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69006 (ex 56128) 'Pathfinder Railtours' approches Langham Junction on 11th August 2023 with the 6L15 17:59 Toton North Yard to Whitemoor, running one hour early at this point due to operational requirements.
When it entered the class 69 conversion programme, 56128 was one of only four surviving Crewe-built examples, the others being 56117 (stored in Hungary, owned by Eurogate Rail Hungary who were formerly Floyd Zrt), 56302 (ex 56124, currently in traffic and operated by Colas Rail) and 56303 (ex 56125, currently collision damaged and out of use at Wembley).
WCRC, Pathfinder Tours, Class 33, The Crompton Torbay Explorer, travelling from Burton Wetmore Sidings (via Burton On Trent) to Paignton, on sea wall at Coastguards Cafe, Dawlish.
DRS 68022 'Resolution' had charge of the Pathfinder Tours' 05:40 Swindon to Scarborough 'The Yorks Moors Explorer', recorded departing from the Up Bromsgrove Loop (Platform 1). This was the first locomotive-hauled passenger train to use platform 1 to pick up pasengers at the new Bromsgrove station.
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Each unit has it's own role to play in the Pathfinder task force, but reconnaissance is all about information gathering, geographical planning, and discovering hostile troop movements, which is what makes the Command Variant the heart of the task force. If this unit is in the area, and you fight under a different flag, it's going to find you. Outfitted with some of the most advanced, and expensive equipment available, it can detect just about anything and everything within a certain range.
Fitted with a powerful ground radar, with a range of up to 30 miles, uncovering enemies in plain sight is effortless, but not all enemies are so easily exposed, so a satellite uplink and control module gives a birds eye view of the entire battlefield, allowing for a much greater assessment of the situation. The Command variant has communication interception equipment for tapping into enemy radio traffic, but it also has counter communication tapping equipment, so that the enemy can't tap into friendly radio chatter. Also fitted to the unit is a radio frequency override system, which hijacks enemy radio equipment and sends out a ping, allowing for the unit to get an exact fix on the location of the radio transmission, and then feed into any other communication equipment that the hijacked radio broadcasts to, effectively creating a network of who's talking to who, and where, all while unknown to the enemy. The front of the vehicle is fitted with multiple antenna so that the Command Variant can keep in touch with multiple friendly units at all times.
Taking out a command vehicle doesn't quite have the potency it did forty of fifty years ago, in that you'd leave the attached task force isolated and cut off. With each member of the task being in constant contact with the command center, if one unit discovers the enemy, all units discover the enemy, and the command center does too, but that being said, the Command Variant is undoubtedly the eyes and ears of the task force, and any information it gathers is fed directly back to the command center in real time, so even if the unit is destroyed, it's work has already been done.
Although this variant has no weapons, any sharp eyed and mindful hostile soldier would have this unit on the top of his kill list, denying his enemy a vital piece of battlefield equipment, and without a doubt keeping many of his allies alive and undiscovered.
As with all Pathfinder vehicles, this unit has a crew of three, including a commander, an intelligence analyst officer, and a driver.
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
3Q99, GBRf’s 0903 Carlisle Upperby C.E.Sidings to Carlisle Upperby C.E.Sidings Weed control train makes its way along the Cumbrian Coast near Cat Gill on 24 July 2023. The train is approaching Parton North Junction, top and tailed by 69006 “Pathfinder Railtours” & 69005 “Eastleigh”
It's a nice, clean design. 1990 to 1995 for the 1st Gen 4-door, though the 2-door model was available for 1986-90
Nottingham City Transport Scania Omnilink 304 - YN57 FYV stands in Nottingham City Centre waiting to operate Pathfinder 100 to Southwell, a route now operated by double deckers.
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
Good to see this in weekday use, not just out at a show. The better weather today meant I was happy to use the Laurel for work.
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
DB 66110 seen on the rear of 1Z72 10.38 Aviemore to Aberdeen leg of the 'The Easter Chieftain' at Hatton
DRS 20309 and 20308 on the climb above the River Tay near Newburgh with Pathfinder Tours' "Autumn Highlander" returning south from Pitlochry.
King Street, Queen Street, Upper Parliament Street, Lower Parliament Street, King Edward Street, Huntingdon Street, Lower Parliament Street, Southwell Road, Carlton Road, Carlton Hill, Burton Road, Stoke Lane, Colwick Loop Road, Nottingham Road, Main Street, Old Main Road, Nottingham Road, Southwell Road, Nottingham Road, Southwell Road.
Nottingham, King Street Frankie & Benny's
Nottingham, Victoria Centre Argos (3mins)
Nottingham, Boston Street (5mins)
Nottingham, Southwell Road (6mins)
Carlton, Standhill Road Shops (13mins)
Carlton, Tesco (17mins)
Gedling, Stoke Lane (21mins)
Burton Joyce, CoOp (28mins)
Bulcote, Holy Trinity Church (31mins)
Lowdham, War Memorial (35mins)
Gonalston, Farm Shop (36mins)
Thurgaton, Red Lion PH (39mins)
NTU Brackenhurst Campus (43mins)
Southwell, Leisure Centre (45mins)
Southwell, Norwood Gardens (57mins)
Southwell, Minster (1hr 2mins)
Frequency
30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes
60 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings
60 minutes Sunday daytime
120 minutes Sunday evening
37607 and 37218 with Pathfinder Tours' "The Easter Highlander" near Kintore en-route from Inverness to Aberdeen.
Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
Description: Loading model into test section.
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Date: November 20, 1985
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This image is simpler than all the previous ones, but it gave me so much joy to create! This time it’s not a self-portrait, but a portrait of a very dear friend of mine. Meet Vicky, who I used to spend my summers with, when we were both visiting our parents’ village. We don’get to spend so much time together now, but it always makes me really happy to see her. I was really excited when I met her on Easter holiday in our village and she agreed to pose for me! We had little time in our disposal and I was not prepared enough, so I had to improvise concept-wise. I decided to let the scenery guide me and this is what I came up with.
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Water gushes out of the side of a cliff below Pathfinder Dam. During the spring the water flows over the right side of the dam.
Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
D1001 'Western Pathfinder' passes Wadleys footbridge with the 1V38 12.25 B'ham New St - Paddington service.
The second man had been neglecting his duties as the reporting code is incorrect!
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Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
20314 crossing the Swale (King's Ferry) Lifting Bridge with Pathfinder Tours 'The Buffer Puffer 13.0', 1Z21 0955 London Waterloo to Eastbourne, 20/08/16. The tour originated at Eastleigh then via Lymington Pier, Southampton, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Virginia Water, London Waterloo, Nunhead, Eltham, Newington, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Ramsgate, Ashford, Rye, Eastbourne, Brighton, Littlehampton, Portsmouth Harbour, Eastleigh, London Waterloo and return to Eastleigh.