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Rail replacement buses at Five Ways station, Birmingham, in February 1986. The leading vehicle, Metrobus KJW 301W, was disposed of in 1991 to another operator - Stevensons. All info cribbed off various other Flickr sites as I know nothing about buses!
Due to the failure of a Class 90, 321363 and 321306 were drafted in to work 1P49 to London Liverpool Street.
Daylight savings is in full swing as the 17:11 service from Southern Cross approaches Kilmore East as 8327.
This service is scheduled to be loco hauled, although a late service change prompted a four car sprinter set, with 7003 leading.
Kilmore East, Vic
18/2/19
It's been a bit snowy in Manchester today. Luckily the council have put on a replacement bus service.
Enviro400s from Go Coach were on loan to Abellio in April 2022 to cover various rail replacements. 9515 was one such example seen arriving at Hatton Cross Station heading for Acton Town on Piccadilly Line Replacement
It was down the A3 to Portsmouth & Southsea Station for some rail replacement action today (14/02/2026) with services running 3 times per hour from Portsmouth Harbour to both Barnham (Southern) and Petersfield (SWR) and back again.
As with my last visit here, the variety of bus liveries seen today was excellent with around 12 operators noted in the 3 hours we were present. Top picks today were Compass Travel's pair of 75-plate ADL E400 MMCs; 4 coaches from the BM/Mercian/Linburg fleets; and further E400 MMCs from Brighton & Hove, Tomorrows Travel, Wheelers Travel and Xelabus.
Another good morning and this time in some very rare sunshine!!
Tying down where my first nightjar would drop her replacement clutch proved far from easy. In fact, I really struggled. It was only a bit of inspired thinking that lead me to her. I realised an area that I hadn't given my full focus had been next to a heavily walked path. Subconsciously, it's because in the back of your mind, it's the last place you want the bird to utilise. And so it proved to be that she was just thirty yards off the path. Two clear side on views were available and over the next ten days, bless her, she never moved an inch. Every day was the same shot. It was all academic as I knew it was going to end badly yet again for this bird. Every day two separate dog walkers, each with four springers would walk the path at different times of day and the dogs would go off piste. I saw her on two occasions flushed by a rampaging dog. No springer on flushing a bird in the same area twice would not after that point deliberately not go looking for it. It may have been the work of one individual but there is every chance that all of the dogs contributed in some way. She endured two days of relentless rain as later photos will show but with less than four days to hatching I found the eggs intact but scattered over the area. In some part, better that I witnessed that, rather than chicks. Very sad but I knew it was always going to happen.
My rewards this year photographically and video wise with the jars have fallen hopelessly short in terms of the time and effort that I've put in. I'm in no doubt about that. But to have seven weeks spent in the company of such amazing birds has been reward itself.
Track replacemet curently underway in Barmouth, the final stage of Network Rail's renovation project, scheduled to be finished for this weekend.
TE1440 (LK13BFM) is seen having been blinded for Nation Rail REPLACEMENT - National Rail Logo.
Title mentions how Govia are just falling apart....especially Thameslink
First Aberdeen have begun delivery of Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE from sister company First Scotland East. They are being replaced by a mix of former Essex Scania and service cuts down south and will enable the withdrawal of the Barbie liveried Wright Renowns and support PVR changes that the new Lochside Academy opening will cause next month.
69263 was first to arrive and enter service, seen here on its first day in use on the 20 service pretty much in as acquired condition from Scotland East. Passing the Bridge of Don P&R terminal which has seen a massive decline in usage since the 20 replaced the X40. First have now acknowledged the 20 change was a "mistake" but are waiting to see the impact of Broad St reopening before revisiting service changes,
This vehicle was on Southern Trains Rail Replacement Services from Oxted in Surrey to Uckfield in East Sussex, and was seen arriving at Crowborough Rail Station.
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'CITY OF WELLS OPENING SEASON VISIT TO NORTH YORK MOORS RAILWAY' (60009 REPLACEMENT) - NYMR 30th MARCH 2019
Dan's Coach Travel Scania Wright/Solar YS03 ZKF. Dan had a very early start and is changing over on Rail Replacement at Ipswich. I think the dispatcher is saying that uniform looks very smart Dan.
Metrolink replacement to Ashton today saw an opportunity for some photos.
To add a little variety York Pullman was also covering a couple of duties and BV70EFB is seen having just left the Edge Lane stop in Droylsden on its way into Ashton.
Ex-London United TLA17 SN53KHR seen at Twickenham working on South West Trains Rail Replacement towards Staines.
Well, the long anticipated "Woking Weekender" finally arrived and delivered a magnificent array of vehicles operating rail replacement services out to Weybridge, Guildford, Aldershot and Basingstoke throughout both days. No less than 34 different operators provided in excess of 70 buses, coaches and minibuses across both days including three 75-plates. And Burrows Coaches had "both" their East Lancs Darts out - EDIT - STOP PRESS! On Saturday it was LK55ADX and on Sunday it was J8UFX - first with the news!!
Now then, Woking is not the photographer's friend at this time of year due to high-rise office blocks surrounding the station area. Saturday started wet, eased off but remained rather gloomy all day, and Sunday was almost a write-off with clear blue skies and low sun. The one sunny spot we found came with a time limit as a ruddy great big lamppost shadow edged its way into shot therefore limiting use of that corner. All in all though, it proved to be a belter!! Maybe have it in the Spring next time please Network Rail?
Bear Buses VN36140 is pictured on Garratt Lane, Earlsfield whilst heading for Surbiton on South Western Railway Rail Replacement
The rather inclement weather had me pondering whether or not to venture out to Basingstoke today (05/01/2025) but in the end curiosity won again! A good few captures here for you to enjoy.
Grey Cars AFJ742T waits outside Exeter St Davids station on 15th October 1988 as part of a fleet operating rail replacement services
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There was certainly a good variety of vehicles running through Basingstoke on rail replacement duties today (Good Friday 2023). The sun made an appearance which was good to see as well!
As the Monsoon Clouds Hit The Vindhyachal Ranges of Madhya Pradesh , A Sleeper Replacement Machine Swiftly Moves towards Budni in order to replace a Damaged Sleeper , Due to the work many trains were Held up at Hoshangabad and Train services were Hit for 2 hours. Monsoons have this time around Hit Madhya Pradesh violently triggering Flood Like Situations in all parts as all the rivers are in Spate , Narmada River Not far from this place was flowing almost 5-6 meters above danger levels. Madhya Pradesh is the most drenched State Of India this year receiving rains almost everyday.
YR10BCF is seen on Chiltern Rail Replacement at Amersham Station.
Vehicle Details
Operator: Masons
Fleet Number: 5070
Registration: YR10BCF
Vehicle: N230UD Scania OmniCity
I grabbed a shot of the James Creek diversion at South St. Vrain to show the layout from above on the south side hill. Below is the second, more serious dam cut into the banks of the South fork of the South St. Vrain River. The original diversion is just beyond the original. You can see the course of the South Fork of the original St. Vrain cut off on the left and the highly built up ditch, right. Boy, does the early light suck down in this hole. It is at least two hours early especially on a blazing blue sky day. Oh well, I was there right then and it looked interesting for the story even if it is another tough shot to edit while using multiple layers. It's a pretty crummy diversion for which all of western water law hinged, rightly or wrongly. I just as well edit these descriptive shots for the series. Maybe I could find them a beaver to work for Lefthand Ripped Water District.
Here we now at the "headwaters" of James Creek on that blue bird autumn day. Al and I trekked up to the meadow - really the original source of James. It's always worth some serious slackage after the trek. In fact, we are now above the original source of the James. It surely looks like an irrigation ditch diversion in the mountains. Who dug this ditch and why? I figured I'd fully document the landmark in this series. Now you know!
Could the beavers alone, the far and away the best engineers at preserving the Rockies watered riparian habitat, have accomplished this much pretty easily? Assuming they thought it would be a good idea and. assuming they wanted a dam right here. Phil and I sat quietly watching a young beaver working in the meadows for period of time on an earlier trek.
Maintenance was required after the big flood that nearly wiped out Jamestown. Boy did the water diversion ever pay Jamestown back bigly during the big flood a few years back! After looking over the "flaccid" ditch, I wonder where ALL the rest of the flood waters came from.
Al claimed that he intended to do an article for the Longmont Observer about the James Creek water diversion that figured most mightily into Western, Colorado and regional water law. Phil and I knew that this all had to do with the diversion at the top of James Creek a spot we visited previously and knew well. The story is well woven into our history. This is my reveal of the geography behind the story.
Here's another colorful shot up the James that fall. The trail was a mix of foliage in fallage lush color. This screams high Rockies palette while in deepest shade. It needed extra layers because of the range. Oh well, we are set for a now 90s in August record before we can escape this summer and get a few 50s for the nights. Pretty please, deniers.
There is much still to be sorted out across GHA's vast operational area, but Howard's Travel have picked up a couple of Cheshire routes, and had them up and running within a day. This is the 289 between Altrincham, Knutsford and Northwich, a route which recently has been generally run with a tatty Solo, and has probably never seen anything as large as an Enviro 300 ! F15 HOW was heading away from Pickmere, bound for Knutsford and Altrincham.