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The two "Riley" locomotives were out on the Crewe-Cardiff run today as a crew training exercise. Leading is 37197 with 37038 behind. 11/12/2001
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CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR - HOLYHEAD DECEMBER 2001 - PART ONE |
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The two class 37's
left on time with 6 in tow and disappeared into the fog en route
for Cardiff. 11/12/2001
37377 passed through the station
and ran through the gloom to disappear into Basford sidings with
two 4-wheeled tanks. 11/12/2001
Through the fog could
be seen 9016/55016 "Gordon Highlander"
in its purple livery - purple haze I suppose!!! This locomotive
has been at Crewe Diesel depot for some considerable time and
has now been moved from behind the shed into the yard. Progress??
11/12/2001
37377 worked back up the West
Coast Main Line light engine. 11/12/2001
Off the Manchester
line worked 37704 (R) with 37109 in tow dead. 109 returns to Crewe
yet again. The two worked into the diesel depot yard where 109
was pushed to the shed entrance, started up and moved inside.
704 worked back North up the WCML. 11/12/2001
90028 "Vrachtverbindungen"at
Crewe with a London-Lancaster train. 10/12/2001
47793 "Saint
Augustine" and 90019 "Penny Black"
at Crewe Diesel Depot. 10/12/2001
90146 left Crewe for
Liverpool. 8/12/2001
47739 leaving for North Wales
and Holyhead. 8/12/2001
47805 arriving with
the 9.19 Holyhead-London. 8/12/2001
The last of the four retro painted
class 47's ran on the coast today when IC liveried 47826 "Springburn"
hauled the 9.19 Holyhead-London into Crewe. 87026 "Sir
Richard Arkwright" took the train South attached
to the DVT at the front. 6/12/2001
The train braked sharply
approaching platform 11 and sat for a few minutes before drawing
forward. 6/12/2001
15 minutes later the Green Machine,
47851/D1648 left with the 11.45 for Liverpool ex Poole. 6/12/2001
47853/D1733 was in charge of today's 9.19 Holyhead-London.
The locomotive detached from the train at Crewe to hand over to
87010 "King Arthur" and then ran round
to head North for Preston. It sat for a few minutes at the North
end of the platform 12 loop to await the green aspect, just time
for a few decent shots.
Thanks to Charlie
Hulme and Mike Dunning
for the info. 4/12/2001
47761 ran in to platform
12 just as the XP64 liveried locomotive was appearing off the
Chester line. Fortunately it was held until the retro painted
machine had entered platform 11. 4/12/2001
47853/D1733 entering the station.
4/12/2001
37411 "The
Scottish Railway Preservation Society" passed through
the station heading South before turning and running North to
Warrington. The tanks contain Hydrochloric acid from Hayes Chemicals
at Sandbach. 4/12/2001
43086 "panned" as it
leaves the station with 43097 bringing up the rear. 4/12/2001
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