70

At a cold and crispy Leamington Spa 70 808's mighty power is not really necessary for such a modest train. Happy New Year to all blog visitors!

DMU plant pots

Machynlleth station has these lovely plant pots fashioned as DMUs, complete in ATW livery!

Tower Hill

D Stock at Tower Hill.

Diesel power old and new

Classes 67 and 52 at Kidderminster SVR, and a Merry Christmas to all of this blog's visitors!

The gap

A Cross Country train waits in the gloom at Birmingham New Street.

Western Champion

D 1015 Western Champion at Bewdley.

Dalston double front

378 151 and 378 141 at Dalston Junction.

Shrub Hill wagon

A wagon quietly rusts away at Worcester Shrub Hill.

Double shunter

Class 08 D3201 and Class 11 12099 at Kidderminster (SVR).

Propeller

67 015 propels a London Marylebone bound express through Hatton.

Queen's Park Depot

Queen's Park Depot on the Bakerloo Line is unique in that passenger carrying trains actually travel through it. Its also clearly visible from the platform of Queen's Park Station.

Canonbury Freightliner

66 501 heads through Canonbury with a Freightliner.

Banbury bay

165 025 waits in a bay platform at Banbury.

Overground

378 140 at Highbury & Islington.

Going for supplies

1501 heads into Bridgnorth MPD to load up coal and water before its return trip to Kidderminster.

EMU meet DMU

350 115 and 156 468 at the buffer stops at Liverpool Lime Street.

Stratford bound

168 004 leaves Hatton and heads off down the branch line to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Valiant

50 015 Valiant at Kidderminster.

From Stratford

168 004 approaches Hatton and the main line on a Stratford-Marylebone service.

Class 73

Despite being a train spotter ... ahem ... rail enthusiast since the mid-80s i had never seen a Class 73 until i saw 2 as i travelled past Derby a few weeks ago. As its taken from the train its not the best of photos but here is 73 119.

Meridian

Meridian 222 017 rests at Nottingham.

Bournville

Cross Country's 170 113 heads through Bournville, not stopping off for a chocolate.

Devil's Bridge

The other end of the Vale of Rheidol line which starts in Aberystwyth.

SKP

Sir Keith Park at Bridgnorth MPD.

Departmental 31

31 105 at Derby.

Notts HST

43 045 waits to leave Nottingham on a London bound service.

Off West

150 126 leaves Worcester Foregate Street bound for the West Country.

Lime buffers

A Virgin Pendolino rests at Liverpool Lime Street after arriving with a train from Euston.

The Lakes

The Lakes is a small station in Warwickshire, a request stop on the Stratford line. It serves Earlswood Lakes (no surprise).

Highley wagon

A preserved wagon at the Railway House, Highley.

Atlantic Conveyor

40 106 Atlantic Conveyor on the Severn Valley Railway.

Elizabeth Gaskell

156 482 Elizabeth Gaskell at Liverpool Lime Street.

Leaving Coventry

153 365 leaves Coventry on a service to Nuneaton.

Shadwell Overground

Shadwell, formerly part of the East London Line is now part of the London Overground, though here its er... underground.

Hoovering up

50 026 arrives at Bewdley.

Birmingham International

350 234 heads into Birmingham International with a London bound service.

Shrub Hill signals

Platform based signals at Worcester Shrub Hill.

The steam depot

A hive of activity at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway.

SVR Diesel Gala

Today i attended the Severn Valley Railway's Diesel Gala (or day 3 actually) and great fun was had. I travelled behind a 55, 52, 40 and 20 and breathed in enough diesel exhaust to shorten my life by about 5 years no doubt! You can see my photos here.

Home station

Erdington is the author's nearest station, here 323 241 pauses on a Birmingham bound service.

Diversion

With the WCML closed that day near Watford Virgin Trains were diverted via Banbury.

Hoover and a saloon

50 026 at Kidderminster SVR.

Northern 153

A Northern Railways class 153 at Leeds.

Marylebone buffers

Two Chiltern DMUs stand at the central buffer stops at Marylebone.

1501

1501 stands at Bridgnorth waiting for its next duty.

Cambridge Heath

379 023 passes Cambridge Heath in East London.

Over the canal

In old pre-London Midland livery days, a Class 150 crosses over the Stratford Canal while powering out of Stratford-upon-Avon station.

The wrong station

Class 67s appear at Kidderminster very frequently these days but seldom at the Severn Valley Railway station as 67 010 is here.

Shadwell

A DLR train stands at Shadwell.