Deltic 55009 adds to the Carlisle Variety!
55009 Alycidon, plus classes 56, 57, 66, 68, 70.
27 & 29 March 23

Over these two days I recorded DRS 68027 twice with the afternoon engineer's train to crewe. On the first day it was hauling a DRS Class 66 dead at the head of a train of track and spent ballast. On the second day it took a SB Rail Kirow 250 crane.

Class 70s, as usual, hauled both the Logs and the Land Recovery trains on both days.

A light class 56 passed through, en route to Leeds Balm Road.

But the highlight was surely the arrival of Deltic 55009 Alycidon on a test run from Carnforth, and return. Unfortunately the presence of a TPE 397 in Platform 1 blocked a good view of the departure but the arrival is stately. The train was tailed by a West Coast class 57.

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