4O38/4O03 Lawley St-Soton 23/09

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Something of a long shot - 4O38 hauled by 70005 failed approaching Arley Tunnel yesterday and 4003 loco, 66520, sent to rescue it. For whatever reason the decision was taken to haul the train back and run it via Bescot rather than Solihull, but it got in some kind of trouble on the Sutton Park line and from maps appears to have been propelled as far as Ryecroft by  GBRf 4L68, where 66520 appears to have recovered sufficiently to get 4O03 to Bescot. 4O03 eventually went back to Lawley Street around 0100 this morning.
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This all from my armchair - I don't suppose anyone saw any of this?