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18/04/98: 47818 at Manchester Piccadilly. 818 was one of many of the Virgin 47s that received opening marker light covers after this date at its number one end which is shown in this image, in this photo it still has flat lenses (was this modification done on the change of loco allocation from Crewe to Toton?).
Copyright: GGC
20/04/98: 47807 was named 'Lion of Vienna' at Bolton, by Nat Lofthouse (former Bolton and England star who was dubbed the Lion of Vienna).
Copyright: Tim Moss
20/04/98: The Lion (loco, not footballer!) then ran light to Preston to haul 1O40 to Brighton.
Copyright: Tim Moss
25/04/98: 47358 at Grove.
Copyright: Nick Green
29/04/98: 47736 on a northbound enterprise working at Grove.
Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47746 at Saxilby.
Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47746 again, at Swinderby.
Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47786 at Saxilby on a GNER drag.
Copyright: Nick Green
03/05/98: 47792 at Walkerhingham. Few mentions exist in archives of these drags, can anyone provide details of what time periods East Coast drags operated and where they were dragged from/to each year, and when they were finally replaced by 67s?
Copyright: Nick Green
14/05/98: 47204 at Askham.
Copyright: Nick Green
24/05/98: 47775 at Walkeringham.
Copyright: Nick Green
24/05/98: 47778 at Fillingley.
Copyright: Nick Green
24/05/98: 47749 on a GNER drag at Finningley.
Copyright: Nick Green
04/06/98: 47844 with 47241 and 47845 at Saltley.
Copyright: Nick Green
09/06/98: 47734 at Grove on an EWS 'Enterprise' working.
Copyright: Nick Green
10/06/98: 47310 at Gamston.
Copyright: Nick Green
17/07/98: Here is 47314 on Freightliner's 6M16 Millbrook to Crewe job, which was regularly a 47 into the next millennium. The working moved over to EWS (now DBS). 314 was seen at Lower Basildon.
Copyright: Howard Osiransky
17/07/98: A closer view of 47314, the same photo as above hauling 6M16 at Lower Basildon.
Copyright: Howard Osiransky
25/07/98: 47331 at Scunthorpe with 56102.
Copyright: Nick Green
28/07/98: 47302 leads 47152 on a 'liner at Grove.
Copyright: Nick Green
07/08/98: 47831 at Chester on the morning Holyhead-Euston Virgin service, which was booked to 47 hauled to Crewe. Copyright: GGC
23/08/98: At Birmingham New Street on a Sunday after arrival on 1O15 1448 Liverpool-Southampton. 331 came off here and later worked 1H29 2058 Birmingham International-Manchester Piccadilly. 47326 was also around, on 1E32 1445 Bristol TM-York which it worked to New Street for 47492 forward to York. Copyright: Crumb
25/08/98: On hire from Great Western Trains, 47846 waits to leave Preston on 1V50 1130 Preston-Paignton.
Copyright: Robert Hill
04/09/98: Some of you may not be aware of the page that exists on this site with photo's of no heat loco's on Virgin Cross Country, initiated thanks to photo's from co-news editor Crumb. On there is a photo by Nigel Benning of 47326 hauling 1O38 1406 Birmingham-Bournemouth at Brockenhurst on 4th September 1998 with the number 1 end leading. Here 326 is shown at South Moreton after passing Didcot on 1O38, no.1 end leading - proof that 1O38 on this date must have avoided Reading. 1O38 was booked to reverse at Reading, the return 1M81 avoided Reading at the time.
Copyright: Howard Osiransky
03/10/98: 47827 at Preston, recently painted.
Copyright: Shaun C