Part 1 (January - May)

Rush hour at Strathcarron! 37416 waits patiently with 2H83 1010 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh, whilst in the distanve 37421 approaches at the head of 2H82 1128 Kyle - Inverness (06/01/1989)

20055+20051 ease away from Lostock Junction, where the SuO 1A24 0815 Blackpool North - Euston had just reversed. The '20s' would take the service as far as Wigan North Western, where train loco 47520 would continue south to Crewe after a further reversal (22/01/1989)

Sunday morning engineering work on the WCML between Wigan and Euxton saw London trains booked for 'draw-back' locomotives between Lostock Junction (near Bolton) and Wigan to assist with the double-reversal required to re-gain the booked route. 20160 + 20147 are seen here at Wigan North Western having led 1A46 1330 Preston - Euston on the 6.75-mile leg from Lostock (22/01/1989)

20004 + 20052 are pictured in Platform 1 at Wigan North Western having dragged the SuO 1A15 0824 Blackpool North - Euston from Lostock Junction. The '20s' would shortly draw forward to enable the rear of the train to clear the signal at Wigan Station Junction and allow 47517 to continue south (12/02/1989)

20043 + 20069 are about to depart Wigan North Western for Lostock Junction with an unidentified ECS working. This sought-after pair had been scored by many on the previous night's 1M10 2200 Glasgow - Euston (12/02/1989)

Some weary travellers and their steeds pose alongside 20004 + 20052 at Wigan North Western after a successful overnight mission (12/02/1989)

20043 + 20069 (left) and 20052 + 20004 (right) await their next duties on the 'Lostock drags' at Wigan North Western (12/02/1989)

Having been attached to the rear of the train during the reversal at Lostock Junction, 20004 + 20052 head for Wigan North Western with the SuO 1V55 1225 Preston - Bristol Temple Meads. The sign for Lostock Parkway station (which only has platforms on the line to Chorley) is just visible behind the third coach of the train (12/02/1989)

37407 'Loch Long' storms away from Crewe with 1M06 0507 Cardiff - Liverpool, a train which was temporarily booked for loco-haulage due to an ongoing shortage of 'Sprinters' (04/03/1989)

50039 'Implacable' arrives at Worcester Shrub Hill with the SuO 1B31 1345 Paddington - Hereford (05/03/1989)

50030 'Repulse' arrives at Malvern Link with the SuO 1A65 1615 Hereford - Paddington (05/03/1989)

31446 + 31407 double-head 1E09 0635 Carlisle - Leeds at the former Southfield Lane foot crossing to the south of Bingley station (25/03/1989)

31442 + 31467 provided some unexpected traction for the diverted 1S59 0835 Euston - Inverness between Preston and Carlisle. The pair are seen in the cutting north of Dent station (27/03/1989)

50034 'Furious' powers away from Reading with the 1F35 0935 Oxford - Paddington (01/04/1989)

33102 calls at Clapham Junction with 1L07 1210 Waterloo - Salisbury (01/04/1989)

A long-range view of 50044 'Exeter' approaching Clapham Junction with the 1510 Waterloo - Exeter (01/04/1989)

Former Class 15 ADB968000 is pictured here outside the DMU shed at Marylebone. The one-time D8243 had been converted into a train pre-heating unit in the early 1970s and saw occasional use in connection with steam-hauled charters using the London terminus (01/04/1989)

37170 is pictured on arrival at Edinburgh Waverley 1B29 2216 from Carstairs. The portion had been detached off the rear of 1S87 1315 Brighton - Glasgow and as the back-working of a parcel train earlier in the evening had become renowned for producing unusual traction (17/04/1989)

33101 departs from Basingstoke on the rear of the 1729 Salisbury - Waterloo (22/04/1989)

31438 + 31445 race past the Boots complex on the approach to Beeston with the 1010 'foot-ex' from Nottingham to Wembley Central in connection with Forest's appearance at the League Cup Final (30/04/1989)