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Alycidon

9 Miles Platting 241281 Rory Lush 5509 at Miles Platting 24.12.81 by Robin Lush 9 Tunnel End Marsden 101281 Robin Lush 55 009 passes Marsden on its way through to the Transpennine tunnel. Photo Robin Lush. 9 and 2 at BH 120806 Alan Whincup 55 009 and 55 002 at Barrow Hill on 12 August 2006 at the Doncaster Works Tribute Day. Photo by Alan Whincup. 55009 York 1976 Andy Sparks York, Mid Day Saturday 1st August 1976. 55009 “Alycidon” prepares to pass the vintage and distinctly L.N.E.R. styled covered Motorail vans that transported private cars to Inverness. In 1955 these vans were employed on B.R.’s pioneering Motorail/Car Carrier trains between York and Kings Cross. To the loco’s left can be seen a recently refurbished Class 101 d.m.u. in the futuristic, but impractical, white and blue stripe West Yorkshire P.T.E. livery. “Alycidon” is at the helm of the 10.39 Newcastle – Kings Cross service. The day after this photo was taken the loco was at B.R.E.L. Doncaster works, its no.2 engine was reported as “knocking and noisy” (suspected piston break up). The defective engine (433) was subsequently replaced by 435; this swap operation enabled the loco to return to service with the minimum of delay.

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