We hold our first meeting of the 2014 race season at Wallentine Motorsports

Photos from VORRA's "The 24" desert endurance race

Scenes from the 2017 Mint 400

Photos from the race

We make our third run at the Mint 400.

The cab of Class 11 shunt loco, 12099.

Cameraphone shots of stuff from when I was driving / secondmanning (if that's a word) on the Severn Valley Railway at the 2009 diesel gala. Shots taken with Samsung Jet S8000.

Photos from the race

Date taken: 06/04/2012

Location taken: Kidderminster Yard

Rolling stock in photo: BR Class 11 Diesel Shunter 12099, BR Class 08 Diesel Shunter D3022, BR Railfreight Goods Van 201056 and BR Railfreight Goods Van 200176

Scenes from the 2017 Mint 400

BR class 11 "12049" (in reality 12082) stabled outside the boiler shop at Ropley on the Mid Hants Railways during the 2013 MHR diesel gala.

12082 replaced 12049 after the former was destroyed in a fire in July 2010.

We arrive in Ensenada, set up shop and get caught up on sleep. Some of us, anyway.

12131 at Weybourne NNR 09/06/2007.

1107 prep continues

We made it 24 miles. It's racing.

We make it as far as San Quintin

We arrive in Ensenada, set up shop and get caught up on sleep. Some of us, anyway.

Shots from our prep for the 2014 Baja 1000

We visit Canepa Design

Contingency at the 2014 Baja 1000

Anniston Army Depot graduated 13 individuals from its Depot Leadership and Management Program May 8, 2015.

Anniston Army Depot graduated 13 individuals from its Depot Leadership and Management Program May 8, 2015.

Scenes from the 2017 Mint 400

We made it 24 miles. It's racing.

We visit Canepa Design

Ex British Railways class 11 no. 12052 at Brechin. Introduced to traffic on 12th April 1949 to an L.M.S. design, withdrawn by British Rail on 13th June 1971. It spent a period in industrial use before entering preservation.

Brechin station, opened on 1st February 1848, rebuilt to its present form by the Caledonian Railway in 1898. Closed to passengers by British Railways on 4th August 1952. Freight traffic lasted until May 1981 when the line from Kinnaber Junction was completely closed. The Caledonian Railway (Brechin) reopened the line as far as Bridge if Dunn in 1993.

Scenes from the 2017 Mint 400

The cab of Class 11 shunt loco, 12099.

Cameraphone shots of stuff from when I was driving / secondmanning (if that's a word) on the Severn Valley Railway at the 2009 diesel gala. Shots taken with Samsung Jet S8000.

We pre-run a section of the Baja 1000 course until things start breaking

Shots from Contingency and Tech

We're 19 days out from the Baja 1000

Scenes from the 2017 Mint 400

50031 'Hood' with D4100 and 12099 at Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway on the 28th of October 2017

Love or Hate it, To me this just proves that even though the 50's never carried Intercity Executive or Swallow liveries, it really suits it and it should have been the natural progression after large logo livery for them instead of the awful NWSE livery

We could have done better

We visit Canepa Design

"Class 11" shunter 12083 stabled at The Battlefield Line along with two industrial shunters. 13.08.16.

1107 was part of the reported $3.2 million shoot for the opening scene of the first episode of The Grand Tour.

We made it 24 miles. It's racing.

We hold our first meeting of the 2014 race season at Wallentine Motorsports