CREWE - CHESTER -- BANGOR - HOLYHEAD
MONTHLY REPORTS
DECEMBER 2013 - PAGE ONE
Crewe station and platform end trespassers have been thwarted. 23/12/2013
70011 had run round its train of ballast and was returning. 23/12/2013
44871 led 45407 "The Lancashire Fusilier" into platform 12 to take on water. The two class 5's were returning to Bury after various sojourns in the South of England. 23/12/2013
It was a dark, wet, miserable day but probably the last chance to see main line steam in the area before 2014 entered our lives so this pair had to be seen. 23/12/2013
70011 was still waiting to leave and I have to say, for its age, it looks pretty rough. 23/12/2013
Taking on water. 23/12/2013
150227 arrived as the Chester shuttle service with the gloom intensifying. 23/12/2013
More ugly security fencing. It's sad but necessary I guess. 23/12/2013
Onset of the night. 23/12/2013
Chester bound? 23/12/2013
LED's abound. 23/12/2013
Despite all the media warnings the Pendolino services were not running at reduced speed and, from what I could see, were pretty well empty. 390006 "Tate Liverpool" had stopped in platform 6. 23/12/2013
Signs of movement on 12. 23/12/2013
The classic Crewe departure shot. 23/12/2013