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As soon as 37429 had
left, this string of Class 86 electric locomotives appeared en
route for the IETD. The first and last loco's are in "Freightliner"
livery. details are 86620 "Philip G Walton"
leading with 86606 and 86631. 29/9/2000 |
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37429 leaving Crewe for
Holyhead. 29/9/2000. |
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37429 "Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol" arrived at Crewe on 1D75, the 14.23 Birmingham-Holyhead.
29/9/2000. |
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175004 positively gleamed
in the Autumn sunshine as it headed South from Crewe as ecs.
Later, another unit, 175008, ran through the station to join
the North Wales Line, again ecs. 28/9/2000 |
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Double amber for 37412
"Driver John Elliott" as it reappeared
on 1G97 the 13.01 Crewe-Birmingham. This working starts out as
a DMU on the 11.28 from Bangor and for some reason changes to
37 haulage at Crewe. The matter is covered on the North Wales
Coast Railway site. 28/9/2000 |
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37429 arrived at Crewe
with 1D71, the 12.07 Birmingham-Holyhead, |
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departed from Platform
11 with exhausts working well! |
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and crossed over to the
North Wales line. 28/9/2000 |
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"Mainline"
liveried 37379 had passed Southbound through the station about
15 minutes before it returned North on a short rake of hoppers.
On the right is power car 43101 at the head of an ecs Virgin
HST which had developed a fault. The gentlemen in orange were
looking underneath it with a mirror on a stick. 43062 was at
the rear. 27/9/2000 |
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The 37 slowed at a red
light which changed to amber and off it went up the West Coast
Main Line. Freight is not common through Crewe station, most
of it uses the network of tunnels under the station - known as
the "muckhole" from steam days for obvious reason.
27/9/2000 |
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The start of the Winter
timetable saw a new 37/4 working in 1G97, the 12.54 Crewe-Birmingham.
The driver has stepped out of the cab of 37412 "Driver
John Elliott"to check what was going on, the platform
is curved and he cannot see the end of the train. The new timetable
also brought the reduction to 4 coaches even though one was a
Riviera unit in GWR colours. The train was waiting for a late
incoming connection. 27/9/2000 |
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37412 has the green light
to leave Crewe Station for Birmingham New Street. The time was
actually 13.05 and not as shown on the clock. 27/9/2000 |
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Shortly after 37412 had
left, 37429 "Eisteddfod Genedlaethol" arrived
with 1D71, the 12.07 Birmingham-Holyhead. This locomotive, seen
here leaving Crewe, is looking decidedly neglected and rumoured
to be on a fast trip to the Wigan dismantling depot when the
37 haulage finally finishes. 27/9/2000 |
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A quick visit to Crewe
station to see the departure of the 15.57 Crewe-Holyhead gave
me the opportunity to photograph 66001 on a Railtrack ballast
train. This is the first of the Class 66 machines but I don't
know if this is actually the prototype or not. 24/9/2000 |
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Minutes later 37429 "Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol" arrived at platform 12 with the 15.57
empty stock. this was despite most passengers waiting at platform
9 as indicated on the TV monitors - programmed to advertise the
Class 175 DMU workings. 24/9/2000 |
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A few minutes later 47749
"Atlantic College" arrived with a Holyhead-London
(Euston). The diesel locomotive detaches here to be replaced
by an electric unit - in this case 90015 "The International
Brigade". 24/9/2000 |
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90015 waiting to hook
onto the rear of the London train at Crewe station. 24/9/2000 |
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Minutes later 37429 left
for Holyhead. 24/9/2000 |
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37429 "Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol" arrived on the 14.55 from Holyhead. 20/9/2000. |
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During its runround manouver,
37429 passed between 87025 "County of Cheshire (left)
and 86401 "Hertfordshire Railtours" - a photographic
opportunity not to be missed. 20/9/2000 |
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37429 preparing to leave
with the 17.19 to Holyhead. 20/9/2000 |
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37413 arriving at Crewe's
platform 12 with the 14.50 from Holyhead. 19/9/2000 |
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After unhooking and running
out of the South end of the station, 37413 runs back North through
the centre road and onto the Chester line. 19/9/2000 |
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It then returns towards
its train in platform 12. 19/9/2000 |
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Hooking onto the train.
19/9/2000 |
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37413's driver checks
the front end before leaving with the 17.19 for Holyhead. 19/9/2000 |
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37401 "Mary Queen
of Scots" arrived at Crewe with the 12.25 from Bangor after
which it ran round to form 1D73, the 14.15 to Holyhead. 16/9/2000 |
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37401 waiting for the
signal to proceed into the yard in order to run round its train.
16/9/2000 |
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The front end of a modern
locomotive is a complicated affair. 16/9/2000 |
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