BLS "Crompton Weekend", 7th to 9th March 2020
Three days of trips behind various Class 33 "Cromptons" and a Class 47, two enhanced positioning moves either side of the main "Devonian Crompton" tour on Sunday 8th March 2020. Run in conjunction with West Coast Railways, Network Rail and 71A Locomotive Group, the tours were raising funds for the Help for Heroes Charity and also for Tommy's. All three days were excellent though I wasn't able to do the full trip on any of them due to logistics - it also turned out to be my last efforts for a while due to the Covid-19 outbreak curtailing activities. Please note - all photos taken from ground positions are with permission and under supervision. As usual, a few photos to start, more to be added as time permits!
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BLS "Fenny Crompton", 33029, Coventry Platform 4, 7th March 2020
Running as 1Z36, 07:10 from Lancaster to London Paddington, the BLS "Fenny Crompton" tour runs in to Coventry Station Platform 4 with 33029 leading and 47746 bringing up the rear of the train at 11:36¾ on Saturday 7th March 2020. The train was some 53 minutes late departing from Lancaster and was almost an hour down at Alsager, but by Aston was running two minutes early! Digital Image No. IGMP55345.
