37212 and 37027 accelerate away from Manchester Victoria on a gloomy 19
April 1986 heading a westbound Peakstone train.
The 0710 Newcastle - Liverpool pauses at platform 11 with 45129 in charge, 19 April 1986.
08721 at Victoria, 19/04/1986.
56111 on an empty MGR train returning from Fiddlers Ferry power station, passing the platform of the former Manchester Exchange station just west of Victoria, 19 April 1986.
25191 hauling a class from Wolverton Works back to its home in Bury. The magnificent station building of Victoria can be seen behind, the only part of the station that survives today after complete rebuilding in the mid 1990s.
On a sunny 26 April 1986 47406 leaves Manchester Victoria with the 0725 Nottingham - Glasgow.
47609 with a football train to Newcastle, 26 April 1986.
The class 100 / class 105 hybrid DMU in the bay platforms at Victoria on 26 April 1986.
25211 stands at the
former Manchester Exchange platform with two class 504 units being returned
from Wolverton Works to Bury, 26 April 1986. The driver gave us a short
cab ride down the length of the platform!
See here for more photos at Man Vic in 1986