Skoda Sleeper Stock Scramble
Due to flooding at Pitlochry, both the southbound and northbound Inverness portions to/from Edinburgh were cancelled on the night of 18 December. With the intended southbound portion trapped at Inverness, the portion that went north on 1S25 had to be returned straight back to Wembley to balance the stock for the following night's services.
Freightliner Class 90, 90048 - on-hire to GB Railfreight for Sleeper duties - had already worked 1S25 from Euston to Edinburgh and then came straight back with the Inverness portion (ECS) as 5Z16 Edinburgh Waverley to Wembley Intercity Depot. 5Z16 is seen racing through Hartford station 9 Early as dawn-breaks
Skoda Sleeper Stock Scramble
Due to flooding at Pitlochry, both the southbound and northbound Inverness portions to/from Edinburgh were cancelled on the night of 18 December. With the intended southbound portion trapped at Inverness, the portion that went north on 1S25 had to be returned straight back to Wembley to balance the stock for the following night's services.
Freightliner Class 90, 90048 - on-hire to GB Railfreight for Sleeper duties - had already worked 1S25 from Euston to Edinburgh and then came straight back with the Inverness portion (ECS) as 5Z16 Edinburgh Waverley to Wembley Intercity Depot. 5Z16 is seen racing through Hartford station 9 Early as dawn-breaks