THE DAY THE CASTLES CAME NORTH - a photo on Flickriver

            When I was a train spotter in the early 1960's GWR locos still worked trains from the Shrewsbury direction. As I could only afford a LMS/BR spotters book and not the 'Combined' volume of all locos I tended not to take much interest in trains off the WR.... oh dear!! One of the first railway books I owned was by Eric Treacy, I think called 'Portrait of Steam' in which there was a section with the above title of the workings in March 1967.
Another shot forming a part of the Tom Derrington Collection with photographer unknown showing 4079 Pendennis Castle hauling the Birkenhead Flyer and just approaching Chester General passing the DMU sheds and a fine array of LNWR semaphores. 4-3-67.
This weekend marked the last of the through London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside trains. 4079 came on at Didcot and worked to Chester and back.
It always has appeared that there were more photos taken on this weekend than at any other time around Chester.
The exploits of the Black5's working the Shrewsbury trains around this time seems to have received relatively poor coverage. Some of their runs were quite amazing.  
   

Taken on: November 23, 2020

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