45063+45109 Derby479x22xx22
45063 (left) stands on platform four at Derby while working the 1V97 1615 Newcastle - Bristol mail while 45109 stands in the bay platform 5 awaiting to re engine as booked the 1M25 1810 Manchester - St Pancras mail which will arrive on Platform 6 with 25201 in charge on 7th Jan 85......With the freezing cold temperatures the driver is just bringing 45063's steam heat boiler to life hence the whisp of steam from the boiler pipe as the journey down from the northeast didn't require heating until Derby as TPO vehicles are added to the rear of this train during its stop here.
45063+45109 Derby479x22xx22
45063 (left) stands on platform four at Derby while working the 1V97 1615 Newcastle - Bristol mail while 45109 stands in the bay platform 5 awaiting to re engine as booked the 1M25 1810 Manchester - St Pancras mail which will arrive on Platform 6 with 25201 in charge on 7th Jan 85......With the freezing cold temperatures the driver is just bringing 45063's steam heat boiler to life hence the whisp of steam from the boiler pipe as the journey down from the northeast didn't require heating until Derby as TPO vehicles are added to the rear of this train during its stop here.