66407 heads a diverted 4M45 0433 Ipswich Yard-Ditton past North Stafford Jnct on 24/07/2004. This DRS owned loco was on hire to Freightliner along with 66409 to bolster its fleet of diesel locomotives during the Ipswich tunnel blockade.
66543 passes North Stafford Jnct two hours late on 24/07/2004 with 4O54 0544 Leeds FLT-Southampton MCT.
66501 heads a diverted 4L93 0822 Trafford Park-Ipswich Yard past North Stafford Jnct on 24/07/2004. The train was diverted as a result of engineering work in Ipswich tunnel.