I just managed to get away from work in time to catch a mega-working on Thursday 1st of December, 56311 picked up a number of redundant four wheel tankers from Harwich for disposal at EMR Kingsbury. 6Z61 is the first Cl.56 freight working I've seen at Stowmarket since I spied 56098 in the goods loop on Wednesday 31st of October 2001 at the head of a stone train en route to nearby Barham.
Many things transpired so I actually got to see this working. Initially it was "definitely" going to be a 31 hauled working, on Wednesday, at a time decent folk are in bed. However the Grid did produce southbound on Wednesday but was held at Ely for 24 hours. Rescheduling at control meant, if on time, I'd still miss the northbound working, I hadn't taken any notice of the local Gen emails though, as to my mind it was still a 31. Come knocking off time (15 late!) it was only on checking my text messages I found out it was a 56 and then worked out that if it was regulated behind my Cambridge train and the previous Norwich express I might just get it. A nail-biting period wondering if I'd just missed it was relieved by a Gen post saying it was still at Ipswich. Phew. A further flap was negated as it appeared before the unit in the video departed!
The video is poor though, shame they didn't loop it!
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