Sandbach station and the
site of the former North Staffordshire Railway's bay platform.
The branch left the Crewe-Stoke line near Alsager and ran through
Hassall Green, Wheelock and then Sandbach. The branch was supposed
to facilitate the NSR's ambition to reach Liverpool and the Americas
but it went no further. 01/06/2012
Crewe station and 86613 stood
with 86638 waiting to run South with empty wagons - 86603 was
at the rear. 01/06/2012
56031 heads a line of classmates
on the former diesel depot yard. 01/06/2012
In the Heritage Centre the
Duchess was brewing up. 01/06/2012
An 11 coach Pendolino - the
first I've seen. These units are designated 390/1 and have a
number 1 inserted into the sequence. 01/06/2012
I hadn't known that a Deltic
was due so when 55022 "ROYAL SCOTS GREY"
appeared it was a welcome surprise. The East Coast monster was
on its way to prepare for The York Flyer running the next day
from Didcot to York. 01/06/2012
221115, carrying Bombardier
livery arrived off the Chester line. 01/06/2012
...and then the circus arrived!
47580 "County of Essex" arrived with
a STATESMAN RAIL ecs working to South Wales. 01/06/2012
580 was carrying the Union
flag on its body sides and sported both Union and Welsh flags
on the buffer beam. 01/06/2012
On the rear was WCR's 47854
carrying the name "Diamond Jubilee".
01/06/2012
150258 was on the Crewe-Chester
shuttle. 01/06/2012
Having been stopped at the
signals at the South end of the station, the train started to
retrace its path. Apparently the train had been routed via Stafford
by mistake and had to reverse on the through road in order to
gain the Shrewsbury route. 01/06/2012
580 and train repositioned.
01/06/2012
Nameplate etc. including
the "Cockney Sparrow" 01/06/2012
Unusually, 350118 was started
on its London Euston, via Stoke-on-Trent, journey from platform
12. Normally this service runs from platform 2, 3 or 4. 01/06/2012
67029 "Royal Diamond",
in DB livery, having stood dead for some time, was started up
and ran onto the Chester line. 01/06/2012
The class 67 had gone to
collect 60163 "Tornado" from the Heritage
Centre. 01/06/2012
"Tornado" was on
en route for York. 01/06/2012
Sadly, although in steam,
the Pacific gave no indication that it was actually alive. 01/06/2012
- BANGOR - HOLYHEAD
