I'd wondered what to do to fill the spare time I'd have at Crewe today. As it happened, I need not have worried. In fact the station was much busier than its been for some years during my visits. Firstly, as I arrived 47727 was waiting to head for the Carriage Sidings with a line up of electric locos painted and prepared for export. Despite making the dash over to platform 12, missed them by seconds. Managed to get a picture of 47727 as it briefly revisited the station on route south.
Class 47s were much in evidence with a large number of Riviera's locos stabled on the Diesel Depot, and 47805 shunting stock - including a generator van and kitchen car destined for tomorrow's tour! Just when it seemed rather like the Crewe station of old, a further Class 47 drew into the station on a Carnforth-Norwich ECS working for a trip tomorrow. After a brief pause, the engine roared into life and took the rake towards Stoke.
A few more light loco movements were topped by the convoy being tripped from Gresty Road to the Heritage Centre for static display at their gala tomorrow. An example of classes 20, 37, 57 and 66 lashed together and after a brief stop, powering out of the station with the 37 leading. If I hadn't such an early start, I might have stayed up for the line of class 57s coming from Wembley. As it happened, it was cancelled and ran very much later. Resolved to see this tomorrow, and to get some sleep.
Lost::MikeGTN
I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years.
I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.
