North West trains, 2017

Photos from the West Coast Main Line (WCML) and other lines in north west England.

86101 Sir William A Stanier FRS, 1S26, Carnforth, Sat 1 July 2017 - 0507. The 86 makes a very rare appearance on the 2350 Euston - Edinburgh / Glasgow Caledonian Sleeper, 48 minutes late. It had left Euston 90 late at 0120 because of a threatened suicide at Rugby which closed the WCML 2015 - 0015. 1S26 reached Glasgow 26 late at 0744. 1B26 (90049) from Carstairs reached Edinburgh 27 late at 0748. 1S25 (92018) had left Euston 205 late at 0041, passed Carnforth 167 late at 0412 and was still 167 late when it reached Inverness (67030) at 1125. 1A25 (73968) reached Aberdeen 146 late at 1005. 1Y11 (73966) reached Fort William 231 late at 1346. Virgin trains were also heavily delayed. 1S06 1930 Euston - Glasgow was terminated at Carlisle after arriving 255 late at 0305. (The soutbound Caledonian Sleepers 1M11 (92033) and 1M16 (90047) both arrived at Euston on time.)

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86101 Sir William A Stanier FRS, 1S26, Carnforth, Sat 1 July 2017 - 0507. The 86 makes a very rare appearance on the 2350 Euston - Edinburgh / Glasgow Caledonian Sleeper, 48 minutes late. It had left Euston 90 late at 0120 because of a threatened suicide at Rugby which closed the WCML 2015 - 0015. 1S26 reached Glasgow 26 late at 0744. 1B26 (90049) from Carstairs reached Edinburgh 27 late at 0748. 1S25 (92018) had left Euston 205 late at 0041, passed Carnforth 167 late at 0412 and was still 167 late when it reached Inverness (67030) at 1125. 1A25 (73968) reached Aberdeen 146 late at 1005. 1Y11 (73966) reached Fort William 231 late at 1346. Virgin trains were also heavily delayed. 1S06 1930 Euston - Glasgow was terminated at Carlisle after arriving 255 late at 0305. (The soutbound Caledonian Sleepers 1M11 (92033) and 1M16 (90047) both arrived at Euston on time.)