NORTH
WALES COAST etc.
CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR
- HOLYHEAD
NOVEMBER
2002 - PART
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47787 "Windsor
Castle" leaving Crewe with the Northern Belle heading
North....... |
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....with 47785
"Fiona Castle" bringing up the rear.
Who thought this one up? 8/11/2002 |
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The morning loco
hauled Holyhead-Manchester survived the trip OK but reached Sandbach
as an ecs working when the class 47 locomotive failed. The engine,
47725 "Bristol Barton Hill" was rescued
by 66139 and is seen here sneaking round the back of the station
to deposit the ex-Virgin stock at the LNWR carriage sheds. 8/11/2002 |
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The errant 47 was
later pushed onto the diesel depot where it was parked up. I
don't know what the replacement was. 8/11/2002 |
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The morning London-Holyhead
HST was again formed by 43101 leading 43154. 8/11/2002 |
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The 10.04 FNW Birmingham-Holyhead
service appeared on time with 47790 "Saint David/Dewi
Sant" at the head. 8/11/2002 |
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No class 37 on
the Sandbach acid train as 56113 passes South through the station.
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A class 37 was
around as 37706 reversed onto 47757 "Restitution"
to be parked. 47812 "Pride of Eastleigh"
is on the left. 8/11/2002 |
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47270 "Cory
Brothers" appeared from the Stoke line with a ballast
train. This locomotive has luminous nameplates!!! 8/11/2002 |
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Crewe Diesel Depot
scrap lines offer a multitude of colours as the various locomotives
await their fate. The class 37 in the foreground is 37717 and
probably only waiting attention whereas the AC electrics on the
left merely await their next turn of duty. 5/11/2002 |
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Parked up with engine
running was celebrity class 47 number 47826 "Springburn".
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The afternoon Holyhead-London
HST was formed by 43154 leading 43101. 5/11/2002
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The Birmingham-Holyhead
services now include a locomotive hauled service in addition
to the Manchester-Holyhead run. This loco hauled diagram was
stopped at the end of the Summer timetable but has now been reintroduced.
This train was hauled by 47653/D1733 "Rail Express"
in XP64 livery and is coupled to ex-Virgin stock... and YES,
I did ask the driver if it was all right to use flash. 5/11/2002 |
A Crewe-Paddington service formed
by Super Voyager 221121 "Charles Darwin"
was sat in bay platform 4 waiting for its 16.42 departure time.
5/11/2002
There are apparent complaints
about the brightness of Voyager headlights - they certainly are
bright as 221106 demonstrates while en route for Edinburgh. 5/11/2002
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