87014 'Knight of the Thistle'+86247'Abraham Darby' head north at Cathiron with a Virgin West Coast service from London Euston on 13/07/2002.
Fresh out of Glasgow works after a repaint, 66709 pilots 57003 as it passes Cathiron on 13/07/2002 whilst in charge of a diverted 4O29 1238 Trafford Park-Southampton MCT. The train was diverted via the WCML due to engineering work between Banbury & Oxford. 66709 piloted the 57 from Crewe Basford Hall as far as Willesden in order to get the loco to Willesden TMD where the finishing touches to the livery would be applied, which can be seen later on in this collection.
86260 'Driver Wallace Oakes GC' works a diverted London Euston-Wolverhampton service at Cathiron on 13/07/2002. The train would be dragged by a diesel locomotive from Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street.
