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03/04/03: 47773 arriving at Crewe on 1G11 1400 Holyhead-Birmingham.
Photo Copyright: Tony Woof

05/04/03: Shunting at Southampton Maritime; 47334.
Photo Copyright: Andrew Cameron

05/04/03: 47798 at York in between 1Z57 0828 Erdington-York/ 1Z58 1830 York-Erdington.
Photo Copyright: Dave36

06/04/03: 47758 worked at the East Somerset Railway, seen at Mendip Vale. It worked all trains on this day as fellow visitor 37798 had failed.
Photo Copyright: David Wood

06/04/03: 47767 at Glasgow Central, it had worked 5M11 sleeper stock ECS from Polmadie.
Photo Copyright: Gary Lennon

08/04/03: Still in Virgin colours, 47818 at Ipswich.
Photo Copyright: James Steward

09/04/03: 47303 at Ipswich.
Photo Copyright: James Steward

09/04/03: 47746 departs Chester on 1D71 1221 Birmingham-Holyhead.
Photo Copyright: Richard Osbourne

12/04/03: 47488 at Marylebone on an un-listed working. It is also not listed on sixbellsjunction.co.uk, which shows 47798 worked 1Z62 0852 Bangor-Carlisle to Chester, where steam 6201 took over. 798 then worked 1Z64 1749 Carlisle-Bangor via Shap and Helsby. The other Royal meanwhile worked 1Z59 1604 York-Watford Junction via Doncaster and Birmingham International after 55016 failed after an outward working.
Photo Copyright: James Hawkes

16/04/03: 47787 at Cheltenham on 1E41 parcels train.
Photo Copyright: Duncan Jennings

16/04/03: 47750 heads through Crewe station ECS to Manchester to form 1D45 1719 Piccadilly-Holyhead.
Photo Copyright: Tony Woof

17/04/03: 47770 at Tal Y Bont near Bangor on 1G96 0852 Holyhead-BNS.
Photo Copyright: Rowan Crawshaw

18/04/03: 47747 passes Churchdown on 1Z27 0535 Swindon-Inverness which it would haul to Crewe, where 47756 took over, departing after a break at 1057 and hauling it as far as Carlisle. 37411+418 then took over for a weekend tour and 756 worked 1Z18 0815 Inverness-Swindon from Carlisle on 21st April.
Photo Copyright: Duncan Jennings

23/04/03: On this Wednesday, 47829 worked 1A55 1132 Liverpool Lime Street-Euston throughout, seen at Crewe.
Photo Copyright: Rowan Crawshaw