EWS Freight to W. Ruislip

Thanks ATO, I have just had a look at the area with Flash Earth and can see the connection you are talking about.

Does the EWS Loco enter the shunt neck then push the train into the W. Ruslip Depot? Or just as far as the shunt neck and (I guess) a Battery Loco would haul the wagons in?
As I have noticed the shunt neck is a dead end which would trap the loco at the Denham end of the consist, thus not allowing the loco to run round via the mainline to the other end of the train.

I've just done a bit of searching on Fotopic and came across a pic of the movement happening - geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p26917649.html

So, 7M60 enters the shunt neck, the EWS Loco pushes the wagons back towards W. Ruslip depot, uncouples, then runs back to the shunt neck light engine, and then reverses back onto the mainline.

Shunting of the wagons is done by a 08 class shunter which has been hired by Transplant, when this is not on site, 2 Schoma's are used.

Hi,
My fotopic website told me that a referral had been made from this forum, so I had a look and decided to join so that I could reply to this thread.

As far as 6V73 is concerned, the procedure is as follows: The loco arrives light engine from Acton Yard and enters the LUL headshunt at West Ruislip. It then reverses onto the empty wagons and draws forward into the headshunt again.

Once it is ready and the road is set, a fairly slick operation has to take place as the movement has to fit in with Chiltern trains, both stopping and non-stop in both directions.

The train is propelled out of the headshunt onto the down line (there is only one down line as the platform line was removed years ago and the platform extended out to what was the down fast line) as this is the only direct connection.

Once in the platform the road is reset and the train pulls forward until it is clear of the crossover from the down line to the up fast line. It then propels again onto the up fast line in the centre road at the station. The loco uncouples and crosses to the down line again and at this point I thought it was going to run round the train on the down line. However, it then crosses over everything onto the up slow and runs towards South Ruislip. The up slow joins the up fast after a short distance and the loco then reverses along the up fast to rejoin the train, couples up and away. The whole process takes 10 or 15 minutes, depending on Chiltern train movements.

I hope that clears up this process for you!

There is another photo on my website of 6V73 in the centre road at West Ruislip, before the engine uncoupled to run round: geoff-plumb.fotopic.net/p26493686.html This is in my "Three Dimensional" collection, but if you are unable to see the 3D effect, just look at the pictures normally!

Cheers for now,
Regards,
Geoff

Cheers Geoff! We may it seems be contemporaries. I however grew up from 1955-65 in Feltham, and so the SR was my breeding ground with the Shed and Marshalling Yard nearby.

Hi Geoff, you are my senior by about six years. I remember '57 to a limited extent as my brother was born that year. You have an excellent photo collection!

David