| Starting at Alfreton at 0830 with 66430, the first of four DRS locos on the tour, this engine took the train to Leeds from where 37607 and 37604 hauled the train over the Settle and Carlisle line to the border city of Carlisle where a few hours break was had. Note that the booked class 20 did not appear.
After our break, and after lots of talk and beer, we re-joined the train with not two DRS engines on the front, but just 37087 from DRS and 37676 from WCRC! The rostered 37229 had apparently been failed and with no other DRS 37 to cover, 37676 was scrambled from Carnforth to team up on the train. As the farces started to unfold, there was a vote on what loco we wanted from the choice of GM, naturally we all voted 66 as it would be a guaranteed winner, but no 57007 was sent, the one we all had at Keighley! It got its just desserts when it caught fire near Blackburn on the return and had to be dumped. 60 minutes down departing Blackburn we continued south until we reached Wakefield. Next farce, points failure!! After another 60 minutes of fester we finally got routed avoiding Leeds, back through Wakefield Westgate to Doncaster for an additional set down and then into Sheffield back on path. Arrival at Alfreton in darkness and waving goodbye to the tour just 2 hours late, a good jolly all in all but of course problems could of been avoided by listening to voters!! |
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