37416 "Concrete Bob" and 37411 "The Scottish Railway Preservation Society" leaving platform 5 at Crewe with a Cardiff bound footex special. This was the first time I had seen 37416 but did see 411 on the coast in the guise of "Ty Hafan".
Back to the serious
points in life as DRS 37607 and 37608 wait at platform 12 with
the 9.11 Crewe - Cardiff. 28/5/2001
37038 makes yet another appearance
at Crewe, this time with its old friend 37029 on the 8.30 from
Manchester. 28/5/01
The coup of the year
for me was the (eventual) appearance of 37416 and 37411 on the
Fishwick charter from Preston. The train appeared at Crewe running
approximately 90 minutes late. 28/5/2001
The train left with both locomotives
looking and sounding great. "Concrete Bob" was
formerly carried by 37425 and "The Scottish Railway Preservation
Society" by 37413 - now both withdrawn. 28/5/2001
Fragonset Class 31's
numbers 31190 "Gryphon" and 31601 "Bletchley
Park 'Station X' " appeared on an unknown footex special.
28/5/2001
47722 "The Queen Mother"
was one of many class 47's seen today......
....as was 47744 "Royal
Mail Cheltenham" on a charter special.......
...and 47769 "Resolve"
on the 9.19 Holyhead - London, unusually brought into platform
6 today. 28/5/2001
47732 "Restormel"
stopped in platform 5 with yet another footex special while 47818
"Strathclyde" passed through on the centre road
with a southbound express. 28/5/2001
And finally... after collecting
them from around the Diesel Depot yard, 66222 headed for Warrington
with 60034, 60001 and 60038 in tow. All in all one heck of a morning.
28/5/2001
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