North Wales Coast
March 2001 Part 1
The other Western Outpost! - an
external view of Pwllheli station in March 2001 with blue sky,
zero temperature and a very white mountain range across the bay.
18/3/2001
Although the buildings are used
for everything but a railway station, its condition is very commendable.
18/3/2001
Parked in the siding was Central
Trains unit 156410 presumably waiting for use the next day. 18/3/2001
Some years ago I photographed
37430 "Cwmbran" parked at Pwllheli looking very
ex-works with a rake of Inter-City sleepers. At that time the
platform seats comprised cast "GWR" end frames but these
have long since disappeared - as has 37430! "Cwmbran"
may have gone from the system but it was recently reported to
be on yard duty at Motherwell shunting postal stock. 18/3/2001
The 9.19 Holyhead-London train
was diverted into platform 6 today partly because the 8.38 London-Holyhead
was running late and appeared to be class 47 hauled. 16/3/2001
The London working was hauled
by 47787 "Victim Support" which looked strange
with the DVT behind it. 16/3/2001
The shunter went to advise the
driver that he was present before detaching the Class 47 which
ran off to park in bay platform 8. 16/3/2001
Meanwhile at the other end of
the train Class 86 number 86261 "The Rail Charter Partnership"
was attached to propel the train to London Euston. 16/3/2001
The Middlewich-Arpley Enterprise
was hauled by "shed" 66014 and today's load was quite
unusual with one small tanker and one bogie tanker which, I suspect,
carried chlorine. Can this sort of working really make any money
for EWS? 16/3/2001
The sad sight of coastline favourite
37429 "Eisteddfod Genedlaethol" being towed DIT
by 66198 past Chorlton, South of Crewe. Devoid of nameplates and
en route to Motherwell for stripping after its traction motors
failed at Cardiff, this shot was taken at 14.42hrs by Ray Eden
on 14th February 2001.
Under happier circumstances, Ray
had photographed the locomotive at the same spot on 16th May 2000
when it was hauling 1D75 the 14.23 Birmingham - Holyhead.....
......and by chance I photographed
it at Crewe on its return from Holyhead with 1G79 the 18.25 Holyhead
- Crewe. Oh happy, happy days..... 16/5/2000
Class 47 number 47741 "Resilient"
arrived 5 minutes early with the 9.19 Holyhead-London Euston.
13/3/2001
Waiting in the wings to hook onto
the rear of the train and propel it South was 87031 "Hal
o' the Wynd" 13/3/2001
142001 appeared from Chester and
soon left as the 11.50 Crewe-Chester. Is this set the prototype?
13/3/2001
No class 37 today as "shed"
66066 ran off the Manchester line with the Middlewich-Arpley Enterprise.
13/3/2001
AC electric 86248 "Sir
Clwyd County of Clwyd" arrived in platform 5 with 11.57
for Southampton Central. 13/3/2001
Two more arrivals off the Manchester
line were 86260 "Driver Wallace Oakes G C" (right
leading) and 86205 "City of Lancaster". They
crossed over towards Basford Hall. 13/3/2001
Another regular class 47 working
is the Poole-Liverpool train booked to leave Crewe at 11.45. Today
it arrived behind 47818 "Strathclyde" running
some 35 minutes down. 13/3/2001
47812 on the Edinburgh-Poole 8/03/2001
47840 "North Star"
brought the 9.19 Holyhead-London train into Crewe and was detached
and parked in bay platform 8. Also in the bay was 90010 "275
Railway Squadron (Volunteers)" 06/03/2001
Standing in the bright Spring
sunshine waiting to take the train on to London was 87015 "Howard
of Effingham". 06/03/2001
A few minutes later Class 37 number
37706 appeared with the Middlewich-Arpley train having arrived
earlier and run round at Basford Hall. 06/03/2001
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