Peak PUSHES Failed 50: North West Wanderer. Plus Signal Failure Delays - Carlisle & Preston 10 08 24

Peak PUSHES the Dead 50 on North West Wanderer.
Classes 20, 37, 40, 45, 50 (dead), 57, 66, 58, 90 (dead)!
Signal Failures cause delays
Carlisle & Preston
10 August 24

Filmed initially at Carlisle but mostly at Preston.

The North West Wanderer charter ran Crewe to Carlisle with 50050 leading, 45118 at rear,
Carlisle, S&C to Preston with the Peak leading and the 50 at rear

Whislt waiting at Preston for the Wanderer coming in from Carlisle, we see a Freightliner 66 on the Malcolm contract intermodal with a pair of dead Class 90s in tow! Pantographs down on both electrics! We also see the Russell contract intermodal, GBRf's intermodal from Hamms HAll and the southbound Malcolm intermodal - all diesel hauled.

Then Preston Hellifield Carnforth behind D231 class 40 with the Peak at rear, but Class 50 still in the consist, running dead

The 40 then took the 50 off to Crewe.

A pair of 37s and pair of 20s arrived 45 minutes late after signalling issues at Wigan. To be honest I was enjoying myself enough not to have noticed!

After some problems with the 37s, they, with Peak at rear, took the charter off to Blackburn, Copy Pit, Todmorden, Manchester Victoria and back to Preston before the 20s took the train, still with the Peak at rear, back to Crewe.

The 50 had died with low water pressure before getting to Penrith on the outward leg but was pushed into Carlisle. It was the towed around until the 40 returned to Crewe!

We also see Tangmere and the Northern Belle enter Preston.



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