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Monday 15 August 2011

The Welshmen Spitfire Tour April '11

On the 30th April Spitfire tours ran a charter train to Fishguard in Wales, haulage was Class 37688 & 194 also BR Class 47 580.



Class No. 57601 & Newly out shopped Class 57001 are seen awaiting the peg at Preston in the early hours of Saturday morning with the ECS for The Statsmen Blackpool - Spalding rail-tour on the 30th April 2011. This was 57001's first outing in its new WCRC Livery.



Direct Rail Services Class 37's 688 'Kingmoor TMD' & 194 sit blocking the level crossing at Fishguard after a jolly from Carmarthen which Class 47580 brought down. With the train running around 25mins late, it stopped here for about 10mins instead of 30mins on 30th April 2011.



No. 47580 'County of Essex' rests at Fishguard after a jolly from Carmarthen with 37688 & 194 on the rear, the train then returned back Carmarthen where it reversed on the triangle to form 1Z52 on 30th April 2011.



No. 47580 'County of Essex' sits at Preston station after along slog down to Wales and back, No. 47580 was used for ETH and for the trip from Carmarthen to Fishguard. Seen here in the early hours of the on 1st May 2011.

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