A photo of me (with dufflebag) and my mate Alan Beckley at Aintree station when the blue Western Pullman arrived. Grand National day 1964. This photo was published in the Railway Mag. I do not own the copyright on this image but will gladly give credit to the owner (P Gerald) as I would very much like to purchase an original. The 3rd rails can be seen on the two platform tracks and was left over from when Liverpool Overhead Railway trains ran their own specials direct from Pier Head. The normal electric trains ran on the tracks behind where Im standing. I cannot adequately describe what i felt when this vivid blue apparition appeared from under the bridge. In an era when everything was dirty and black or at least occasionaly green this train was simply awesome. I think Alan and I just gawped at it in wonder. We were very lucky to have been on the platform really. We'd gone to Aintree to see the specials arrive and there were several Brits which were always good to see. However the police were guarding access to the platform as the crowds of spotters were 3 deep on the bridge. Having arrived from Maghull I said to Alan 'Come on we've got tickets to Maghull so they can't stop us'. Sure enough we got on the platform and hid in the waiting room whenever a train to Maghull arrived so that we could sit on the platform in comfort and watch. Pure nostalgia....