Railway Herald
DBRf Class 92 No. 92023 on 10:53 Newcastle - Wembley CS Sleeping Car ECS, off the Highland Sleeper 20:45 Inverness/Fort William - King's Cross which had terminated at Newcastle and is just south of Colton Jnc. The ECS was running rather early in path given by Network Rail, the Sleeper was diverted from WCML to ECML due to work at Euston in conjunction with HS2. But the northbound Sleeper was involved in a fatality between Newcastle and Morpeth with lines stopped awaiting police attention the southbound sleeper was trapped for several hours before arriving at Newcastle at 1015 406' minutes late where passengers transferred to LNER services 8th April 2023.
Robin Patrick
