37073 at Derby on 6 May 1989 before working a football train to Birmingham, which we were able to get on for a rare bit of class 37 haulage.
47063 at Shrewsbury on the 1113 Liverpool - Cardiff, 20 May 1989.
31101 was a regular performer round Manchester on local services instead
of DMUs, on 22 June 1989 it worked the 1758 Manchester Victoria - Blackburn
where it is seen.
47215 leaves Stoke on 11 July 1989 with the 1727 Llandudno - Derby.
One of the last surviving class 81s, 81013 with an unidentified relief service to Glasgow at Warrington Bank Quay, 13 July 1989.
31206 at Liverpool Lime Street on 20 July 1989, possibly on the 0929 from Manchester Victoria.
A very rare working on Sunday 30 July 1989 when 56002 worked the 0910 Edinburgh - Manchester Piccadilly from Preston, seen arriving at Bolton.
In the early morning of 12 August 1989 37271 stands at Telford Central on the 0602 Birmingham - Aberystwyth. The train was stuck here due to a bomb scare.
12 August 1989 was a fantastic day for rare engines working in the North West, I had 3 new class 37s, 6 new 20s and a 31! One of which was 37711 which worked the 0900 Cardiff - Liverpool Lime Street where it is seen, watched by a camp looking bloke.
37719 at Liverpool with the 1517 to Cardiff, 12/08/1989. These two Cardiff - Liverpool trains were loco hauled instead of 'sprinter' DMUs due to Shrewsbury flower festival.
47283 at Crewe on 13 August 1989 having arrived on the 0535 Sheffield - Holyhead special. A steam engine took over the train at Crewe but me and my mates weren't interested in that, just the 47 which we'd had from Stafford!
At Runcorn on 19 August 1989 I'd just sprinted over the platform from 47378 on the 1150 Llandudno - Liverpool to catch 304040 and the 1320 Liverpool - Birmingham back to Crewe.
From Crewe I headed back to Chester for 47365 which I then took to Manchester Victoria on the 1353 from Llandudno.
47195 at Kidsgrove on 0830 Stoke - Llandudno additional service, 26 August 1989. My friend and railway travelling companion 'Selby' can be seen walking into a tree
47156 in the sun at Preston on 28 August 1989 working the 1547 to Liverpool.
On a much gloomier day (but a much better engine) 37038 leaves Shrewsbury on 1113 Liverpool - Cardiff on 2 September 1989.