An FGW HST passes Crofton Pumping Station with a service for Paddington. The pumping station was built in 1807 to provide water to the summit of the Kennet and Avon Canal and houses two Cornish be... (more)
First time I've tried panning since getting hold of a DSLR. This one is at 1/30th sec of a train travelling at 100mph+
An FGW HST headed by power car 43027 speeds westward at Circourt
FGW 158 950 passes Dunbridge with a southbound service. The crowds on the platforms were waiting for Class A1 4-6-2 60163 Tornado which was due through on a railtour.
Unfortunately, as Tornado ap... (more)
A First Great Western HST service with power car 43125 at the head passes South Stoke on its way to Reading and London Paddington. The snow had finally stopped falling, but the icy conditions stil... (more)
Unfortunately, by the time the sun chose to come out and illuminate the recent snowfall in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, Network Rail had an engineering pocession between Reading and Swindon. The onl... (more)