Britannia's on the ECML

[Mickey]

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[50C]

When March first received its Britannias they started to appear on the Colchester-Newcastle as far as York on summer Saturdays.During the week it was a V2 or on occassion a Sandringham before they were withdrawn.The down train stopped at Selby at 1.03pm and returned at 3.15pm.On one Saturday the up train had two Brits on it.
Is this possibly the one and only time double headed Brits traversed the ECML on a passenger working albeit only between York and Doncaster ?

50c

[strang steel]

There are some good video shots of Brits on the East Lincs line in the Marsden Rail video no32 Kings Cross to York.

(usual disclaimer).

[StevieG]

An old-ish Liverpool Street hand (a signalman), once told me that one reason GE men reckoned that Britannias were superior compared with what they had had previously, was that with their smoke deflectors, their front ends collected a greater number of pheasants etc., en route !

[third-rail]

An old-ish Liverpool Street hand (a signalman), once told me that one reason GE men reckoned that Britannias were superior compared with what they had had previously, was that with their smoke deflectors, their front ends collected a greater number of pheasants etc., en route !

nicely cooked en route

[ajax103]

These trains departed Kings Cross on the return journey at 4.05p and 6.18pm. The newly introduced ‘Master Cutler’ Kings Cross – Sheffield Pullman departed Kings Cross at 4.20pm and was timed to pass the ‘Cleethorpes’ whilst stationary at Huntingdon.
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What route did the ‘Master Cutler’ take then on the Kings Cross to Sheffield Pullman and what stops were there?

[strang steel]

These trains departed Kings Cross on the return journey at 4.05p and 6.18pm. The newly introduced ‘Master Cutler’ Kings Cross – Sheffield Pullman departed Kings Cross at 4.20pm and was timed to pass the ‘Cleethorpes’ whilst stationary at Huntingdon.
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What route did the ‘Master Cutler’ take then on the Kings Cross to Sheffield Pullman and what stops were there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Cutler_%28train%29

[chaz harrison]

I seem to remember reading that the reason the Immingham Brits were allocated as a numerical block was to prevent the time-honoured practice of sending the most run down lame ducks when transferring.
Obviously this can't apply to the allocation of new locos but I wonder if this habit gave rise to at least some of the hostility of loco crews to unfamiliar machines?

Chaz