October 2010
A very wet and windy Autumn day resulted in the first outing of the Rail Head Treatment Train (RHTT) for the 2010 season. 66130 Top & Tailed with 66167 head west through Platform 1, spraying the railheads on the: 3S13 08:45 Westbury to St Blazey. Friday 1st October 2010.
A very wet and windy Autumn day resulted in the first outing of the Rail Head Treatment Train (RHTT) for the 2010 season. 66167 Top & Tailed with 66130 head west through Platform 1, spraying the railheads on the: 3S13 08:45 Westbury to St Blazey. Friday 1st October 2010.
43147 arrives on the: 1A78 06:50 Penzance to Paddington. Saturday 2nd October 2010.
43136 departs on the rear of the: 1A83 10:00 Penzance to Paddington. Saturday 2nd October 2010.
43155 on the rear of the: 1A85 10:59 Penzance to Paddington. Saturday 2nd October 2010.
66187 heads north on a short engineering train, the: 6W34 08:40 Penzance to Westbury. Sunday 3rd October 2010.
66608 heads west in the low Autumn sunshine on the: 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater. Monday 4th October 2010.
66608 returns northbound with the empty cement tanks, 6C66 14:43 Moorswater to Westbury Cement Works. Monday 4th October 2010.
66106 heads north through Totnes at 20:41 in the evening having dropped ballast on the Newquay branchline, running as the: 6W39 18:00 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury. Sunday 10th October 2010.
66006 heads north through Totnes at 20:41 in the evening having dropped ballast on the Newquay branchline, running as the: 6W39 18:00 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury. Sunday 10th October 2010
43003 heads west through Totnes with a short 2+5 HST formation on the: 1Z54 07:06 Paddington to Plymouth. The return working back to Paddington ran non-stop from Plymouth to London, breaking the record for the fastest non-stop run. This was for the launch of the new service from the start of the Winter 2010 timetable, named "The Devon Express" - 07:03 Paddington to Paignton. Wednesday 13th October 2010.
66153 heads north a crisp winters lunchtime at 12:58 on the: 6W42 10:00 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury. The train having dropped ballast on the Newquay branchline. Monday 11th October 2010.
66187 with a single Seacow and 10 Autoballasters head north at 14:25 on the: 6W41 11:00 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury, having dropped ballast on the Newquay Branchline. Monday 11th October 2010.
66612, devoid of Large Freightliner logo's heads north in the Autumn sunlight on the: 6C59 11:00 Burngullow to Hackney Yard. Tuesday 12th October 2010.
66130 heads west on the RHTT, the: 3S13 08:45 Westbury to St Blazey. Tuesday 12th October 2010.
66167, looking rather dirty heads west on the rear of the RHTT, the: 3S13 08:45 Westbury to St Blazey. Tuesday 12th October 2010.
66151 heads north with a rake of JNA 'Falcons' on the: 6W57 06:50 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury. Wednesday 13th October 2010.
143619 calls at Totnes on a cold frosty morning on the: 2E87 06:00 Penzance to Exeter St Davids. The story of how 143619 ended up on this service was an interesting one. The 2C43 06:26 Bristol Parkway to Penzance failed at Weston Super Mere. 143619 being spare at Exeter was put onto a restarted 2Z43 Exeter to Penzance, but was set swapped at Plymouth with the Class 150 on 2E87 06:00 Penzance to Exeter, to avoid taking the pacer into Cornwall. Thursday 21st October 2010.
66158 Top & Tailed with 66182 head north at 09:39am on a sunny frosty morning working the: 6W64 06:03 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury. Thursday 21st October 2010.
66182 Top & Tailed with 66158 head north at 09:39am on a sunny frosty morning working the: 6W64 06:03 Goonbarrow Junction to Westbury. Thursday 21st October 2010.
57010 with 2 KUA Nuclear Flask Wagons & 2 Escort Coaches head north at 10:33am on a 6X50 09:35 Keyham (Devonport Dockyard) to Carlisle Kingmoor. These workings normally run overnight due to the sensitive nature of the working, but trackwork problems the previous night delayed the departure until the following morning. Thursday 21st October 2010.
43071 & 43137 head north running back to back on an 0Z77 11:00 Laira to Laira via Newton Abbot test tun. Thursday 21st October 2010.
43137 & 43071 head north running back to back on an 0Z77 11:00 Laira to Laira via Newton Abbot test tun. Thursday 21st October 2010.
DR73911 "Puma" - a Switch & Crossing Tamper heads north on the: 6J45 10:15 Par to Kingsland Road. Friday 22nd October 2010.
Switch & Crossing Rail Grinder DR 79263 + DR 79273 head west at lunchtime working a 6U03 11:00 Taunton to Penzance. Monday 25th October 2010.
Switch & Crossing Rail Grinder DR 79273 + DR 79263 head west at lunchtime working a 6U03 11:00 Taunton to Penzance. Monday 25th October 2010.
Filty 66167 on the rear of the RHTT calls at Totnes, unusually in the centre road, to let late running passenger trains overtake, The working was the: 3S13 08:45 Westbury to St Blazey. Monday 25th October 2010.
Filty 66167 on the rear of the RHTT calls at Totnes, unusually in the centre road, to let late running passenger trains overtake, The working was the: 3S13 08:45 Westbury to St Blazey. Monday 25th October 2010.
47749 "Demelza" heads north through Totnes at 09:03 with a test run for the Colas HOBC, working as the: 6Z76 08:32 Tavistock Junction to Fairwater. Thursday 28th October 2010.
Following the failure of 57603 on the previous nights up sleeper at Penzance, a HST was used on the sleepers. 57604 was attached to the rear of the down sleeper at Paddington to hitch a ride to Penzance. At 14:01, 57604 towing failed 57603 with the sleepers head north through Totnes on the: 5Z70 11:00 Longrock to Old Oak Common. Thursday 28th October 2010.
150123 wearing Silverlink livery calls at Totnes on the: 2A63 11:43 Penzance to Newton Abbot. Thursday 28th October 2010.
47749 returns westbound with the Colas HOBC on the: 6Z77 13:05 Fairwater to Tavistock Junction. Friday 28th October 2010.
Colas HOBC ZWA DR76601 "Owen" heads west on the: 6Z77 13:05 Fairwater to Tavistock Junction. Thursday 28th October 2010.
Just minutes after the Colas HOBC had passed through, Colas Tamper DR75406 heads west on the: 6J83 12:15 Kingsland Road to Tavistock Junction. Thursday 28th October 2010.
66602 heads west on the: 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater. The train slipped to a stand on Rattery Bank due to poor railhead conditions. The train had to be reverses 4 miles backwards down Rattery Bank back into Totnes to await assistance from another loco. Friday 29th October 2010.
66585 "The Drax Flyer" working the 0Z99 Fairwater to Totnes, arrives to assist 66602 on the 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater, which slipped to a stand on Rattery Bank due to poor railhead conditions. Friday 29th October 2010.
66585 "The Drax Flyer" working the 0Z99 Fairwater to Totnes, arrives to assist 66602 on the 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater, which slipped to a stand on Rattery Bank due to poor railhead conditions. 66585 prepares to reverse onto the front of 66602. Friday 29th October 2010.
66585 couples to the front of 66602 working the 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater, which slipped to a stand on Rattery Bank due to poor railhead conditions. 66585 assisted 66602 as far as Plymouth. Friday 29th October 2010.
66585 & 66602 stand in Totnes, working the 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater, which slipped to a stand on Rattery Bank due to poor railhead conditions. 66585 assisted 66602 as far as Plymouth. Friday 29th October 2010. (Photo By: The Driver)
66585 & 66602 stand in Totnes, working the 6C17 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater, which slipped to a stand on Rattery Bank due to poor railhead conditions. 66585 assisted 66602 as far as Plymouth. Friday 29th October 2010. (Photo By: Allan Wright)
Due to engineering work to the west of Plymouth, the Cornish based RHTT couldn't treat the Devon Banks, so the Bristol based RHTT was used. 66067 Top & Tailed with 66077 head north on the: 3S58 08:00 Barton Hill to Barton Hill via Plymouth. The tree's display lovely Autmun colours. Sunday 31st October 2010.
Due to engineering work to the west of Plymouth, the Cornish based RHTT couldn't treat the Devon Banks, so the Bristol based RHTT was used. 66077 Top & Tailed with 66067 head north on the: 3S58 08:00 Barton Hill to Barton Hill via Plymouth. Sunday 31st October 2010.