'Express Parcels'
Intended to take over the London Euston to Holyhead 'Cathedrals Express' charter at Crewe on Wednesday 1st March 2017, 'Jubilee' 4-6-0 No.45699 'Galatea' makes its fruitless journey south, the 5Z85 07:36 from Carnforth, crossing the River Weaver near Dutton Locks. This scene reminded me of some modest-length parcels workings in the 1960s, occasionally amounting to just one van/coach albeit with a 'Black 5', so this made up to some extent for the disappointment to unfold later in the day for many, due to the failure of the electric locomotive in London before the train even departed from Euston.
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission
'Express Parcels'
Intended to take over the London Euston to Holyhead 'Cathedrals Express' charter at Crewe on Wednesday 1st March 2017, 'Jubilee' 4-6-0 No.45699 'Galatea' makes its fruitless journey south, the 5Z85 07:36 from Carnforth, crossing the River Weaver near Dutton Locks. This scene reminded me of some modest-length parcels workings in the 1960s, occasionally amounting to just one van/coach albeit with a 'Black 5', so this made up to some extent for the disappointment to unfold later in the day for many, due to the failure of the electric locomotive in London before the train even departed from Euston.
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission