New 397003 was noted at Stafford yesterday afternoon being hauled by 47812 tnt 47815. The unit was being moved from Portbury to Crewe.
68030 has been named 'Black Douglas' a name previously carried by 87030.
New 197003 noted on LNWR Crewe today.
(20/12/2018 19:09)St Helens Rider Wrote: [ -> ]You mean 397003.
Slip of the finger thank you.
May Track Access Application now on NR website. It would appear that the previous plan for one Glasgow- Liverpool to run combined with a Manchester has been dropped. In addition they will now start with a Carlisle-Liverpool and end with a Liverpool Oxenholme.
A seperate application covers a 23.10 Manchester Airport - Carlisle which NR say is an unacceptable performance risk through the Castlefield corridor.
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Also surprisingly there will be three train pairs between Newcastle and Edinburgh, one of which will be through to/from Liverpool - I thought this was only happening much later.
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Doesn't appear to be any caveat regarding sufficient 397s being available or Mk5s releasing 185s.