skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Thursday 05/11/09
47270 = 0Z47 2032 Craigentinny-Crewe.
47749 (in tow) + 31190 = 0Z32 1624 Rugby OLE-Washwood Heath.
47786 + 57601 t'n't = 5Z47 0900 Carnforth-Southall.
47805 = 6Z47 0200 Small Heath LaFarge-Burton Yard/ 6Z48 1305 Burton Yard-Dollands Moor/ 0Z48 2200 Dollands Moor-Ashford Yard.
The colos turn - 0Z98 0415 Ashford Yard-Dollands Moor, 7Z98 0535 Dollands Moor-Dagenham Dock & 0Z56 1000 Dagenham Dock-Ashford Yard were cancelled today.
47812 will work a 6Zxx xxxx Rugby-Beeston trip tomorrow.
47832 will work also work tomorrow; 0Z47 0915 Worcester Yard-Westerleigh/ 6Z47 1105 Westerleigh-Hinksey Yard/ 0Z48 1515 Hinksey Yard-Gresty Bridge.
The Colas Rail Freight Timings Page has been updated to including the Tues/Thurs 6Z47 and Thurs 6Z48.
Further to the comments on Colas Rail replacing class 47s with two class 66s, 66841 is today on the way from Eastleigh to Tilbury - it is thought that at least one will be required for a Tilbury to West Burton flyash working which had been in the hands of the former Advenza Freight.
Colas's other GM, 66842 meanwhile heads to Ashford for crew training on Tuesday when released from repaint with Ashford of course being the current home of class 47s with Colas.
Class 47s will however continue to be required for some freight workings.
47841 at Eastleigh has received the power unit and bogies from 47709 and is likely to make a return to traffic soon with DRS.
Railways Illustrated magazine (December 2009 issue) mentions that the transfer of 47828 to another owner has not occurred as the owner of various components has not been identified.
03/04/66: 47281 in original guise as D1983 at a snowy Redmarshall on an April Sunday with 1N33 0920 Doncaster-Newcastle. Evidently this was routed away from the ECML and via Eaglescliffe and Stockton, before heading back to the ECML at Ferry Hill. The photo was taken to the east of Redmarshall, and the signal for the other road that isn't set was for a mostly-freight-at-this-time route to Ryhope and Sunderland via Thornley and Shotton Collierys.
Photo Copyright: Brian Sherrington collection, thanks also to Richard Boyd who points out a Deltic related website at napier-chronicles.co.uk which has timetable details for the ECML from 1961 to 1981.
thanks for news today: 31466, Big Dan, Colas Rail, Crumb, Driff47844, Simon Mcglen, Roger Smith, Ben Wheeler.
