D6562 Hitchin - Cambridge Jn
This is Hitchin, Cambridge Junction ("with a photo permit! " adds Mr Burton).
A regular ECML freight working in the 1960s was 4O92 return cement from Uddingston to Cliffe in Kent. Normally with a pair of Crompton BRCW Type 3s forward from York. Here the train is struggling upgrade behind D6562 on Saturday 3 October 1964 at a time when availability often meant only a single loco could be provided.
The train is infamous for being the culprit which derailed in 1967 near Thirsk resulting in a collision causing the death of several passengers on a train hauled by DP2 The prototype never worked again of course.
The Cliffe - Uddingston cement trains went over to Class 33 operation in December 1961, but are believed to have ceased in late 1969. Cement from Northfleet continued to use the ECML until the end of the 1976 Summer timetable, but by then with more orthodox power.
One might reasonably have expected the Class 33 shown here to have a half yellow panel, as these began to appear in 1962, however, the Southern were quite anti the new safety device. Having run electric trains safely without them for many years, one could see their point and it is even rumoured that one or two may never have received them before being repainted blue.
D6562 Hitchin - Cambridge Jn
This is Hitchin, Cambridge Junction ("with a photo permit! " adds Mr Burton).
A regular ECML freight working in the 1960s was 4O92 return cement from Uddingston to Cliffe in Kent. Normally with a pair of Crompton BRCW Type 3s forward from York. Here the train is struggling upgrade behind D6562 on Saturday 3 October 1964 at a time when availability often meant only a single loco could be provided.
The train is infamous for being the culprit which derailed in 1967 near Thirsk resulting in a collision causing the death of several passengers on a train hauled by DP2 The prototype never worked again of course.
The Cliffe - Uddingston cement trains went over to Class 33 operation in December 1961, but are believed to have ceased in late 1969. Cement from Northfleet continued to use the ECML until the end of the 1976 Summer timetable, but by then with more orthodox power.
One might reasonably have expected the Class 33 shown here to have a half yellow panel, as these began to appear in 1962, however, the Southern were quite anti the new safety device. Having run electric trains safely without them for many years, one could see their point and it is even rumoured that one or two may never have received them before being repainted blue.