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83009 and 86211 stabled at Euston during 1986
A rather shiny 37422 standa at Chester under a full moon having arrived with an empty stock working. The loco was very "ex works" at the time and I was please to get not only this photo but also a couple of others in a week or so on the North Wales coast, including pictures of the loco on the Wrexham line where one or two Birmingham - Holyhead services were diverted due to the Chester - Crewe line being closed because of a bad bridge strike. 1996.
37412 sits at Westbury on a February evening in 1996 having arrived from Yeovil Pen Mill and run around its coaches. The service would normally have visited Weymouth but on this day flooding prevented the train travelling beyond Yeovil.
Crewe Triple?
Another case of all not being quite what it seems! During a couple of hours at Crewe whilst changing trains in the middle of the night I came across a rather interesting triple header with a 33/40/25 combination. It later turned out that the 33 was just stabled on the front of the train locos and did not actually work the vans train (destination unknown).
All is not quite what it seems at the head of the York - Shrewsbury mail service. 40081 looks set for departure but was (much to my disappointment) only pre heating the stock ready for a class 46 to work the service itself.
40122 waits in the centre roads at Carlisle prior to taking a relief service from Euston to Stranraer forward from Carlisle. The previous week the same train was worked by 40160. 1983.
40034 at Birmingham New Street having just taken over the return leg of the Class Forty Preservation Society "Christmas Cracker II" railtour. 40028 had worked the majority of the tour which had vIsited Cardiff, originating in Leeds. 17th December 1983.
