Carlisle Station observation

Tuesday 3rd March 2009

	57302 stabled alongside Carlisle station on Thunderbird duty. Geoff Morris

Passenger services were the expected mix of Pendolinos and Voyagers, plus the occasional Cl.185, on the WCML services to and from Scotland. One northbound Pendolino was noted arriving with a (dead) pheasant somehow attached to the front of the unit – the driver commented, when it was drawn to his attention that “there had been one hell of a bang” when it was hit ! Northern’s services to Newcastle, the S&C and the Cumbrian Coast were a mix of Cl.153, 156 & 158 while Scotrail 156s appeared on services over the G&SWR route.

Anglo-Scottish coal services provided the bulk of the freight sightings: departmental services and one Enterprise service made up the remainder. Nuclear traffic was conspicuous by its absence although a convoy of 3 DRS locos were noted heading for Sellafield just as we were leaving for the journey home.

156478 arrives at Dumfries on Glasgow - Carlisle. Note the repeater signal and decorative awning supports. Geoff Morris

We had all opted for the G&SWR train, partly to travel over the re-instated double track section between Gretna Junction & Annan. As this gave us a very tight 1 minute connection into a return service at Dumfries, half the party got off at Annan to ensure making the connection while the rest took the chance. In the event the train from Carlisle arrived at Dumfries about 2 minutes early and the return train was about 2 minutes late so the connection was easily made. The Annan sub-party were rewarded with the sight of 66608 passing through on empty FHH coal hoppers – some of them were also rewarded by a visit to a bar in the old station building !

We were very fortunate with the weather as the predicted snow & rain never materialised although it was quite cold at Carlisle – luckily the station is large enough to provide areas that were sheltered from the worst of the wind. Our Pendolino home was running slightly late (as were most WCML passenger services) and so the Chester contingent missed, by 1 minute, their connection at Bank Quay – where (yet again) it was very wet & windy !

A list of sightings is given below, in good faith, based on records taken by Dave Douglas (who arrived much earlier than the main party),Geoff Morris and Alan Rhind.

Noted on journey to Carlisle

07.55 at Preston 57303 Thunderbird
08.40 at Shap 66433 04.38 Coatbridge-Daventry Intermodal
08.42 at ARC Shap 66144 loading lime in MGR hoppers for 10.52 Shap-Tees Yard

At Carlisle (0903-1309)
09.03	221142	on 06.17 Birmingham-Edinburgh
09.03	57302	in sidings
09.04	66153	on 04.45 4R84 Milford (Drax)-Ayr empty coal hoppers
09.15	221110	on 08.00 Glasgow-Birmingham
09.22	390028	on 05.47 Euston-Glasgow
09.22	156423	arrival with 05.22 from Preston via Whitehaven
09.31	156442	on 06.40 Girvan- Newcastle
09.33	66170	on 05.20Hunterston to Drax PS running as 6E82 New Cumnock-Drax
09.35	185111	on 07.28 Manchester Airport-Edinburgh
09.36	57308	arrival from north to stable in High Wapping Sidings
09.40	156423	departure to Lancaster via Whitehaven
09.49	390039	on 08.40 Glasgow-London Euston
09.50	66420	on 09.45 Carlisle Kingmoor Depot to Haverton Hill flats for repair
09.53	142070	arrival with 07.55 from Newcastle
09.59	221111	on 07.19 Birmingham-Glasgow
10.02	66595	on 6Z73 Killoch-Ratcliffe PS loaded coal hoppers
10.04	66553	on 04.37 Drax PS-Ravenstruther empty coal hoppers running as 4S12 from Sudforth Lane
10.06	156484	arrival with 09.02 from Whitehaven
10.25	221118	late running 08.52 Edinburgh-Birmingham
10.33	142070	departure to Newcastle
10.43	156484	departure to Barrow-in-Furness
10.44	156438	arrival with 09.24 from Newcastle
10.49	390011	on 09.40 Glasgow-London Euston
10.53	66414 "James the Engine"	on 06.12 4S43 Daventry-Grangemouth "Tesco Express"
10.55	66428	on 08.50 4M44 Mossend-Daventry Intermodal (Malcolm)
11.00	156477	arrival with 08.28 from Glasgow via Kilmarnock
11.03	221102	on 08.20 Birmingham-Edinburgh (with main RCTS party)
11.07	156477	departure to Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock
11.10	66509	to Carlisle yard with loaded NR stone wagons
11.14	221106	on 10.00 Glasgow-Birmingham
11.25	185112+185142	on 09.55 Edinburgh & 10.10 Glasgow-Manchester Airport
185112/142 on Edinburgh/Glasgow - Manchester Airport having just coupled up on the platform. Geiff Morris          156438 on Newcastle service at Carlisle. Note the paintings of steam locos on the wall behind it. Geoff Morris
11.31	153358	arrival with 09.10 from Barrow-in-Furness
11.33	158845/153315	arrival with 08.49 from Leeds
11.37	66625	on 08.13 6C16 Crewe Basford Hall-Carlisle Yard departmental
11.45	390022	on 07.30 Euston-Glasgow
11.45	156420	arrival with 10.24 from Newcastle
11.49	153358	departure to Whitehaven
11.51	158845+153315	departure to Leeds
11.56	390040	on 08.30 Euston-Glasgow
11.59	66599	on 09.28 6E31 Ravenstruther-Drax p.s. loaded coal hoppers (via S&C)
66599 heads south on Ravenstruther - Drax coal hoppers. Geoff Morris          221142, one of the few 4-car class 221 units, on Edinburgh - New St service.. Geoff Morris
12.10	158791	arrives with 09.47 from Leeds
12.10	185106	on 10.00 Manchester Airport-Glasgow
12.14	221105	on 09.20 Birmingham-Glasgow
12.15	390045	on 10.40 Glasgow-Euston. Arrived in Platform 1. Train terminated due to door fault. Departed southbound as ECS around 12.25
12.19	221142	on 10.52 Edinburgh-Birmingham
12.30	156502	arrived with 09.53 from Glasgow via Kilmarnock
12.30	156420	departure to Newcastle
12.38	66046	on 12.26 6K05 Carlisle Yard-Crewe Basford Hall (via S&C) departmental
390028 on Glasgow - Euston and 390032 on Euston - Glasow meet at Carlisle. Note the "trophy" hanging from the front of 390032.. Geoff Morris          66046 enters Carlisle on Carlisle New Yard - Crewe Basford Hall departmental.. Geoff Morris
12.46	66608	on 4S11 09.00 Stourton-Killoch running from Leeds Hunslet FHH coal hoppers (also seen later at Annan)
12.47	156444	departure to Barrow-in-Furness
12.49	390028	on 11.40 Glasgow-Euston (still in platform at 13.09)
12.50	156475	arrived with 11.24 from Newcastle
12.59	390032	on late running 09.30 Euston-Glasgow
13.05	66546	on 09.44 4S31 Holgate-Ravenstruther running from York Up reception with empty FHH coal hoppers
13.09	156502	departure to Glasgow via Kilmarnock with RCTS party to Annan or Dumfries
13.30	156475	departure to Newcastle (booked unit)
156502 on 1309 to Glasgow via Dumfries is the subject of one of our party's cameras.. Geoff Morris          156502 departs Dumfries for Glasgow. Geoff Morris
Noted on Kingmoor Depot
13.13	20302,47501,57007, 66412 & 66431
Noted in Kingmoor Yard
13.14	08993,66609 66609 (more likely to have been 66509) 66614
Noted at Floriston
13.16	66089	on northbound pw train
Noted at Annan
13.45	66608	on 4S11 Stourton-Killoch empty FHH Hoppers
14.06	156478	on 12.03 Glasgow-Carlisle via Kilmarnock with RCTS party to Carlisle
Kingmoor Yard
66061,66207 & 66523
DRS Kingmoor Depot
20313,37038/87, 37194,37509/10,47509 & 66432
At Carlisle (14.30-15.55)
14.30	66556	on 08.15 4S60 Drax p.s.-Ravenstruther from Holgate on day empty FHH hoppers
14.40	156438	arrived with 13.24 from Newcastle
14.49	390040	on 13.40 Glasgow-Euston
14.51	156443	arrived with 12.31 from Barrow-in-Furness
14.59	390021	on late running 11.30 Euston-Glasgow
15.03	158791	departure to Leeds
15.12	156443	departure to Preston via Whitehaven
15.12	66523	on 09.37 6Z32 Greenburn-Ferrybridge p.s. loaded FHH hoppers
15.14	221110	on late running 12.20 Birmingham-Edinburgh
15.16	221105	on late running 14.00 Glasgow-Birmingham
15.26	156438	departure to Middlesbrough
15.30	156458	arrived with 13.03 from Glasgow via Kilmarnock, Next 1614 to Dumfries
15.30	185106	on 14.10 Glasgow-Manchester Airport
15.41	66067	possible late running 12.02 6C48 Workington-Carlisle Kingmoor yard with tanks and containers
15.45	66431+37682+37087	on 0C02 Carlisle-Sellafield
15.54	390032	on late running 14.40 Glasgow-Euston with RCTS party