Light Class 47 through Piccadilly yesterday

[The Snap]

Hi all

I was working on platform 14 at Manchester Picc yesterday for about an hour between 11am and 12pm ish.

A 47 running light from Ardwick direction towards Oxford Road rattled through, it was two tone green and drivers have Colas jackets on. I think it was a 47/8 but can’t be certain.

Can’t for the life of me find it on Real Time Trains…

Any ideas what this working was?

Thanks

 

[ExRes]

Freightliners 47830 passed through MP at 1204 working 1048 002Z Crewe Basford Hall SSM to Trafford Park FLT

 

[The Snap]

Freightliners 47830 passed through MP at 1204 working 1048 002Z Crewe Basford Hall SSM to Trafford Park FLT

Thanks

 

[Class15]

But what’s with the Colas jackets?

 

[ExRes]

But what’s with the Colas jackets?

More than likely just normal orange hi-vis jackets, there are two photos of it on Flickr passing through Deansgate yesterday but no orange to be seen

 

[Class15]

More than likely just normal orange hi-vis jackets, there are two photos of it on Flickr passing through Deansgate yesterday but no orange to be seen

Thank you!

 

[Bovverboy]

The OP has his dates wrong. It was Thursday (27/1/22) when 47830 passed through Piccadilly. Presumably why he couldn't find it on 'Realtime Trains'.

 

[ExRes]

The OP has his dates wrong. It was Thursday (27/1/22) when 47830 passed through Piccadilly. Presumably why he couldn't find it on 'Realtime Trains'.

It may well have run on more than one day, there is photographic evidence on Flickr that it ran on Wednesday

 

[Bovverboy]

The only photographic evidence I can find on Flickr is of it having run on 11 July 2019.

47830

Locomotive: 47830 Working: 0Z47 Crewe Basford Hall - Crewe Basford Hall Location: Deansgate Date: 11th July 2019

flic.kr

 

[Watershed]

The only photographic evidence I can find on Flickr is of it having run on 11 July 2019.

47830

Locomotive: 47830 Working: 0Z47 Crewe Basford Hall - Crewe Basford Hall Location: Deansgate Date: 11th July 2019

flic.kr

It definitely ran on Thursday. I saw it!