Rugd1022 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Mention of the Sunday drags in one of the Bachmann Class 85 threads prompted me to dig out these snaps from Autumn 1982 and scan them.... they're not the best of pics and were taken with two shonky cameras, but looking at them now reminds me how we used to get all frothed up at the prospect of NB locos from exotic places like Bescot, Toton or Crewe turning up on weekend diversions.... not only are drags few and far between these days, but virtually everything else in these shots of Rugby has vanished or changed beyond recognition... 47 281 (TO) and unidentified 86 arrive from Nuneaton... 47 281 has detached and now runs through the down platform t ostable and await the next northbound drag... 47 350 (CD) about to be detached from an 86/2... An unidentified pair arrive from Nuneaton, seen from the old Down Side Yard... Feel free to post drag related photos and banter...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2012 Dragged several times from Crewe - Warrington/vice versa, "round" Chester triangle, no photos though. Went over the Cheshire lines, Crewe - > Sandbach -> Northwich -> Mickle Trafford -> Chester on HSTs, not dragged but certainly fun when the driver wound them up after joining the "main" - loose term ! - at Northwich Sandbach Junction, I do have photos of that, from the front coach. I have plenty of drag photos from post 2000 - I'll post a couple by flipping to my home PC, this is the works one ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2012 Here's a teaser of a drag .. Crewe, 24th March 2002 86214 departs from platform 6 on 1S39, 09:05, SuO, Poole - Glasgow Central with 47841 on the blunt end. The drag was over the Settle and Carlisle, the 47 was dragged to Preston, where the train reversed with the 47 leading to Carlisle. A case of the dragged becomes the dragger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 3 from Washwood Heath - 23rd April 2005 - drags operating for Birmingham and Wolverhampton trains between New St and Nuneaton... 57308 plus 90017... 57303 - 87019 is on the back end... 57301 plus an UID Pendolino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Horn Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Sunday 2nd September 2001 saw three drags on the WCML from Euston, from memory this being the last one of the morning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Through 2009/2010 a couple of large blockades closed or restricted the North London Line for many weeks, one diversionary route was via the non-electrified Gospel Oak-Barking line, for another blockade trains ran via the NLL DC electrified lines - during these blockades Freightliner dragged several of their AC hauled services between Wembley and Temple Mills every day... 66589 is seen twice on the 25th Feb 2010 when trains were running via the GOBLin - firstly passing Willesden Jcn with 90044 in tow, and secondly at Upper Holloway with 86501 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Another couple from the NLL drags - 66563 and 90041 at South Tottenham, about to turn right for Temple Mills where the 66 will be removed - 18th May 2010 And from the previous blockade where the trains ran via the NLL DC lines - 66579 and 90016 at Camden Road...27th May 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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