17. A trio of freights-17.04.21

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A stunning, but very cold, Saturday morning encouraged me out for a walk that just coincided with three freights passing!
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66741, 03.15 Felixstowe North-Trafford Park (4M21, 22E), between Roade & Ashton 66741 'Swanage Railway' leads the 4M21 03.15 Felixstowe North to Trafford Park Freightliner service between Roade and Ashton on the WCML. Despite the sun being well up it was still a bitterly cold morning for mid-April and with a heavy frost still on the ground. Keywords: 66741 03.15 Felixstowe North-Trafford Park 4M21 between Roade & Ashton GBRf Swanage Railway
90003 & 90045, 02.57 Felixstowe North-Garston (4M45, 54E), site of Roade station With it all over now for the Class 86s, 90s have now taken over their former Freightliner duties. The 90s make very easy weather of their work travelling noticeably quicker than Class 66s and surely more efficiently in the process. Passing the site of Roade station former Greater Anglia 90003 leads 90045 on the 02.57 Felixstowe to Trafford Park 4M45 service. Keywords: 90003 90045, 02.57 Felixstowe North-Garston 4M45 site of Roade station Freightliner
350103 & 350404, LN 07.37 Northampton-London Euston (1N82, 1L), site of Roade station At any normal time, this 07.37 Northampton to Euston 1N82 service would be packed to the gunwales with commuters heading south. However, COVID has other ideas and now the train, being worked by 350103 and 350404 (a former TPE set), is virtually empty judging by the number of people I observed sitting socially distanced through the train windows as it passed. One wonders if things will ever revert to type with packed commuter trains taking tens of thousands of workers to their office jobs in London? Keywords: 350103 350404 07.37 Northampton-London Euston 1N82 site of Roade station London Northwestern desiro
66593, 03.25 Garston-London Gateway (4L52, 3L), site of Roade station After completing its long and steady climb from Northampton 66593 '3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway' bursts into the early morning sunshine at Roade and can now pick up a little speed as it heads south. It is leading the 4L52 03.25 Garston to London Gateway Freightliner service. Keywords: 66593 03.25 Garston-London Gateway 4L52 site of Roade station Freightliner 3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway

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