North Wales Coast
June 2001
47840 "North Star"
waiting at Crewe's platform 11 to be unhooked from the 9.19 Holyhead
- London train. 29/6/2001
47345 awaiting its fate at Crewe
29/6/2001
The rapidly clearing yard at Crewe
Diesel Depot with 37685 and "Bill" (L) and "Harry"
in attendance. 23/6/2001
66093 brought a ballast train
in and then unhooked, ran round between 5 & 6 before coupling
up and running off South. 23/6/2001
67028 arrived in platform 11 with
the Hertfordshire Railtours "North Wales Coast Merrymaker"
- thanks for the information from The
North Wales Coast Railway. 23/6/2001
Are there really people trapped
in the engine room???
While the charter was waiting
to depart for Holyhead, 175011 + 175114 departed for the same
destination as the 11.15 from Crewe. 23/6/2001
5 minutes later the Cyclops followed.
23/6/2001
47851 arrived with the 9.19 Holyhead
- London and was removed to give way to AC traction. 23/6/2001
More Hippo stuff in the shape
of 175008 leaving for Birmingham. The lady on the platform had
just bust a gut to get to platform 12 to see the train leave without
her. 23/6/2001
37886 now named "Sir
Dyfed/County of Dyfed" ran onto the Diesel Depot
yard at Crewe. 16/6/2001
A couple of Freightliner class
86/6's ran through the station and out onto the Chester line presumably
for the IETD. 86602(L) leads 86620 "Philip G Walton".
16/6/2001
47851 entered the station dragging
47814 "Totnes Castle" inside the train
for Glasgow Central. 16/6/2001
175109 was running 25 minutes
down with 11.15 ex-Crewe Birmingham-Holyhead. 16/6/2001
The 9.19 Holyhead - London Euston
arrived on time behind 47822 "Pride of Shrewsbury",
the train was pushed South by 90013 "The Law Society"
16/6/2001
According to platform gossip at
Crewe the two derelict "Shrewsbury" bays are scheduled
to be brought back into use with the canopy removed. The bays
have been electrified at some stage with part of the OLE still
visible. The lush vegetation has now been sprayed. 16/6/2001
The Blue Peter Farewell Special,
operated by the North
Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group, arrived behind two
Fragonset class 31's with 31602 "Chimaera"
leading 31459 "Cerberus" (thanks to Dave
Bagshaw for the information). While taking this shot I was desperately
trying to avoid the three ladies on the platform who were hopelessly
lost. I later determined that they were seeking the 13.28 for
Preston and directed them to the information desk avoiding the
stairs that were intimidating them. Crewe can be difficult for
the elderly. 9/6/2001
I crossed to platform 11 to see
60532 "Blue Peter" reversing onto the
train with its support coach. As is traditional nowadays there
was much clearing of cylinders. 9/6/2001
"Blue Peter"
posed with its more modern counterpart 90008 "The Birmingham
Royal Ballet". 9/6/2001
There were many admirers on platform
12 to see the pacific's last run on the main line. 9/6/2001
A blast on the LNER whistle (60532
has two) and all the passengers hurried to reboard the train,
this leaves time for us locals to have an uninterrupted view of
the locomotive. 9/6/2001
A final blast on what appears
to be an A4 chime whistle and the BR built, LNER designed, pacific
eased its train forward emitting steam that eventually clouded
the platform prohibiting any photography. 9/6/2001
I had a perfect shot lined up
as the locomotive passed me but the digital camera decided it
had enough to cope with in the shots I had taken and by the time
it had finished its scanning process the engine has moved away.
Technology huh! 9/6/2001
The Holyhead - London arrived
at Crewe behind 43198 "HMS Penzance"(R)
with 43038 bringing up the rear. 5/6/2001
Got one! I went to try, yet again,
to see the 6F17 Middlewich - Warrington Arpley Enterprise in the
hope of catching a 37 and managed to photograph it. 37674 "St
Blaise Church 1445-1995" took the back road off the
Middlewich branch through Sandbach station to gain the Manchester
- Crewe line. Next time it has to be on the branch itself! 05/06/2001
The 37 had the green and headed
off towards Crewe and reversal before travelling North up the
West Coast Main Line for Warrington. 05/06/2001
Before leaving I took a shot of
323209 leaving Sandbach for Crewe. 05/06/2001
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