First introduced in 1965 is it wonderful to see these stalwarts of the West Coast Main Line still in front line traffic. Operating in pairs Freightliner Intermodal still uses these veteran locos f... (more)
70003 crosses the River Avon at Eckington running over an hour late with a train of empty coal hoppers from Rugeley Power Station bound for Portbury.
A Rugeley to Stoke Gifford coal empties approaches Cheltenham behind a Freightliner class 70.
Freightliner Class 66 # 66540 "Ruby" and # 66571 approach Didcot Parkway with an eastbound container train.
Two 50 year old Class 86 electrics haul the Tilbury liner through the busy rail junction at Stratford City. These have been withdrawn.
Freightliner class 70 locos are now appearing on the Rugeley Power Station to Portbury coal runs,a welcome respite from the class 66 locos that have worked them for several years.Here we see 70011... (more)
The Rugeley Power Station to Stoke Gifford workings have lately produced a Class 70 loco on quite a regular basis,so a rare period of January sunshine was the perfect excuse to capture one.Here,70... (more)
Surrounded by a thick frost Freightliner 66589 and 66542 haul a container train out of Lawley Street Freightliner terminal (Birmingham) bound for Felixstowe Docks.
66533 runs "light engine" through Washwood Heath en route to Hams Hall container terminal.
Freightliner Class 70 70003 leaves latchford sidings at Warrington Arpley with a train of coal bound for Fiddlers Ferry Power Station.
Freightliners 66508 powers towards Addlestone with empty sand hoppers for Wool in Dorset.
On a cold Autumn morning, 66590 heads South at Hatton South Junction with a late running Lawley Street to Southampton Freightliner service.
The sun sets over Barnetby, Lincolnshire as 66531 hauls a train of empty coal hoppers into the goods loops at Wrawby Junction.
66952 heads South through Cossington with a mixed train of box wagons from Aldwarke to March Whitemoor.