Busy Carlisle:
Azumas Galore on
The Day Tangmere Broke
Plenty of Freight for a Saturday
And I make an error
21 09 24

It was the busiest I've seen Carlisle for many a day. Azumas interleaving with the Pendolinos and 397s and occasional TransPennine 802. Mope surprising was the freight passing through. We haven't seen a log train on a Saturday for a while. The Tesco intermodal was late and a short convoy of GB Railfreight 66s passed through.

My error was due to Tangmere fatigue. Not only did I miss the Cumbrian Mountain Pullman head out to Upperby, I went into town for a walk when it returned and departed for the Settle & Carlisle line.

It was only later that word got through that Tangmere had failed somewhere south of Appleby. I've summarised the following hours for West Coast in my record of the following day's rescue from Kirkby Stephen - 'Rescuing Stricken Tangmere'.


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