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CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR - HOLYHEAD
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Crewe Diesel Depot yard with the rows of withdrawn Class 47 locomotives. 2/3/2002
37421 at Crewe with the 9.13 rugby special for Cardiff ex-Manchester Piccadilly. 2/3/2002
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CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR - HOLYHEAD
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37421, a former
coastline regular, leaves platform 5 for Cardiff. 2/3/2002
Shortly afterwards
37418 "East Lancashire Railway", another
coastline regular, left the Diesel Depot to head South to the
carriage sidings to collect its stock. 2/3/2002
418 later reversed
its stock, under radio control, into bay platform 7 in readiness
for departure as the 10.28 for Cardiff. 2/3/2002
Off to South Wales.
2/3/2002
Purple Deltic 9016 was out on
Crewe Diesel Depot yard after its long repose at Crewe. 1/3/2002
86212 "Preston Guild
1328-1992" came off the Manchester line sporting
a "new" pantograph and towed by 90012 "British
Transport Police". They headed South through platform
1 and returned to sit on the platform 12 loop before running onto
the Chester line. The 9.19 Holyhead-London arrived behind 47810
"Porterbrook" and the two AC electrics
backed onto the train for the journey South, 86212 was dead at
the rear. 1/3/2002
Green machine 47851/D1648 "Traction
Magazine" stormed North through the centre road with
what appeared to be an ecs working. 1/3/2002
The 12.17 for Aberdeen, ex-Plymouth,
was unusually diverted into platform 1 which gave an opportunity
for a different shot of an HST set at Crewe. The train was announced
by its title "The Devon Scot" but does
not carry any insignia. 43196 is seen here leading 43193. 1/3/2002
The 11.45 for Liverpool, ex-Poole,
left Crewe with 47818 "Strathclyde" in
charge. 1/3/2002
86222 "Clothes Show
Live" left with the 12.00 for Edinburgh ex-Birmingham.
1/3/2002
87013 "John O' Gaunt"
waits to leave for London while 142012 heads East on the Chester-Manchester
Airport shuttle. 1/3/2002
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