After the quiet start to the year loco-hauled trains returned on two Holyhead - Birmingham diagrams from April in addition to the early morning Bangor - Manchester and return in the evening.

47746 The Bobby arrives at Bangor with the 06:48 Holyhead - Birmingham on 5 April 2003

47635 arrives at Bangor with the 14:00 Holyhead - Birmingham on 15 April 2003

47757 Capability Brown calls at Bangor with the 12:21 Birmingham - Holyhead on 15 April 2003

47770 Reserved passes Talybont near Bangor with the 08:52 Holyhead - Birmingham on 17 April 2003

47734 Crewe Diesel Depot Quality Approved at Chester after working the 18:18 from Crewe on 21 April, which
was the shortest loco hauled service in Britain which is 21 miles, 23 minutes and no stations in between.

All three diagrams visit Chester between 18:29 and 18:58 on Mondays-Fridays in
this period. 47770 Reserved arrives with the 17:21 Birmingham -
Holyhead on 21 April (left), while 47734 is still on the platform.