Classic TDM Failure Formation
Locomotive Services Limited's InterCity-liveried Class 90, 90002 "Wolf of Badenoch" races through Winsford with 5Z92 Preston to Crewe Diesel.
Class 82 Mk3 DVT, 82139, was due to lead this leg, but due to a TDM failure - a long-standing Achilles heel for the WCML electric push-pull formations - the Class 90 had run round at Wigan to adopt the classic loco + DVT TDM failure formation.
82139 was on its first outing with LSL and the first time seen on the mainline in its new InterCity regalia.
This was one of a series of test runs along with ex-Greater Anglia Mk3 stock (soon to be repainted into InterCity too) as part of preparations for LSL's new InterCity charter offering starting later in 2020.
The itinerary for the debut year has now been released, starting with the Royal Scot on 21 November from Euston to Glasgow and the Midland Scot on 5 December from Birmingham to Glasgow, before a full season commencing in April 2021.
Tour details here: inter-city.co.uk/
Classic TDM Failure Formation
Locomotive Services Limited's InterCity-liveried Class 90, 90002 "Wolf of Badenoch" races through Winsford with 5Z92 Preston to Crewe Diesel.
Class 82 Mk3 DVT, 82139, was due to lead this leg, but due to a TDM failure - a long-standing Achilles heel for the WCML electric push-pull formations - the Class 90 had run round at Wigan to adopt the classic loco + DVT TDM failure formation.
82139 was on its first outing with LSL and the first time seen on the mainline in its new InterCity regalia.
This was one of a series of test runs along with ex-Greater Anglia Mk3 stock (soon to be repainted into InterCity too) as part of preparations for LSL's new InterCity charter offering starting later in 2020.
The itinerary for the debut year has now been released, starting with the Royal Scot on 21 November from Euston to Glasgow and the Midland Scot on 5 December from Birmingham to Glasgow, before a full season commencing in April 2021.
Tour details here: inter-city.co.uk/