OPEN DAY RAISES £39k:
Direct Rail Services held its first open day since before the pandemic at Crewe Gresty Bridge depot on July 16. The event was attended by around 3,500 people and raised more than £39,000 for its sponsorship and donations fund. Two locomotives were unveiled at the event – No. 66422 Max Joule (a tribute to one of DRS’s founders and its managing director until his death in 1999), and No. 66424 Driver Paul Scrivens (who had been a DRS driver for over 20 years until his death last year). This drone shot shows DRS Classes 37, 66, 68 and 88 at the open day, while LSL’s depot can just be made out in the background, with the station just beyond.