Its at times like these I wonder whether its worth the time and effort! The sun disappeared as 66424 worked 6K22 past Saltney Ferry.

66611 passes Holywell Junction with 6K22, on a fine October 17th.

67014 approaches Abergele on another driver training run, with 4 Mk.2 ATW coaches, on October 4th.

67014 passes Mold Junction on a crew training run from Crewe-Holyhead on October 2nd, in preperation for loco hauled services between Manchester and Holyhead.

37417 Richard Trevithick and 37410 pass the perimeter of Hawarden Airfield on 0D19 14.34 Warrington-Holyhead, on a very cold and dark September 27th.

175104 passes Mold Junction with the 10.03 Manchester Piccadilly-Holyhead. Soon these services will be loco-hauled, probably by EWS Class 67s, as Class 158s are sent to France for ETRMS .

An unidentified Class 221 Virgin Voyager passes Old Colwyn with the 09.50 Holyhead-London Euston. Maybe not the most interesting subject for this location!

DRS 66 No. 66413 worked 6K22 Penmaenmawr-Crewe on July 10th, seen here passing Mold Junction.

A monochrome version of the Duchess. Probably better than the colour version because of the lighting and shooting virtually into the sun at this time of day.

LMS Coronation Class 4-6-2 No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland races past Beeches Farm, with hardly any exhaust, on 1Z15 16.46 Holyhead-Crewe

66519 departs from Penmaenmawr on 6K22, with a mixed rake of EWS Seacow, Sealion and Sea urchin ballast wagons.

158828 and 158841 at Penmaenmawr station, with 66519 to the right, waiting to depart with 6K22.

57311 hauling Pendolino 390010 on 1D22 0950 London Euston-Holyhead, approaches Abergele, passing the distinctive semaphore signals, making such pictures much more interesting!

175101 approaches Abergele and Pensarn station on the through 10.03 Manchester Piccadilly-Holyhead service.

175115 at Abergele and Pensarn Station with the 10.44 Llandudno-Manchester Piccadilly.

175008 passes sunny Abergele on the 09.28 Holyhead-Crewe.

66952 (with 5 doors-the 5th one visible on this side of the loco in the picture) heads past Beeches Bridge on 6K22, sadly in overcast conditions!

66559 approaches Flint station with 6K22 on December 8th.

37612 at the rear of the train as it passes under the signal gantry, departing for Llandudno Junction.

37605 waits to depart, now with the crew on board.

Test Coach DB999508.

37612 at platform 1.

The Serco test Train pulls in alongside Virgin Voyager 221103, with 37612 leading, and 37605 at the rear.

Virgin Voyager 221103 Christopher Columbus at Llandudno with the 11.28 London Euston-Llandudno.

Sunglasses required as Bubble Car 977968 dazzles as it dashes towards Beeches Bridge. Caption will be edited when I find out what it was doing here!!

Looking towards the station.

The final double-headed combination.

31459 runs past the signal box to link up with the train, which it would double head home with 31454.

31452 now in platform 1.

31454 temporarily at the head of the train now in platform 1.

Cerberus temporarily alone at Platform 2, waiting to run round the train which is running into Platform 1 powered by 31452.

31454 The Heart of Wessex in grubby Intecity livery at the rear of the train.

31459 and 31452 stand in the rain at platform 2.

The Barrow Hill-Llandudno Railtour crawls into Llandudno led by 31459 Cerberus and 31452 Minotaur, with 31454 The Heart of Wessex dead at the rear.

20312 leads 37218 on the Valley-Crewe Flask train, with 1 flask in Tow.

175006 passes Mold Junction with the 12.47 Llandudno-Manchester Piccadilly.