Class 47s at Carlisle due to diversions
![47 with Highland logo in Glasgow Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8786.jpg "Glasgow Central")
![DMUs in Glasgow Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8787.jpg "Glasgow Central")
![Empty stock being brought into platform 1 at Central. However as the WCML was closed this was to leave, 47 hauled, via Paisley and Ayr for the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8788.jpg "Glasgow Central")
![Gently does it, a 47 backs a train into platform 2 at Central.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8791.jpg "Glasgow Central")
![47 in platform 2 at Central. Funny how fashions change.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8792.jpg "Glasgow Central")
![The locomotive for my journey to Carlisle via Paisley and Ayr was 47 518.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8793.jpg "Glasgow Central")
![The back of Ayr MPD viewed from an eastbound train on the Newton Junction - Blackstone Junction alignment.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8794.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![The back of Ayr MPD viewed from an eastbound train on the Newton Junction - Blackstone Junction alignment.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8799.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![37170 shunting in the up sidings at Mauchline in November 1988.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8800.jpg "Mauchline")
![47s causing a bit of a stir at Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8801.jpg "Carlisle")
![Arrival from the south at Carlisle. Will be taken forward to Glasgow by 47 as the WCML was closed.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8803.jpg "Carlisle")
![Arrival from the north at Carlisle. Brought by 47 as the WCML was closed.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8804.jpg "Carlisle")
![A busy south end of Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8805.jpg "Carlisle")
![Drawing crowds. Lady Diana Spencer, not on its usual E&G run.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8806.jpg "Carlisle")
![47 597 comes up from the Newcastle line with a Settle and Carlisle Line train. A great day if you liked 47s.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8807.jpg "Carlisle")
![An 08 shunting Motorail coaches on a day of class 47s monotony at Carlisle. Exotic.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8808.jpg "Carlisle")
![The Pennine Executive and friend at Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8809.jpg "Carlisle")
![A southbound 125 takes the Newcastle line at Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8810.jpg "Carlisle")
![How unusual, a steam engine off the S&C at Carlisle! 48151 draws little attention as it grows dark.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8811.jpg "Carlisle")
![Ethel 3 lends 48151 a helping hand at Carlisle OR Kettle and Ethel.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8812.jpg "Carlisle")
![The ghost of a man wearing orange overalls walks past 48151.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8813.jpg "Carlisle")
![48151 (and Ethel 3) in the west side of Carlisle station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8814.jpg "Carlisle")
![47 617 waits to leave for Glasgow at Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8815.jpg "Carlisle")
![47 617 waits to leave for Glasgow at Carlisle. In the background a bit of post-diversion analysis is going on.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8816.jpg "Carlisle")
![Anonymous (now identified - thank you - see below) of Carlisle awaits its next turn.<br/><br/><i>Many thanks for this message Chard:<br/> This anonymous 87 must be 87101 STEPHENSON in view of the brushed aluminium finish nameplate, unique for the class. The loco has received TDM cables on the cab ends for push-pull working, by which time the name would have been transferred from its original carrier, 87001.</i><br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8817.jpg "Carlisle")
![An 86 with searchlight at Carlisle. This dropped off to be replaced by a Railfreight 47. A very cold trip ensued.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8818.jpg "Carlisle")
![47 617 waits to leave for Glasgow at Carlisle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/11/1988]](/images/8000/8819.jpg "Carlisle")
![47 378, no heat, at the end of one of the coldest and longest journeys from Carlisle to Glasgow I can recall.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/11/1988]](/images/8000/8820.jpg "Glasgow Central")
The WCML was closed north of Carlisle and trains were going via the G&SWR. This involved changing locomotives at Carlisle from electric to diesel for northbound services. So I took a train from Glasgow to Carlisle to spend a day there.
Ewan Crawford
