19. A London NorthWestern Class 730 drag-06.03.25

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After completing my chores at home I took my lunchtime walk to coincide with a stock move revealed on RTT. It was another superb early spring day with the warmest day of the year so far recorded.

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390044, VT 12.40 London Euston-Edinburgh Waverley (9S70, 2L), Victoria bridge
390044 'Royal Scot' is always easily identified by the leaping lion vinyl applied to the nose. It is seen passing Victoria bridge just suth of Roade working the 9S70 12.40 Euston to Edinburgh service.
Keywords: 390044 12.40 London Euston-Edinburgh Waverley 9S70 Victoria bridge AWC Avanti West Coast Pendolino Royal Scot

37510 & 730203, 10.00 Derby Litchurch Lane-Wembley IC Depot (5Q72, 2E), Victoria bridge
In preparations for its much delayed introduction to service 730203 is seen passing Victoria bridge near Roade led by Rail Operation Goup's 37510 'Orion'. Running as 5Q72 the train left Derby Works at 10.00 heading for Wembley's Inter City Depot. Maybe, on arrival, testing and driver training can commence and the trains (along with the other thirty-six sets) can enter service on the route between London, Birmingham and Crewe as they should have done two years ago; I won't hold my breath!
Keywords: 37510 730203, 10.00 Derby Litchurch Lane-Wembley IC Depot 5Q72 Victoria bridge Europheonix ROG Rail Operations Group Orion

730203 & 37510, 10.00 Derby Litchurch Lane-Wembley IC Depot (5Q72, 2E), Victoria bridge
The new face of London Northwestern services on their routes between London and the Midlands is seen passing Victoria bridge near Roade. 730203 is one of thirty-six sets that will replace the 350/2 subset and as a replacement for a couple of others written off in the floods in Northampton's Riverside Sidings last autumn. The 10.00 Derby Litchurch Lane to Wembley IC Depot is seen being dragged by ROG's 37510 'Orion'.
Keywords: 37510 730203, 10.00 Derby Litchurch Lane-Wembley IC Depot 5Q72 Victoria bridge Europheonix ROG Rail Operations Group Orion

66425, 10.02 Tilbuy FLT-DIRFT (4M07, 1E), Victoria bridge
DRS' 66425 'Nigel J Kirchstein 1957-2021' leads the daily 4M07 Tesco Express 10.02 Tilbury to DIRFT liner service past Victoria bridge between Northampton and Milton Keynes.
Keywords: 66425 10.02 Tilbuy FLT-DIRFT 4M07 Victoria bridge DRS Nigel J Kirchstein 1957-2021

DR98920, 11.00 Effingham Junction-King's Norton OT Plant (3Z20, RT), Victoria bridge
Network Rail Windhoff MPV DR98920 passes Victoria bridge near Roade running as 3Z20 at twenty-seven miles per hour. It left Effingham Junction (Surry) at 11.00 heading to the King's Norton infrastructure facility. There are thirty-two of these vehicles used throughout the network used widely for things such as Weed spraying and vegetation control, de-icing of rail heads during winter and water jetting and sandite application during RHTT season.
Keywords: DR98920 11.00 Effingham Junction-King's Norton OT Plant 3Z20 Victoria bridge

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