Just waiting

British Rail Class 45 diesel-electric No. 45106 awaits its next duty at Manchester Victoria on April 27, 1987. This locomotive enjoyed a brief period of fame painted green as a railtour engine in 1988 but caught fire the following February and was ignominiously scrapped. I have not been back to Manchester Victoria since the recent refurbishment; it was bad enough seeing them turn my lovely old London Liverpool Street into an enormous airport-style glasshouse.