MONTHLY REPORTS

CREWE - CHESTER - BANGOR - HOLYHEAD  JULY 2015 - PAGE TWO

221116 leading 221118 off the Chester line. 18/07/2015

390156 "Stockport 170"entering from the North. 18/07/2015

I shot many Pendolino units but two that carried special vinyls I missed. I just managed to catch this one as it passed through at speed but I have no idea what it was. 18/07/2015

175108 en route for South wales. 18/07/2015

Signals were being maintained. 18/07/2015

The reason for the visit, 45699 "Galatea" entered platform 12 in order to reverse onto the Heritage Centre. 18/07/2015

It should have been 45690 "Leander" in black but this one was just as welcome. 45699 was running 90 minutes down which meant much hanging around on the platforms. 18/07/2015

Oh what photographers would give to be allowed to shoot from the maintenance platforms! 18/07/2015

The engine stopped in the platform and prepared to reverse onto the Heritage Centre. 18/07/2015

The Super Voyager looked aghast! 18/07/2015

Having seen this locomotive in Barry scrap yard, I still marvel that it was ever restored to main line use. 18/07/2015

45699 was being stabled overnight in order to haul The North Wales Coast Express from Liverpool to Holyhead and back the next day. 18/07/2015

The two class 150's arrived from Chester. 18/07/2015

Differing liveries with 259 on the right and 255 on the left. 18/07/2015

350128 was waiting to leave for London, running via Stoke-on-Trent. 18/07/2015

There are still artifacts from yesteryear on and around Crewe station. 18/07/2015

On the way home I managed to snatch a shot of 5690 on The Heritage Centre, from the train window. 18/07/2015

The class 323 interior is quite attractive but the seats are not very well padded! 18/07/2015

I travelled on 231........

,,,,,,,while 238 headed off towards Crewe. These shuttles quite often cross at Sandbach. 18/07/2015