Get them while you can, as TransPennine Express is to stop using Class 68s and ‘Nova 3’Mk.5 sets from the December timetable change, confining scenes like this to history. On September 9, No. 68026 Enterprise passes TPE’s purpose-built depot at Scarborough with the 1U64/15.48 Scarborough-York. The depot consists of a single siding capable of servicing two full ‘Nova 3’ rakes overnight, but this was switched to the station after local residents complained about the noise and vibrations of the locos. However, the diagrams allow two sets to go on shed each day if required for fuel and inspection, No. 68028 Lord President can be seen spare while No. 68027 Splendid waits in the distance to work the 17.48 to Leeds later that day.
ANDY MASON