25th November 2001
Yet more rugby specials
from Crewe but first a visit to the diesel depot to find 37606
parked up. 25/11/2001
A few minutes later 37216 ran
through the station on a track maintenance train then to enter
the depot yard from the South and run onto the fuel point. 25/11/2001
37401 "Royal
Scotsman", formerly "Mary Queen of Scots"
during its North Wales Coast days, ran into platform 11 with the
empty stock for 1Z10 the 09.00 for Cardiff. 1Z66 has earlier left
at 08.15 behind 37412 "Driver John Elliott"
running 15 minutes down. 25/11/2001
What a shame there was apparent
need to rename this locomotive. 25/11/2001
The weather was absolutely
appalling with incessant rain and very little light hence the
grainy pictures. 25/11/2001
Starting off dead on time. 25/11/2001
Away into the gloom
via Chester and Wrexham because of engineering works on the traditional
route through Nantwich. 25/11/2001
37411 was parked on the diesel
depot and was started up with no effort and little smoke. 25/11/2001
The locomotive drew
forward to the headshunt. 25/11/2001
Returned and crossed over the
running lines en route for the carriage sidings to collect the
stock. 25/11/2001
411 soon returned
to follow 401 into platform 11 to form 1Z11, the 10.10 for Cardiff.
25/11/2001
It has always been the habit of
class 37 locomotives to hide under bridges at Crewe, such is the
layout of the station. On this occasion 411 was half in and half
out, a dash of flash reflecting off the warning strips. 25/11/2001
Flash again nullified
the backlight to produce a reasonable shot with a setting at ASA800.
25/11/2001
Time to go and the weather was
worsening, dark and (very) wet. 25/11/2001
Holding an umbrella
in a semi gale while trying to photograph trains is not the easiest
of hobbies. 25/11/2001
Away past the LNWR workshops and
Crewe heritage Centre. Will I be at Crewe for the return trains
- no! 25/11/2001
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