A location not often photographed is the approach to Quainton Road from the north, mainly due to the complete lack of southbound daytime workings. The closure of the Bedford-Bletchley line for re-signalling has meant that the Kings Cross-Forders spoil and return etys have temporarily been diverted to Calvert instead, thus creating this photo oportunity. Here, Motherwell outbased RETB fitted example, 66111 complete with Highland Stag bodyside sticker is seen approaching Quainton Road on 11/08/2004 with 6E34 1354 Calvert-Kings Cross spoil etys.
66019 draws under the gantry at Calvert on 11/08/2004 with 6M35 0240 Kings Cross-Calvert conveying spoil from the CTRL at Kings Cross/St Pancras. Calvert was very busy at the time with two spoil trains a day from Kings Cross and binliners from Bristol, Dagenham & Northolt.
66054 approaches Welney Road LC, Manea on 21/08/2004 with 6L33 0256 MX Wembley EFOC-March Down Yard, a temporary re-routing during the Ipswich Tunnel engineering blockade of 6L33 0310 Wembley-Harwich 'Enterprise' service . The train would continue its journey as 6R33 0713 SX March-Felixstowe on Monday morning. Normally the train would lay over in Ipswich Yard, but due to capacity issues with the increased number of run rounds required during the blockade, the running of the train via March avoided the layover in Ipswich. The train was running some 10 hours and 45 minutes late (being booked to arrive at March at 0559) after being recessed at Cambridge most of the day for some reason.
