197101, 17.35 LlandudnoJunction-Crewe (cancelled from Chester) (3K52, 42E), Raymond Street
Testing times for new stock! 197101 is seen approaching Chester
taken from the city's Raymond Street bridge working the 3K52 Llandudno to Crewe mileage accumulation turn. The Class 197s will soon operate all over the northwest and become a familiar sight replacing all of the Coradia Class 175s and the Express Sprinter Class 158s. In the background of this view two of the bridges that carry the city wall over the railway can be seen. These were constructed in 1848 to carry the railway from Chester onwards to North Wales; can one imagine today merely knocking through a historic city wall in this way?