Inverness Station, 070966 thanks to Graham Bean
Ouzing
atmosphere this one, Highland “baby Sulzer” 5126 with the late afternoon Far
North departure
Inverness Station, 300772
My
image is way short of the quality of Graham’s above but heres more type 2
nostalgia with 5330 and 5344 arriving with 1S25 Euston - Inverness “Royal
Highlander” on 300772
Glasgow QS Low level, 300794
37152 was on a rare sight at Glasgow QS low level with the return 1600 ex Oban
Leighton station, 070604 thanks to “Red Cow”
With
so many FL “Skodas” suffering from combustive problems, heres 90050 which did
the same a few years back and is unlikely to return
Ledburn, 090604
87015
“Howard of Effingham” with an up express at a gloomy Ledburn, 8 other phots,
plus gen, of 87015 featured here
Daventry DIRFT, 101011 thanks to David Percy
08913 shunts the 'waterliner' into the new Tesco
distribution depot at DIRFT, with the new Hunslet demo shunter alongside.
Chelmscote Canal side, 221011 Sat
377213
heads South with an early morning M.Keynes - South Croydon working
“London,
Midland and Scottish boatage” department’s! Ajax no 9 berthed at Old Linslade
canal bridge. The familiar “Tree” and bridge 139 are in the background
St Albans Abbey, 221011 thanks to Robin Morel
1964 vintage Monster 37 685 seen at St
Albans Abbey 22:50 Saturday night (22nd) on the spitfire tour, (706 at
other end),The train could be heard well before arrival and long after
departure! This tour also did the rarely traversed link between the Abbey
branch and up Slow line at Watford
Chelmscote, 281011 Fri thanks to Andrew Chambers
6M76
Warrington-Wembley silver bullets in revised path about 3.5 hours later than
normal with 92042 up front
Marylebone, 281011
67013
at the blocks with the 1555 Birmingham MS - Marylebone which still calls at
Wycombe (1712) mon-fris
Gen snippets
New DRS 4L48 Daventry-Ripple Lane/4M77 Ripple Lane Daventry started Wednesday replacing the sugarliner 4L38/4M71. Passes LB 1205 southbound, returning north 2030. Conveys both the sugar (tank-tainers) and Tesco Less CO2 curtainsiders.
DRS 47s 1Z66 Glasgow-Southampton Boat Train due LB around 1245 Sunday 30th October
Just to show the strength of railtours locally despite recent Rail blue farces, a relief “Concrete Cow “ tour featuring bley flyover and Wolverton under the boards will run on 280111, a week after the main tour
The week that was, local gen
Sunday 23 October
67003/67030 plus 90021 (dit) 1S26 2330 Euston-Glasgow/Edinburgh to Crewe, 90029 fwd
Monday 24 October
86501 4L89 Crewe-Felixstowe
86610/638 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
37510 0Z41 Willesden-Wolverton/5Z41 Wolverton-Willesden
70008 4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
Tuesday 25 October
66424 first working of 4L48 Daventry-Ripple Lane
86610/638 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
86607/627 4M54 Tilbury-Crewe
66008 4M34 Crawley-Peak Forest Cemex empties
70008 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
20308/37611 Dungeness flasks
Wednesday 26 October
86609/639 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
86612/614 4M54 Tilbury-Crewe
47818 0Z47 Crewe-Willesden
70008 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
Thursday 27 October
86607/627 4M54 Tilbury-Crewe
86501 4L92 Ditton-Felixstowe
57304/90049 5T89 Euston-Glasgow(more than 2 hours late)
20303/308 Dungeness flasks
70008 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
Friday 28 October
86610/638 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
86639/605 4M54 Tilbury-Crewe
86501 4M87 Felixstowe-Trafford Park
47501 5Z40 Norwich-Wolverton
90049 1T90 Glasgow-Euston/1K39 Euston-Crewe
70008 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
On this day in history, 011164 - 5022 derailed at Bletchley
Next update not until late on Mon Nov 7th