Network Rail Test Train around Manningtree, 11th-14th September 2024
Each day then train rain with the headcode 1Q18 and was powered by 37175 & 37421.
On 11th September the train is seen passing Mistley station on its way to the end of the line at Harwich Town, working as 1Q18 10:50 Ferme Park Reception Sidings to Clacton-on-Sea.
On 13th September the train is seen passing Manningtree station twice, once in each direction, as 1Q18 14:42 Ely Reception Sidings to March Down Reception Sidings. Also seen at Manningtree were 153379 & 153384 which have been converted in to infrastructure monitoring vehicles and retain their previous operators liveries, in this instance "East Midlands Trains"
Finally, the same train is seen arriving and departing Mistley station in the small hours of 14th September.
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00:00 Mistley
00:37 Manningtree
04:57 Mistley
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A Network Rail Infrastructure Inspection train, operating with the headcode 1Q18 and powered by locomotives 37175 and 37421, was observed traveling through East Anglia between late August and early September 2024. The train included an Overhead Line inspection vehicle and was seen at locations including Manningtree, Mistley, Clacton-on-Sea, Harwich Town, Ely, and March. On one occasion, infrastructure monitoring vehicles 153379 and 153384, retaining East Midlands Trains liveries, were also present at Manningtree.
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