A First Great Western class 150 "Sprinter" unit passes St Marys Crossing with a service from Cheltenham to Swindon.The crossing gates here are still manually operated,and the two buildings are the... (more)
A First Great Western local (all stations) service from Exmouth to Paignton approaches Dawlish station in a spell of fine weather,which is being enjoyed by the holidaymakers.
A Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads local service passes Westend Road,on the outskirts of Wickwar,on a fine March day.The usual two car class 150 unit has been supplimented by the addition of a s... (more)
Sprinter 150129 approaches Worcester Shrub Hill with the 1340 Great Malvern to Birmingham New St. Plenty of DMUs are stabled on the shed, as this was a Sunday.
The 09.25 Stourbridge Junction to Dorridge service has just left the station and is seen here passing the still used signal box.The trains journey will take it across Birmingham,serving most of th... (more)
A class 150 unit has just terminated at Clitheroe station,in Lancashire,with a service from Manchester Victoria.The train will now run empty to Horrocksford Junction,a half mile away,to cross over... (more)
Mainstay of the suburban diesel network in the U.K. is the "Sprinter" unit.Here is 150268 at Salford Central with a service for Manchester Victoria,just a mile or two away.
Not pretty, not glamorous, perhaps not even interesting, but still part of the overall rail scene. A Class 150 unit operated by Network West Midlands, climbs Old Hill Bank on an early morning loca... (more)
A service for Weymouth has just left Cheltenham station. Up until the mid-1970s the junction here provided an alternate route to Birmingham,via Stratford On Avon.
A class 150 unit with a service for Dorridge emerges from Moor Street tunnel into the June sunshine,and prepares to stop at the station.
Speeding past a foot crossing at Haresfield is a Taunton to Great Malvern local service.
class 150 278 in Arriva Train Wales livery forms the last train on the Looe Valley Line, the FGW 18.34 Looe - Liskeard.
An everyday sight at Bristol as a service prepares to depart for Weston-Super-Mare.The scene is complete with the obligatory late running passengers.