57304 'Pride of Cheshire' sits at Crewe waiting for the 'phone call to come through! It is a thunderbird ready to rescue a stricken train should it fail and block the busy mainline. This is a rare occurrence but one that can cause absolute chaos if not dealt with quickly. 57304 was photographed by me in a very different guise as steam-heat 47055 thirty-seven years previously, see.....
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