THE Great Central Railway’s previously announced September 2-4 diesel gala was changed to a ‘diesel running weekend’ due to a shortage of visiting locos. Home fleet locos, Nos. D123, D6700, 37714
Cardiff Canton and D5185 ran to a special timetable, but with standard fares.
Class 25, Sulzer Type 2 No. D5185
(25035), made its final appearance before undergoing an overhaul.
There was a special guest however, Derby Lightweight diesel railcar No. M79900
‘Iris’, appearing courtesy the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. It was also due to run during the GCR’s September 9-11 railcar weekend.
CHRIS MILNER
Visiting the Great Central Railway from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, Derby Lightweight No. M79900 Iris arrives at Quorn & Woodhouse working back from Rothley to Loughborough, on September 4 during a diesel running day.
PAUL BIGGS
Left: Class 10 No. D4067 was on static display outside GCR’s Rothley Carriage & Wagon works on September 3. This follows repair and a full repaint in National Coal Board (NCB) livery as it appeared in the 1970s, prior to preservation. Built at BR Darlington Works in 1961, it was withdrawn in 1970, before TOPS renumbering and was sold to the NCB for use at Betteshanger Colliery, Kent. It later went to Nailstone Colliery, Leicestershire and then to the GCR for preservation in 1980.