Rhysj17
Anything Goes
Over the 2019 Easter weekend London Underground took a possession at Wimbledon in order to replace track and undertake drainage works in platform 4. This meant the up slow from Raynes Park to the London side of Wimbledon station also had to be placed under possession due to the proximity of the work site and as somewhere to stable engineers trains before entering the site. At the time I hadn't realised these engineers trains may involve London Underground battery locomotives due to their inability to operate on the national network under normal circumstances, but as this was part of a possession normal working didn't apply. Having seen some messages and pictures from Good Friday of multiple battery locos stabled on the mainline outside Wimbledon I realised I needed to head up there to see what was going on!
Making a remarkable (and rare) sight on the mainline, battery locos L22 and L27 are seen with a rake of underground general purpose wagons stabled at Wimbledon West Junction on the South Western Mainline as class 455s 5714 and 5851 head passed on the down slow with 2F25 11:10 London Waterloo to Guildford via Woking service on 21st April 2019. With thanks to Jason Cross.
Anything Goes
Over the 2019 Easter weekend London Underground took a possession at Wimbledon in order to replace track and undertake drainage works in platform 4. This meant the up slow from Raynes Park to the London side of Wimbledon station also had to be placed under possession due to the proximity of the work site and as somewhere to stable engineers trains before entering the site. At the time I hadn't realised these engineers trains may involve London Underground battery locomotives due to their inability to operate on the national network under normal circumstances, but as this was part of a possession normal working didn't apply. Having seen some messages and pictures from Good Friday of multiple battery locos stabled on the mainline outside Wimbledon I realised I needed to head up there to see what was going on!
Making a remarkable (and rare) sight on the mainline, battery locos L22 and L27 are seen with a rake of underground general purpose wagons stabled at Wimbledon West Junction on the South Western Mainline as class 455s 5714 and 5851 head passed on the down slow with 2F25 11:10 London Waterloo to Guildford via Woking service on 21st April 2019. With thanks to Jason Cross.