Photos: All Line Rover Day 1

Photos from Day 1 – 19th June

An ex-Silverlink, FCC branded, class 321 stands at Kings Cross shortly before departure with a service to Peterborough. 

321404 now wears the attractive house colours of new operator First Capital Connect.

Grand Central’s 43080 waits for it’s time to leave Kings Cross with one of the open access TOC’s express trains to Sunderland.

Declassified First Class on Grand Central.

Passengers board the train to Sunderland at York.

The guard of 1N25 wait’s the green light ahead.

43065, one of the very few Valenta engined power cars left, screams away from York.

185140 pauses at York on a Manchester bound TPX.

Northern’s 158904 stands in the trainshed at York.

Now at Tame Bridge Parkway, 170511 departs – Bescot yards can be seen in the background.

323210 heads for New Street on departure from Tame Bridge Parkway.

153333 and a class 170 arrive at Tame Bridge.

170504 at Tame Bridge

Freightliner’s 66516 opens up power through Tame Bridge with a container train from Lawley Street.

67013, complete with Welsh Dragon on the cab front, arrived at Tame Bridge with a WSMR service from Shrewsbury. 

Platform staff at Shrewsbury give 175009’s guard the tip to depart.

175107 arrives at Shrewsbury over the stations complex track layout.

82305, a MK3 DVT converted especially for use with WSMR, stands at Shrewsbury.

90019 stands at Euston having arrived with the 1730 from Birmingham. VWC still employ one rake of Mk3 coaches to cover for a Pendolino Unit damaged in a shunting accident last year.

82101, the former “101 Squadron”, stands at Euston.