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71000 Duke of Gloucester members special 'The Impossible Dream' Crewe Wednesday 8th October 2025

Discussion in 'Photography' started by neildimmer, Oct 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I went over to Crewe today to see 71000 Duke of Gloucester with the members special 'The Impossible Dream' Crewe Wednesday 8th October 2025
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-WjSGn84
    Due to problem not of the making by 71000 Duke of Gloucester, a train had ran into some cows on the line on the route the Duke was going to take'71000 left Crewe depot on time but was kept in Gresty Green sidings for nearly 2 hours, when the line was officially reopened the Duke pulled into platform 12 needing to top up on water after waiting so long in the sidings.
    71000 Duke of Gloucester arriving on P12
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-fgwdDZL
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-hFHnRvf

    Taking water on P12
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-7GkVcZR

    Fitted with 'The Impossible Dream' headboard
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-tjnFNPs

    Finally nearly 150 minutes late the members special left Crewe with a circular route through Chester Wrexham Shrewsbury Stafford and back to Crewe
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-vmxbFpD
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-n3G45MZ
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-CgCKkd7
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-wDzq2w9

    57003 Inter-City Railway Society on the rear
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-p276F9k

    Neil
     
    neildimmer, Oct 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Just as everybody was waiting for 71000 Duke of Gloucester to leave Crewe, this working appeared, luckily on the same platform as we were all standing 37518 Fort William taking 40106 to its new home at the ELR Wednesday 8th October
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-6RHMkzt
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-wNdqdfP

    Quite a few class 67's about plus 70816 & The Network Rail measurement train seen
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-bnLq62r
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-7pGfN57
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-4kXpGXT

    and 66540 Ruby on route learning duties
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Days-out/2025/October-2025/71000-/i-WgBJS2m

    Neil
     
    neildimmer, Oct 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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