Decided to do a bit of loco watching at HGL. Locos noted on the morning of Monday 12th were 66416, still in DRS blue livery but now a Freightliner loco, on the 4M51 Tilbury-Daventry freightliner, passing at 09.02, and 59103
Village Of Mells passing at 09.47 with westbound Yeoman boxes. I then went for a walk across Finsbury Park and at the footbridge over the ECML saw 66046 with 4E25 Bow-Heck empty Plasmor wagons at 11.52, and also 91120 with a northbound express from King's Cross at 12.15. Northbound expresses were running at unusual times and I'm wondering if the timetable has been altered for leaf fall season. Back to HGL and I saw 66428 with 4M71 Purfleet-Daventry intermodal (the 'sugarliner') on time at 13.32, and 66429 with 4L48 Daventry-Tilbury Tesco express at 14.21, around 40 minutes late. Later at 15.17, 66105 passed with an unusually short 6X48 Dagenham-Didcot cars.
On the evening of Tuesday 13th, locos passing included 60019 at 19.06 with 6L21 Whatley-Dagenham loaded stone train, and 70013 with the 6L87 Earles-West Thurrock cement. I'm only noting loco's I see and identify, there are usually a few more that I don't!
Wednesday the 14th I saw 66091 on a westbound Redlands self-discharge train at 12.09, 66301 with 4M71, 66301 with 4L48 at 14.27 and 66171 with 6X48. 66538 was on 4L57 Daventry-Tilbury containers at 15.55, shortly followed by 66127 with 6L26 Acton-Dagenham running around 30 minutes late at 15.58. Final sighting was 66516 with 4L32 Bristol-Tilbury freightliner (the 'boozeliner') at 16.41.
