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56091/56103-Redbridge.
So here is the pair of 56's 56091 & 56103 with '6Z91' from Westbury (15:24 off) going down to Southampton Up Yard.This working today had to have a breather at Salisbury for an hour to allow the loco's to cool down after they had overheated in the high temperatures during their efforts to raise this 1800-ton train up and over the Upton Scudamore Incline nr Warminster.Even a Class-59 struggles quite hard on that gradient! They are viewed at Test Lane in Redbridge by now running well over an hour behind booked time.I was very pleased they made it this far!
---27 june 2019---
56091/56103-Redbridge.
So here is the pair of 56's 56091 & 56103 with '6Z91' from Westbury (15:24 off) going down to Southampton Up Yard.This working today had to have a breather at Salisbury for an hour to allow the loco's to cool down after they had overheated in the high temperatures during their efforts to raise this 1800-ton train up and over the Upton Scudamore Incline nr Warminster.Even a Class-59 struggles quite hard on that gradient! They are viewed at Test Lane in Redbridge by now running well over an hour behind booked time.I was very pleased they made it this far!
---27 june 2019---