Under the motorway

A Cross City Line train about to pass underneath the A38(M).

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LMS 5MT Number 13000 at the National Railway Museum.

Freightliner

66 571 heads a train through Walmley.

First Trans Pennine

170 302 heads into Leeds.

Flying the flag

National Express c2c's 357 005 passes Shadwell during the Jubilee year, with added Union Flag.

Waiting at Shrewsbury

153 303 at Shrewsbury, at the time not allowed to move.

York Chopper

DRS' 20 312 at York station.

Train and boat

Another train and canal photo, the Cross City line crosses over the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Alvechurch. Here a London Midlands class 323 EMU passes a Worcester bound narrowboat.

Over the canal

More trains and canals action, this time a Midlands Metro train crossing over the Tame Valley Canal.

Alongside the canal

Railway lines often travel alongside the canal network, here a Virgin Trains service heads into Birmingham next to the Birmingham Main Line. You can see a lot more waterways action on our Midlands & London Waterways blog.

Devil's Bridge

Possibly the best station name in the UK?

Meeting of the franchises

Chiltern and London Midland meet at Stratford-upon-Avon.

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The delightful LMS 0-4-0 diesel shunter at the NRM.