Part 1 (January - May)

47641 'Fife Region' awaits departure from Inverness with 1B38 1015 to Edinburgh (05/01/1989)

Side by side at Inverness are 47640 'University of Strathclyde' with the 1032 to Aberdeen, and (right) 47541 'The Queen Mother' with the 1230 to Glasgow Queen Street (05/01/1989)

47546 'Aviemore Centre' pauses at Aviemore with 1H11 1135 Edinburgh-Inverness (05/01/1989)

47469 'Glasgow Chamber of Commerce' awaits departure form Inverness with 1B34 1415 to Edinburgh (06/01/1989)

47460 arrives at Elgin with the 0828 Inverness-Aberdeen (07/01/1989)

97561 is pictured at Derby with the FO 1C72 1530 to St Pancras. This train was bizarrely booked for an ETH 37 (probably explains why I was there then!) but seldom produced one (27/01/1989)

Another view of 97561 as it departs Leicester with 1C72 1530 Derby-St Pancras (27/01/1989)

47638 'County of Kent' heads north from Wigan North Western with the SuO 1344 Birmingham-Glasgow (05/02/1989)

The day West Yorkshire got it's very own version of the 'Nuneaton Drags'! 47207 'Bulmers of Hereford' is pictured on arrival at Leeds having 'dragged' 89001 from Wakefield on the SuO 1D37 1224 from Peterborough (12/02/1989)

47665 at Birmingham New Street after working 1M21 1109 from Leeds (03/03/1989)

47609 'Fire Fly' departs Birmingham International with 1M14 1040 Poole-Liverpool (03/03/1989)

47591 calls at Banbury with 1O09 0808 Manchester Piccadilly - Poole (04/03/1989)

47629 arrives at Banbury with 1S39 0900 Poole - Glasgow Central (04/03/1989)

47621 'Royal County of Berkshire' departs from Cheltenham Spa with 1V50 0709 Glasgow - Penzance (04/03/1989)

Deputising for the booked 'DMU', 97472 is pictured on arrival at Derby 2P84 1138 from Crewe (06/03/1989)

Having run round its short three-coach train, the RTC-based machine is pictured departing Derby with 2K59 1258 to Crewe. I had to skip this trip to attend Tutorial meeting over at Nottingham University, but did make it back for the 1604 trip (06/03/1989)

Easter Weekend saw the traditional closure of the WCML between Preston and Carlisle, with services diverted over the 'S&C'. 47459 passes through Long Preston with the retimed 1V59 1009 Glasgow Central - Plymouth (25/03/1989)

47432 rounds the curve into Long Preston with the diverted 1M04 1020 Glasgow Central - Euston, which it worked between Carlisle and Preston (25/03/1989)

Standby loco 47019 is pictured against the backdrop of the then near-derelict Hellifield station. The Railfreight-liveried machine had earlier rescued 47566 which had failed at Appleby on 1M18 0620 Glasgow - Euston, and had dragged the train through to Preston (25/03/1989)

47590 'Thomas Telford' approaches Dent with the diverted 0909 Glasgow Central-Poole (27/03/1989)

47451 sweeps through Dent with the 0913 Birmingham-Glasgow (27/03/1989)

47574 'Benjamin Gimbert GC' rounds the curve into Dent station with the 0652 Aberdeen-Plymouth (27/03/1989)

47456 rounds the curve north of Dent station with the diverted 1S52 1114 Manchester Victoria - Edinburgh (27/03/1989)

The sheer scale of the lanscape traversed by the Settle - Carlisle line can be appreciated in this view of 47565 as it exits Rise Hill Tunnel with the diverted 1M20 0845 Ayr - Euston (27/03/1989)