Saturday morning
and the last remaining Pendolino drag is set ready to depart
Crewe for Holyhead. 57310 "KYRANO" is
in charge while 390003 "Virgin Hero"
sits patiently behind. 57308 "TIN TIN"
sits dead at the side. 17/01/2009
The Winter Sun
continues to bleach out any colour. 17/01/2009
Love 'em or hate
'em they look impressive. 17/01/2009
The new timetable
has produced many "racers" at Crewe as they hurtle
through on the fast lines. This is 390028 "City of
Preston" heading North. Is it my imagination or
are these things beginning to look like the streamlined Coronation
Pacifics? 17/01/2009
They hurtle South
as well, this is 390006 "Tate Liverpool"
roaring through. 17/01/2009
221xxx entered
platform 11 en route for Holyhead, actually it's 102 "John
Cabot" still not bearing its full number. 17/01/2009
66118 came off
the Stoke line with a train of EWS coal hoppers and was stopped
at the North end of the station. Because of the length of the
train the down fast and slow lines were blocked. It was only
for a couple of minutes and, as the locomotive set off, all the
couplings snatched in succession taking about a second to travel
the length of the train - quite a disturbing noise. 17/01/2009
150230 was on the
Crewe-Shrewsbury shuttle. 17/01/2009
Hippo 108 heading
for South Wales ex Manchester. 17/01/2009
All the LM lass
350 units now appear to have been re-liveried in what I think
is a pleasant green. 17/01/2009
With the Pendolino
out of the way, chance for a better shot of 308. 17/01/2009
Down on the diesel
depot sat 37294 awaiting its fate. In December last year it was
reported to have been bought for scrap. Will it face public execution
here or be dragged away to Hull or Rotherham. 17/01/2009
A quick look at Crewe
station and there wasn't much to see. Two class 47's were sat
together in the Depot yard, 47769 "Resolve"
(L) and 47805 "TALISMAN". 11/01/2009
In a different spot sat
47848 "TITAN STAR" together with 47815
"GREAT WESTERN". Thanks
to Solomon Riley for the additional information. 11/01/2009
Waiting for business
was 57305 "JOHN TRACY". 11/01/2009