Parallel Running approaching Doncaster Station on 13 July 2024, with A2 Pacific 60532 Blue Peter on private charter 1Z32 14.06 King's Cross to York for Locomotive Services Limited on the down fast and LNER Azuma's Nos. 801108 and 801103 on down slow heading for platform 8 with train 1D23, the 17.03 King's Cross to Leeds. 1Z32 had just come off the slow line where it had been regulated for faster services, but had only just got green signals due to crossing movements at station. Robin Patrick
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