HNRC class 37 number
37087 "VULCAN Avro B1 & B2" and 37194
"Neil Webster 1957-2001" arrived at Crewe
off the Manchester line. The leading locomotive, 087, was carrying
"The Jolly Fisherman" headboard. 9/6/2003
46035
ran off to the Locomotive Works to collect class 20 number D8087,
both had appeared at the Open
Weekend
and were returning to the East Lancashire Railway at Bury. 9/6/2003
The 11.30 loco-hauled
service to Holyhead turned out to be a 158 unit but there was
a bonus as 47810 "Porterbrook" brought
the 09.26 Holyhead-London service into Crewe. 9/6/2003
The clue was class
87 number 87035 "Robert Burns" waiting
in the holding siding. The 87 ran out onto the Chester line to
await the arrival of the 47 when it returned to attach to the
rear to propel the train South. The locomotive was in a very
run down condition and reminiscent of the time when Stanier Pacifics
were being phased out in favour of diesel propulsion. The Pendolinos
are coming! 9/6/2003
The 14.00 from
Holyhead, believed to have 47746 "The Bobby"
in charge, romps through Llanfairfechan en route for Crewe. 7/6/2003
The A55 "Expressway"
can be seen in the background as 746 heads off towards Penmaenmawr.
The A55 is quite a feat of engineering but has, in my opinion,
had a devastating effect on this beautiful piece of coastline.
Apart from the aesthetic destruction the exhaust and noise pollution
are unforgiving. 7/6/2003
"Thunderbird"
57305 "John Tracy" waits for business
at Crewe 2/6/2003
47757 "Capability
Brown" left platform 11 for Birmingham, ex Holyhead.
2/6/2003
37517 and 37695 left the LNWR carriage
sheds and headed North up the West Coast Main Line. These two
locomotives brought the Crewe Invader - 1 into Crewe on Saturday
morning with the Pathfinder special from Salisbury in support
of the Crewe
Works Open Weekend. 2/6/2003
You wait and wait
to see 6201 "Princess Elizabeth" leave
with the "Coronation Golden Jubilee" a Travelsphere
charter to London Victoria. The driver opened the cylinder drain
cocks and this was the result! 2/6/2003
Eventually the
steam cleared and I managed to get this shot. 2/6/2003
With
the ending of the Crewe Works Open Weekend on Sunday the stock
is now finding its way to various destinations. This one is Stanier
8F number 48151 leaving Crewe en route for Carnforth with empty
coaching stock. 2/6/2003
Driver Frank Santrian
acknowledges the crowd as the 8F feels its way carefully onto
the main line. 2/6/2003