
02/09/04: 47832 on its second day on hire to Arriva Trains Wales whilst 47839 was unavailable for traffic, Fragonset quickly slapping some branding on the side of its First Great Western livery before it moved to Crewe on the 1st. Photo Copyright: Alan Crawshaw

05/09/04: 47830 at Warrington Bank Quay working 1A60 1515 Liverpool-Stafford. Photo Copyright: Anthony Flusk

05/09/04: 47812 at Warrington working 1F19 1645 Stafford-Liverpool. Photo Copyright: Shaun C.

06/09/04: 47839 at Milton, near Brampton, working a 5Z47 from Tyne Yard-Crewe LNWR. Photo Copyright: Raymond Rourke

08/09/04: Two days later and with 839 back on the 'coast', seen at Holyhead before 1H52 1339 Holyhead-MP. Photo Copyright: Alan Crawshaw

09/09/04: 47810 leads 1D87 from Crewe to Holyhead at Llanfairfechan. Photo Copyright: Andy Williams

12/09/04: 47840 at Liverpool, it would work 1A60 1445 Liverpool-Crewe. Photo Copyright: Shaun C.

13/09/04: 47826 at Bangor on 1D87 1049 Crewe-Holyhead. Photo Copyright: Rowan Crawshaw

14/09/04: 47839 rolls into Llandudno Junction on 1H52 1339 Holyhead-Manchester. Photo Copyright: Shaun C.

20/09/04: 47839 departs Manchester Piccadilly after 1H52 1339 Holyhead-MP. Photo Copyright: Shaun C.

22/09/04: 47316 and 47200 unusually top'n'tailed a charter, with 316 seen at Chichester working 1Z87 1009 London Victoria-Chichester and 200 working the return. Photo Copyright: David Wood

25/09/04: 47854 at Aviemore, running around its train to form a return charter from Pitlochry to Blackburn on which it would work in tandem with 57601, the first time a 47 and 57 had done so. Photo Copyright: Shaun C.

26/09/04: 47830 at Preston. Photo Copyright: Ian F.

27/09/04: 47853 at Llanfair PG working the school train, 1K57 0741 Holyhead-Crewe. Photo Copyright: Alan Crawshaw

28/09/04: 47853 at Abergele on 1D65 1017 Crewe-Holyhead. Photo Copyright: Nick Green

28/09/04: 47150 on an unknown working at Nailsea. Photo Copyright: Matt Cambourne