Network Rails New Measurement Train heads south through Chesterfield with the iconic crooked church spire completing the skyline on a sunny Autumn afternoon

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

Due to commitments elsewhere, Colas Rails own Class 47s were unavailable for what is meant to be the last run. So Riviera trains Class 47s 848+839 were hired in to power the train to Dollands Moor

D123 heads a demonstration TPO (Travelling Post Office) train on the Great Central Railway. The leading vehicle was on its maiden run after restoration and special permission is given for increase... (more)

With the majestic station at Nottingham dominating the skyline, 156414 heads away from the city toward Leicester

We've been waiting: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe hauls it's first passenger train in just under 45 years. Seen accelerating up Wilmcote bank, it is the culmination of a long restoration for a loco... (more)

There were to resident locos running at the Steam Gala, one of which shown here is 7812 'Earlestoke Manor' climbing Eardington Bank shot at 1/25sec as the sun glints off

As the sun drops in the summer sky it picks out the red DB livery wonderfully along with the bright rake of Murco TEA tanks

A special shuttle service running between Bewdley and Highley for a local school day out was operated by the lines heritage DMU set

After a quick reversal at Burton on Trent the test train took the Derby avoiding line via Coalville and is seen accelerating towards Sheet Stores Junction

Complete with BR Maroon Mk1 carriages 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' completes a period scene as it approaches the summit of Eardington bank with a train for Bridgnorth

D1015 heads a charter train from Salisbury to Liverpool in connection with the Tall Ships Festival, here attacking the fierce 1 in 37 grade of the Lickey

165012 leads a double set of units out of Stratford Upon Avon with a train for London Marylebone

A service southbound to Bristol Parkway is seen as it approaches Stoke Works Junction

170398 is one of only two 170/3 units with CrossCountry. It has now been refurbished to the full standard to be rolled out across the fleet and is seen at Nottingham