CREWE - CHESTER -- BANGOR - HOLYHEAD  MONTHLY REPORTS May 2007 - PAGE TWO

The Northern Belle leaving Crewe with a Lincoln-Llandudno charter hauled by 67006 "Royal Sovereign". 23/5/2007

On the rear end was 67025 "Western Star". This name has been applied with some imagination because Britannia class Pacific number 70025 was also named "Western Star". 23/5/2007

57311 "Parker" was on hand to drag 390046 "Virgin Soldiers" to Holyhead. 23/5/2007

Despite the avoiding lines being open there was quite a rush of freight through the station. This is 66002 "Lafarge Quorn" heading North. 23/5/2007

66624 came off the LNWR depot to stop at the South end of platform 12. It later ran South down the main line. 23/5/2007

Pendolino 390021 "Virgin Dream" en route for Liverpool. 23/5/2007

92031 "The Institute of Logistics and Transport" came off Basford Hall and also headed North up the main line. 23/5/2007

150245 had been parked in bay platform 8 but was started up and left with Manchester Piccadilly on the blinds. It then returned to run through platform 12 thus demonstrating that the line is open again. 23/5/2007

Super Voyager 221102 "John Cabot" arrived in platform 11 from North Wales en route for London. Note the refurbished platform 12 and repainted overbridge. 23/5/2007

Another view of platform 12 with its new roof. Old meets new? - Yuk. 23/5/2007

Another view of 12. 23/5/2007

Now the North end of platform 6 has lost its glass cover. 23/5/2007