RAIL Express editor Richard Clinnick presented the Crewe Diesel Preservation Group (CDPG) with the Heritage Railway Association Mortons Media Rail Express Modern Traction Award at a ceremony in Birmingham on March 11.
The CDPG won the award for returning an operational push-pull Class 47/7 and Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO) set to the main line for the first time in almost 33 years (RE323). Using stock provided by Locomotive Services, including DBSO No. 9707, No. 47712 Lady Diana Spencer returned to its old Edinburgh-Glasgow Queen Street stomping ground and the Highlands between February 24-26.
The award was collected