RECENTLY REPAIRED 70804 CLAGGING AWAY AFTER DERAILMENT INCIDENT AT TOTON at Worcestershire Parkway
70804 6Z75 1057 Bescot Up Engineers Sdgs to Westbury Down T.C.
70804 at Worcestershire Parkway off its usual route via Oxford/swindon on a working such as 6Z75 Bescot - Westbury, the working was further re routed on departure from bescot and worked via Walsall down to Stoke Works Junction via Washwood Heath and Kings Norton, where again it was routed off its booked route via Worcester Shrub Hill. After coming straight down the Birmingham - Bristol mainline, here it is seen passing Parkway where it joined its original booked route at Abbotswood Junction.
70804 has been out of service for a lengthy amount of time and was stored at Nottingham Eastcroft until recently. 70804 has not worked a revenue earning service until recent months after the loco was involved in a derailment incident at Toton back in October 2016
A video shows 70804 operating on a non-standard route after being recently returned to service following a derailment at Toton in October 2016. The locomotive was stored at Nottingham before resuming operations. It is seen passing Worcestershire Parkway, having taken an altered path from its usual route via Oxford and Swindon. Other stock present includes 66431. Locations featured include Worcester Shrub Hill, Kings Norton, Walsall, and Westbury. Headcodes 6Z75 and 4V44 are noted.
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