Gatwick Luggage Van

Preserved Class 489 GLV at Wirksworth.

APT cab

Cab view from the preserved APT cab at the Crewe Heritage Centre.

Teddy Bear

Class 14 D9531 at Kidderminster SVR.

Erdington

323 208 at my local station.

Queens Park MPD

Merry Christmas to all our visitors, here is a view of Queens Park depot on the Bakerloo Line which is fairly unusual in that service trains actually travel through the depot shed.

D1062

Western D1062 at Kidderminster SVR.

Into Clapham

For this blog's 400th post, 455 707 enters Clapham Junction.

Entering Duffield

153 pulls into Duffield on a Matlock-Nottingham service.

NR 31

Not many Class 31s are still in mainline service but here is 31 233 at Derby last week.

Iris

BR Derby lightweight DMU and former test car Iris at Wirksworth.

DRS 68

68 009 at Leamington Spa.

At the stops

444 036 and 444 026 at Waterloo.

Shrub Hill

172 331 waits at Worcester Shrub Hill.

Deltic

Mighty 55 019 approaches its next train at Kidderminster SVR.

Under tow

47 746 at the tail end of a train being hauled by LNER B1 Mayflower.

Waterloo & City

Formerly a BR Class 482 EMU but now part of London Underground's fleet, a Waterloo & City 1992 Stock train at Bank.

Side by side

165 024 and 168 214 at Princes Risborough.

Side on

D1015 Western Champion on the SVR.

Gatwick Express

A Class 442 Gatwick Express heads through Clapham Junction.

Crewe Pendolino

A Class 390 Pendolino passes through Crewe.

C Stock

Recently withdrawn C77 stock 5721 now preserved at the LT Museum Depot.

MPV at LMS

MPV DR98958 at Leamington Spa.

D3201

Preserved Class 08 D3201 at Kidderminster SVR.

Mayflower

LNER B1 61306 Mayflower powering through Tamworth.

Fifty

50 035 at Kidderminster SVR.

Monks Risborough

The quiet little station of Monks Risborough, here looking down the line in the direction of the much busier Princes Risborough junction.

Class 119

Preserved Class 119 DMU W51073 at Duffield on the EVR.

Pantograph

Ready to be fitted to an EMU at the Heathrow Express depot.

Double header

70 807 and 66 848 thunder through Leamington Spa.

Green Rat

D7629 at Wirksworth.

Off to London

166 219 at the tail end of a London bound train leaving Worcester Shrub Hill.

Tamworth freight

An unidentified Class 66 takes a freight though Tamworth high-level.

Route survey

Originally a Class 121 DMU later becoming 960 011 in Railtrack's fleet and used for route surveys. Here it is at Tyseley.

Duffield

158 864 pulls into Duffield.

Heavy freight

70 019 thunders through Leamington Spa.

Clapham 455

455 736 at Clapham Junction.

Info box

Info box on 03 073 at Crewe Heritage Centre.

DMU

Preserved Class 108 DMU at Duffield on the EVR.

Quad Chopper

4 Class 20s at Derby.

Under restoration

37 108 at Crewe Heritage Centre.

City of Truro

City of Truro at Tyseley, which as every schoolboy (used to) knows was the first locomotive to exceed 100mph.

450 friends

450 081 and friend at Clapham Junction.

In the MPD

Inside Bridgnorth MPD.

Erdo HST

43 207 leads a HST through Erdington.

Onto the turntable

6201 Princess Elizabeth moves onto the turntable at Tyseley.

On depot

165 038 at Aylesbury.

RHTT

Railhead Treatment Train DR98959 at Erdington.

APT

The future that was never meant to be, 370 003 at Crewe Heritage Centre.

Class 86

86 259 at Tyseley Loco Works Open Day.

4-Sub

Class 405 4-Sub 8143 at the NRM.