In a final ray of light as the day became rather dull, 43088 is seen at the head of a refurbished rake of coaches, heads toward London Paddington from the West Country. This photo was taken in the... (more)
09:40 Newcastle-Newquay passes Horse Cove, running a few minutes early. VP185-fitted 43043 on the front, and 43166 screaming on the rear (out of view here) with original Paxman Valenta engine. Thi... (more)
Running about 15 minutes early 1Z17 Newcastle-King's Cross NMT heads south at high speed through Colton Junction in glorious light.
43099 'Diocese of Newcastle' brings up the rear of 1S23 16:00 King's Cross to Aberdeen passing Church Lane just east of Bolton Percy, having covered the 181 miles in only 1 hour 40 minutes.
FGW marshalled two Valenta-engined power cars (43002 and 43003) and a rake of non-refurbished coaches together, as a final farewell to the Valenta engines on FGW. The train is seen here shortly be... (more)
FGW marshalled two Valenta-engined power cars (43002 and 43003) and a rake of non-refurbished coaches together, as a final farewell to the Valenta engines on FGW. The train is seen here shortly b... (more)
GNER's 17:20 London-Hull 'Hull Executive' service is seen here at it's final destination, shortly before departing ECS for Neville Hill depot, the incredible noise generated by Paxman Valenta powe... (more)
083 formed a rare working on the 21:45 stopping service from Dublin to Kildare and 22:53 return, seen here after terminating at Heuston. This train was formed of 6 Mk3 coaches (including a generat... (more)
GNER's 12:00 London-Inverness 'Highland Chieftain' service sweeps round the viaduct over the River Nairn at 70mph, just 7 miles short of it's final destination.
365518 speeds towards London King's Cross at 100mph on the up fast through Oakleigh Park.
A Freightliner coal train powered by 66952 speeds westbound past Barnetby in a moment of bright sunlight on an otherwise rainy October day.
Diverted GNER HST speeds eastbound through Hexham. Note the sempahore signal and signal box in the distance, stil in operation on this route.
Class 90 at North Berick. For a short time the local services here were loco-hauled. Now Class 321 EMUs operate this branch.
The Southern Belle rounds the curve at Waterloo.
