Crewe and the Mayflower

For my day off I has pre-planned a day/night in Crewe, by train of course. I have not had train journey for some time now and I was getting withdrawl symptoms lol.  I left Workington courtesy of the usual dmu

I then got on the 12.08 service from Carlisle to Crewe, a pendolino service. I had already decided to make a log of the journey, and do the same from Crewe to Stafford. I arrived in Crewe, checked in to my hotel. I then got a return to ticket to Stafford, mainly to see how fast the class 350’s are. However, as I waited for my train I heard the whistle of a steam train, which turned out to be the Mayflower, which was going from Carnforth to London. I got a quick photo

I had a hunch that my service to Stafford would over take the Mayflower, and I would have a good chance of better photos at Stafford. And I was right!. The Mayflower was held by a red signal for a short time – which helped.

This was an unexpected delight!