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35018 YORK 0771 DE G-
Merchant Navy 4-6-2 35018 'British India Line' struggles for adhesion departing from York's tightly curved Paltform 4 14 minutes down on schedule with West Coast Railways 1Z24 07:35 Carnforth to Scarborough 'The Lune Rivers Trust on 26th September 2020. This was a very creditable performance after the locomotive struggled with poor rail conditions between Carnforth and Hellifield, slipping to a stand at one point, before arriving at Hellifield 75 minutes behind schedule. Further problems beset the railtour, firstly the planned double headed return leg being abandoned due to the failure of 45562 'Alberta' and secondly with a brake problem on one coach which had to be shunted out of the formation at Scarborough. The railtour eventually left Scarborough 106 minutes late arriving at its final destination of Carnforth 130 minutes late. West Coast staff must be applauded for completing the trip.
35018 YORK 0771 DE G-
Merchant Navy 4-6-2 35018 'British India Line' struggles for adhesion departing from York's tightly curved Paltform 4 14 minutes down on schedule with West Coast Railways 1Z24 07:35 Carnforth to Scarborough 'The Lune Rivers Trust on 26th September 2020. This was a very creditable performance after the locomotive struggled with poor rail conditions between Carnforth and Hellifield, slipping to a stand at one point, before arriving at Hellifield 75 minutes behind schedule. Further problems beset the railtour, firstly the planned double headed return leg being abandoned due to the failure of 45562 'Alberta' and secondly with a brake problem on one coach which had to be shunted out of the formation at Scarborough. The railtour eventually left Scarborough 106 minutes late arriving at its final destination of Carnforth 130 minutes late. West Coast staff must be applauded for completing the trip.