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We’ll what a night,

90002 on the 1923 Euston to Manchester.

Avanti canceled it’s 1923 and it’s clear the message crossed at Euston as 90002 arrived considerably full at Rugby.

Quite why Avanti at Rugby were telling passengers it’s 2024 (1923 ex Euston) to Manchester was canceled and to board the LMR service to Crewe and seek assistance was beyond me though… the LSL service definitely had space and was running in the same path as the 2024..

or course the Crewe LMR arrived, with passengers falling out the doors it was so rammed.

And finally back in London and popped in to see 86401 safely tucked up in bed…

I must admit that I've always liked Mk2 coaches - and class 86 and 87 locos.

Also, the rail blue / rail blue and grey colour schemes just looked "right" to me.

OK - I was born in the mid 1960s - so these colours were what I grew up with. As for the locos, they're what I saw during my industrial training.

I could imagine a number of people being delighted to encounter this sort of fare on the WCML again.