BLACKPOOL
DUCHESS
APRIL
13th 2002 |
Back home again, 6233
"Duchess of Sutherland" passes the site
of Crewe North shed, a place it must have visited many times during
its previous career with the LMS and British Rail. Today the locomotive
was hauling a Derby-Blackpool special.
Apparently this
is LMS red whereas the "other one" is in BR red. Whatever
- it looks great. The train is here just arriving at Crewe's platform
12.
How many times has a Stanier Pacific
graced the platforms at Crewe?
Looking good from any angle. I
don't know what it was burning but a couple of minutes at the
top of the stairs was more than enough to put up with - the fumes
were awful to say the least.
The crowds gathered quickly.
Storming away from platform 12
en route for Blackpool.
Absolutely priceless!