37156 "British Steel Hunterston" tows a failed 37416 past the stock for the 1110 to Inverness at Kyle of Lochalsh on 6th July 1990
This was a fortunate fall-upon after I'd been dropped off at the station by a mate with whom I'd been walking & climbing in Skye with the previous week.
I was heading back to Edinburgh and so was committed to the train and was delighted to see it was this formerly very rare Motherwell allocated loco.
Having said that, its availability had been easy since the previous few weeks it had been a regular feature on the Kyle services and for the rest of the the summer and indeed for the following year too.
The loco had to do a triple run-round and backshunt at Kyle to release the good loco and marshal the dead one in rear before it departed south.
37156 was stored serviceable in October 1996 and cut up at Wigan Springs Branch in January 2000
37416 was renumbered from 37302 in October 1985 and transferred to Scotland for sleeper and other use. It was stored in September 2007 and cut up at Rotherham in March 2013.
37156 "British Steel Hunterston" tows a failed 37416 past the stock for the 1110 to Inverness at Kyle of Lochalsh on 6th July 1990
This was a fortunate fall-upon after I'd been dropped off at the station by a mate with whom I'd been walking & climbing in Skye with the previous week.
I was heading back to Edinburgh and so was committed to the train and was delighted to see it was this formerly very rare Motherwell allocated loco.
Having said that, its availability had been easy since the previous few weeks it had been a regular feature on the Kyle services and for the rest of the the summer and indeed for the following year too.
The loco had to do a triple run-round and backshunt at Kyle to release the good loco and marshal the dead one in rear before it departed south.
37156 was stored serviceable in October 1996 and cut up at Wigan Springs Branch in January 2000
37416 was renumbered from 37302 in October 1985 and transferred to Scotland for sleeper and other use. It was stored in September 2007 and cut up at Rotherham in March 2013.