On the night of the 8th/9th December 2009, 97304 “John Tiley” continued to undertake ERTMS brake tests with 10 WCRC coaches as a dead weight from Shrewsbury to Newtown and return, in order to ... (more)
97301 crosses the River Severn at Caersws returning with the 5Z97 11.58 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury Howard Street.
97301 crosses the A470 at Caersws returning with the 5Z97 11.58 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury Howard Street. These and other semaphores on the line will become redundant once ERTMS is commissioned, th... (more)
97301 passes Glanhafren, Welshpool on the 08.28 5Z97 Shrewsbury Howard Street to Aberystwyth. Note the newly relaid double track, having been lifted in the 1960s.
97301 passes Carno returning with the 5Z97 11.58 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury Howard Street.
97301 passes the Dovey National Nature Reserve at Borth on the 08.28 5Z97 Shrewsbury Howard Street to Aberystwyth.
Former class 37 now rebanded as Network Rail class 97 301 slowly runs past Madeley Junction with 5Z97 Darby RTC to Shrewsbury.