Jumped down from the cab to take a few shots whilst waiting on our train being prepared (taking a local passenger unit back to its depot after overhaul) to be shunted on to us before propelling ou... (more)

After a heavy overnight snowfall, the sun is rapidly melting it fast as you would expect in April! The first up train of the Sunday morning, the 08.40 Wolverhampton - Euston has 57 301 dragging th... (more)

57316 'Fab I' (formerly 47290) is seen passing Stafford in ex-works as delivered condition and certainly looking like a fab one! This was the last of the batch for Virgin Trains and so left Brush ... (more)

57309 'Brains' powers away from the 30mph stagger at Whitacre Junction with a London Euston service diverted from Birmingham via Nuneaton. It was at the head of one of the last loco-hauled WCML se... (more)

So much for the British summer.

A pair of DRS locos appear to be spending the weekend parked at York station. The leading one is 57 008 and the other is 37 194. The Class 57s were originally built in the early 1960s as Class 47s... (more)

The shunter watches as 57313 carefully couples up to 390 027 at Holyhead ready for the return journey to London Euston. The class 57 will work the train to Crewe from where the Pendolino will be a... (more)

One of many increasing scrap flows for Advenza freight is from Shipley to Cardiff Tidal, seen in a gap between bad weather as it progresses slowly to Clay Cross Junction

Today GBRf's Willesden to Shieldmuir postal service was diverted due to engineering works on the WCML

This railtour should have been hauled by the only mainline certified Class 55 "Deltic" but for some reason it was at the rear of the train. Here the train passes along the Swansea District Line wh... (more)

57005 heads a new freight flow for Cotswold Rails parent company Advenza. 6Z73 13:43 from Beeston to Cardiff Tidal scrap metal flow. The shot looks especially sharp because of the brooding storm i... (more)

Propelling out of the sidings with the 1025 scrap train to Cardiff Tidal. In the background in TJ Thompsons scrap yard can be seen Cotswold Rail class 47s waiting the chop

Waiting to depart with the 1025 Stockton to Cardiff Tidal scrap train. Sidings are adjacent to Stockton station, the retaining wall once helping support an overall roof

57302 "Virgil Tracy" passes Tile Hill with 390023 "Virgin Glory" working the 08:37 Wolverhampton to London Euston 17/02/08

"Now let me see..... 57308? Yep, that's my loco!" The driver double checks his instructions before his Class 57 'Thunderbird' is removed from the Pendolino it has just 'dragged' into Crewe Stati... (more)