61. The Caledonian Sleeper-31.08.18

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I was waiting for a nice morning with the sleeper running to time! The last day of August was when the two came together so I nipped out from home before work. I joined another photographer doing exactly the same thing at the spot I chose!

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390121, VT 05.45 Wolverhampton-London Euston (1R04, 3L), Milton Crossing
I lovely early morning light 390121 'Virgin Dream' passes Milton Crossing on the Weedon Loop just before it re-joins the Northampton line in Roade Cutting. The Pendolino is is working the 05.45 Wolverhampton to Euston 1R04 train.
Keywords: 390121 1R04 Milton Crossing

90045, CS 20.45 Inverness, 21.43 Aberdeen, 19.50 Fort William-London Euston sleeper (1M16, RT), Milton Crossing
90045 leads the 1M16 Caledonian Sleeper past Milton Crossing just a short distance north of Roade Cutting. This train is, in fact, three sleeper services that all come together at Edinburgh to work south to London. However, things can go wrong and this particular week there had been some severe delays caused by problems with this arrangement. Whilst a class 90 is not unusual traction for the sleeper, there is a dedicated pool of class 92s for this purpose but there have been a number of issues with their reliability causing the simpler and more robust 90s to step in.
Keywords: 90045 Caledonian sleeper 1M16 Milton Crossing

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