THE NORTH WALES COAST RAILWAY NOTICE BOARD

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RUGBY SATURDAY - PICTURE SPECIAL

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Edition of 01 September 2003

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Lots of pictorial contributions from Saturday 30 August, a day when Wales and Borders did their stuff for the rugby international in Cardiff; here's a page full of locomotive hauled trains for you.

Here's 47 784 Condover Hall arriving at Crewe with the 06:48 First North Western service from Holyhead (Tim J. Rogers)

The 07:45 Crewe - Cardiff via Wrexham extra working featured 37 408 Loch Rannoch. Pictured at Crewe by Tim J. Rogers

37 197 at Crewe (Tim J. Rogers)

57 309 Brains on Thunderbird duty at Crewe (Tim J. Rogers)

A train ran from Hereford to Fishguard; this started the day with 37 405 but this was removed at Cardiff (Rowan Crawshaw's picture above) and replaced by non-electric train supply 37 886.

Loch Rannoch arrives at Chester (Tim E. Rogers)

47 828 Severn Valley Railway passes Conwy Morfa with the 10.31 Crewe-Holyhead (Larry Goddard)

Posing in front of the Millennium Stadium on arrival at Cardiff (Tim E. Rogers)

47 784 Condover Hall passing approaching Aber with the 10.21 Birmingham-Holyhead. Picture by Larry Goddard: taken  from private land with permission from the farmer.
 

37 886 Sir Dyfed/County of Dyfed aproaching Llanelli on 1Z38, the 1335 Fishguard to Crewe. (Tim J. Rogers)

47 828 returns to England on 1A75, seen passing through Conwy station. (Alan Crawshaw)
 

The Fishguard - Crewe working arrives at Crewe in the evening (Warren Desmond)

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