"North Wales Coast Motive Power Day", the 20th May 1995, sees 31105 and 31512 heading past the former station building at Waverton, with the 18.40 Chester to Crewe.

31163 heads south through Shrewsbury station with a "Speedlink" coal train. 15/9/88.

31468 passes Plumley West with 31602 bringing up the rear, as they power 2N97 15.49 Chester to Blackpool North. 27/2/04.

31602 passes Plumley West, with 31468 tucked away at the rear, on 2D44 06.40 St Annes to Greenbank. 27th February 2004.

33019 waits to leave Crewe with a Cardiff to Holyhead train on the 27th May 1986.

37408 "Loch Rannoch" is near Beeston with 1D82 18.24 Crewe to Bangor. 19/8/95.

37414 "Cathays C & W Works" is at Crewe with a North Wales Coast train on the 9th January 1997.

37414 "Cathays C & W Works" stands at Crewe with a train for Holyhead. 9/1/97.

37415 heads away from Chester at Saltney Junction on the 16th October 1999, with a Birmingham New Street to Holyhead service.

37416 approaches Rufford Station on the Ormskirk branch on the 19th November 2005. Not the best of locations perhaps......

37420 "The Scottish Hosteller" waits at Crewe for departure for Holyhead on the 10th January 1997.

37423 "Sir Murray Morrison" passes Rowton, south of Chester, with 1K73 16.22 Bangor to Crewe on the 24th May 1997. I only ever visited this location once. I now wish I'd done it more often.

37425 roars past the former Waverton station on the evening of 20th May 1995 with 1K73 16.22 Bangor to Crewe.

37426 "Vale of Rheidol" waits to leave Crewe for Cardiff on the 15th September 1988. A crew change is in progress and both drivers are in the photo.

37426 "Vale of Rheidol" waits to leave Shrewsbury with a Crewe to Cardiff service on the 15th September 1988.

37429 "Eisteddfod Genedlaethol" heads past Saltney Junction, Chester on the 16th October 1999 with 1K66 10.22 Bangor to Crewe.

37429 "Eisteddfod Genedlaethol" is seen near Hargrave with 1D77 16.18 Crewe to Bangor on the 24th May 1997. Beeston Castle is prominent in the background.

37429 "Eisteddfod Genedlaethol" passes Hargrave on the 16th October 1999 with 1D69 Crewe to Holyhead.

37429 "Eisteddfod Genedlaethol" runs into Chester with 1K61 10.22 Bangor to Crewe on the 15th April 2000.

37429 waits to leave Crewe with the 21.25 Crewe to Holyhead. 9/1/97.

37431 "Co of Powys- Sir Powys" leaves Crewe with a train to Cardiff on the 15th September 1988.

37431 "County of Powys" stands at Crewe with a Cardiff to Liverpool LS service. 15/9/88.

37518 is seen near Hargrave with 1D79 17.18 Crewe to Holyhead on the 7th September 1996. Beeston Castle is visible in the background.

40145 thrashes up the 1 in 60 towards Disley with "The Buxton Forester" - 1Z47 06.58 Birmingham International - Buxton. 15/9/07.

43098 & 43063 pass Saltney Junction with 1D87 08.25 Euston to Holyhead on the 16th October 1999.

45103 passes through Crewe with a single inspection saloon in tow, on the 27th May 1986.

45106 was re-painted in (the wrong shade of) green in 1988. It was destined as a replacement for D200, which had just been withdrawn. However fate intervened and the loco suffered a major fire shortly after this shot was taken, so the plan didn't happen. The location is Liverpool Lime Street on the 10th September 1988.

47313 at Helsby with a fertiliser train. 13/4/89. Working anyone?

47624 "St Andrew" stands at Crewe with a Euston to Holyhead service. 9/1/97.

47750 heads one of the "final" Crewe to Holyhead loco-hauled services on the "last day" - 30th March 2004. The train was 1D65 10.30 to Holyhead.

47776 "Respected" passes Plumley West on the 27th February 2004 with 5K44 09.00 Man Picc to Crewe. This was the ECS of an inward working from Holyhead.

47840 "North Star" passes Hargrave with 1A62 Holyhead to Euston on the 31st May 2003.

47844 passes Saltney Junction, near Chester with 1A32 09.52 Holyhead to Euston, on the 16th October 1999.

57304 "Gordon Tracy". Rowton. 1K41 14.15 Holyhead to Euston. 19/7/08.

60024 passes Plumley West, near Northwich, with 6H03 Oakleigh to Tunstead on the 27th February 2004.

66086 rounds the curve with a ballast off the line from Stoke on the 30th March 2004.

66596 passes Ashley with the Manchester to Warrington leg of "The Mersey Mancunian" - 1Z89 13:00 ex-Piccadilly. 24/1/09.

66602 heads a ballast working through Crewe station on the 30th March 2004.

66603 is at the rear of a southbound ballast train at Crewe on the 30th March 2004.

67004 arrives back at Crewe after a crew training run along the North Wales Coast on the 30th March 2004.

81021 stands at Crewe on 27th May 1986 with a northbound service. Note the Class 150/1 Sprinter DMU in the adjacent platform. These had just entered service at the time.

90001 comes to a stand at Crewe with 1A61 12.35 Liverpool to Euston. 30/3/04.

90005 waits at Liverpool Lime Street between duties. 10/9/88.

90009 "The Economist" at Liverpool Lime St. 4/4/92.

90010 on a southbound test train at Crewe. 15/9/88.

90014 leaves Crewe with1F17 13.10 Euston to Liverpool. 30/3/04.

90015 pauses at Crewe with a Euston to Manchester at 00:12 on the 10th January 1997.

Class 25s await their fate on the scrap line at Crewe TMD on 27th May 1986.