Rail Express - July 2019 - Preview

WHERE ARE

‘AZUMAs’

Main line Class 47 fleet review

as first Mk.4s go to store

THEY ALL NOW?

START WORK

Essential reading for today’s rail enthusiast

BIDDERS ERS UNVEIL HS2 DESIGNS

HIGH-TECH ‘00’ CLASS 90

Working pantograph and advanced lighting from Bachmann

MODELLING SECTION

■ BACHMANN ‘90’

Full review of ‘OO’ electric

■ HORNBY LATEST 5

Newsdesk: Hornby mid-term announcements

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Modelling: Bachmann Class 37 bogie rebuild Part 2

Hornby adds PFA container flats, MHA ballast wagons and departmental coaches to its catalogue.

Continued work on the Class 37 chassis results in a rolling test chassis with springs!

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Newsdesk: ‘OO’ Bogie Bolster E arrives

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Review: ‘N’ Gauge intermodal

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D&E Files: Caledonian Sleeper stock

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Exhibition diary

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Review: Bachmann Class 90

Dapol Bogie Bolster E wagons revealed. Accurascale receives its first PFA samples. Cavalex and Trains4U announce a ‘OO’ MOD ‘Warflat’.

The end of an era on Anglo-Scottish sleeper trains as its veteran BR coaches are retired.

A new Graham Farish Sfggmrrss twin intermodal wagon arrives with Maersk boxes.

Feature-rich ‘OO’ model of the Class 90 is reviewed in detail.

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Review: ‘OO’ CIE ballast plough vans

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Review: Sound ‘Tug’ from Hornby

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Review: Rail Exclusive Speakers

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Review: Oxford Rail modern ‘Warwell’

CIE/Irish Rail 24850-24854 series ballast plough vans are released by Irish Railway Models.

The TTS sound Class 60 examined with alternative speakers from Rail Exclusive.

New high-fidelity loud speakers for DCC sound tested.

‘OO’ gauge Warwell is updated for the 1980s and 1990s.

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New wagons and coaches

■ SLEEPER MK.2s

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Issue No. 278 July 2019

IN THE PINK: To celebrate a new contract with container shipping firm Ocean Network Express (ONE), Freightliner has repainted No. 66587 into ONE’s magenta colours

with the name As One, We Can. The magenta shade is said to be inspired by the cherry blossoms found in Japan, where ONE is headquartered. The loco later departed with the 4M65/14.167 to Birmingham Lawley Street. Freightliner

FEATURES

NEWS

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LSL OPENS ITS DOORS

A round-up of Locomotive Services' open day.

END OF A GOLDEN AGE

A last trip from Paddington to Penzance by HST.

A RIGHT ROYAL DAY OUT

How railways helped with the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: ‘47S’

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0-60: CLASS 399

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Detailing the current main line fleet.

Where would tram-trains come on our list?

REGULARS 33

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LU WORLD

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RAILTOURS

A full listing of forthcoming tours in July.

PRESERVATION

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POWER BY THE HOUR

July news from decades past.

MAILBAG & REVIEWS

Port owners criticise lack of rail capacity; DBC’s loss is GBRf’s gain; HS2 fleet bidders show their hand; Williams Review looks to the future; GWR bids farewell to Intercity HSTs; TOCs struggle with franchise contract terms; NR awards £800 million haulages contract; Greater Anglia ‘Flirts’ stored at Mid-Norfolk; LNER ‘Azumas’ start work as first Mk.4 rakes stood down.

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HEADLINE NEWS

Porterbrook donates Mk.3 to 125 Group; New base for ‘Teddy Bear’; ‘Deltic’ quarantined at Burton; ‘Pacers’ up for grabs; SVR diesel gala.

GBRf acquires three more Euro-‘66s’; Trio of locos added to Locomotive Services fleet.

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UNITS

Notable workings, Name Game, and Spectrum.

GOBLIN ‘Aventras’ finally ready for service.

101 SHUNTERS & INDUSTRIALS Mixed fortunes for 88DS locos.

102 COACHES

Great Western Mk.3 handback nears end.

103 WAGONS

WHD completes coil carrier conversions.

104 IRISH ANGLE

Grand Hibernian covers new route.

Bidders for the HS2 train fleet have released images of how they could look (see page 9). This one is from Spanish firm CAF, based on its ‘Oaris’ range.

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T last it seems the new stock built for a number of franchises, much of it having been delayed for various reasons, is now (or very soon will be) entering service.

Already we have seen Siemens’ Class 717s displace ‘313s’ in North London and now the first Bombardier Class 710s are working on the Gospel Oak to Barking line too.

The Stadler-built Class 755 bi-modes have been approved for use in East Anglia, while Caledonian Sleeper has introduced its first CAF Mk.5 coaches, Hitachi Class 385s are spreading their wings in Scotland, Northern is about to introduce the CAF Class 331 EMUs (with Class 197 DMUs to follow), and TransPennine Express has three new types of CAF train imminent.

Added to these, the first LNER ‘Azumas’ entered traffic in May on diagrams to Leeds and Hull with Scotland to follow in August (see page 14), while Class 442s are back with South Western Railways. Crossrail is still something of a technical nightmare that might not be resolved until 2020/21, but at least the trains are there for when it does get sorted.

Of course the flip side of the new is that we have had to lose some old favourites.

IETs have just seen off the last HSTs out of Paddington, but Great Western commendably sent them off in style (see page 10), while the first Mk.4 sets have been taken out of traffic on the East Coast route. I made a final trip by HST to Penzance in April and already it seems like an age ago, but then again seeing Class 800s whizz along the East Coast Main Line no longer raises an eyebrow. How quickly things can change sometimes.

All of which means that here, halfway through the year, it is already clear the railway scene at the end of 2019 will look very different to how it did at the start.

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WELCOME

DEVON DOUBLE: Classic traction in a classic location, although sadly not

in passenger use. GBRf’s Nos. 47727+47749 open up after passing Teignmouth station to run along the Devon sea wall with the 5Z43/10.28 Laira-Long Marston on June 3, a movement of redundant GWR Mk.3 stock that also had power car No. 43056 at the rear. See also the Clas 47 fleet review on page 24. Stephen Ginn

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WELCOME

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HEADLINE NEWS IN BRIEF KITCHEN CAR COMPLETED

LOCOMOTIVE Services has completed the rebuild of Mk.1 RBR No. 1659 into an RK, No. 80044, at Crewe (see February issue). Now carrying blood/ custard colours and a ‘Sc’ prefix, it made its debut working in its new guise on Saphos Trains’ ‘Fellsman’ tour on May 29.

IVATT DIESEL LAUNCHES ENGINE APPEAL

THE Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society has launched a ‘Buy-a-Metre’ appeal to rescue power unit IH1863 from its current RAF base before demolition contractors move in.

The unit has to be moved on skates before and after loading, and the appeal is inviting supporters to sponsor (‘buy’) the move at the rate of £100 per metre.

In return for their donation, sponsors will receive certificates and have their names inscribed on a plaque inside the finished locomotive. See the society’s website for details.

LONDON BRIDGE SPITFIRE

A FULL-size replica Spitfire was displayed at London Bridge station to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. Network Rail teamed up with the Imperial War Museums to install the Supermarine Spitfire, which is usually on display at IWM Duxford in Cambridgeshire. The installation was on display from May 31 to June 9 and was housed on London Bridge’s concourse.

London Bridge station was chosen for the display thanks in part to its proximity to HMS Belfast, the Second World War cruiser and one of the first warships to fire on the Normandy beaches on D-Day.

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GWR bids farewell to Intercity HSTs MAY 18, the final day of the winter timetable, marked the end for fulllength HSTs on the Great Western Railway network after 43 years. The fleet had been gradually phased out since introduction of the first replacement IET in autumn 2017, leaving four sets in service on the last day.

Crowds turned out to see the final four departures from Paddington, which were the 18.03 to Plymouth, 18.15 to Cheltenham Spa, 18.22 to Hereford and 18.30 to Taunton (via Bath and Bristol), which was extended to Exeter St Davids. These four trains were lined up in adjacent platforms, and were formed with power cars Nos. 43188/43093, 43162/43172, 43009/43185 and 43198/43002 respectively – a nice touch thus seeing the final departure worked by the first and last production power cars. No. 43198 was also specially named Driver Stan Martin and Driver Brian Cooper (one per side) in memory of former GWR drivers.

The final day of public workings was followed by a farewell ‘Flying Banana’ railtour on June 1, which saw power cars Nos. 43002/43198 again paired to work the 1Z22/05.24 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington (via Bath), 1Z23/07.37 Paddington to Carmarthen (via Oxford and Hereford), 1Z24/13.49 Carmarthen-Paddington (via Gloucester), and finally a nonstop run as the 1Z25/18.57 PaddingtonPlymouth.

Even though full-length HSTs have now been fully displaced by Class 800 and 802 bi-modes, GWR has retained a smaller fleet of 2+4 HSTs for semi-fast regional workings in the West Country.

Paddington on May 18, with the final four departures (from right) Nos. 43188/43093 on the 18.03 to Plymouth, 43162/43172 on the 18.15 to Cheltenham, 43009/43185 on the 18.22 to Hereford, and 43198/43002 on the 18.30 to Exeter. Tom Braund

Railtourers get their final shots of No. 43002 at Plymouth on June 1, after it arrived at the rear of the ‘Flying Banana’ from Paddington with No. 43198.

Darren Ford

TOCs struggle with franchise contract terms Low financial returns are making operators think again about running rail services.

By ‘Industry Witness’

MARKET HARBOROUGH STATION REALIGNED

A NEW station has opened at Market Harborough on a realigned formation adjacent to the former platforms that will allow trains to pass through at higher speeds. The work involved laying more than two miles of track and was completed in a six-day closure ending on June 2. The station now has longer platforms than before plus a new footbridge and accessible lifts.

An enlarged car park with 200 extra spaces is also due to open later this year.

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A NUMBER of train operating companies are voicing disquiet about the terms of rail franchises and the low returns they offer.

Besides the legal dispute involving the award process for the East Midlands franchise, which Abellio is scheduled to take in August for a period of eight years, Stagecoach is also challenging the decision to disqualify bids for the West Coast Partnership and South Eastern franchises.

Another significant franchise operator, First Group, has come under pressure from shareholders to exit the UK rail market due to dissatisfaction with the financial performance, where significant sums have had to be written off to cover expected financial loss on the TransPennine Express and South Western Railway contracts.

It will be recalled that similar dissatisfaction led to the withdrawal of National Express from the market

and led to the sale of the Essex Thameside (LTS route) franchise to the Italian state-owned operator Trenitalia.

The Arriva franchises are also for sale as a result of Deutsche Bahn, the German state railway parent company, wishing to reduce exposure to the British market.

PROFIT AND RISK

If franchising is retained in its present form as a result of the ongoing Williams Review, the issue may well be where bidders will come from.

The typical financial return of 3% is insufficient to reflect the transfer of risk, as has been seen recently with the revelation that franchise operator pension deficits exceed the level of profit.

The challenge for the Government is that higher margins, such as the 6% generated by Virgin West Coast (which produces an annual profit of some £60 million) is seen as too high by stakeholders who have little

understanding of the obligations that accompany the rewards. It is only Government-owned railway organisations that are in a position to accept low margins as well as taking the risk over forecast revenues and other unforeseen events.

One solution has been a trend towards concessions where the operator has no responsibility for fare box income but is required to operate the services for an agreed payment.

The weakness in this arrangement is that a Government department or local authority is unlikely to have the commercial skills to develop the market and continue the level of growth that has been seen since Privatisation in the 1990s.

■ Trade union TSSA has called for the Northern rail franchise to return to public ownership, claiming in early June that there were credible rumours the train operator is likely to go bust later this year and thus follow Virgin Trains East Coast out of the industry.

POWER BY THE HOUR

Gareth Bayer

GBRf acquires three more Euro-‘66’s Former Swedish locos will be re-specified at Longport for use in Britain.

GB Railfreight (GBRf) is leasing three more Euro-spec Class 66s from Beacon Rail Leasing and converting them for use in Britain.

Swedish locos Nos. T66403/4/5 will become Nos. 66790/791/792 respectively, taking the number ‘66s’ in the GBRf fleet to 91. The locos will first undergo upgrades in Gothenburg, Sweden, before being shipped to Immingham and transferred to EMD’s Longport facility for conversion to UK specifications. They will also receive GBRf livery before entering service.

The first of the three arrived at Immingham on June 2, and was taken away to Longport the following day by No. 66741 as a 0Z90/06.59 departure.

GBRf already operates five locos previously used in Europe and converted to UK spec. Nos. 66747-749 came from Holland and Nos. 66750/751 arrived from Germany.

The freight operator’s managing director, John Smith, said: “These locos are incredibly reliable and will assist us in delivering the best possible service now and into the future.”

No. T66403, now renumbered 66790 for GBRf, sits on Immingham Dock Mineral Quay on June 2, waiting to be taken away the following morning to EMD Longport for conversion to UK specification. Ric Pickett

Trio added to LSL fleet

THERE were three notable additions to Locomotive Services Ltd’s roster during the period under review – all of them locomotives that were previously considered preserved.

The fate of the Dean Forest-based ‘HA’ duo of Nos. 73001 and 73002 (see last month) has finally been resolved, although only the former has a main line future ahead of it.

May 1 saw BR blue No. 73001 moved on the back of a low loader to Crewe DMD ready for its return to service, while its colleague was also tripped by road to Eastleigh Yard, for onward transfer on May 2 to Eastleigh Works by No. 66779, having been re-registered on TOPS in the MBED pool for the move.

Large logo No. 73002 is in poor condition, having been stored outside for more than 25 years at Hall Road, Birkenhead, and at Lydney. Apparently it is to be cosmetically restored and is bound for display in Margate.

The third locomotive LSL purchased was No. 37190, previously owned by the Class 40 Appeal and a long-term resident of the Midland Railway-Butterley. No. 47501 was tasked with returning No. 37190 to Crewe, the two-tone green ‘Brush 4’ making the 0Z48 trip on May 24. The ‘37’ is likely to make a further move to Loram in Derby for repairs before returning to main line operation.

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FIVE-LOCO LASH-UP: When ROG No. 47813 failed near Totnes while hauling two barrier coaches and CrossCountry power

car No. 43303 as the 5V84/08.29 Neville Hill to Laira, the XC power car was started up to haul the train back to Newton Abbot.

GWR power cars No. 43153+43160 were later dispatched from Laira to drag the whole lot to the Plymouth depot, the unusual formation seen soon after leaving Newton Abbot at Langford Bridge. Robert Sherwood

SHUNTERS & INDUSTRIALS

Alistair Grieve

Mixed fortunes for 88DS locos An upgrade for one, but scrapping for another.

THERE has been good and bad news for members of the Ruston-built 88DS fleet, as one has begun an overhaul while another awaits the axeman.

Telford Steam Railway-based Ruston No. 382824 (built 1955) is getting some much needed attention after eight years out of use. Its engine was started in April, and this was followed by a move into the old Loco Shed so that work could commence on the bodywork while the engine work continues. Having worn a fake British Railways livery and masquerading as No. D2959 for the past 38 years, the locomotive is to be returned in its original colours as when it worked at F.H. Lloyd’s steelworks at Darlaston (West Midlands).

Whilst the future of No. 382824 is looking rosy, the same cannot be said

NEWS ROUND-UP FREIGHTLINER

MAY 13 saw No. 08691 move from Leeds Midland Road to Felixstowe, replacing No. 08624 which was moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood for maintenance the following day.

No. 08691 had been at Midland Road for tyre turning following work at LH Group.

RMS LOCOTECH

RMS has shuffled its shunters, with No. 08809 moving from Shotton to Ketton to replace No. 08375, which has moved from Ketton to Wolsingham.

Meanwhile No. 08847 moved from Dereham to Port of Tyne, where RMS has recently won the contract from Ed Murry.

Ruston 48DS 275886 at Dilhorne park on the Foxfield Railway slowly being stripped before scrapping. Alistair Grieve

for No. 275886 (of 1949). Recently moved from the Northampton and Lamport Railway to the Foxfield Railway, the locomotive has been

left at the Dilhorne Park site for final component removal before scrapping – the removed parts used to assist the owner’s other projects.

RAILWAY SUPPORT SERVICES

RSS’ No. 08632 moved from Leeds Neville Hill to Wishaw (Warwickshire) for repairs on May 22. The following week No. 08939 moved the other way to replace No. 08632 at Neville Hill.

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FC Hibberd 4wDM Pluto (No. 3777 of 1956) was moved from Darley Dale to the Waverley Route Heritage Association site at Whitrope summit in mid-May to cover for Fowler 0-6-0DH No. 4240015, which was moved south to undergo repairs after its engine suffered a major failure when a piston and con rod broke free and damaged the case and fuel pump.

The week before, Thomas Hill Vanguard 265V Charlie was moved to Brush, Loughborough, providing cover for the works shunter Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DH No. D1341 Sprite, which was bought to Darley Dale for repairs.

CHURNET VALLEY

FOXFIELD VISITOR: NBL 0-4-0 No. 27876 from the Chasewater Railway took part in the diesel gala at the Foxfield Railway on April 27/28, the shunter pictured on the second day passing the farm crossing on the line freight. Alistair Grieve

End for Ship Canal loco HUDSWELL Clarke 0-6-0DE No. D1075 was built in 1959 for the Manchester Ship Canal as No. 4002 Arundel Castle. After being withdrawn, it has spent the last few years slowly deteriorating on an isolated section of track outside Winfields Megastore in Haslingden, Lancashire. But it was finally put out of its misery at the start of May when it was cut up on site.

No. 4002 was the second diesel locomotive built for the MSC, the first being HC 0-6-0DE No. 4001 Alnwick Castle, which was delivered a month earlier. Happily, No. 4001 has fared somewhat better than No. 4002 and now resides at the East Lancashire Railway. It was also the recipient of various spares from the disposal of No. 4002, so all was not lost.

Having completed a successful visit to the Chasewater Railway for the Littleton Colliery Weekend, Janus Littleton Colliery No. 6 (YEC 2748) was back home at the Churnet Valley Railway in time for its May 4-6 diesel gala. Whilst services were mainly in the hands of the mainline diesels, one round trip from Froghall to Leekbrook Junction was booked for the Janus and Class 08 No. 3800 (08633, which acted as a translator). Unfortunately a problem with the remains of the remote control system on the ‘08’ meant it was not able to keep time. As a consequence, the duo were replaced after the first day by ‘Crompton’ No. 33021.

Port Talbot loco goes for repairs

THE shunter damaged in the April 26 explosion at Port Talbot steelworks was moved to LH Group at Barton-underNeedwood (Staffordshire) for repairs in late May. No. 923 Aurora, a 4w-4w DH, was one of four shunters built in 2011 at the Corus Northern Engineering Services plant at Scunthorpe Steelworks for use at Port Talbot, although further work was required by Hunslet in 2012 before the locomotives were accepted into traffic.

With No. 923 out of traffic, one of the ageing Brush Bagnall 0-4-0DE shunters No. 501 has been reactivated.

Also now on site is the new Clayton EB930 (see last issue) and at least one Ed Murray GEC Traction machine from the Port of Tyne, so things should be well covered.

The other three CNES/Hunslet shunters – Nos. 920 Bronwen, 921 Rhiannon and 922 Guinevere – remain active on site.

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