33. 0Z57 LE move-21.06.14

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With my finger still pulsing and wrapped up like the archetypal cartoon injury I made my way to Roade cutting for the passage of a bit of a rarity this far south a Class 56. It may have been just a light engine but with the sun out it was well worth a walk out from home.

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390008, VT 13.15 Manchester Piccadilly-London Euston, Roade cutting
390008 'Virgin King' powers through Roade cutting catching some summer sun working the 13.15 Manchester to Euston service.
Keywords: 390008 13.15 Manchester Piccadilly-London Euston, Roade cutting Virgin Pendolino Virgin King

Class 221, VT 14.03 London Euston-Birmingham New Street (1G25), Roade cutting
An unidentified Class 221 Virgin Voyager heads north through Roade cutting. The 14.03 Euston to Birmingham New Street will take about an hour and a half to make its journey between the two cities.
Keywords: Class 221 Virgin Voyager VT 14.03 London Euston-Birmingham New Street 1G25 Roade cutting

92030, 14.05 DIRFT-Dollands Moor (6O67), Roade cutting
92030 'Ashford' brings the 14.05 Daventry rail freight terminal to Dollands Moor through Roade cutting. This long train is composed of a rake of ageing continental cargo wagons that will pass through the tunnel on arrival at Dollands Moor with the 92 bringing a balancing service back to Daventry.
Keywords: 92030 14.05 DIRFT-Dollands Moor 6O67 Roade cutting Ashford

Class 221, VT 13.35 Chester-London Euston (1A40), Roade cutting
The 13.35 Chester to London Euston Virgin Voyager service passes through Roade cutting taken from the lofty heights of one of the two occupation bridges that span the magnificent structure completed in 1838 under the watchful eye of Robert Stephenson.
Keywords: Class 221 13.35 Chester-London Euston 1A40 Roade cutting Virgin Voyager

350116, LM 13.33 Birmingham New Street-London Euston (1W16), Roade cutting
London Midland Desiro 350116 passes in full sunshine through Roade cutting working the 1W16 13.33 Birmingham to Euston service. These units are coming towards their tenth anniversary of operation on this route and have proved to be reliable performers if a little dull for the enthusiast?
Keywords: 350116 13.33 Birmingham New Street-London Euston 1W16 Roade cutting London Midland Desiro

350123, LM 14.13 London Euston-Birmingham New Street (1Y45), Roade cutting
350123 works the 14.13 Euston to Birmingham New Street Saturday afternoon service through Roade cutting. Not content with sixty-seven sets (divided into two subsets, 3501XX and 3502XX) London Midland are about to introduce a further ten of these highly successful units to be designated 3503XX. This is, of course, in addition to TransPennine Express currently introducing ten of their own designated 3504XX for use on their Anglo Scottish services, see..... https://www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/29872327204/x92044-350406-350407-04-20-dollands
Keywords: 350123 14.13 London Euston-Birmingham New Street 1Y45 Roade cutting London Midland Desiro

66503, 10.14 Felixstowe North-Lawley Street (4M20), Roade cutting
66503 was named 'The Railway Magazine' back in 2004 when it was just five years old. It is seen doing what it was designed to do, namely hauling a heavy Freightliner service, in this case, the 4M20 10.14 Felixstowe to Lawley Street. The train is seen making its way through Roade cutting.
Keywords: 66503 10.14 Felixstowe North-Lawley Street (4M20), Roade cutting Freightliner The Railway Magazine

56312, 12.11 Barrow Hill-Willesden LE (0Z57), Roade cutting
Despite having a relatively high number 56312 'Jeremiah Dixon' is in fact the earliest and oldest survivor of the once one hundred and thirty-five strong class of locomotives. As a young spotter back in 1977 the 56s were viewed as being very modern and hi-tech (that they were of course!) and as a portent of things to come, the first thirty were manufactured abroad, in this case in Romania. Today, some thirty-seven years later it is remarkable that a number of these locomotives are still in use on the national network. Now operated by DCR the veteran diesel passes through Roade cutting as the 0Z57 12.11 Barrow Hill to Willesden light engine. Notice that I was almost bowled by the 4M20 Freightliner hence the rather head-on and portrait composition!
Keywords: 56312 12.11 Barrow Hill-Willesden light engine 0Z57 Roade cutting Jeremiah Dixon

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