Little South Eastern train lost on the Big Railway.

[TGV]

Was taking a walk today and this rolled past. It's the ECML near Peterborough, and the consist is heading North. I guessed it was heading to Doncaster for some kind of heavy work or modification, but if someone here knows for sure it would satisfy my curiosity.

I was taking wildlife photos at the time so it's not from perhaps the best angle as I was trying to lay low.

 

[Mike395]

I should imagine it's going to Doncaster to be repainted/refurbished

 

[pendolino]

Where's the photo taken from (more specifically than 'near Peterborough')?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Must have gone left at the lights rather than right!

 

[Ticket Man]

thought the commute was taking a little longer than usual this morning

 

[TGV]

Where's the photo taken from (more specifically than 'near Peterborough')?

Conington.

 

[Boothby97]

It's a Class 466, One heads evey week to Wolverton and one every week to Doncaster Wabtec. I think it's Sunday Slade Green-Doncaster and Friday Doncaster-Slade Green. GBRf provide traction (shown in above photo) and it heads there for overhaul and repaint.

 

[pendolino]

Conington.

I thought it was somewhere round Woodwalton/Abbots Ripton/Wennington; I was only a mile or two out!
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It's a Class 466, One heads evey week to Wolverton and one every week to Doncaster Wabtec. I think it's Sunday Slade Green-Doncaster and Friday Doncaster-Slade Green. GBRf provide traction (shown in above photo) and it heads there for overhaul and repaint.

Do they go via Willesden Jct? I think I saw one there a few months back.

 

[TGV]

Looking at the map, yes it could be argued that it's wood walton / conington - between the two.

 

[Boothby97]

I thought it was somewhere round Woodwalton/Abbots Ripton/Wennington; I was only a mile or two out!
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Do they go via Willesden Jct? I think I saw one there a few months back.

I know the Slade Green-Wembley-Wolverton does, maybe the Doncaster one does.

 

[Jonny]

I thought it was somewhere round Woodwalton/Abbots Ripton/Wennington; I was only a mile or two out!
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Do they go via Willesden Jct? I think I saw one there a few months back.

Out of sheer curiosity, could they even get through on the Thameslink or ELL routes?

 

[causton]

Out of sheer curiosity, could they even get through on the Thameslink or ELL routes?

ELL at the moment would mean they would get stuck at Highbury & Islington - last I heard the connection from ELL to NLL isn't commissioned despite existing

 

[A-driver]

May be wrong but I dint think diesel traction is cleared on the thameslink due to ventilation at city and st panc. I know it's like that at Victoria south central side as that is also underground. Plus the TL is gridlocked with the normal 8 trains an hour without trying to get specials through there!

 

[Benno]

It was 5X89 11.31 Slade Green - Doncaster Wabtec.

The route taken was Crayford, Sidcup, Hither Green, Nunhead, Denmark Hill, Kensington Olympia, Willesden Junction , West Hampstead, Gospel Oak, Harringay, Alexander Palace & ECML to Doncaster