First group made quite a splash on the ECML at Harringay this morning. First off was First Hull Train's 07:20 from King's Cross, overtaking a pair of First Capital Connect 313s heading back to Hertford North or Gordon Hill for another load of commuters.

Shortly after First Scotrail's 1M16, the Highland Sleeper from Inverness, Fort William and Aberdeen and diverted off the normal route down the WCML, passed another pair of empty 313s heading north.

I had intended to try another location for the 4Z91 but fate, in the form of a serious signalling problem at Victoria, interfered and limited me to another half an hour at Redhill. 56312 appeared dead on time with the inbound train.

The 56s have never been a favourite class, they are a bit lumbering but it is nice to see that they still have a role to play in the competitive freight scene.

One of the curtain sided swap bodies the train hauls.

As a consequence of the mayhem elsewhere on the Brighton Line (my return to Crawley was on the 13:00 from Redhill which left at 13:40!) we were treated to an empty 442 waiting for the Hams Hall to clear the junction. A brief shaft of sun illuminated the unit.

Thanks to fellow FMi member Grid Nutter I managed this picture of a new-ish Q working, the 6Z19 empty box wagons from Harwich to Acton

The low sun caught the shiny sides of the MRL box wagons as the train took the Gospel Oak line at Camden Road Junction.

Thursday 6th; it was hot and sultry at Clapham Junction this afternoon as the 7Y36 to Crawley New Yard headed through the station

Passenger information old and new.