Plain Loco
I rode on the 12:17 1D87 Virgin train from Bangor to Holyhead
(07:45 ex-Euston) and returned on the same train (1A62 13:35) on the 27 September
2003 which is final day of summer. Will it be the last Virgin 47 along the North
Wales Coast? No
47830 arrives into Bangor
47830 runs round at Holyhead
47732 Restromel in the sidings while 47830
awaits its return duty. It was the last day of First North Western along coast
with Wales & Borders taken out in the winter timetable. 47789 failed at
Rhyl on the final 1D67 from Birmingham with an TPWS fault and run empty, so
it was lucky that I returned on the same train. Class 47s will continue to run
from Crewe to Holyhead.
It is a shame that Virgin choose the dullest looking of their Locomotives today. This
loco only retains its drab green livery, with all the branding removed from
its previous operator First Great Western. One of disadvantages of privatisation
is the need to repaint trains when transferring from one company to another
so this does not confuse people.
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