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Manchester & Crewe 24-04-88. 47653 ‘Samson’ stands at Crewe Station with a Glasgow – Birmingham service. At this time she was an Eastfield loco but within the month she would be transferred back to Bath Road. Apparently both nameplates were stolen at different times. Replicas were ordered but never fitted.
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Manchester & Crewe 24-04-88. 47653 ‘Samson’ stands at Crewe Station with a Glasgow – Birmingham service. At this time she was an Eastfield loco but within the month she would be transferred back to Bath Road. Apparently both nameplates were stolen at different times. Replicas were ordered but never fitted. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	UK : 47802 Rugby on 30th April 2007. DRS 47802 passing Rugby on 30th April 2007 ©Mark Barber Buy Print	Manchester & Crewe 24-04-88. I know what you’re going to say when you see this photo. Quoting from a famous film, 'We’re going to need a bigger…...….shed.' 08737 stands all on its own inside Stoke Cockshute depot. Apart from a couple of 310s outside that was our lot. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	Manchester & Crewe 24-04-88. Onto Wolverhampton Station and stabled by the wall were 90007, 86244 & 86241. ©Pete Dix Buy Print
UK - 31413 Wolverhampton Station (2) 24-04-88 ©Pete Dix Buy Print	Manchester & Crewe 24-04-88. To finish off this trip here are a couple of shots of 31413 after being named ‘Severn Valley Railway’ presumably at Wolverhampton. 31413 Wolverhampton Station 24-04-88. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	UK - 142 011 (an endangered species!) passing winwick earlier today 4th May 2007. ©Andy Appleton Buy Print	UK - 60066 passing Winwick with a 'Enterprise' working (6E33 Warrington Arpley-Doncaster) Friday 4th May 2007. ©Andy Appleton Buy Print
221 133 Winwick 4th May 2007. ©Andy Appleton Buy Print	UK - GBRf 66711 Winwick. A very rare working, Great British Rail freight's 66711 passing Winwick (6Z66 Carlisle-Peterborough via London) Friday 4th May 2007. ©Andy Appleton Buy Print	UK : 47847 & Mark111 coaches 1980`s or 2007. 47847 in large logo livery with a rake of Blue & Grey coaches passing Daresbury on 7th May 2007 with a railtour from Telford to Newcastle. ©Mark Barber Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. Back on local ground and a few photos at Bristol. 08410 is prominent in this busy view of Bath Road. 08410 Bath Road Depot 01-05-88 ©Pete Dix Buy Print
Bristol May 1988. 37427 coasts down Horfield Bank between Bristol Parkway and Temple Meads. Possibly standing in for a class 33. This is where my spotting began way back in 1958. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	UK- Eurotunnel Class 37s at Didcot - 7 May 2007. An early start to the Bank Holiday for me to catch these rare locos working a charter train at Didcot. These class 37s were part of a batch of 12 locos refurbished for use as emergency locos and sleeper haulage through the Channel Tunnel between England and France. In the event the sleeper trains never started with the expensive purpose built coaches eventually despatched to Canada for use there - victims of price-cutting by the car ferry companies and the advent of low-cost airlines in the UK. Most of the 12 locos were sold off to DRS for use on their nuclear flask trains but three remain in use as rescue locos with Eurotunnel, including these two, 37603 and 37604 on a rare passenger working. As you can see, the recent lovely warm sunshine was replaced by dullness and drizzel this morning. Not a great combination with grey locos! ©David Campbell Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. 37239 & 37235 stand at Bristol Parkway. The photo was taken through the car park fence, hence the blurred lines. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	UK : 87022 Winwick Junction on 10th May 2007. 87 022 passing Winwick Junction on 10th May 2007, Working 1M44 Shieldmuir RMT - Princess Royal RMT. ©Mark Barber Buy Print
AUS Brisbane bound Freighter. NR8/NR43/DL43 lead 7MB2 north through Hilldale on 6.5.07 ©Brian Atkins Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. A closer view of 37235 again taken through the car park fence. 37235 Bristol Parkway 01-05-88. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. 47513 ‘Severn’ makes a stop at Bristol Parkway. Hardly any activity these days in the yard, just stored TPO vehicles and a few wagons. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. The next batch of photos was taken at Temple Meads over a couple of weekends around the time of the demise of class 33 haulage on the Cardiff to Portsmouth route. This being taken over by the erstwhile class 155 Super Sprinter. The photo shows 33028 arriving with a midday service up from Portsmouth. The Vauxhall garage in the background operating as Welch is still in business today but now part of the huge Arriva organisation. I tried in vain for the General Managers position there the following year 1989; glad I didn’t get it, it’s a nightmare commuting into Bristol these days even by train. ©Pete Dix Buy Print
Bristol May 1988. I think 33030 took the service brought in by 33028 onwards to Cardiff. 33030 Temple Meads Station 07-05-88. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	UK : 56303 Runcorn 150507. Fastline Freight 56303 passing Runcorn with a road learner from Doncaster to Ditton and return on 15th May 2007. ©Mark Barber Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. Another 33 pottering around waiting for something to do was 33042. 33042 Temple Meads Station 07-05-88. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	08900 stabled Bristol Bath Road 22-8-80 ©Dave Higson Buy Print
Bristol May 1988. A nice picture of a busy Bath Road. ©Dave Higson Buy Print	LV - DMUs at Riga - 25 April 2007. Formerly part of the same six-car DMU, power cars DR1A 254.1 and 254.3 stand side by side at the front of their three-car sets in the morning sunshine in the main station at Riga, Latvia. ©David Campbell Buy Print	LV- 2M62U-0266 at Rezekne, Latvia - 25 April 2007. Basking in the evening sunshine ©David Campbell Buy Print	LV - TEP70-0204 passing Daugmale, Riga - 27 April 2007. Now that's what I call a proper train - just count the carriages! On its long journey from Riga to Moscow, the Friday afternoon train passes the suburban station at Daugmale adjacent to the yard and depot of Skirotava, Riga. ©David Campbell Buy Print
Bristol May 1988. 33029 appears to be in a spot of bother as it waits to leave Bristol with a service to Cardiff. 33029 Temple Meads Station 07-05-88 ©Pete Dix Buy Print	300407 192 NM 25 at Port Augusta station for departure of the weeding train. ©Chris Buy Print	300407 206 The bridal party in front of NM 25 at the Willows Platform ©Maarten Otto Buy Print	NS 7810. Zaandam. 21.10.2006 ©Jos Straathof Buy Print
Bristol May 1988. It looks like Eastleigh were using anything that would start on this day. Push/Pull 33117 put in an appearance on a Portsmouth to Cardiff service. After arriving it ran round and continued forward which was quite unusual. 33117 Temple Meads Station 07-05-88. ©Pete Dix Buy Print	UK - Lord Nelson at Eastleigh - 19 May 2007. 30 minutes late - not just for the gallery of railfans, but for the morning sunshine - but still a stirring sight as it pulls away from Eastleigh on its way to Weymouth. ©David Campbell Buy Print	Bristol May 1988. Just to prove there was other types of traction around on this day. 47522 ‘Doncaster Enterprise’ in its mock LNER apple green livery puts in an appearance. 47522 Temple meads Station 07-05-88 ©Pete Dix Buy Print	AUS MZ class on a Aus passserger train. Ex Danish State Railway's MZ class 1443 with 4916/4201 lead NL61 along the New South Wales North Coast line on 19.5.07. This was the first use of the ex Danish Locos on an Australian passenger train. ©Brian Atkins Buy Print