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EWS Class 67 GNER DVT
Freight locomotive 67004 of English Welsh & Scottish Railways stands at Crewe before departing light engine on 2nd April 2004. An unidentified GNER Driving Van Trailer is pictured at Leeds, as it pauses with a Kings Cross bound service on the evening of 28th June 2004.
 
North of London Eurostar InterCity 225
Looking respendent in GNER livery, Eurostar set 373303 pauses at Doncaster with a Leeds to Kings Cross service on 27th August 2003. In June 1994, an unidentified Intercity 225 Class 91 stands at Newcastle Central waiting to depart on the return journey with a Hertfordshire Rail Tours charter from Kings Cross.
 
Settle - Carlisle HST Virgin West Coast Class 87
An unusual sight in October 1993 was HST 43081 at Appleby, on the Settle-Carlisle line, with a Hertfordshire Rail Tours charter, halfway through its circular tour of the Pennines from St Pancras to Kings Cross. 43061 City of Lincoln was at the head of the train. Virgin Trains are still operating a small number of Class 87s on West Coast services between Euston and Glasgow Central. 87006 George Reynolds is seen departing from Oxenholme with a mid-morning northbound service on 30th June 2004.
 
EWS Class 66 Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 47
66250 of EW&S Railways stands at a signal in platform 4 at Carlisle station on 1st July 2004, awaiting clearence for a southbound working.. Freightliner Brush locomotive 47805 arrives at Crewe on 3rd July 2004, having been hired by Virgin West Coast to haul services along the North Wales Main Line from Holyhead, as well as for services as far south as London Euston.
 
Midland Mainline HST Cotswold Class 47
Midland Mainline HST unit 43075 is seen departing from Leicester with a high speed service to Sheffield on 9th October 2004. Cotswold Rail locomotive 47813 is seen stabled at Norwich on 31st October 2004, also with First branding and wearing basic former Great Western colours.
 
East Coast Class 373 one Anglia DVT
On 3rd November 2004, GNER operated Eurostar set 373312 is pictured on departure from Peterborough with a northbound service to Leeds. Now being phased in to replace the aging Driving Van Trailers, unit 82119 is pictured at Norwich on 4th November 2004 with a one Anglia intercity service from London Liverpool Street.
 
Anglia Class 86 GNER HST
86235 is pictured at Norwich on 4th November 2004, ready to work an afternoon service to London Liverpool Street. These locomotives have now being phased out in preference to Class 90s which were transferred from other Train Operating Companies. On the evening of 5th March 2005, HST Power Car 43038 is seen bringing up the rear at Darlington station, with a southbound service to Leeds.
 
Virgin 'Thunderbirds'
In 2004 Virgin Trains took delivery of their last Class 57 locomotive from Brush Traction. These vehicles are used for Thunderbird
rescue duties, as well as for hauling Virgin Pendolino sets over the non-electrified North Wales Main Line to Holyhead.
These photos were taken on Sunday 16th January 2005 at Crewe.
57303 Alan Tracy is pictured arriving in a bay platform at Crewe station. A close up shot of 57308 Tin Tin as she stands idle in the platform.
57312 The Hood is shown ready to depart with a Pendolino set bound for Holyhead. 57314 Tracy Island is pictured in line with stablemate 57304 Virgil Tracy.
 
EWS Class 66 Freightliner Class 86
66174 is pictured heading north across the Royal Border Bridge, on the approach to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland on 11th March 2005, with a train of coal hoppers bound for Scotland. Freightliner AC locomotive 86602 is shown stabled in Platform 2 at York station on 6th March 2005, where it remained for the following week.
 
The Flying Banana Class 92 'Schubert'
Network Rail's sophisticated New Measurement Train collates a mass of computer data to assess many aspects of the track condition. The trailing power car of the converted HST is seen passing through Stoke-on-Trent on 12th January 2006. Pictured passing through Stoke-on-Trent station light engine on 12th January 2006 is freight locomotive 92007. This class of locomotive are all named after composers.
 
'Police' Class 67 Royal 67
47829 Crewe Noted in Crewe Yard on 12th Jan 2006 was Freightliner Heavy Haul locomotive 47829, wearing Police livery. The vehicle was painted in this scheme to raise public awareness of police activity on the railways in a bid to deter trespass. 67005 Newcastle Photographed from a passing NXEC HST on departure from Newcastle on 4th October 2008 was Royal locomotive 67005 Queen's Messenger, where she had been stabled for the previous week.