Ready for the Voyage Home
Rail Operations Group pair Class 57/3, 57301 "Goliath" (on long-term hire from Direct Rail Services) and Class 47, 47813 "Jack Frost" wait in the UDL at Crewe to head back to Leicester LIP as 5M59.
With the pair, which had come to Crewe for the day to ferry a 397 unit from Basford Hall to Crewe Carriage Sidings, were ex-Class 489 translator vehicles 68501 and 68504.
In the distance, on the last day of the Virgin Trains West Coast franchise after 22 years, a double Super Voyager heads to London.
Ready for the Voyage Home
Rail Operations Group pair Class 57/3, 57301 "Goliath" (on long-term hire from Direct Rail Services) and Class 47, 47813 "Jack Frost" wait in the UDL at Crewe to head back to Leicester LIP as 5M59.
With the pair, which had come to Crewe for the day to ferry a 397 unit from Basford Hall to Crewe Carriage Sidings, were ex-Class 489 translator vehicles 68501 and 68504.
In the distance, on the last day of the Virgin Trains West Coast franchise after 22 years, a double Super Voyager heads to London.