The Elusive 90050.

[curly42]

A nice surprise yesterday (20th May) to visit Crewe Electric Depot and find that ,after all these years,90050 has been allowed out to play,although almost impossible to photograph -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/7240970502/in/photostream

also,a few at the Churnet Valley Railway -

D2334 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/7240970534/in/photostream
47524 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/7240970608/in/photostream
2x37s - http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/7240970622/in/photostream
and,a real D.M.U. -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/7240970538/in/photostream

 

[Dreadnought]

A nice surprise yesterday (20th May) to visit Crewe Electric Depot and find that ,after all these years,90050 has been allowed out to play,although almost impossible to photograph -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/curly42/7240970502/in/photostream

Last time I saw 90050 at Crewe IEMD was in 2007 and it was parked where the 58 is now!

 

[60163]

....how did you get to that position? Crewe EMD/DMD are the Holy Grails for me.

 

[curly42]

If you go into the industrial estate off Wistaston Road,and follow the road around to the left,you'll soon see the lines of locos.Visible last sunday (20th May) were:58048 90037 90025 90050 90031 08904.Also,next to the main line were 92024 90017 90040 90030 90032 90038 90023 90033.At the main entrance to the depot was 92004.
Other places are Victoria Avenue,although this is very dense woodland,and Morrisons car park,on the other side of the main line.These locations provided 90027 92002 92022 and 92017.
If you're on foot,it's a lot of walking.Be warned,some of these are quite hard to id,although a combination of binoculars,livery codes and elimination help a lot !!