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It's layover in Perth complete, 37219 leads 1Q79 1538 Inverness Millburn to Mossend Down Yard test service away from the loop at Perth and through the station. 37421 was on the rear.
17th April 2023
37421 at Wolverhampton hauling 1Q55 Derby R.T.C. to Derby R.T.C. via Tyseley, Wrexham General and Rugeley Trent Valley with 37116 on the rear on 07/10/2022.
Colas 37254 brings up the rear of the Networkrail Test train coming over the road bridge at Southend Central returning from Shoeburyness.
Having snapped Whernside hill it would have been rude to ignore the far more dramatic Penyghent from this visit to the Three Peaks area of the Yorkshire Dales.
So here we find ourselves on the other side of Batty Moss Viaduct, in failing afternoon light, complimenting the unmistakable nose of the hill with ..... well, a Shed. But it is a DRS liveried one, so the colour scheme does kind of blend in with a snowy Penyghent and the wintry sky.
The train is the 9.38am Mountsorrel Sidings - Carlisle Kingmoor Yard bulk ballast (6C89), in the hands of Shed no. 66302.
4.47pm, 16th February 2018
Finally made it to this iconic spot couple of days ago with my photo buddies. It was first time I was shooting there.
Freightliner Class 90 electric locomotives 90003, 90011 and 90010
4L90 10.15 Trafford Park Freightliner Terminal to Felixstowe North Freightliner Terminal
Coton Lane, Tamworth, Staffordshire
This is the 'going away' shot from the previous picture, with the locomotive propelling the train from the rear.
After spending around a week in Scotland it was time for Network Rail's modified Sprinted unit - numbered 950001 - to head back to base.
It's seen here heading South at Sunderland Bridge in some sun that appeared just seconds before it rounded the corner. It ran as 2Q08 from Slateford Depot to Derby R.T.C.
HNRC (on hire to colas Rail) Class 37610 waits for the road out off Peterborough in the fine rain with the monthly Network Rail PLPR around The Anglia Region on it’s final day visiting working 1Q86 March Down R.S. To Derby R.T.C Secro. - 6/3/2022.
On the last leg 37116 passes through Rotherham Masbrough working the 3Z01 Slateford - Derby RTC ,
26 6 22
As the train approached, the intensity of the rain increased.
The blue beam of light pointing upwards is to measure and record the Overhead Electrical Line, in the areas that this is installed.
Colas 37254 rolls into Manningtree with the Networkrail Test Train for Harwich with ROG 37611 on standby in the down sidings. Those flowers need some much needed rain!
Direct Rail Services Class 88 diesel-electro locomotive 88006 "Juno" approaches Lichfield Trent Valley working 6X43 Dagenham Dock Reception to Garston Car Terminal
DB Cargo Class 66 locomotive 66055 "Alain Thauvette"
Portway Lane, Elford, Tamworth, Staffordshire
6Z32 12.49 Humberstone Road (Leicester) to Bescot Down Side
Network Rail class 43290 crossing the famous Royal Albert bridge from Cornwall into Devon working 1Q18 06:06 Reading Triangle Sidings to Paignton via Penzance. Friday 30th July 2021.
GB Railfreight Class 66 locomotive 66746
6G96 11.48 Cliffe Hill Stud Farm Quarry to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings
Mill Lane, Walsall, West Midlands
DRS 20305 "Gresty Bridge" and 37605 pass Walsall with 6M56, a nuclear flask working from Berkeley to Crewe
67023 arrives at BTM in heavy rain observed from my IET cattle truck. Boarded at Teignmouth and still no chuffin sign of the Trolly dolly for a cuppa. 😡
1Z23 07:08 Bristol TM to Tyseley via Severn Tunnel Jn / Bath / Oxford /
Eveaham
1Z20 NMT to Derby R.T.C. Ex HST Virgin power cars head north with the NMT consist back to Derby. Seen here at Water Orton.
Covering for NR's own power cars (whilst they recieve a overhaul) were ex LNER 43299 leading the NMT with 43290 at Langham Levels, Ivybridge. Working was the 4 weekly 1Q18 06:11 Reading Triangle Sidings to Paignton via Penzance.
The only time the sun disappeared behind a cloud was when this working came through.37057 heads the Network Rail Test Train from Derby to Dollands Moor.
Heavy rain and the Networkrail Test train snakes over the junction at Manningtree heading down the branch to Harwich. Colas 37175 was doing a bit of shoving.
Amazing how the weather in Suffolk is so variable form one place to another.Here in Stowmarket rain all day but at Ipswich dry until the evening. Network Rail Mobil Maintenace unit Robel DB 97506 leading and DR 97806 in the rear. Working from York GR to Romford Engineers sidings.
Beautiful autumn sunshine at Leyland greets Class37 Colas liveried 37219 which is leading a Mossend to Derby test train. Classmate 37421 was on the rear.
Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66621
6D17 11.48 Tunstead Sidings to Elstow Redland Siding
Trowell Junction, Nottinghamshire
Destined for the Trackwork improvements in the Brampton area, north of Halesworth and part of the nine day blockade on the East Suffolk Line.
West Coast Railways 37676 'Loch Rannoch' and BR Large Logo 37403 'Isle of Mull' are seen powering north towards Braehead of Lunan whilst working SRPS Railtours 1Z37 Linlithgow to Inverness via Fife & Aberdeen
Unusual during the day to see a train stabled on that platform but there must have been a problem because a specialist Network Rail Team and the local police are on the platform on the other side talking with the train operator. Knowing my experience with London Underground there must have been a concerning issue. I hope the problem was resolved and nobody was hurt.
12/07/2025 - 37405 & 97302 are seen powering past after running around at chester. These were running 6C56 Aberystwyth Krono Colas to Chirk Kronospan Colas logs during some gorgous afternoon light
Waterloo is Britain’s largest and busiest station.
From
www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our-history/iconic-infra...
Waterloo Station was opened in 1848 by the London & South Western Railway as part of extending the line two miles to be nearer the city. This original station, known as ‘central station’, had six platforms.
From its very earliest days the station was popular with race goers travelling to Epsom; the original station opening in 1848 was brought forward a week to enable passengers to travel to the Derby by rail for the first time.
Through the remainder of the 19th century, Waterloo was extended in an ad-hoc way to cope with demand. In 1860 the ‘Windsor station’ was opened on the north-west side of the original central platforms. In 1878 Waterloo gained an additional two platforms on the south-east side for mainline suburban trains in an extension known as the ‘south station’. In 1885 the ‘north’ station was opened, adding a further six platforms bringing the total at Waterloo to eighteen.
It was however a confusing station for passengers with platforms divided between four different sections of the station, unclear platform numbering, four areas which were classed as concourses and poor information displays. There were significant delays to services as the whole station was served by just four approach lines, and difficult ticketing arrangements with rival railway companies such as the South Eastern Railway did not help.
A new station is designed
In 1899 London & South Western Railway (as the London & Southampton had become) sought permission to completely rebuild and expand the station. The Company sent its chief engineer J W Jacomb-Hood to America to gather information on termini buildings to assist its redesign.
Over twenty years as building work took place, Waterloo became a spacious station with a large open concourse. With 21 platforms under a huge ridge-and-furrow roof it became light and airy compared to the dark maze it once was. Widely praised for its architecture, the new curved building to the front of the station housed the LSWR’s offices and facilities for passengers including a large booking hall and upstairs dining room which were simple and elegant with Georgian style panelling in the dining room and Edwardian decoration in the bars.
The Victory Arch
As the station rebuild was drawing to a close, and as a memorial to their staff that died in the First World War, the LSWR commissioned the Victory Arch; designed by J R Scott, their chief architect and made of Portland stone and bronze it depicts War and Peace, with Britannia holding the torch of liberty above. Leading from Station Approach onto the concourse, the Victory Arch forms the main entrance to Waterloo.
International rail services
Waterloo remained largely unchanged until early 1990s when platforms 20 and 21 were demolished to make way for Waterloo International. Opened in 1994 this was the terminus for Eurostar services running through the new Channel Tunnel. However on completion of the new high speed line in 2007, Eurostar services were taken instead to St Pancras and the international platforms at Waterloo closed.
In July 2012 a first-floor balcony opened at Waterloo to help reduce congestion at the station in time for the London Olympic Games. Space has been created for passengers on the concourse by repositioning shops from the middle of the main concourse onto the balcony. With new escalators and lifts Waterloo station now provides step-free access to its neighbouring station, Waterloo East.
Did you know?
Waterloo provided the terminus of the London Necropolis Company. Opened in 1854, the small, private station was designed to accommodate mourners and hold funeral services before coffins were transported for burial at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.
The original station building was demolished in 1902 to make way for the expansion of Waterloo; its successor was destroyed during an air raid in 1941 and never rebuilt.
So firstly I'd like to apologise for my sparse interaction on both my own images and also all the fantastic photographers on here that I've grown in many ways to think of as friends ❤
Life has been pretty hectic over the last 6 months or so.....and as you probably are aware both 'H' and myself are neurodivergent. Being autistic ADHD'ers brings it's own challenges in our lives, though different and at times it can be hard that's more than outweighed by the love and happiness we share and experience together, though recently we have discovered that 'H' has a rare genetic condition called HME/HMO so linking back to my aforementioned apologies, as, as much as I can I am researching the condition and doing everything I can for 'H'. I wouldn't normally publish such details - but if it raises awareness for this rare condition I'm all for it!!
Now secondly; I found myself in London last Wednesday evening, as I have been awarded a commendation on my image 'Goodnight Sweetheart' in the catoergy 'My Railway Journey' sponsored by Network Rail in the prestigious competition Landscape Photographer Of The Year 2023. As you can imagine I am totally blown away and humbled by this recognition! And this is where the thank you comes in - to you all that have encouraged, critiqued me, inspired and motivated me on this journey, which I hope continues onwards and upwards - THANK YOU ALL❤
The Networkrail Test Train comes through Dumfries working from Ayr to Carlisle with Colas Power car 43257 leading. In September the footbridge is due to be dismantled and replaced by a new bridge complete with lifts to conform with disabilitiy access requirments.A temporary bridge will be put up to the South end of the station.Historic Scotland are not very happy because it is grade B listed so a meeting will be held somtime soon in the town to see what can be done.
DB Cargo Class 66 diesel locomotive 66019
6V50 1239 Burton-on-Trent West Yard Cardiff Tidal Terminal Complex
Catholme, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
In torrential rain Network Rail 97302 T&T with 97303 charge north on the down fast of the WCML approaching Winwick Junction.
Running 34L at this stage, the working appears to have been checked at Stenson Junction earlier in the morning.
* Both English Electric Vulcan Foundry (Newton-le-Willows) products from 1963-4 and still doing the business!