November 17th 2000
The dwindling few. 37429 "Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol", 37426 and 37421 at Crewe Diesel depot.
17/11/2000
175008 left platform 6 with a
Manchester-Chester train and had to run south, reverse and run
between platforms 11 and 12 for Chester. Electric arc welding
on the track can be seen just beyond the train (inset)-a dangerous
place to work. 17/11/2000
Track problems at the north end
of platform 6 prevent normal operations so 175008 ran centre road
north with 37401 "Mary Queen of Scots" held in
platform 12 on the 8.47 Holyhead - Birmingham. This meant 37401
leaving 20 minutes down having been held by the 175. 17/11/2000
90014 entered from the south on
a Virgin train. 17/11/2000
Currently a regular on the London-Holyhead
run is HST set 43198+43078 seen here entering platform 12 with
the 10.45 for Holyhead. 92032 "Cesar Franck"
is in the background waiting for green. 17/11/2000
56062 passed through from the
north with a short train of covered hoppers. This train looked
like the Middlewich-Warrington but was a bit early. 17/11/2000
A smart looking 87005 "City
of London" entered platform 6 with a northbound Virgin
train. 17/11/2000
Class 47 number 47810 "Porterbrook"
entered platform 6 with a train of inter-city style liveried stock....
......with 86236 "Josiah
Wedgwood" attached to the rear. 17/11/2000
37401 "Mary Queen of Scots"
finally left with the 8.47 Holyhead - Birmingham, a double amber
indicating it had been slotted into the pathways. 17/11/2000
Freightliner liveried 66504 ran
light engine into bay platform 8 and waited before running off
south, presumably to the Freightliner depot at Basford. 17/11/2000
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