S160, 5197 double
heading with LNWR "Super D" 49395 as they leave Cheddleton
on The Churnet Valley Railway. Class 4F, 44422 is passing Elton
Crossing (Sandbach) Signal Box. 24/02/2008
4771 "Green
Arrow" resting in Cheddleton yard on The Churnet Valley
Railway. The coming weekend sees The Winter Steam
Event on the railway .
D1015 "Western Champion"
entering Crewe's platform 12 with the Pathfinder's "Irish
Mail" charter from Ealing Broadway to Holyhead.
the diesel hydraulic looked magnificent in the Spring sunshine
- shame there was no headboard on the front. 16/02/2008
Pausing ready for the
off. 16/02/2008
Although only stopping
at Crewe for a few minutes, the engine was switched off. Restarting
was easy with little noise or smoke. 16/02/2008
Being more used to 37's
and 47's the sound of the Maybach's seemed odd as the "Western"
moved the 11 coaches towards North Wales with seemingly little
effort. 16/02/2008
You don't see one for
weeks and then three turn up. DRS's 37059, 37611 and 37218 wait
for a green in the platform 12 avoiding line. 16/02/2008
There is something about the 37's.....
66161 brought a diverted
steel train off the Chester line, the Wrexham route being closed.
16/02/2008
A string of 66's came
down the WCML as a class 323 curved round from Manchester, 16/02/2008
- BANGOR - HOLYHEAD
