Loco-hauled delight

Paul Bickerdyke, Editor

IT is a sad fact that loco-hauled passenger trains have all but disappeared in Britain. They have been slowly drifting away from widespread use since at least the 1980s, and more so since Privatisation, being replaced by multiple units and other fixed formation trains. But it is only a few years ago that TransPennine Express used Class 68s and Mk.5s, CrossCountry had HSTs, Chiltern ran more hauled trains than it does now, and LNER had an almost full fleet of Class 91s and Mk.4s. Going back a few more years further, there were Class 68s on the Fife Circle, Class 90s in East Anglia, and Class 37s on the Rhymney line. Today, Chiltern and LNER do still have a few loco-hauled diagrams, and there are the sleeper trains from London…

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The Railway (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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