RAIL37 MONTHLY REPORTS NORTH WALES COAST etc. CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR - HOLYHEAD JUNE 2004 - PART ONE

A green, lean machine or tilting trains on the North Wales Coast!!! 47816 leaning on the super elevation as it enters Colwyn Bay with the 13.20 Holyhead-London. Note the boarded up windows on the foot bridge that First North Western promised to repair before they vacated the coast line last year! Never trust a TOC? 29/6/2004

Barely enough room to take a frontal shot as the Virgin train waits to depart. 29/6/2004

Away, and recent track side clearances can be seen as the permanent way stretches into the distance, pity about the kinky track. 29/6/2004

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47787 "Windsor Castle" entering Crewe station with the 09.25 Holyhead-London Euston. This Virgin service undergoes a locomotive change at Crewe when it converts to AC power. 14/6/2004

Waiting in the wings was 87013 "John o' Gaunt" parked up with 87002 in Porterbrook livery. 14/6/2004

The 87 ran out onto the Chester line before reversing into platform 12 to couple up for the journey South to London. 14/6/2004

013 heading South. 14/6/2004

"Windsor Castle" was removed from the train and ran round to park with 87002. 14/6/2004

An end shot of 787 with a Holyhead bound class 175. 14/6/2004

The other end with 87002.14/6/2004

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