West Coast Railways
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West Coast Railways is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator based at Carnforth MPD in Lancashire. Using buildings and other facilities previously owned by the Steamtown Carnforth vis
57601 passing Brockhampton in April 2005
45231 & 44932 on the Settle & Carlisle line in August 2013
46115 Scots Guardsman, in BR green livery, at Hellifield, being prepared for the weekly "Dalesman" run on the Settle - Carlisle line.
45231 The Sherwood Forester at Fort William after hauling The Jacobite from Mallaig; this is a regular service run by West Coast Railways from early May till late October.
British Rail Class 57
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The British Rail Class 57 is a type of diesel locomotive that was remanufactured from Class 47s by Brush Traction of Loughborough between 1998 and 2004.
West Coast Railways
…charter trains, but have also been hired to other railway operators. The fleet is mainly composed of Class 37 and Class 47 locomotives, but also includes Class 57 locomotives, including the prototype passenger locomotive 57601. Several Class 37 locomotives were purchased from Ian Riley Engineering, which ceased…
A Great Western Railway class 57 in 2016
GBRf Class 57 57306 at Crewe, 2024
Great Western Railway 57604 at the National Railway Museum
West Coast Railways 57316 at Derby