A Class 47/7 operating in push-pull with a Mk.2f Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO) ran on the main line in passenger service for the first time in almost 33 years on February 24-26.
Preserved No. 47712 , owned by the Crewe Diesel Preservation Group (CDPG), powered a rake of Locomotive Services’ Mk.3s and DBSO No. 9707 on a three-day charter that ran from Crewe-Edinburgh and north to Inverness. This was the first time since May 1990 that a ‘47’ and