THE NORTH WALES COAST RAILWAY NOTICE
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The Llangollen Railway diesel event, 8 October. Class 20 D8142
poses with a Class 104 DMU in Llangollen station. More pictures below. (Rowan
Crawshaw)
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Last update 12 October 2005
Diesels on the
Llangollen Railway, 8 October - report by Rowan Crawshaw
Class 47 D1566 arrives at Carrog with the 10:00 from Llangollen.
46 010 at Glyndyfrdwy with the 13:05 from Carrog.
37 240 at Llangollen with the 16:00 to Carrog. - 12 October
Miscellany
A locomtive reached Aberystwyth in the form of 31 128 on 10
October, an FM Rail route-learning run, apparently. Picture by Andrew
Rawlins: lots more pics on Andrew's
website.
This is 60 043 at Chester on 7 October with the Dee Marsh Junction
'Enterprise' trip. Picture by Dave Bramley, who also has an excellent
picture website. - 12 October
Holyhead Sunday - not
much to see
Little to excite locomotive fans in this view by 'Corrie' of Holyhead
on Sunday 9 October, but for the record the trains are 221
116 David Livingstone and 221 119 Amelia Earhart. -
12 October
Dave Sallery's archive
spot
47 525 about to pass under the Wrexham - Bidston line at
Shotton on a Holyhead train, March 1990. A view no longer
possible due to trees.
37 886 on the rear of a Northern Belle to Blaenau near Roman
Bridge in October 2002. - 12 October
Tales of the Rail Head
Treatment Train
This sequence of pictures by Dave Bramley records the unusual
events of Saturday 8 October at Chester station. The train came off the
Coast
with 20 301 on the rear having defective wipers so 37 608
had been
despatched from Crewe to replace it.
Somewhere during the uncoupling of
the 20 and a spray wagon a pipe was missed and was torn off when 37
602
drew forward.
After 37608 arrived it was first
placed on top of 37602, then to the side, then back again then to the
side of the 20.
The two spray wagons were split and 37 602 backed the
remaining one (with the generator and spray head on too)...
...
onto 37 608, and
that pair set off for Wrexham and Bidston leaving 20 301 and the
damaged wagon behind.
Warren Desmond was on hand to capture the mini-RHTT later at
Bidston station.
Another small incident, again showing the initiative of DRS staff,
occurred at Wrexham on 11 October. George Jones writes: 'The
train turned up at Wrexham General at 15.25 with 37 602
leading and 20 301 behind. Stopped in the back platform, the
20's AWS was found faulty - I was asked if I had a screwdriver on me! -
but they got one off the station staff. By the time the problem was
fixed the 15.45 passenger was due, so they didn't go forward until
15.53.'
See our railfan
page for timings of these trains, and our 24 October 2004
Notice Board for lots of technicalities about these Rail Head
Treatment (or Water Cannon) trains. - 12 October
views of the Notice Board since 18 February 2006