Part 1 (January - May)

On the first day of the New Year, 47806 pauses at Banbury with 1V96 1218 Manchester-reading (01/01/1994)

47828 awaits departure from Derby with the SuO 1E26 1035 to York (02/01/1994)

In place of the usual HST, 47634 'Holbeck heads the SuO 1V96 1416 to London Paddington at Manchester Piccadilly (02/01/1996)

The following morning 47462 stands at reading with an additional 1Z43 1224 to Edinburgh, which it worked as far as Birmingham (03/01/1994)

47847 calls at Cheltenham Spa with 1V54 1106 York-Swansea (08/01/1994)

47780 is detached from the SuO 1A13 0800 Manchester-Euston having dragged the train to Stafford through an overhead line isolation (30/01/1994)

47806 arrives into Banbury with the SuO 1S39 1029 Poole-Glasgow Central (30/01/1994)

47448 (left) and 47515 are viewed from a passing charter train in the yard at Holbeck (05/02/1994)

Also present were 47442 and 47433 (05/02/1994)

A closer look at last-built 47515 still languishing at Holbeck. In the background is the former Leeds viaduct line, which was closed in the late-1980s (05/02/1994)

47820 is pictured on arrival at Edinburgh Waverley with Rail UK's 1Z09 0640 charter from Cleethorpes via the 'S&C' (19/02/1994)

47779 calls at Blackburn with ECS Railtours' 0831 Stockport-Carlisle charter via the Hope Valley, Copy Pit and Cumbrian Coast (05/03/1994)

47779 is pictured again on arrival at Carlisle after becoming only the second '47' in recent years to work a passenger train over the full length of the Cumbrian Coast route from Barrow (05/03/1994)

47820 calls at Penrith with Lancaster Railtours' 0540 'Moray Firth Express' charter from Preston to Inverness (19/03/1994)

The train is pictured again shortly afterwards waiting time at Carlisle (19/03/1994)

Perth was the first of the set-down points, and 47820 is pictured here before providing many on board with their first opportunity to travel the Highland Main Line behind a '47' since the 'sleepers' were handed over to pairs of '37s' back in 1992 (19/03/1994)

Next stop for the 'Moray Firth Express' was Pitlochry, where 47820 is seen taking a quick breather before tackling the climb to Drumochter (19/03/1994)

47820 races across the majestic Findhorn Viaduct against a backdrop of snow-covered mountain scenery. Priceless... (19/03/1994)

Three years of of open storage have clearly taken their toll on 47643, seen here languishing in Millburn Yard, Inverness. Other than a brief spell at Gateshead in the late-1960s this Scottish Region stalwart had been based north of the Border for its entire working life (19/03/1994)

Although it wasn't known at the time, there was a happy ending in store for 47643 with its ultimate preservation by the SRPS at Bo'ness (19/03/1994)

Snow is beginning to fall once more as 47820 readies itself for departure from Inverness with Lancaster Railtours' 1600 return charter to Preston (19/03/1994)

47717 calls at Rochdale prior to taking the Oldham Loop line with the Huddersfield Green Party's 0645 Huddersfield-Carlisle charter (26/03/1994)

A few minutes later 47717 is pictured again picking up passengers at Oldham Mumps station (26/03/1994)

47717 is pictured once more on arrival at Carlisle with what would be the last '47'-hauled passenger train around the whole of Cumbrian Coast route for over a decade as recently lifted restrictions on coaching stock between Carlisle and Maryport were subsequently reimposed (26/03/1994)