China Winter Seam 2014- Daiobingshan

My first Chinese steam locomotive- SY 1772 is pictured at Daiobingshan before sunrise on the 19th January 2014 prior to working the 06:40 passenger to Dongguantun. We had arrived in Daiobingshan the previous evening following an overnight flight from Germany to Shenyang and then a transfer on the minibuses that would become our home for the next week.

Having watched SY 1772 depart from Daiobingshan we then went on the chase- achieving the first steam sunrise shot of 2014's FarRail 'Winter Steam Spectacle' tour.

While steam is still 'real' in Daiobingshan it is filmmakers that now keep steam viable here. There is also a steam keen management who have attempted to set up a museum on the line.
One of the 'museum' locos, not usually in normal traffic is KD6 487. We were very lucky to see the loco in traffic having only expected to see SY traction on the line.
The KD6 is seen outside the lines depot at Daquin waiting to work a management special.

A short while later the KD6 gets its management special moving. As the spoil mound in the background indicates, the real purpose of the Tiefa (Tieling - Faku) railway is to move coal- though these trains are now all worked by diesels.

Having worked it's special service to Hanjiagou the KD6 performs a few light engine run-pasts to the delight of the photographers. Unlike the other locomotives we would see on the trip the KD6 is not of Chinese origin- it was built in the USA and shipped to China by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration after WWII. This story also makes the KD6 far older than other locomotives in service in China, dating from the 1940's. Once KD6 487 finished it's career in the 1990's it was moved to Daiobingshan and became the first steam locomotive in China to be restored.

While you could say we were not blessed with the most amazing weather the image of KD6 487 steaming a passenger train across the viaduct in Daiobingshan is no less spectacular. The photograph was taken from the top of a building site! Only in China!

By lunch snow had begun to fall and was settling nicely by the time we went out to photograph the afternoon passenger turn to Dongguantun. There used to be an extensive passenger operation run by the Tiefa mining railway to all corners of its network- all worked by steam. Today just two daylight trips continue on the line via Faku- fortunately it is one of the more scenic parts of the system.

We traveled back from Dongguantun on the steam train for a cost of 20yuan (approximately 20p). By this time light was poor and due to the lack of run-round facilities the loco would haul the train tender first anyway.
On arrival back at at Daiobingshan DF4 7754 is seen in the now snowy station with a freight. DF4 and DF5 locos now handle all traffic on the line except the few passenger turns which are worked by steam.

The following morning we go out to chase the morning passenger train once again. Today SY 1772 has been turned, so we are able to stay in bed very slightly loner before focusing on it's return journey back to Daiobingshan.

On both mornings the weather dawned promising, but failed to materialise. The fresh snow and excellent steam effects in the cold do at least add something to this shot of 1772 heading the passenger back to Daiobingshan.
This locomotive is something of a well deserved celebrity- it holds the dubious title of being the last steam locomotive built for non-tourist purposes anywhere in the world. It was rolled out of the workshops in Tangshan as late as October 1999!

A visit was made to the depot to watch SY 1772 being coaled between its duties. I got distracted by the big green DF4's which were shunting in the area.
Unfortunately I had retired back to the minibus by the time one came through with a loaded train!
Here DF4 7755 is seen outside the depot at Daqing.

Inside the depot is the remainder of the serviceable steam fleet on the railway- the KD6 which we saw the previous day and SY 1770. All three locos had been in operation a week earlier when the railway held a steam festival attracting many Chinese photographers to the line.

It is not just steam locomotives which inhabit the depot at Daqing. A much larger part of the workshop now services the diesels that work along the line. DF4 locos 7720 and 7772 are seen receiving some extensive maintenance.

Steam on freight trains on the Daiobingshan system is very rare in 2014- however the railway decided to run the afternoon passenger service with a diesel due to delays which seemed to be occurring with the steam (I have no idea why!). This enabled the possibility of using SY 1772 to move a set of wagons which had arrived from China Rail down to the loading point at Wangqian. It was touch and go whether the steam would work, or when the wagons would arrive- but we got the call just in time to grab a shot before the light began to fade too far.

On arrival at Wangqian the SY was put to use shunting the wagons into their various positions under the loader. The wagons themselves are moved through the loader by pulley once on the right line.
We stayed here until the loco left- but which time the light was all but a memory. We would not be getting an early start to our long minibus journey to Fuxin- and we still didn't know if the motorways would be open following the snowfall...

Daiobingshan was a great introduction to steam in China and also provides one of the best chances in the world to travel on a scheduled steam service. How long steam will continue here nobody knows. The railway does take revenue from film contracts which should see some steam retained- however the longevity of the passenger operation must be questionable. I have even seen suggestions that the final passenger train could be withdrawn as soon as road transport is available to replace it.

DB- 17 Jan 2014 An afternoon in Frankfurt

294 840 catches a glimpse of light as it shunts at Mainz Bischofsheim

S8 services are worked by the attractive class 420 EMU's.
420 849 pauses at Mainz Bischofsheim.

Flew from London City departing with Lufthansa at 10:05 to Frankfurt and boarded an S8 train to Mainz Bischofsheim.
We stopped here only long enough to 'check out' the location for later. This is not a location I had visited before, but in line with observations sound barriers have been erected along the south side of the yard and along most of the line through the station. Only the central section of railway to the south of the station has escaped the sound barriers (so far).

143 919 at Mainz Hbf

We then boarded an RE service to Mainz Hbf formed with 143009 tnt 143661. Of course as soon as we got on the train a privately operated class 151 came through with a freight- typical, though the picture would have been into the sun anyway.

At Mainz Hbf there was no sign of the 218 which should have arrived off 12049 from Worms at 14:08- though it is entirely possible that it could have arrived while we were upstairs buying bratwerst!

218 408 pushes it's short set of DOSTO's away from
Mainz Gonsenheim with the 14:17 Mainz - Alzey

More importantly the loco and stock for 13816 the 14:17 Mainz-Alzey was sat in the platform as expected with 218408 pushing. This was taken the short hop to Mainz Gonsenheim (both for ease of getting back and to stay within the area of the Hessen Ticket).

Back at Mainz Hbf both 218411 and 218424 were observed shunting. Another RE was then boarded back through to Mainz Birshofsheim powered by 143181. Unlike most of the other RE's here this train was handled by a single loco, 143181. I can only presume DB have a shortage of DOSTO driving traiors?

Plenty of Traxx action- 185 267, Mainz Birshofsheim

Mainz Birshofsheim proved to be productive with no less than 6 freights (plus shunting movements) in around an hour. Unfortunately all were traxx locos with the exception of 155 125 which appeared at the end of our session.

It was back on an S8 train to Frankfurt Niederrad from where 111 108 was taken for the shot hop in to Hauptbahnhof.

The plan from here was simple- to cover the 17:15 Frankfurt- Nidda/Stockheim.

They're not pretty, but they're not Traxx!
155 125 at Mainz Birshofsheim

418417 was on the blocks for the Nidda portion with 418429 on the country end of the train for Stockheim.
We boarded the front portion for Stockheim, with the plan to drop back when the train split at Bad Vibel. We were a couple of minutes late out of Frankfurt with 218429, and a few late into Bad Vibel. On leaving the trian we found to our surpise that the other portion was not attached! It followed in around 10 minutes later and we then scored 418417 onwards to Friedburg.

Time now running out we picked up 146122 back to Frankurt before taking 143289 tnt 143919 back to Flughaven. Then it was just a case of waiting for our 22:05 overnight flight to Shenyang.

Various locomotive classes at Frankfurt Hbf

143 280 is our ride back to Flughaven- Next stop China!

In just a few hours we had had a sucessful taster of the Frankfurt area and managed to travel behind 4 classes of loco, including three 218's. A very worthy stop off between our flights- and very cost effective with a Hessen Ticket.

218 429 prepares to leave Frankfurt Hbf with the 17:15 to Stockheim.
The Nidda portion of the train is further down the  platform.

It's all been a bit quiet...

As the reader may have noticed... everything has gone a little quiet on the blog in 2014 so far. You could almost be mistaken for thinking that I had made a New Years resolution not to updated it- but that is not the case.
The reason for the quiet (or at least one of them) is that I have been busy making my first visits of 2014- to the land of freezing steam otherwise known as China.
Over the coming weeks and (lets be honest) months I have reports from four of the remaining steam sites in China; Diaobingshan, Fuxin, Pingzuhang and Sandaoling to publish.
In the meantime here is a taster- SY 1395 sitting atop of the Fuxin spoil heap as the sun sets on a successful day!

Another wet end to another year

While writing this I cannot help but reminisce my final rail activity of 2012- a very wet, dreary day on a railtour down to various freight branches in the south of England.
This years final rail activity was also not set to be a dry day. I had been aware for some days that the weather forecast for Monday 23rd December was, at best, 'appalling' and had even wondered the night before if UK Railtours 'Salisbury at Christmas' trip would run at all.

34046 'Braunton' makes at fine sight at London Waterloo.

The magical Salisbury Cathedral at Christmas.

Run it did, and we were met at Waterloo by a gleaming Bullied West Country Pacific 34046 'Braunton'- it hadn't even started raining yet! The rain however did arrive and by the time we reached Salisbury conditions were worsening considerably. The train schedule was amended to leave one hour early as with trees beginning to fall onto rail routes and a blanket 50mph restriction our journey could become anything but predictable.
In Salisbury we sought refuge in the cities magnificent 13th century Cathedral which boasts the tallest spire in the UK.

The storm is lashing down at the train prepares to depart Salisbury.

Returning to the train rather soaked and having just dodged a shop sign which had lost out to a sudden gust of wind there was bad news. A tree on the line at 'Salisbury' was delaying trains, though as departure time approached our charter appeared with 'Braunton' proudly defying the elements at its head. Progress was steady until our approach to Southampton where further trees on the line, and a prolonged visit to the goods loop at St Deneys hampered our progress. Booked route however was maintained up the SWML towards Basingstoke and Woking though there was some confusion as to whether we would end up back at Waterloo, or at Victoria as was booked.
Steady progress continued following our stop at Eastleigh where we disembarked the train to watch the locomotive take on water, and to find our clothes drenched yet again. At Woking however the next obstacle became apparent- a tree on the line at Chertsey was blocking our booked route. Our pause was brief however as we soon commenced a magical mystery tour of south London continuing off booked route up the SWML to Wimbledon and then by way of Tooting, Tulse Hill, Herne Hill and Wandsworth Road to finish our journey at Victoria.
Despite everything the weather had thrown at us we had made it to our destination, and only minutes away from our booked time! Time to get some dinner and dry out! 
Credit should go to UK Railtours, DB Schenker and all others involved for running another excellent trip and delivering exactly what was promised despite some challenging conditions.

We made it! And here's to another fun year of railways in 2014!

The end of Elipsos?

At 10pm on a Friday night passengers board the
Trenhotel at Paris Austerlitz ready for the
comfortable overnight journey to Barcelona.

The popular bar on board the Trenhotel

There is great news for passengers traveling between France and Spain from the 15th December 2013 timetable change- Direct high-speed services will, after many delays, link the two countries. The new TGV and AVE services will provide the fastest connection ever between cities in France and Spain.
The less good news is the almost certain curtailment of the Elipsos Trenhotel.

Quality dining is available aboard the Trenhotel

Set up in 2001 Elipsos is a joint venture between SNCF and RENFE to run overnight sleeper services
between their networks, and also formerly into Switzerland and Italy. The Trenhotel may not provide the fastest journey between Paris and Barcelona/Madrid but it does provide a very time efficient way of travelling. No longer will you be able to board the train in Paris as late as 10pm with an arrival in Barcelona the following morning before 9:45am having enjoyed a good nights sleep with an evening meal and breakfast served to you at a table. The earliest arrival possible in Barcelona by way of the new TGV service is is not until almost 2pm- and that requires boarding a train in Paris at around 7am!

What is disappointing about the withdrawal of the Elipsos service is that these trains are popular and busy. The fact that they cater for a totally different market to the the TGV has seemingly been totally overlooked by the SNCF and RENFE. The TGV will hopefully gain passengers from airlines, but the service Trenhotel service should remain as an alternative for time conscious passengers- particularly those making a longer journey by rail. It is a shame that these two services cannot both be retained to compliment each other.

From December 2013 the overnight Trenhotel from Paris will no longer arrive into Barcelona and Madrid.
The train is pictured here a few months before the end of its service at Barcelona Estacio de Francia.

Update Feb 2014: Since this post the Elipsos Trenhotel has been withdrawn leaving no direct overnight connections between France and Spain. It is still possible to travel largely overnight on these routes by taking 'Intercities du Nuit' trains within France and connecting to local services at the Spanish border. The excellent Seat 61 website contains details of how to make this journey.

Picture of the week- 14th November 2013

Every now and then when trawling through my photo collection (usually looking for something which I remember taking but can not for the life of me remember where or when) I stumble across one of those pictures which you remember being super pleased with at the time. This is one of those pictures. Taken from the towpath of the Grand Union Canal in Harlesdon looking down towards Old Oak Common and North Pole depots. It was my favorite time of day for photos- twilight. Almost as if I had planned it FGW's 57602 then pulled up to the depot reception roads with the empty coaching stock for the Night Riviera Sleeper. There was just time to set up my tripod and camera to get a few snaps before the train disappeared to Paddington to pick it's passengers for the overnight trip to Penzance.
Since this photograph was taken- 24th July 2006- I have often considered re-visiting the location to repeat it- if indeed it is even still possible. Maybe I shouldn't bother. This is still one of those photos that 'just worked'.

SNCF RENFE Trip report 25-28 October 2013

Friday 25th October-

67570 at Dammartin-Juilly-St Mard with the 16:24 Laon - Paris Nord

67484- Amiens

08:32 Eurostar St Pancras - Paris Nord 3021/3022
BB22339 12:28 Paris Nord - Amiens

A good hour to find myself some lunch and stroll around the city- It was my third visit and I finally got a chance to marvel at the cathedral!
Well worth the effort if you are stuck here between moves.

BB67456 14:59 Amiens - Laon

17059, 17046 and 17097 with peak hour services at
Crepy-en-Valoise

This is a fairly tight cross platform connection into
BB67570 16:24 Laon - Paris Nord (to Dammartin-Juilly-St-Mard)
BB17097 back to Crepy-en-Valois [from Paris Nord]
BB67599+67414 Crepy-en-Valois - Soissons [17:52 Paris Nord - Laon]
AGC back to Crepy-en-Valois
AGC back to Paris Nord
BB7277 [to Cerbre] Paris Austerlitz - Barcelona Francia

67599 + 67414 at Soissons with the
17:52 Paris Nord - Laon

I had spent quite a while working out what to do with my day in Paris (with an Interrail) and decided to head out a little further than the usual Transillien workings. All of the BB67400 diagrams which I saw were running as booked which is always a good start and I do enjoy the variety in liveries of the Picardy 67400s. The RRR stock in use in Picrdie is now really starting to look pretty dire on the inside- particularly the 'cycle/thrash/smoking' compartment at the business end. I am sure that the Picardie diagrams are made unnecessarily complicated by the fact that one loco does not stay with one set of stock all day. The RRR set which arrived with BB67484 from Creil on C1 was then paired up with BB67456 on C9 to head to Laon. It's not like there aren't spare sets sitting outside the station all day!

Elderly BB8638 has brought in ECS at Paris Austerlitz

I was surprised to find that the Crepy-en-Valois route out of Paris Nord still seemed to be solid BB17000 with RIO sets- I did not see any Transilien units on this route at all!

BB7277 prepares to haul the 22:16 Trenhotel from Paris Austerlitz to Barcelona

Saturday 26th October-

AVE set arriving at Barcelona Francia

252 052 leads the empty sleeper stock out of Barcelona

252 064 [From Cerbre] Paris Austerlitz - Barcelona Francia
252 052 worked the empties
Met up with a friend in Barcelona which negated finding anything to do rail-wise. I had such a lovely time that I almost missed...
252069 [to Portbou] Somewhere in Spain (from Barcelona Sants) - Montpellier Talgo 460
311 146 Shunt loco
BB7277 (Oh- you again!) [from Portbou].

The bar coach on board Talgo 460 to Montpellier

It was actually great to get a break from the trains and feel a little like I was having a 'real' holiday having got very little sleep on the Trenhotel. I did not find the Talgo sleeper particularly comfortable and the suspension is certainly odd. That said both Talgos were well loaded- I really hope they don't face the axe once through TGV's begin. The Trenhotel would seem to serve a very different market.
For anyone wondering, the gauge change process is really not very exciting at all.

311 146 performs the shunt on Talgo 460 at Portbou

I also cannot clear up the Interrail situation with regard to Talgo 460. I was traveling on an advanced ticket as far as Portbou where the plan was to transfer to my France Interrail. This is valid from the border and a supplement should be payable for the Talgo. However nobody could sell it to me from either the UK or in France it seemed. Thought I would try my luck just waiving my Interrail... but nobody bothered to do a ticket check after Barcelona so I'll never know!
I also managed to confuse myself on the Barcelona Metro and not really leave enough time to get to Sants. Thanks again to the taxi driver in Barcelona who now has a £10 note thanks to it all going wrong. I literally made the Talgo by about 3 minutes!

Sunday 27th October

BB22239 flies non stop through L'Estaque with a Teoz for Tolouse

BB22301 working a local Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azure TER

This morning was always going to start with units-
AGC x2 Montpellier- Miramas [09:12 from Montpellier]
BB22301 Miramas- Marseilles [10:16 Avignon- Marseille - booked BB25500]
BB7340 13:04 Marseilles- Lyon PD (to Airport) [Booked BB22000]
AGC Airport- L'Estaque
BB67565 L'Estaque- Miramas [14:21 from Marseilles]
*photographed 66219 with a freight- you just can't escape them can you!
BB67565 14:21 Miramas - Marseilles [To L'Estaque]
-Unit on 17:32 Marseilles - Miramas so passed on that
AGC L'Estaque - Marseilles
Time for a wander around Marseilles and dinner before
BB26073 (to Culmont Chalindrey) 22:01 Marseilles - Strasbourg

You can't escape sheds- 66219 is passes Miramas

Of all the trip this was the day I was most worried about diagrams sticking. My wariness proved wise as the second BB67400 turn produced a unit and the only BB25500 turn produced a TER Provence Alps Cote d'Azure BB22000- Are there many of these around? Still- at least it was hauled, and the all day diesel turn produced. BB67400 was however plastered in graffiti right across its front runining any photo opportunity.
The Marseille end of the 'long way' to Miramas is absolutely stunning and highly recommended.
The condition of the TER Provence Alps Cote d'Azure stock is not great.

Beautiful scenery on the Cote d'Azure

There is clearly a graffiti problem in these parts and the 'cycle/thrash/smoking' compartment definitely seemed to be in the domain of the smokers! Some trains have signs of graffiti and vandalism inside also.
I did not have my Interrail checked once all day...
Unfortunately upon entry to the overnight sleeper I discovered that much of my compartment had already gone to bed at 22:00 with the lights very much out... no chance of reading then.







Monday 28th October

25606 arrives into Strasbourg ready for an evening peak service

72145 has completed its leg of the sleeper from Nice to
Strasbourg and is about to detach at Belfort.

CC72145 Marseilles - Strasbourg [Culmont Chalindrey - Belfort]
BB26155 Marseilles - Strasbourg [Belfort - Strasbourg]
BB25612 09:25 Strasbourg - Selestat (to Limersheim)
Unit Limersheim - Strasbourg
BB67514 10:08 Strasbourg - Haguenau (to Mundolsheim)
AGC Mundolsheim - Strasbourg
BB67519 10:53 Strasbourg - Roeschwoog
BB67519 11:53 Roeschwoog - Strasbourg
Unit Strasbourg - Mimersheim (this Should have been a Sybic on TER 200 set

to Selestat- but it was running over an hour and a half late! Plan B then...)

26145 waits at Strasbourg with a northbound TER 200

BB25613 Mimersheim - Strasbourg [13:30 Selestat - Strasbourg]
BB67422 14:38 Strasbourg - Haguenau (to Marienthal)
BB67513 Marienthal - Strasbourg [15:19 ex Haguenau]
Tram Strasbourg - Krimmeri M
BB67569 16:22 Krimmeri M - Sarregumines (to Strasbourg)
TGV 510 16:45 Strasbourg - Paris Est (delayed)
Eurostar 3213/4 20:08 Paris Est - London

The final day started off with a slight disappointment. Our 'Big Diesel' from Chalindrey to Belfort was one of only two which I do not require- 72145. We then arrived about 10 minutes late into Strasbourg. No ticket check on the overnight between Marseilles and Strasbourg- I found this a bit surprising!

An RRR (Rame Reversible Regionale) set with BB67519
awaits its next duty from Roeschwoog

If you like Sybics and blue 67400's Strasbourg is definitely the place to go (it seems to be a lovely city as well). All diagrams viewed turned up hauled as booked.
The BB25500 diagrams I had for Strasbourg were rather old, so I was not at all sure whether they would stick or even still be around, but again all appeared to work as on paper. There are quite a mixed bag of liveries on the BB25500's with locos in the original 'concrete' livery, 'En Voyage' and several wearing 'Ile de France' colours.
The weather all day was not great- there were huge patches of blue in the sky... but the sun always seemed to stay behind a bank of cloud wherever I was. It is worth noting that pretty much ALL of the locos at Strasbourg are at the north end of the trains- this includes the push/pull Sybics and the 67400 and 25500's- this makes photography difficult for the light!

Shunter 8212 drags a TER 200 set out of
Strasbourg station

Also around Strasbourg station was DB 181 233 which spent most of the day stabled to the south of the station. Around 16:00 it was photographed at the head of the Russian sleeper train, but when I returned 20 minutes later it was back stabled again! Not sure what that was all about!
The tram between Strasbourg Station and Krimmeri M takes about 15 minutes- my move only just made it! The move was a bit desperate- but did get me my 10th BB67400 in the 4 days.
TER Alsace stock was probably in the best condition of any I had seen over the last 4 days. RRR 'Cycle/thrash/smoking' compartments here were actually being used for bikes! The first time I have seen this! The trains were all clean and smart internally and TER Alsace have done a fantastic job with their refurbished Corails! Ticket checks were a little more frequent than further south- I think my interrail was viewed twice- somebody even stamped it!

67422 powers its train away from Marienthal

I saw a few extra trains at the end of the day at the beginning of the evening peak due to my TGV being delayed. Initially by 5 minutes, but by about 15 by the time we departed. This only got worse as by this point a BB25500 on a stopper had been let out in front of us which we crawled behind most of the way to Saverne. Despite being 40 minutes late at one point we were only 25 down into Paris Est after a fast run on the LGV. This just about gave me enough time to connect with the Eurostar home- though I had got my ticket stamped with the delay just incase.

DB 181 233 is seen at the head of the Russian
sleeper train

All in all a very good trip. It would have been nice if my international connections had been slightly less rushed, but all trains were caught according to the plan. This wasn't really a photographic trip, which may have been a good thing given the weather- but did achieve a good amount of loco hauled mileage and I felt I had achieved good value from my Interrail.
I am sure I will make use of sleepers again as they are a great way to travel time efficiently between locations- even if I don't sleep on them very well.
My top recommendation for anyone who has not done so and wants to get out and enjoy the French diesels is to spend a day or two covering the Picardie workings off Amiens before it is too late. I am really going to miss these when they are gone!
Anyway- that is it for 2013 in Europe.

67569 at Krimmeeri-Meinau with a
service for Sarregumines

I hope some of you have made it to the end and have found this report interesting. Thanks again is due to all who have helped in planning this trip and providing information. Particularly all those on European Rail Gen and on this occasion James Hawkes for sorting e-mailing me the BB25500 diagrams which I had forgotten to bring!- without you all planning these trips would be very difficult!



Edit (Feb 2014): Since writing this report sadly all Talgo trains beyond Spain have been withdrawn following the commencement of through TGV services on the high speed line to Barcelona. The Elipsos Trenhotels from Paris to Barcelona and Madrid no longer run, while train Talgo 460 now only runs south of Barcelona. It is still possible to travel to Barcelona overnight from Paris by taking an 'Intercities du Nuit' train to Cerbre and a local RENFE service connecting into Barcelona. 

67565 pauses at L'Estaque with the 14:21 Marseilles St Charles - Miramas. This picture has been photoshopped fairly heavily to remove a large amount of graffiti on the front of the locomotive! 

Delivery run

On 22nd October 2013 the second of South West Train's re-formed class 458's made it's way to its new home.
The class 458/5's have been formed from the former Gatwick Express class 460's and the majority of SWT's 458's. Both these classes share the same bodyshell being part of Alsthom's 'Juniper' family.
The engineering works have taken place at Doncaster Wabtec and will result in a fleet of 36 x 5 car trains for use in SWT's 10 car program on the Windsor lines.

Running over two hours behind schedule Colas' 47727 is seen hauling 458531 through Addlestone Moor, Chertsey with 7Z58 Doncaster- Wimbledon Park. This was the first time a unit has been delivered during daylight.