47721 'Saint Bede' backs onto Hertfordshire Railtours' 1Z50 0827 Kings Cross - Carlisle charter at York to take the train forward to its destination via the Settle 7 Carlisle line (04/04/1998)
47721 is pictured again on arrival at Carlisle with 1Z50 (04/04/1998)
47676 was in the process of being dismantled at Booth's during my next visit to the yard. To the right are the remains of 47249 (05/04/1998)
Recently-arrived 47543 waits its turn in the queue with 47102 and 47378 (05/04/1998)
Minus its wheels, then end for 47249 was only a matter of days away (05/04/1998)
From left to right: 47222, 47096, 47321, 47291 await a similar fate at Booths (05/04/1998)
A last look at 47676 - or at least what was left of this once fine machine (05/04/1998)
1Z53 0613 Long Preston - Edinburgh 'Green Express' charter arrives at Bingley behind 47734 'Crewe Diesel Depot' (11/04/1998)
47792 'Saint Cuthbert' waits to work forward from Darlington having been attached to 1S14 0945 Doncaster - Glasgow for the diversion over the non-electrified route to Newcastle via Stockton and Hartlepool (12/04/1998)
Later that afternoon 47733 'Easter Star' eases up at Darlington having dragged 1E06 1100 Edinburgh - Kings Cross from Newcastle via the Durham Coast (12/04/1998)
Hooton, Merseyside, is the unusual setting for 47763 as it waits to depart with 1Z69 0720 charter to Minehead (18/04/1998)
A wide-angle view of 47763 and its train at Bishops Lydeard station on the West Somerset Railway (18/04/1998)
A selection of happy punters and 47763 are pictured at Minehead later that afternoon shortly before the departure of the return leg to Hooton (18/04/1998)
47763 awaits departure from Minehead with the 1Z27 1645 return charter to Hooton (18/04/1998)
After a bad couple of days at the previous Autumn's event, 47449 was much more like her old self during the Llangollen Railway's Spring Diesel Gala. This is the scene at Llangollen station prior to the departure of the 1100 service to Carrog (19/04/1998)
The view from the opposite platform as 47449 waits to depart from Llangollen with the 1100 to Carrog (19/04/1998)
47449 is pictured again on arrival back into Llangollen with the 1200 from Carrog (19/04/1998)
With the River Dee in the background, 47449 runs round at Llangollen after working the 1200 from Carrog (19/04/1998)
47449 at Llangollen with the 1330 to Carrog during the Llangollen Railway's Spring Diesel Gala (19/04/1998)
About to work its last train of the day, 47449 awaits departure from Carrog with the 1728 to Llangollen (19/04/1998)
47449 waits to cross a westbound train at Glyndyfrdwy whilst working the 1728 Carrog - Llangollen (19/04/1998)
47831 'Bolton Wanderer' pauses at Darlington with the SuO 1E26 0858 Derby - Newcastle (26/04/1998)
47226 + 47338 arrive at Watford Junction with the empty stock for Mercia Charters' 1Z57 0646 'Chameleon Rose' railtour to Peterborough. The pair worked the train to Nuneaton via Coventry (02/05/1998)
Fragonset's 47703 awaits departure from Gloucester having run round the diverted 1V46 0910 Liverpool - Plymouth (02/05/1998)
