17:05 Oxenholme - Glasgow Central

GM re-engined 57305 drags electric loco 87015 and train over non-electrified lines due to a weekend engineering diversion on August 9th 2003.

221112 arrives at Llandudno Jn from Holyhead.

Virgin Voyager 221142 decends Grayrigg bank as it heads south past Docker with 1M56 the 12:51 Edinburgh - Birmingham New Street. The Howgill Fells form the backdrop on this sunny winters afternoon

Thunderbird rescue engine 57307 'Lady Penelope' hauls the Saturday afternoon Pendolino drag from Holyhead through Rhosneigr. At Crewe the engine will be uncoupled, and the train will continue on o... (more)

A Virgin Trains Class 220 is about to dive under the M1 motorway near Sheffield, heading south to Birmingham.

43178 on hire to Virgin Cross Country races through Dawlish heading west towards Plymouth.

A Virgin Cross Country Voyager races through Ashchurch.

On hire to First Great Western, 57308 arrives rushes into the Severn Tunnel Taunton - Cardiff Central stopping train.

On hire to First Great Western, 57305 arrives at Weston-super-Mare with a Cardiff - Taunton stopping train.

Severely jet-lagged, I wait for my train to arrive on the first day of my trip to Wales.

A Virgin "Pendolino" shows off it's tilting capability through the curves at Old Linslade near Leighton Buzzard.

One of Virgin Trains Class 57/3 'Thunderbird' class locomotives seen on a Taunton - Cardiff Central local service during its time on hire to First Great Western.

A shot taken while waiting for a north bound steam hauled charter but the unique lighting was too good an opportunity to miss as a Class 390 passed southbound