153356 is the second of its type to receive the full London Midland house colours and is seen passing similarly hued Class 323s at Kings Norton on return from Eastleigh workshops who carried out t... (more)

Here we see the newest refurbished HST powercar leading the full set of refurbished carriages as they storm up the Lickey bank with the 06:40 Plymouth-Aberdeen service

On the return of it's first test run we see the new XC livery HST in a lucky spell of full sun

City of Truro is seen descending Eardington bank shortly after leaving Bridgnorth

GWR Dukedog 9017 'Earl of Berkeley' was one of the main attractions at the event this weekend

GWR liveried prairie tank 5164 arrives into Bewdley

7812 'Erlestoke Manor' is seen as it approaches Bewdley with a service to Kidderminster

5526 operated with a fully functioning auto-coach allowing the train to change directions without the loco running round

3440 'City of Truro' accelerates out of Bewdley with a train for Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway

Another shot of CrossCountry HST climbing the Lickey with the 06:40 service from Plymouth to Aberdeen

170509 is seen slowing climbing the gradient from Bromsgrove after a station call with a service to Birmingham New Street

Since the September timaetable change we finally get a chance to photograph an HST climbing the 1 in 37 gradient from Bromsgrove to Blackwell with the sun in the correct place.

168215 leads its train away after a stop at Kings Sutton

With storm clouds brewing 220012 heads North

A double set of tilting Voyagers run through Kings Sutton to replace a service normally operated via Rugby on the WCML due to engineering work