The last train is a heavyweight requiring class 60 haulage. 60015 kicks up a real fuss and produces a backlit exhaust as it lifts 6E30 FX 1752 Margam to Hartlepool loaded steel coil train through STJ.
The class 60 are rostered to the heavy freights in this part of the world and some of the freight trains are heavy.
Cardiff is back on the Virgin Cross Country network albeit with an early morning departure and an evening arrival and nothing in between. 220018 heads for Cardiff with 1V67 1421 from Newcastle.
