60008 heads West at Shrivenham with a rake of Murco tanks destined for the South West of England

43104 leads it's HST set away from Derby with a service for London St Pancras. On the left in the rear of the train you can see the Railway Technical Centre where a lot of Network Rail infrastruct... (more)

170509 is seen slowing climbing the gradient from Bromsgrove after a station call with a service to Birmingham New Street

Preparing for a days work, British Railways 8P 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' runs in to Kidderminster to pick up coaching stock on the first day of the Severn Valley Railways Spring Steam Gala

66169 leads a train of the patented self-unloading Lafarge aggregates conveyor belt system train. This train originated near the east coast of England and back to base at Mountsorrel

'Slim Jim' 33207 leads the re-running of Pathfinder Tours Dorset Coast Explorer as the train accelerates away from Abbotswood Junction

D1013 powers up the final gradient towards journeys end at Bridgnorth

A double set of Clubmans heads through Kings Sutton with a storm behind

In a recently restored trainload livery, 31271 runs across the River Nene and into Wansford station with a weekend service train

For a few summer Sundays this year the 08:30 Leeds-Plymouth service which is formed by an HST set is booked to be diverted between Birmingham and Cheltenham via Stourbridge. The train is seen appr... (more)

47712 accelerates from a signal check for a unit outside of Ashford. The train had made a visit down the rarely used Folkestone Harbour and Dungeness branches.

For a short time after the introduction of DRS 4L46 Ditton to Purfleet was booked a pair of Class 37s due to the shortage of Class 66s. Here, 37612+37259 head the service South on the Up Slow

Since the September timaetable change we finally get a chance to photograph an HST climbing the 1 in 37 gradient from Bromsgrove to Blackwell with the sun in the correct place.

In connection with an open day at Long Marston a convoy of locos moved from Eastleigh (having held an earlier open day). The 73 is the rear loco, 47580 being in charge followed by 50135 and 50026

66027 shuts off after the gentle climb from Ashchurch station with tanks bound for Westerleigh