My reckoning is because they aren’t allowed to water up the 5 at Carnforth, and the scheduled stops at Preston and Warrington weren’t long enough to water up at, they took the 5 light engine to water up somewhere and just give it any path back to Crewe
Great video Chris
How i miss the British steam trains being as i live down under now. Brilliant video Chris thanks
I went on that tour wat I don't understand why the black 5 had to come off fore diesel
My reckoning is because they aren’t allowed to water up the 5 at Carnforth, and the scheduled stops at Preston and Warrington weren’t long enough to water up at, they took the 5 light engine to water up somewhere and just give it any path back to Crewe