60007 Sir Nigel Gresley Welsh Marches Express (Saphos Trains) Shrewsbury 10th May 2023

[neildimmer]

I went over to Shrewsbury today to see the arrival of 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley with the Welsh Marches Express (Saphos Trains)
Running nearly an hour late due to signalling problems associated with a lightning strike yesterday, plus trespassers on the line near Shrewsbury
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Neil
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[Mickey]

I don't rate the livery even if it was authentic i'd rather the 'old girl' be back in B.R. Brunswick green

Thanks for posting the pictures Neil.

[rockinjohn]

Hi Mickey &all,I like it/love it King/MN /A4 that blue heralded the the future the '50's after the dismal '40's& the continuing austerity, only ever just remembering the one sighting for me an A1 blue@ the Kings X buffer stops around '51/'52 so long ago now hope my memory not playing tricks.jj

[Mickey]

Good day jj when it comes to express passenger loco liveries of the BIG FOUR and the following B.R. regional set-up that came after the former BIG FOUR companies in a nutshell former LNER, Southern & GWR lines express passenger locos in GREEN and the former LMS lines express passenger locos in RED well that's how like it.