The 1960s built 47840 'North Star' is seen working its final train before it got donated into preservation at the West Somerset Railway seen here at Blue Anchor - 28/05/2007
A Derby to Minehead tour which took 'North Star', specially repainted in original BR two-tone green, to its retirement on the privately-owned West Somerset Railway.
A Doncaster to Cardiff football special headed by one of EWS's two claret-liveried royal train locomtives. Note the Doncaster Rovers headboard! Chepstow is on the route between Gloucester and Se... (more)
Persevered Class 40 number 40145 is seen leading 1Z47 past Gatcombe - 03/03/2007
40145 pauses at Stoke on Trent with a Crewe to Llandrindod Wells enthusiasts railtour.
47828 is seen leading 47813 and 1Z47 Gloucester-Gloucester via Bath, Trowbridge, Newbury, Reading West, Swindon, Trowbridge, Westbury and back to Gloucester at Wolfhall Junction near Crofton. This... (more)
47828 with 47813 is seen leading 1Z47 past Shrivenham - 16/12/2006
50049 “Defiance” passes Stoke Wood, Craven Arms, with the 1Z47 16.20 Cardiff Central to Crewe relief.
47851 passes Offord Cluny on a Darlington to London Kings Cross railtour.
With the Chirk aqueduct in front, 40145 crosses the River Ceiriog and also from Wales into England over Chirk viaduct on Pathfinder Tours’ 1Z47 06.01 Crewe to Cardiff “The Welsh Whistler”.
As the September mist slowly clears, 47848 passes Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, on the 1Z47 08.03 Chester-Cardiff for the Wales v. England World Cup qualifiers at the Millennium Stadium.