Class 67 Diary 2017 - October (67018)
67018 helmed the ManWag set for much of the period between September and November, only interspersed with 67016. This Llandudno Junction angle is not very often photographed but it displays graphically the engulfing of the old goods yard with the forest. Long gone are the days when you never knew what would turn up in the sidings, from my own experience I'd often rock up and find anything, including - a single DRS 20, a full 47 + FGW rake of stock (which I spotted reversing out of the siding from afar - never saw this unusual move mentioned anywhere), a loaded ballast train with a 'heavy' 37 at the head, several assorted FNW units during strike days and, most memorably of all, a HST with Large Logo liveried 47847 at the head.
I digress! Back to the here and now and 67018 departs platform 3 with the 09:50 Manchester Piccadilly - Holyhead. This loco has now exited the Arriva pool. This was the only occasion that I photographed a 67 in October - last year I didn't shoot one at all! October's a bit nothing-y for me, a limbo month, not quite summery and warm, not quite gloomy and wintry. The autumn leaves look best in November too, here it's a 'meh' mix of greeny yellow.
24th October 2017.
Class 67 Diary 2017 - October (67018)
67018 helmed the ManWag set for much of the period between September and November, only interspersed with 67016. This Llandudno Junction angle is not very often photographed but it displays graphically the engulfing of the old goods yard with the forest. Long gone are the days when you never knew what would turn up in the sidings, from my own experience I'd often rock up and find anything, including - a single DRS 20, a full 47 + FGW rake of stock (which I spotted reversing out of the siding from afar - never saw this unusual move mentioned anywhere), a loaded ballast train with a 'heavy' 37 at the head, several assorted FNW units during strike days and, most memorably of all, a HST with Large Logo liveried 47847 at the head.
I digress! Back to the here and now and 67018 departs platform 3 with the 09:50 Manchester Piccadilly - Holyhead. This loco has now exited the Arriva pool. This was the only occasion that I photographed a 67 in October - last year I didn't shoot one at all! October's a bit nothing-y for me, a limbo month, not quite summery and warm, not quite gloomy and wintry. The autumn leaves look best in November too, here it's a 'meh' mix of greeny yellow.
24th October 2017.