File:57310 Crewe Gresty Bridge DRS to Ramsgate EMUD 0Z57 - 19608177079.jpg

English: 57310 XHAC GRESTYBGE 420Z571318 D * RAMGTEMUD N 22H A

Rail Operations Group hire Direct Rail Services (DRS) class 57 "bodysnatcher" locomotive number 57310 named "Pride of Cumbria" in Direct Rail Services two tone compass blue to work 0Z57 travelling light engine from Crew Gresty Bridge to Ramsgate driven by Lee Frohock for another in a series of class 375 drags on 18 July 2015. This class 57 is fitted with Swedish-made drop-head Dellner couplers allowing the locomotive to directly connect with the EMU, in this case Southeasterns Electrostar number 375 number 302 to be cleaned and repainted.

This locomotive was originally built at Crewe Works in 1964 and has previously been numbered D1618, 47037, 47563 and 47831.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Crewe Gresty Bridge (Drs)......0356.........................0356.....................RT Crewe [CRE] 7............................0413 1/2/0434 1/2..0341/0402 1/4..32E Crewe Basford Hall Jn.............0440.........................0406...................34E Madeley (Staffs)..........................0453.........................0411 3/4...............41E Norton Bridge [NTB]................0504.........................0421 1/2.............42E Stafford Trent Valley Jn..........0511 1/2....................0428 1/2............42E Whitehouse Junction...............0514 1/2...................0431 1/4..............43E Colwich [XCO]...........................0517 1/2....................0434 3/4............42E Rugeley North Junction..........0520.........................0437...................42E Lichfield North Junction..........0526 1/2..................0443 1/2.............42E Amington Junction ..................0533.........................0450...................42E Nuneaton [NUN] 4....................0549 1/2..................0500 1/2............48E Brinklow......................................0606 1/2..................0507 1/2............58E Rugby Trent Valley Jn.............0615 1/2...................0513....................62E Rugby [RUG] 5...........................0617 1/2....................0514 1/2.............62E Hillmorton Junction..................0619 1/2...................0515....................64E Daventry North Jn....................0622 1/2..................0518....................64E Long Buckby [LBK]...................0630 1/2..................0523 1/2............66E Northampton [NMP] UML.......0641 1/2...................0534 1/2............66E Hanslope Junction N...............0654 1/2..................0542...................72E Milton Keynes Central 1...........0700 1/2..................0548 3/4............71E Bletchley [BLY] 4.......................0704 1/2...................0552...................72E Ledburn Junction[XOD] S.......0714..........................0559...................75E Tring [TRI] 5................................0721..........................0605..................75E Bourne End Junction...............0728.........................0610...................78E Watford Junction 9...................0736.........................0618 1/2..............77E Harrow & Wealdstone 6..........0742.........................0627...................75E Wembley Central 6..................0748 1/2...................0631.....................77E Willesden Sudbury Jn..............0851..........................0834....................16E Willesden West Ldn Jn............0858.........................0839 1/4.............18E Mitre Bridge Junction..............0900........................0850 1/2...............9E North Pole Signal Vc818.........0900 1/2..................0851 3/4...............8E North Pole Junction.................0901..........................0852......................9E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 1..........0903.........................0855 3/4..............7E Kensington Olympia 3.............0904.........................0858......................6E West Brompton [WBP] 3..........0906.........................0901 1/2................4E Imperial Wharf [IMW] 1.............0907.........................0903 3/4..............3E Latchmere Junction.................0909.........................0906 1/2...............2E Factory Junction.......................0916..........................0909 1/4...............6E Voltaire Road Junction............0917..........................0915 1/2.................1E Denmark Hill [DMK] 2..............0922.........................0920.....................2E Crofton Road Junction............0926.........................0925.....................RT Peckham Rye [PMR] 4.............0927 1/2...................0926 3/4.............RT Nunhead [NHD] 2.....................0931..........................0930 1/4..............RT Bellingham [BGM].....................0938 1/2..................0937 3/4..............RT Shortlands Junction.................0943 1/2...................0942 3/4.............RT Shortlands [SRT]........................0944.........................0943 1/2..............RT Bromley South [BMS]...............0945.........................0944.......................1E Bickley Junction[XLY]..............0947 1/2...................0946.......................1E St Mary Cray Junction.............0948 1/2..................0947.......................1E Swanley [SAY] 4........................0952 1/2..................0951 1/2...............RT Fawkham Junction ..................0958 1/2..................0955 1/2...............2E Sole Street [SOR] 2..................1003 1/2...................1000......................3E Rochester Bridge Jn................1010 1/2....................1007 3/4................2E Rochester [RTR] 3.....................1012...........................1009 1/4................2E Chatham [CTM] 2......................1013...........................1010 3/4................2E Gillingham [GLM] 3...................1015 1/2....................1014.........................1E Sittingbourne [SIT] 2................1028..........................1024 3/4................3E Faversham [FAV] 3...................1039 1/2...................1034 1/4.................5E Whitstable [WHI] 2....................1047 1/2....................1043.......................4E Herne Bay [HNB] 2...................1051 1/2....................1047 1/4.................4E Margate [MAR] 1........................1107 1/2.....................1105........................2E Rm Mk Ext Dept Mgate End...1116............................1113.........................3E

Ramsgate E.M.U.D. [XRE].......1119............................1116.........................3E