Month by Month  2023  a year in Rail 

Sunday Jan 8th Hull Trains operate two return services into St Pancras , diverted by planned engineering work on ECML. 125 mph Bi Mode class 802 operating on Diesel as overhead Line only rated for 100 mph  south of Bedford.

PantoBot 3d  pantograph scanners/ train identification cameras at Ampthill  Tunnel  south bores and at Hendon..

Feb 1st and 3rd  start made on clearing veg

Cricklewood south neck

Luton Crescent Road a bit shorter

New Hand Point ( lockable) Luton .

Saturday Feb 11th Visitors 

Track Circuit Operating Devices  (T-COD) arrive .

Up Hendon speed project  10-30-10-30

Down Hendon speed project 

Brent Curve Junction 

826B Plain lined Sep 24 2023

.March speed project 

April  Silkstream approach 

April 15th  DEMU railtour visits as part of London Terminus " Bakers Dozen" tour

April 22/23   Class 73 action on Moorgate Lines drainage renewal 

Luton Limbury Road north headshunt  buffer stop 

May Industrial action - out cleaning countdown signage

Dock jcn  signage 

New entish Town workstation simulator

Wrapping up May  more industria action  new signage at SAC Centre siding to protect TCD 

Renewal Down Slow Harpenden 

June 25th dewirement at Napsbury  1Z99 assists 700 into energised section

Export car train 6X11

July  Elstree Tunnel vent shafs 

July 22  unit recovery at Luton Crescent Road 

August    3Z07 S&C Video Survey at St Pncras  ( 12th)

​ballast tray  sign support 

Churchyard siding Signage upgrade 

WH275  Position light resited Sep 10

September 30th Industrial action by ASLEF - Belsize Tunnel​

Limbury Road siding

Run Round Road stop block - reflective plate added Oct 

That time of year again 3J93 RHTT 

Baywatch  October 27th   Bletchley branch limited service

Saturday Visitors Oct 28th 

Limbury Road Semi Automatics  

November , clearing the clutter at Hendon 

RHTT reversing at Cricklewood curve jcn 5 weeks done

WH230  Was 228 

New walking route Cricklewood Curve

07:16 10 12 23 BCZ opens 

 first train  700 122 up 700 146 down

At 22:30 on 24th Dec  the 1979 vintage signalling control panel was signed out of use, last train O70 Panel 2.

At 04:40 on 27th Dec the four new workstations take over signalling control,first train V10 from Cricklewood depot