106. 5Q95-03.12.24

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For the second day on the trot, I took a break from my home decorating responsibilities to capture the passage of a rare working whilst the ceiling emulsion was drying! Rather than steam, as per yesterday, today it was veteran Class 37 towing some redundant EMUs from Wolverton Works to Long Marston.
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221103, VT 13.02 London Euston-Chester (1D87, RT), site of Roade station Surely, this must be one of my last photographs of a Voyager working an Avanti service on the WCML? With the Class 805s in squadron operation and some Class 807s now in service with the rest undergoing testing and the timetable changing next Sunday (15.12.24) it's curtains for these dreadful trains! 221103 passes Roade working the 13.02 Euston to Chester service. Keywords: 221103 13.02 London Euston-Chester 1D87 site of Roade station Avanti West Coast Voyager
90012 & 90014, 10.20 Trafford Park-Felixstowe North (4L67, RT), site of Roade station A pair of matching Freightliner Class 90s in their smart Genesee & Wyoming liveries pass Roade leading the 4L67 10.20 Trafford Park to Felixstowe service. Apologies for the poor placing of the double-headed locomotives but the pace at which electric-hauled services get their trains from Northampton to here still catches me out! Keywords: 90012 90014 10.20 Trafford Park-Felixstowe North 4L67 site of Roade station Freightliner
37800, 323221, 323211 & 323214, 13.05 Wolverton Centre Sidings-Long Marston (5Q95, 39L), site of Roade station This train was worth keeping an eye on and leaving my lunch steaming on the kitchen table for! Leaving from Wolverton Works being only a few miles south of Roade gives little warning of its departure so when the reporting number appears on RTT it's time to get on the bike and nip down to the track! 37800 'Cassiopeia' leads a colourful ensemble composed of celebrity retro. Regional railways liveried 323221 followed by 323211 and 323214 running as the 5Q95 13.05 Wolverton Works to Long Marston. With the ending of Class 323 operations throughout the West Midlands a few months ago some units headed north to Northern whilst others went to Wolverton for various works and are now heading off to storage and a very uncertain future. Being extremely reliable units, there has been some interest in future use, but they are now thirty years old! Keywords: 37800 323221 323211 323214 13.05 Wolverton Centre Sidings-Long Marston 5Q95 site of Roade station Cassiopeia
66571, 11.16 London Gateway-Trafford Park (4M58, 3E), site of Roade station Taken somewhat blind over the parapet of the footbridge at the site of Roade's former station 66571 passes working the 4M58 11.16 London Gateway to Trafford Freightliner. It was travelling fairly slowly on caution as it was right behind the late-running 5Q95 Class 323 drag seen in the previous photograph. Keywords: 66571 11.16 London Gateway-Trafford Park 4M58 site of Roade station Freightliner

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