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37175 leads 3Z11 1500 High Marnham-RTC through Trowell Jn, which was being diverted to Sleaford to assist 3Q55 RTC-Skegness-RTC which had an expired 37116 at the helm.
56103 leads and 56312 on the rear,working 6y85 Ferrybridge - York yard,passing Colton South Junction on 10/08/2014
37116 leads the 1Q83 monthly test train from Blackpool North to Derby RTC on the 25th March ‘22. The EE stalwart was captured leaving Swinden on the approach to Hellifield with 37099 ‘Merl Evans’ growling away at the rear.
BNSF 4340 leads a westbound manifest on Main 2 around the sweeping curve on the eastern fringes of Hawley, MN.
MoW had the trains running wrong-main, but what makes this shot interesting to me is certainly not an H2 GE but that H2 GE's green plow. Ever see one so green? Apparently this unit had been in some sort of accident and had gotten a repaint sometime between Sep '05 and when I caught it here.
But speaking of H2 C44-9Ws, have you ever noticed the variation of paint on the nose? Most seem to have all orange top-to-bottom, but this one was repainted with green under the bottom yellow stripe. Not sure why some are green and some are not, but I always preferred the ones with green down there.
Running 8 hours and 9 minutes late due to a stalled freight train west of Needles, AMTK 39 leads the Southwest Chief past Basta in west Fullerton, Calif., on April 27, 2023.
43055 leads 1Z62 16:40 Kingswear to Exeter St Davids 'Midland Pullman' charter past Saltern Cove on Saturday 13th April 2024. 43047 on the rear.
AEM7 948 leads a southbound Acela Regional past the substation at Severn MD on April 14, 2005. The AEM7 era would come to a close eleven years later in 2016 as the beloved Toasters were replaced by ACS-64s (City Sprinters) built by Siemens in California.
Nikon N90s, Fujichrome Astia 100.
66743 leads the Royal Scotsman across picturesque Rannoch Moor. This was the Edinburgh to Fort William leg of the tour 1H85. I was planning to photograph the train crossing Rannoch viaduct, however the sun dropped below the mountains so I literally chased the light across the moor and it paid off! There were no midges either, thank god! The time was about 1940 so this was the very last of the evening sun.
SCOUT: “Come along Jago.” *Leads Jago by the paw into the dining room.*
JAGO: “Where are you taking me, Scout.”
SCOUT: “You’ll see Jago! It’s a lovey surprise!” *Giggles.*
PADDY: “Welcome Jago! Please come and join us for elevenses!”
JAGO: “Goodness! What a wonderful selection of delicious treats!”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “There are some fruit mince tarts, and some shortbread biscuits for us to enjoy Jago, all made by hand by Daddy.”
BOGART: “And there are some jam fancies too Jago, and even though they are shop bought, they are delicious.” *Rubs tummy vigorously.* “Grumbly tummy, Jago! Grumbly tummy!”
SCOUT: “I have a grumbly tummy too!” *Rubs tummy vigorously.* “Grumbly tummy, Jago! Grumbly tummy!”
PADDY: “Cousin Paddington, would you please pour the tea.”
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “With pleasure, Paddy.” *Lifts teapot.* “Jago, would you please pass me your cup. You may have the first cup of tea from the pot.”
JAGO: “Oh thank you, Cousin Paddington.”
BOGART: “I like sitting next to you, Jago.”
JAGO: “Why is that, Bogart?”
BOGART: “Because you are nice and soft and snuggly.”
JAGO: “Why thank you, Bogart! You are lovely and soft too.”
BOGART: “Thank you, Jago.”
JAGO: “Do you have elevenses like this every day, Paddy?”
PADDY: “Oh no, Jago!”
SCOUT: “No Jago. Sometimes we have even more extravagant elevenses!”
JAGO: “You do?”
PADDY, SCOUT, COUSIN PADDINGTON and BOGART: “Yes we do!”
JAGO: “Goodness! How lucky I am to find such a nice new home. It is nice and clean, everybear is so welcoming, and there is enough food for everybear to eat!”
SCOUT: *Puts paw to mouth.* “Was there not enough food for you at Mummy Junie’s?”
JAGO: “Oh there was plenty of food, and so much love at Mummy Junie’s, Scout. No, I was just surprised that there is anywhere in the world quite as lovely as there.”
PADDY: “Well, now you are here Jago, we hope that you will want to stay.”
BOGART: “Oh yes, do stay Jago!” *Snuggles up against Jago.*
COUSIN PADDINGTON: “Yes, please do stay, Jago. We can talk about home over tea with you. I know Paddy and I would enjoy that very much.”
DADDY: *Pops head into the dining room.* “I’d be pleased for you to stay as long as you like, Jago. And I hope that that is a very long time indeed.”
SCOUT: “Yes Jago! You should stay forever! This is my forever home and I love it! Please stay!”
JAGO: “Well, with such a wonderful new family, and delicious elevenses,” *Picks up a jam fancy.* “How can I refuse?” *Takes a bear size bite contentedly.*
This beautiful nursery tea set is made by the Shell China company in the 1910s. It features six cups, saucers (not all the set is being used today) as well as a teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all gilt and featuring different nursery rhymes including: "See Saw Margery Daw", "Jack and Jill", "This Little Pig Went to Market", "Taffy ws a Welshman", "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", "Little Jack Horner", "Old Mother Goose" and "I Saw a Ship a Sailing" amongst others. It is the prequel set to the Shell China nursery and faerie tale tea sets I have from the 1920s and 1930s. The designs are very Edwardian and the set is made up of smaller pieces.
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
Jago is a recent addition to my ever-growing family. A gift from a dear friend in England, he is made of English mohair with suede paw pads and glass eyes. He is a gentle bear, kind and patient who carries an air of calm about him. He is already fitting in with everyone else very nicely.
Travelling all the way from London, Cousin Paddington was caught in transit thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. After so long here he has decided to stop with us permanently. That makes me happy, as the more I look into his happy, smiling face, the more attached I am becoming to him.
Bogart has travelled all the way from Georgia, via Alabama as a gift to me from a friend. He has lovely Southern manners and seems to be a fun and gentle soul with an inquisitive nature.
BNSF 9650 leads coal buckets down the BNSF Ft. Scott Subdivision near Fontana, KS. This former Frisco line is full of sags and curves.
While it may by filthy, I am glad to shoot a "wagon-wheel" mac leading. I personally do not like non-logo exec macs.
I am pretty happy with this being my first shot of 2023.
Class 47 loco no. 47712 leads 1Z65, the Penzance to Wolverhampton 'Statesman' railtour on the evening of Saturday 29 June 2024. It is seen here pulling away from a signal check on the approach to Yatton station in North Somerset. There was considerable congestion on the lines here on this evening, due to what I believe was a faulty GWR set at Weston-super-Mare. Trains followed close behind each other, hence the oncoming lights , and passing rear lights, seen through the exhaust haze of the 47.
(This image is a substantial crop from a shot taken at 760mm. It has some technical issues resulting from low light levels and the focal length used. However I feel the atmosphere of the scene more than compensates for these issues).
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8220 leads a string of cement pots to Berrima Cement Works. This is an extra service, unsure why it was running but there is never a down empty cement train in daylight.
2024-12-10 Pacific National 8220 Picton 1237
86614 leads classmate 86609 through Cathiron on 24th may 2017 working 4M87 Felixstowe - Crewe Basford Hall Freightliner
Colas 37175 leads 3M05 10:52 Dollands Moor - Derby R.T.C. past Ayres End in an unexpected bit of sunshine.
On a more sombre note, this location has partially succumbed to palisade fencing (at least it's green) and will probably be completed by this time next week. That's all locations in the environs of Luton & Harpenden gone now.
KCS 4177 leads an ethanol train east across the CP Chicago Sub and through Genoa, Illinois on this mid-November night. A few days before, a snowstorm dropped a record of nearly 6" in the area. The clear night allowed temperatures to drop off to 4 above zero F with a wind chill of -10 when this shot was taken. Did I keep my gloves on? Nope. Do I regret it? My hands did a little...
43040 leads the 09:15 Paddington - Swansea service passing Cardiff Canton, 15th April 1978.
Locomotive History
43040 was built at Crewe Works and entered traffic in December 1976 as part of seven car HST set 253020, part of a batch of twenty seven HST sets built for Western Region services to Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea. 253020 (43040/41) was one of five Western Region HST sets transferred to Midland Main Line duties in 1982. With the completion of East Coast Main Line electrification in the early the East Coast Main Line and Midland Main HST fleet was reorganised and 43040 returned to the Western Region in September 1991, although allocated to West Coast Main Line duties. In practice the Western Region used any of its fleet on these West Coast duties and this was reflected in April 1993 when the “dedicated” West Coast duties allocation was abandoned and 43040 has remained on Western Region services since. In June 2007 43040 entered Brush, Loughborough to be “re-engineered” and has had its original Paxman Valenta engine replaced by a MTU unit. It re-entered service on Great Western Main Line services for First Great Western in September 2007.
Withdrawn in September 2023 it was exported to Nigeria for further use in November 2023.
Praktica LTL, Ektachrome 200
82200 leads a fully liveried 'Virgin Trains East Coast' rake under the A1, just on the south edge of Biggleswade.
this path leads to underneath a very, very old beech tree at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.... it is so magical being 'inside' the heart of this tree and we always enjoy entering... but this day it was closed.... maybe due to weak branches...
Happy Fence Friday and I wish you all a great weekend!
BNSF 6500 leads a westbound intermodal train across Mill Creek for the frost of many times as it turns the corner at West Holliday to climb up the hill to Olathe. I think this shot is going to get a bit better as things green up a bit.
As we approach the spring equinox the sun has definitely swung back over to the north and will continue to do so up until June 21. Pretty soon we'll be able to shoot from Holliday instead of West Holliday.
BNSF 9380 leads an eastbound coal train out of the Dilworth Yard in Dilworth, MN for a run up the grade out of the Red River Valley along the BNSF Staples Sub.
Well, here it is...my very first ACe, replete with white numberboards, high headlights, and a non-isolated cab! At just over a year old, the shiny newness has worn off of, at the time, EMD's most recent entry into the locomotive market.
Those of us in the northern plains had to wait some time for the new model to make its way into coal service, not that we were clamoring for that to happen. The ACe led the way for northern coal to switch from DC power to AC power and thus the days of trains being powered by SD60Ms, Oakways, and SD75I/Ms were numbered.
At the time, I was not enamored with the esthetics of the notch-nosed, flared radiator ACe, especially since it meant the death of the DC-powered models that were much-liked, but my views on this unit softened over time to where it's now what I set my sights on when I head out trackside. Hard to believe these units have been plying the rails for more than a decade now.
As for these 1st-generation, non-isolated cab ACes, they were relegated to trailing/DPU status-only in 2009 or 2010 due to crew safety concerns over vibration/noise if I recall correctly...
A former Seaboard System SD45-2 leads a CSX stealth U36B westward on the B&O Belt Line in Baltimore. The big grey EMD had a nice Leslie 5-chime weighing down the cab; I wish those things were still as plentiful as they once were.
The motors were emerging from underneath the North Avenue overpass which has some impressive stone-working. The cement retaining wall on the left side of the frame is part of the then-new MTA Light Rail Line.
At one time the B&O was electrified through here (first catenary, then third rail), and had a tower here to protect a Pennsylvania Railroad branch that crossed here on a diamond.
Path leads to Ju Ming sculpture in St. Louis Citygarden "Tai Chi Single Whip." Yellow autumn leaves as background.
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DSNG 476 leads the Winter Photo Freight south past a location known as "Goblin Fire" on the old DRGW Silverton Branch. Due to a distinct lack of snow this winter, the charter trains were able to go further north than the normal, allowing for this opportunity.
Power car 43320 leads an unidentified London-bound National Express East Coast working past Langford (south of Biggleswade).
National Express operated the Inter-City East Coast franchise for less than two years, taking over from Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) on 9th December 2007; GNER had been stripped of the franchise as a result of it having filed for bankruptcy. However, the National Express Group had got its sums wrong, and asked for the financial arrangements to be renegotiated - but the end result was the franchise being taken back into direct government ownership, with NXEC ending operations on 13th November 2009. Despite this, the new National Express livery was applied to many HST sets (during a refurbishment started under GNER), although only one class 91 loco and no mark 4 coaches.
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BNSF 9180 leads a southbound coal train through the tiny town of Palmer Lake, CO.
I didn't think I'd ever see a lake again in Palmer Lake, but thanks to a very wet year so far and the fact that the town got its water rights back, the lake is back and growing! It's still got a little ways to go to get back to its glory days, but it should be full by this winter.
5963 leads L070e through Winthrop on a gorgeous March afternoon.
5963 was rumored to be dead last week, so to see it trailing on the westbound was a pleasant surprise. Getting it leading coming back east was a treat. The first blue I'd seen leading the old WAPO/POWA jobs in a long time, I wonder if it will be the last time.
COLAS NEW TOYS HERE , 67023 leads 67027 Both ex works fresh from painting and exams head through TOTON JUNCTION with the 0Z67 11:20 TOTON T.M.D. - DERBY R.T.C light engine , Tuesday 07th March 2017
CN 2905 leads daily '406' westbound, as they crest the small grade and head down into Saint John, New Brunswick. There's a small rock cut on both sides of the tracks, which makes for a great vantage point for shooting. Next time, I might try the other side, depending on the shadows.
May 7,2016.
N472 leads its 5 car train through the junction at Kilmore East on a Shepparton Pass.
The signal post was soon to be replaced by a standard galvanised steel post arrangement.
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Kilmore East, Vic
09/11/2018
BNSF 1933 leads the Pikes Peak Local up the Palmer Divide as it ascends into Palmer Lake, CO.
Running a bit later than usual, the twice-a-week PPL was doing all it could to avoid being shot since it was northbound in December and I was only armed with my iPhone, but I made due the best I could with the plate that was set before me. After all, I'm not about to *not* shoot a Cascade Green SD40-2 if I see one!
20302 leads the RHTT towards Sheffield passing Swaithe on the outskirts of Barnsley (Pole used but can be done on steps from further up the field)
66424 leads a rake of mk2 stock near Acton Bridge with 5Z21 0900 Motherwell TMD to Derby RTC on 6th July 2020.
37059 was bringing up the rear having been returned to traffic following work at Carlisle.
The coaches were ex Cumbrian Coast & Fife Circle stock comprising of 5810,5919,6046 & 9525 and were heading to Derby apparently for publicity runs.
66753 leads 1Z80 to Southend Victoria through Rochford, The Thames Meanderer rail tour taking in both lines to Southend today.
IAIS 153 leads the SIPE-02 (Silvis Illinois to Peoria Illinois) with 28 cars through Sheffield Illinois on October 2, 2022. After leaving one hopper at Atkinson, they will setout 8 tank cars at Bureau Junction, and head to Peoria with 20 cars. Copyright © Revenge Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Freightliner Grey 90044 leads the 5Z25 14:08 Wembley-Polmadie Caledonian Sleeper ECS through Winwick. Last nights 1S25 from London Euston to Inverness was cancelled due to a problem with one of the coaches, I'm assuming this movement was to ensure the stock was in the right place. With the new MK5 sleeper fleet close to introduction, this will likely be the last time I get to photo MK3 sleeper stock with a Class 90. The new stock requires locos with dellner couplings and as such GBRf have modified a number of their Class 92's for this purpose. The 90's, as well as the hired in Class 86's and 87, will be dispensed with as they will no longer be compatible.
(Pole Shot)
70814 leads 6K30 Montrose to Millerhill south over the Tay Bridge whilst sister loco 70816 brings up the rear of a rake of coalfish
Leased CR 6548 leads SOO 754 on train 912 in the fog, rain and gloom of October 19, 1979 at Trout Lake. The leased CR U33C made a couple trips from Gladstone to Soo yard that fall but these Conrail boats were even more troublesome than the SOO's own out of favor fleet of U30C's. This days 912 was 121 cars so the power will get a workout with the downed leaves and wet rail.