With the Granada TV studios dominating the background, 50033 Glorious & 50007 Sir Edward Elgar pass Ordsall Lane Junction, Salford on 30 October 1993 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z44 06:35 Bristol Temple Meads to Seaforth Docks 'Merseyman' railtour. 56096 can just be seen on the rear of the train. Between 1992 and 1994, the remaining three Class 50s (the other being D400) were regularly used on railtours to various parts of the country, this being the 'railtour only' period between the end of regular passenger work in May 1992 and total withdrawal in March 1994. |