also got an interest in buses in the UK ? GBBG may already be known to you from its link with ICRS in the past, but if you haven’t thought about joining us before, why not reconsider? Our annual membership subscription has now been reduced to a modest £13.60, so why not visit our website www.gb-bg.co.uk or write to our Secretary, Hazel Roberts, at 37 Abbey Place, Crewe CW1 4JR for further information? It could well be of benefit to you as a fellow transport enthusiast. 28 Stirlingshire Sightings by Derek Sneddon

The following sightings are from Camelon Station & nearby Carmuirs Junction with an occasional sighting from Falkirk. Only freight and notable loco hauled workings are shown together with the diagram code, time, origin and destination (see location codes)

16th April 24th April (cont) 4th May (cont) 05.10 66604 6H51 OX-IS 13.30 66213 6S36 DS-GM 13.30 66113 6S36 DS-GM 05.45 66301 4H47 MN-IS 14.15 66108 5Z22 Southall-BO 5th May 10.35 66546 6G05 RV-LT 18.15 66110 6N44 PW-GM 10.05 66103 6A32 MN-AB 11.20 66430 4N66 GM-ML 25th April 13.00 66421 4A13 GM-AB 12.08 66850 0Z71 CL-GM 06.30 66108 6L49 MN-LW 13.30 66106 6S36 DS-GM 12.35 66102 6Z50 SI-MN 08.30 66604 6A65 OX-AB 20.05 66007 6K18 MN-Ferryhill 17th April 10.35 66506 6G05 RV-LT 21.05 66099 6K03 MN-Carnoustie 05.45 66301 4H47 MN-IS 13.30 66106 6S36 DS-GM 6th May 07.00 66422 4R75 GM-EE 18.15 66108 6N44 PW-GM 00.06 6K15 66117/113 MN-PH 10.35 66546 6G05 RV-LT 26th April 7th May 13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB 06.30 66108 6A32 MN-AB 05.45 66424 4H47 MN-IS 13.30 66110 6S36 DS-GM 07.00 66304+66305 4R75 GM-EE 08.40 47237/37685 1H88 ED 18.15 66095 6N44 PW-GM 27th April 14.00 66117 6D61 Riccarton-GM 18th April 05.45 66423 4H47 MN-IS 15.22 66302 4N68 ML-GM 05.45 66303 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66304+66430 4R75 GM-EE 8th May 06.30 66110 6L49 MN-LW 10.35 66506 6G05 RV-LT 05.45 66424 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66304 4A13 GM-AB 07.00 66427 4R75 GM-EE 08.30 66604 6A65 OX-AB 13.30 66106 6S36 DS-GM 07.40 66847 6Z46 GM-PW 10.35 66546 6G05 RV-LT 28th April 10.35 66520 6G05 RV-LT 13.00 66433 4A13 GM-AB 05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS 11.33 37516/676 5Z43 Morpeth-BO 13.30 66095 6S36 DS-GM 10.05 66102 0A32 MN-AB 13.00 66305 4A13 GM-AB 19th April 13.00 66433 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66102 6S36 DS-GM 05.45 66303 4H47 MN-IS 13.30 66133 6S36 DS-GM 9th May 06.30 66110 6A32 MN-AB 16.30 66551 6Z65 RV-LT 05.45 66429 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66433 4R75 GM-EE 1st May 07.40 66847 6Z46 GM-LW 10.35 66546 6G05 RV-LT 05.45 66305 4H47 MN-IS 08.30 66110 6A65 OX-AB 13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB 06.30 37676 5Z97 BO-PH 10.35 66508 6G05 RV-LT 20.22 61994 5Z98 BW-Thornton 07.00 66425 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66423 4A13 GM-AB 20th April 07.40 66847 6Z46 GM-PW 10th May 05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS 10.35 66551 6G05 RV-LT 05.10 66511 6H51 OX-IS 07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66427 6A13 GM-AB 05.45 66429 4H47 MN-IS 10.35 66546 6G05 RV-LT 13.30 66031 6S36 DS-GM 07.00 66305 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB 2nd May 10.35 66520 6G05 RV-LT 13.30 66095 6S36 DS-GM 00.24 66106 6K30 11th May 15.23 47790+47832 1Z47 DU-ED MN-Winchburgh 05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS 21st April 05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66421 4R75 GM-EE 05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66421 4R75 GM-EE 10.35 66520 6G05 RV-LT 06.30 66055 6A32 MN-AB 07.35 66847 6Z46 GM-LW 13.30 66112 6S36 DS-GM 10.35 66546 6G05 RV-LT 08.30 66610 6A65 OX-AB 21.40 47804/26 0Z94 CN-BO 11.20 66429 4M16 GM-DV 10.35 66551 6G05 RV-LT 12th May 12.50 45305 5Z33 CN-IS 13.00 66426 4A13 GM-AB 00.30 66114 6Z48 MN-IS 13.00 66303 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66113 6S36 DS-GM 05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS 13.30 66106 6S36 DS-GM 23.05 66117/114 6K10 MN-Cupar 10.05 66100 6A32 MN-AB 22nd April 3rd May 11.20 66421/23 4M16 GM-DV 13.00 66422 4A13 GM-AB 05.20 66610 6H51 OX-IS 13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB 13.14 61994 1Z29 05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS 13.30 66112/145 6S36 DS-GM Thornton-Fort William 06.30 66106 6A32 MN-AB 16.08 66102 6K15 MN-DU 23rd April 10.35 66551 6G05 RV-LT 21.05 66145 6K16 MN-DU 05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS 13.00 66430 4A13 GM-AB 13th May 10.35 66506 6G05 RV-LT 4th May 00.23 66088 6K01 11.20 66302 4N66 GM-ML 00.30 66102 6Z48 MN-IS MN-Auchterarder 24th April 05.45 66424 4H47 MN-IS 00.35 66117 6K02 05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66430 4R75 GM-EE MN-Auchterarder 07.00 66422 4R75 GM-EE 10.35 66551 6G05 RV-LT 00.41 66105 6K12 10.35 66506 6G05 RV-LT 12.49 67025 5Z22 Southall-BO MN-Auchterarder 13.00 66421 4A13 GM-AB 13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB 11.30 66027/167 6K18 MN-PH

29 13th May (cont) 14th May (cont) 15th May (cont) 13.38 47790/832 1Z40 GC-DU 10.35 66520 6G05 RV-LT 05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS 15.30 66100 6K05 MN-PH 12.35 66114 6Z50 MN-IS 07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE 14th May 13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB 10.35 66520 6G05 RV-LT 05.45 66433 4H47 MN-IS 15th May 13.00 66422 4A13 GM-AB 08.30 66610 6A65 OX-AB 05.10 66610 6H51 OX-IS 13.30 66114 6S36 DS-GM

Stirlingshire & Gloucestershire Sightings Location Codes: AB Aberdeen CP Chepstow HR Harwich MT Mountsorrel SB Stourbridge AC Achnasheen CQ Croft Quarry HS Hunslet MV Manchester Vic SC Scunthorpe AD Alexander Dock CR Cadder HT Hastings MW Moorswater SD Standish Jnct Jnct CS Cheltenham HV Haverfordwest NA Nairn SG Stoke Gifford AE Attercliffe CT Cardiff Tidal HW Heywood Jnct NE Neath SH Slough AF Ashford CU Cumbernauld HY Hinksey NG Nottingham SI Stirling AH Ashchurch CV Cliff Vale IM Immingham NH Newton Heath SK Shirebrook AJ Awre Junction CY Corby IB Ironbridge NJ Norton Jnct SN Stockton AL Alston DC Dyce IS Inverness NL Newtonhill SO Southampton AN Acton DL Dalmeny JM Jersey Marine NT Newport SP Spetchley AP Appleford DM Dollands Moor KB Kittybrewster NV Neville Hill SR Stourton AR Abercynon DR Doncaster KC Kirkcaldy NW Nantwich SS Swansea AT Abbotswood Jnct DS Dalston KK Kilmarnock OB Oban ST Severn Tunnel Jnct AV Avonmouth DT Didcot KL Kyle of Lochalsh ON Onllwyn SV Stevenage AW Aberthaw DV Daventry KN Kennethmont OO Old Oak Common SW Swindon AY Ayr DY Derby KS Kingsland Road OX Oxwellmains SY Shipley BA Blair Atholl DU Dundee KY Kingsbury OY Oxley TD Tyne Dock BD Bedworth EA Earles Sidings LA Laira PA Paisley TE Trostre BE Berkeley ED Edinburgh LB Ladybank PC Port Clarence TG Teigngrace BH Brierley Hill EE Elderslie LC Lincoln PF Peak Forest TH Theale BI Burntisland EH Eastleigh LD Lydney PG Pengham TK Tavistock Jnct BL Bristol EL Elgin LG Lairg PH Perth TL Tilbury BN Beeston EU Euston LH Leith PM St Philips Marsh TN Taunton BO Bo’ness EV Evesham LI Linlithgow PN Paddington TO Toton BP Bath EX Exeter LK Lackenby PO Polmadie TR Trishington BR Bridgwater FB Ferrybridge LL Llanwern PR Preston TS Tees Yard BS Bescot FF Fiddlers Ferry LM Long Marston PT Paignton TY Tyseley BT Barton Hill FG Fishguard LN Laurencekirk PW Prestwick VA Victoria BU Burton FO Forres LO Longsight PY Portbury WB Wembley BW Barrow Hill FR Fairwater LS Leeds PZ Penzance WG Wentloog BZ St Blazey GC Glasgow Central LT Longannet RA Redcar WH Westerleigh BY Barry GL Gloucester LW Linkswood RC Ratcliffe WP Worksop CA Calvert GM Grangemouth LY Lindsey RD Reading WR Warrington CB Coatbridge GR Grange Sidings MC Machen RE Redmire WS Worcester CE Crewe GS Gleneagles ME Montrose RG Rugeley WV Wolverhampton CD Charfield GY Grimsby MF Milford RM Rotherham WW Washwood Heath CF Cardiff HA Hayes MG Margam RN Robeston WY Westbury CH Chaddesden HD Handsworth MH Millerhill RO Round Oak YT Yate CK Chirk HF Hereford MN Mossend RR Rowley Regis YK York CL Carlisle HH Holyhead ML Motherwell RV Ravenstruther CM Chalmerston HL Hartlepool MO Moreton RY Rugby CN Carnforth HO Halewood MS Maesteg SA Saltley

Gloucestershire Sightings by Nigel Hoskins

The following sightings are mostly from Gloucester Station, but also include workings on the avoiding line southeast of the station between Barnwood and Gloucester Yard Jncts. Only freight and notable loco hauled workings are shown with the diagram code, time (if known) plus origin and destination (see location codes).

22nd April 23rd April 14.10 66606 6M36 WY-EA 11.23 66433 4V38 DV-WG 09.11 66060 6M96 MG-CY 15.22 66066 6E86 PY-FB 16.05 66728/730 4V94 NT-PY 10.53 66433 4V38 DV-WG 15.25 66185 6V92 CY-MG 18.31 66433 4M36 WG-DV 11.02 60063 6B13 RN-WH 16.08 66087 6M41 MG-RO 19.17 66068 6E68 MG-SC 12.52 66133 6V67 RA-MG 19.05 66713 6Z30 HD-CT 22.22 66175 6V67 SC-MG 14.00 66728/730 4V94 NT-PY 66078 6M81 MG-RO 30 23rd April (cont) 28th April (cont) 8th May (cont) 66614 0Z65 SG-LM 66001/098+60100/044 6V49 66302 4V38 DV-WG 24th April TS-AD 66715 6E01 CF-LY 19.32 66080 6V69 BS-NT 70003 4V46 RG-SG 66078 6V07 RO-MG 60054 6E41 WH-LY 66075 6V02 HL-LL 66507 4V57 RG-SG 66729 6E01 29th April 66174 6V69 BS-AD CF-Peterborough 09.25 66170 6W03 ST-BS 60099 6E41 WH-LY 66008 6V06 HD-CT 13.26 66430 4V38 DV-WG 66720 6E67 CT-DR 66044 4E66 MG-RA 17.23 66007 6E47 LL-TS 9th May 66111 6V66 RA-MG 18.08 66430 4M36 WG-DV 15.00 66001 6V92 CY-MG 66133 6V92 CY-MG 20.03 66162 6E30 MG-HL 18.29 66715 6Z30 HD-CT 66728/730 4V94 NT-PY 21.01 66149 6M75 MG-Harendale 19.43 66131 6E93 MG-MF 66531 4Z72 RG-SG 21.07 66100 6E68 MG-SC 19.58 66149 6E11 CF-IM 66206 6E86 PY-FB 5043 1Z30 GL-PN 20.17 66137 6E30 MG-HL 66302 4V38 DV-WG 66204 6V66 SC-MG 66199 4E66 MG-RA 60063 6B13 RN-WH 30th April 66005 6E86 PY-FB 66078 6V07 RO-MG 15.01 66075 6V92 CY-MG 37608/308 6M67 BR-CR 66100 6E30 MG-HL 16.04 66174 6M41 MG-RO 66846 6Z50 GL-TG 66170 6Z20 MG-SC 19.01 66098 6V07 RO-MG 66621/605 6Y11 66078 6M81 MG-RO 20.18 66136 6E30 MG-HL FR-Stoke Works 66013 6V05 RO-MG 20.26 66713 6Z97 BN-CT 66021/016 6V81 RM-CT 25th April 21.07 66145 6Z20 MG-SC 66078 6V07 RO-MG 14.03 66728/730 4V94 NT-PY 22.32 66512 4Z43 RC-SG 70013 4V57 RG-SG 15.17 66050 6E86 PY-FB 60063 6B13 RN-WH 10th May 16.27 66151 6M41 MG-RO 66058 6E86 PY-FB 16.03 66116 6M41 MG-RO 19.00 60063 6B47 WH-RN 1st May 19.11 60063 6V07 RO-MG 19.18 66713 6Z30 HD-CT 66174 6E30 MG-HL 20.12 66742 6E01 CF-LY 19.27 66175 6E93 MG-MF 66141 6V06 HD-CT 66031 6E09 SS-IM 19.53 66139 6E11 CF-IM 66108 6E20 MG-IM 66004 6E30 MG-HL 66013 6E30 MG-HL 66165 6E47 LL-TS 70013 4V57 RG-SG 66618/621 6Y11 66009 0A53 TO-LL 66515 4V06 RC-SG FR-Stoke Works 3rd May 20312/08 6M56 BE-CE 66079 6Z20 MG-SC 05.27 66098 6M81 MG-RO 66058 6E86 PY-FB 66523 4V57 RG-SG 09.00 66138 4V83 FB-PY 66001 6V92 CY-MG 66614 6Z67 SN-CT 10.50 66425 4V38 DV-WG 66555 0Y27 SG-BS 26th April 11.00 6608 6V40 SC-CT 60074 6B13 RN-WH 15.00 66008 6V92 CY-MG 11.09 60063 6B13 RN-WH 11th May 97302 3Z37 DY-BL 11.25 66050 6V05 RO-MG 66012 6E20 SS-IM 66124 6C66 RA-MG 11.26 66009 4E66 MG-RA 66181 6V81 RM-CT 60063 6B47 WH-RN 14.35 66552 4V47 RG-SG 66305 4V38 DV-WG 70003 4V57 RG-SG 15.11 66204 6V92 CY-MG 66120 6O42 HO-SO 66044 6V07 RO-MG 15.15 66138 6E86 PY-FB 66715 6Z30 HD-CT 66021 6E94 AW-LY 15.47 20304/37606 6M67 BR-CE 66103 6V07 RO-MG 66078 6Z20 MG-SC 16.09 66016 6M41 MG-RO 70013 4V57 RG-SG 66111 6M96 MG-CY 18.22 60063 6B47 WH-RN 66050 6E94 AW-LY 66421 4V38 DV-WG 19.13 66710 6Z30 HD-CT 66001/021 6E30 MG-HL 66523 4V47 RG-SG 19.54 66084 6E11 CF-IM 37667/423 6M67 BR-CE 66187 6E86 PY-FB 20.20 66050 6E30 MG-HL 66059 4E66 MG-RA 27th April 66075 6Z20 MG-SC 66953 4V06 RC-SG 06.04 66250 6M81 MG-RO 66184 6E93 MG-MF 60074 6B13 RN-WH 09.00 66050 4V83 RC-PY 66846 0Z66 CE-GL 12th May 11.02 66100 6V05 RO-MG 7th May 07.58 66513 4Z67 RC-SG 11.11 60063 6B13 RN-WH 18.59 66720 6Z97 BN-CT 10.25 66149 6V40 SC-CT 12.03 66184 4E66 MG-RA 8th May 12.04 56311 6Z56 CT-CH 12.53 66305 4V38 DV-WG 66121 4V83 FB-PY 18.06 66165 6Z20 MG-SC 13.00 66595 6M36 WY-EA 66016 6E09 SS-IM 18.21 66050 6Z67 SC-MG 15.14 60079 6V92 CY-MG 66031 6V66 RA-MG 21.40 6V02 HL-LL 18.30 37604/20304 6M67 BR-CE 66078 6V07 RO-MG 66099 6E41 WH-LY 20.52 66713 6Z97 BN-CT 66116 6E47 AD-TS 13th May 66142 4Z70 66121 6E86 PY-FB 11.25 66305 4V38 DV-WG EA-Cwmbargoed 66131 6V61 RO-MG 66137 6M75 MG-CL 66745 6Z50 CK-GL 66164 6E30 MG-HL 66119 6E30 MG-HL 28th April 66165 4E66 MG-RA 66021 6E68 MG-SC 12.53 60071 6E41 WH-LY 60074 6B47 WH-RN 66103 6E47 LL-TS 13.00 66250 4E66 MG-RA 66605/621 6Y11 66019 0A53 BS-AD 19.31 66100 6Z67 SC-MG FR-Stoke Works DR80302 working at Gloucester

31 14th May 16th May (cont) 18th May (cont) 14.52 66129 6V92 CY-MG 11.11 60074 6B13 RN-WH 66199 4E66 MG-RA 18.35 66016 6V06 HD-CT 66850 6Z45 RY-GL 66732/745 4V94 NT-PY 19.00 66077 6V07 RO-MG 66850 6Z50 GL-TG 66514 6M36 WY-EA 19.29 60074 6B47 WH-RN 66020 4E66 MG-RA 66140 6O42 HO-SO 20.19 66020 6E30 MG-HL 60099 6E41 WH-LY 66850 6Z50 CK-GL 21.52 66050 6V66 RA-MG 66137 6V67 RA-MG 66213 0V40 SC-CT 22.12 66169 6E47 LL-TS 66745/732 4V94 NT-PY 19th May 66069 6E39 MG-SC 66152 6E86 PY-FB 09.58 56311 0Z56 CF-LS 66004 6E86 PY-FB 66715 6Z30 HD-CT 12.20 60099 6E41 WH-LY 66850 6Z50 CK-GL 66136 6E11 CF-IM 12.56 66199 6V67 RA-MG 66199 6M96 MG-CY 57001/47375 0Z43 GL-BU 13.35 70002 4V20 RG-SG 66423 4V38 DV-WG 66193 6V92 CY-MG 14.35 66513 4V46 RG-PY 66732/745 4V94 NT-PY 20302/303 6V73 CE-BE 15.10 66063 4Z62 TO-AV 66620 6M36 WY-EA 17th May 17.10 66131 6Z20 MG-SC 57008/003 6M67 BR-CE 10.53 66430 4V38 DV-WG 20.00 66004 6Z67 SC-MG 66016 6D98 CT-HD 11.12 60074 6B13 RN-WH 22.10 66014 6V02 HL-LL 66077 6M81 MG-RO 11.20 66137 6V05 RO-MG 20th May 66193 6V67 RA-MG 12.55 66020 6V67 RA-MG 12.09 66430 4V38 DV-WG 60074 6B13 RN-WH 60099 6E41 WH-LY 66004 6Z20 MG-SC 60099 6E41 WH-LY 66193 6V92 CY-MG 66110 6E47 LL-TS 66616 6Y27 LD-Hackney 66168 6E30 MG-HL 66119 4E68 MG-RA 15th May 66303/427 6M67 BR-CE 66199 6M75 MG-CL 10.58 66305 4V38 DV-WG 66009 6E09 SS-IM 66020/040/050/093/124 0X40 11.12 60074 6B13 RN-WH 66732/745 4V94 NT-PY BS-MG 11.26 60063 6V05 RO-MG 66112 6E86 PY-FB 21st May 11.27 66137 4E66 MG-RA 66525 4V57 RG-SG 66513 4V57 RG-SG 14.36 66193 6V92 CY-MG 66706 6E01 CF-LY 66715 6Z97 BN-CT 16.02 66050 6M41 MG-RO 18th May 66063 6E86 PY-FB 19.38 66158 6V69 BS-AD 10.50 66422 4V38 DV-WG 66053 4Z58 21.56 66168 6V66 RA-MG 11.15 60074 6B13 RN-WH Pendleton-Neath 70010 4V57 RG-SG 11.26 66199 4E66 MG-RA 60007 6E41 WH-LY 66845 0Z45 GL-RY 66513 4V57 RG-SG 60079 6M41 MG-RO 66004 4V83 FB-PY 66019 6V07 RO-MG 66119 6V67 RA-MG 66732/745 4V94 NT-PY 66055 6V66 SC-MG 66172 6V92 CY-MG 60099 6E41 WH-LY 66077 6E30 MG-HL 66850 6Z50 GL-Baglan Bay 16th May 66124 6V92 CY-MG 66302 4V38 DV-WG 10.50 66434 4V38 DV-WG 66138 6E11 CF-IM 66059 6M96 MG-CY 11.03 66129 0V05 WS-LL 66077 6V05 RO-MG

Freight Corner

WAGON UPDATES by Scott Yeates (to UKRS No.3 UK Wagons 2012): To allow members to keep their copy as up to date as possible, it is intended to provide changes via this spot every month. It is known that various wagons reportedly withdrawn or missing from previous editions are still in service so if any member can provide information please let Scott know, contact details on page 2.

Nothing to report

FREIGHT NEWS A successful piggyback trial by Europorte Europe for P400 lorry trailers was conducted between Antwerp and Barking on 21st / 22nd May. It should herald the start of a regular service later in the year. Leicester TMD has re-opened for servicing of GBRf locos by Electro Motive Services.

Light Rail, Metro & Tram News

Manchester Metrolink: The first of the 1991 built trams introduced at the start of the Metrolink, 1011 has been withdrawn as more 3000 series trams enter service. With 24 in service and 26 stored awaiting the new system extensions, it is likely more of the earlier trams will go soon.

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LADS WEEK 2011 ...well actually it was 10 days – Part 1: How soon a year passes. With the memories of 2010 still fresh in our minds The Lads were off again. This year’s theme, ‘Fishing for freight’ was Dave’s idea. I must thank him for the effort and planning he puts in for these tours. The trip was intended to cover the southern half of Germany and the eastern half of Switzerland, looking for freight locomotives, although other countries were also visited. It was not all freight with some other interesting locations included. It was decided not to write for permits and go with ‘an ask at the door policy’, which worked very well, with some good luck as well. Switzerland is a country I have not previously covered in Railway Globetrotters.

Day 1 - April 8th 2011: We went through the tunnel and in Fréthun we saw 2 private Cl.186s and UK, DBS 66205. Then followed a 60 mile journey to Lens where we asked and permission was granted. This is always a good shed and even on a Friday there were 62 on shed. Our next stop was Somain. This depot is fenced and gated but a lot of the locomotives can be seen walking along the other side of the main line where 26 were noted, with only a few missed. Alnoye was next and the yard where the locomotives used to stable was empty and the rails were rusty!

Vossloh G2000, (500)1756 France has prefixed its locomotives with a Lens depot, 8th April 2011 number denoting its sector. Here (5, allocated to the regional passenger sector) 67414 and (4 belonging to the freight sector) 67597 stand side by side on Lens depot, 8th April 2011

27113, without a sector prefix is seen in a silver Y7558 heads a line of withdrawn shunters livery instead of the standard green livery for the (tractors), Lens depot, 8th April 2011 class, Lens depot, 8th April 2011

33 Already it was country number 2, Belgium. Monceau is the freight depot for Charleroi. There is a new diesel stabling point in front of the original shed. This held 16 Cl. 77xxs. The old shed is still a dump for withdrawn locomotives and 29 were noted, the majority being Cl. 73xxs with a couple of Cl. 51xxs, 62xxs and even 2 long withdrawn Cl. 84xxs. The depot could be a death trap as there were holes in the floor, metal spikes sticking up and train spotter eating vegetation encapsulating many of the locomotives! In Charleroi there is a PW depot and a new passenger depot. The PW had 2 Cl. 62xxs and the main depot was high security with an unmanned gate. John went to the intercom and the gate opened! We did the shed and never saw anyone. There was a mixture of EMUs and DMUs, a few locomotives and 7 Cl. 91xx shunters. Also on shed was a new EMU, 08503. When we left and pulled up to the gate, it opened. Big Brother is watching you. As we are all good boys we had nothing to worry about. We stayed overnight in Namur.

16652 is one of a once large class of mixed Monceau depot is a store for long withdrawn traffic locomotives around the Paris area, Belgian locomotives, including 7316 and 5148 th Lens depot, 8 April 2011 8th April 2011

Day 2 - April 9th 2011: A look in Salzines (Namur) works only saw works pilot 9147 and 2632 outside. Ronet shed (Namur) was next. Another depot that was a shadow of its former self with 24 being noted. This depot was once a store for withdrawn locomotives and units and was full of them when I first visited in the early 1990s. The next shed was Stokem (Arlon). In its day this was a massive shed which I reckon could have held 100+ inside. There were 35 seen on shed but this time we did not go into the locked shed that held the withdrawn Cl.52xxs and 53xxs that I saw when I did it in 2009.

Belgian Cls. 52xx, 53xx and 54xx were all Cl. 41xxs are the Belgian standard Nohabs and were fitted with new cabs but all are 2 car DMUs as with 4163 now stored or withdrawn. 5401 is in Stokem Stokem depot, 9th April 2011 depot possibly earmarked for preservation 9th April 2011

34 Into Luxembourg, which became our country number 3. There are 2 main locations for locomotives here, Bettembourg yard and Luxembourg shed. We viewed the yard first and there were 17 seen and over half were the new Vossloh G1000s and G1206s. This yard is only 5 miles outside Luxembourg. Next was the depot and as in the past a friendly greeting and the indemnity form to fill in then around we went. This depot consists of 2 roundhouses with a new straight depot being built alongside. 51 locomotives and units were noted, some stored, some preserved (including 2 steam) and some active. The unlucky 3001 was now outside. This locomotive was only days old when it had a head on collision in 1998 and had been kept inside as a source of spares. Only 1 of the 4000 series was on shed. This class is now the main workhorse. On the opposite side of the main line is a French unit depot where both French and German units were noted.

a line up of Luxembourg locomotives at 1106 a MAK 1000 stands on Bettenburg yard led by 1505 and 1507 Luxembourg depot, 9th April 2011 9th April 2011

After just less than 2 hours we were out of Luxembourg and back into France heading for Thionville. This is one of those wonderful depots where you can see a lot when you approach to ask and if you are refused you still do alright, however, in this instance we were allowed round and 50 were seen.

Next was the yard at Woippy. A look from the bridge with binoculars can see a few, but you need to get amongst the locos to see them all. We were refused but we were given the list of all that was stabled (46) and our sightings from the bridge confirmed that the list was correct.

th (4)69438 at Thionville depot, 9 April 2011 SNCF Fret (4)37016 stands with classmates at Woippy yard, 9th April 2011

Metz shed used to hold a large amount of locomotives. Like many, it is not so good now. Permission was granted for the locomotive depot and we were told to come back to the office and the boss contacted the unit depot, which we also got round. Well over 80 locomotives and units were spotted. We also saw a dump on the other side of the main line. It was in a freight yard and we had to ask the signalman to look round. It had 38 long withdrawn DMUs and 11 locomotives and tractors! Well worth the visit.

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(6 Infrastructure) 66220, Metz, 9th April 2011 In original livery but devoid of cabside plates, tractor Y7195 at Metz 9th April 2011

Unit 76537, Metz, 9th April 2011

Onward into country number 4, Germany where the first depot was Saarbrucken. On my last visit there, it did not have much on, so I was surprised at the selection this time on shed. Although only 37 locomotives, there were diesel and electric DB locomotives, trams, private Cl. 186s and Vossloh DB Cl. 272s.

Eurocargo class 66 No. 77021 stands on Saarbrucken depot. DB has taken over half of this class and originally numbered them Cl. 247 then the last 3 digits and renumbered them again as Cl. 266 with the same last 3 digits. This locomotive is not on the DB books. If it was it would have become 247021 then 26602 19th April 2011

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initially the last of the DB Cl. 185s, 185399 was given a large side number .....to assist short sighted spotters. The class was originally 185001 -399 but now includes 185401 - 406. 185400 was never built! Saarbrucken depot, 9th April 2011

Vossloh G2000, 5001672 also carrying DB 272603 at Saarbrucken 9th April 2011

The last depot of the day was Kaiserslautern. On my last 2 visits here we were refused, so I was surprised that this time we were allowed round. It used to be a large locomotive depot but now only has an allocation of DMUs. We stayed overnight in Mannheim.

Day 3 - April 10th 2011: It was a Sunday and the itinerary was planned to visit Mannheim and Stuttgart when the depots had the most on. We got round Mannheim and it had 80 freight locomotives on. The next call was over the river at Ludwigshafen which is a DMU and EMU depot. It also had a few diesel and electric locomotives on.

there are many Cl. 185s working for private diminutive shunter 335142, companies as with185611 stabled on Ludwigshaven depot, 10th April 2011 Mannheim depot, 10th April 2011

37 Then Karlsruhe! Not a large shed, yet on my previous visits we were refused. No change this time. Not only refused but told that it was not permitted to take photographs in Germany! I did not try to advise this silly man that he was wrong.

Karlsruhe is one of the most anti-spotter Tubingen is a DMU depot and its friendly depots in Germany (see above) but main allocation are the single car Cl. 650s somehow my camera accidentally took this as with 650027, 10th April 2011 photo of 212317, Cl. 212s are almost extinct on DB, 10th April 2011

Now Stuttgart, 2 depots, Kornwestheim (freight) and Rosenheim (passenger). At Kornwestheim there was no-one to be seen. An unlocked, deserted depot. 75 on shed. Rosenheim also let us round and 34 passenger locomotives were seen.

Now down to Switzerland. Tubingen depot is home of many of the single car Cl. 650 DMUs where 17 were seen on shed. Singen, almost on the border, had 12 locomotives stabled in the yard and station. This was our last German stop before Switzerland. all photos by Ray Smith (to be cont)

Stock Changes

It is hoped that all major changes recorded below will help you keep the Combine, Pocket Book and Name Directory up to date, (numerous pool code changes will not be recorded). In order to compile as accurate and up to date list as possible, can members please pass on their observations, particularly name changes and multiple unit reformations to the editor, Trevor Roots

New Stock: 99352 (Mk1 Pullman) Amethyst Pendolinos lengthened & re-numbered Locos Transferred: 390012 to 390112 with 68912 / 65312 D3591 (08476) BAT to SWR 390031 to 390131 with 68931 / 65331 31130 BAT to AVR 390041 to 390141 with 68941 / 65341 37402/405 TO to BH 56091 WH to WEA Loco Exported: (Bulgaria) 92034 Dutch ‘08’ 663 ‘Annette’ NRS to RSR Re-numbered: DMU Transferred: 56101 to 92.55.0659.001.5 55012 NRS to WEA DVT 82131 to 82307 EMU Transferred: DMU Re-formed & Re-numbered: 317709/723 IL to ZG 158843 + 52842 (from 158842) to 158943 Locos Scrapped: Namings: EMR Kingsbury 56073 66709 Sorrento DMUs Scrapped: 66742 ABP Port of Immingham CHV 51433, 50167 Centenary 1912-2012 DFR 51341, 51398 90009 Diamond Jubilee EMUs Scrapped: 357006 Diamond Jubilee 1952-2012 HM Prison Lindholme Cl.411 70294/70512

38 Revised Liveries.....Diamond 67s

67029 ‘Royal Diamond’ sporting a large DB logo in place of its unique EWS beasties logo Didcot Parkway, 13th May 2012 (Neil Dix)

67026 ‘Diamond Jubilee’ + 67006 ‘Royal Sovereign’ with the former sporting a new silver livery and Union Flag, Bletchley, 17th May 2012 (Mark Richards) 39 ICRS Publications

The 2012 UK Pocket Book has now been released and follows hard on the heels of the UK Combine and the 2012 versions of UK Wagons and UK Name Directory. The latter has been reworked to be even more comprehensive than before and is the only such book currently on the market. It is also a small print run as are the current 2011 editions of UK Locomotives, Diesel Units, Electric Units and Irish Railways, so if you don’t want to miss out, order yours now. The individual books have additional carriage number to unit number cross ref tables, not found in the Combine and are very useful. As for future titles, an eagerly awaited updated Ultimate Sighting File is in preparation for release during 2012 and will combine all locos into one book rather than the 3 previously published.

Books can be ordered online via PayPal at www.icrs.org.uk or by post from Carl Watson, ICRS Publications, 14, Partridge Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9XG (please made cheque / PO payable to ICRS).

All books, except A6 Pocket Datafiles, are A5 wire bound printed on 90gm paper with laminated card covers allowing them to be laid flat.

Book Titles (all Members receive a 20% discount on 2010/11 & up to 27% discount on 2012 ICRS books)

non-member member New: (2012 – red) Price UKRS01 Pocket Book 2012 (240 pages) (updated to 1st Jan12) £9.50 £7.00 UKRS02A UK Combine 2012 (264 pages) (updated to 1st Jan12) £15.99 £12.00 UKRS03 UK Wagons 2012 (164 pages) (updated to 1st Oct11) £12.99 £9.50 UKRS04 UK Name Directory 2012 (172 pages) (updated to 10th Nov11) £12.99 £9.50

Current: (2011 – blue) UKRS01 Pocket Book 2011 (240 pages) (updated to 1st Jan11) £8.99 £7.19 UKRS05 UK Locomotives 2011 (81 pages) (updated to 1st May11) £7.99 £6.39 UKRS06 UK Diesel Units 2011 (64 pages) (updated to 1st May11) £7.99 £6.39 UKRS07 UK Electric Units 2011 (116 pages) (updated to 1st May11) £8.99 £7.19 UKRS19 Irish Railways 2011 (53 pages) (updated to 1st May11) £7.99 £6.39

Previous 2008-11: check online for availability as most are now SOLD OUT

In Preparation: (publication date to be confirmed) UKRS21 Ultimate Sighting Files - Locomotives TBC TBC

Proposed: UKRS22 Ultimate Sighting Files – Diesel Units TBC TBC UKRS23 Ultimate Sighting Files – Electric Units TBC TBC

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