Having photographed a pair of DRS 37s on a test train at Rufford last month see image 49989, on 27 February 2015 it was the turn of a pair of Network Rail Class 97s to work the train down to Ormskirk and back to Preston as part of their overnight travels around the north-west. The photograph shows 97301 on the rear of the train on the outward trip with 97304 leading.
Location: Rufford
Original line: Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway (East Lancashire Railway)
Photographer: John McIntyre
Contact photographer: John McIntyre
Date: 27/02/2015
Image number: 50504