 | 1st November 2009
to 30th November 2009 | November Railtours - 2009 (3 images) 
Railtours from November featuring same new places.
6th November:35028 Clan Line forms 1Z82 London Victoria - Shalford VSOE.
7th November: 60163 Tornado from 1Z28 Gloucester - London Victoria.
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 | 1st November 2009
to 30th November 2009 | Assorted November - 2009 (10 images)
A selection of photographs taken in November 2009 featuring same new places.
2rd November: DBSO 9702 with 31105 form 4Z03 Derby RTC - Selhurst T&RSMD.
3nd November: DBSO 9701 with 31459 form 1Z12 Didcot - Didcot.
4th November: 66420 tnt 66426 form 3S60 Stowmarket - Shenfield
5th November: 66841 forms 0Z66 Eastleigh - Tilbury.
5th November: 66411 forms 4M71 Tilbury - Daventry.
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 | 24th October 2009 | Buffer Puffer 8.0 - 2009 with 31190 and 66844 (21 images)
The second Buffer Puffer train runs more traditionally on the Saturday and features a plethora of lines right around the Greater London area do not see locomotive hauled trains.
locos Hanson Traction 31190 + Ex Advenza 66844
Route:
London Euston - London Victoria
(via Acton Yd. Recep Line, Hornsey Dn Rev Sdgs, Liverpool Street, High Meads Junc., DBS Lea Interchange, Waterloo, Bromley North, London Bridge, Tonbridge, Victoria, Caterham)
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 | 10th October 2009
to 11th October 2009 | First GBRf Charity Railtours -The Caterham Corps / The Eaton Rifles (32 images)
The two charity special organised by First GB Railfreight for their chosen good cause, Help for Heroes. The tours went down EMU-only Southern branches that do not see locomotive hauled trains which was truly mind-boggling.
Starring........
First GBRf Barbie 73213 + HDL's class 201 1001 + Network Rail Yellow 73212 + First GBRf Barbie 73141 (for the The Eaton Rifles)
( The Caterham Corps - Hastings, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Orpington,London Victoria, Nunhead,Lewisham,Grove Park, Bromley North, Sidcup, Crayford Spur, Greenwich, London Bridge, Norwood Junction, East Croydon, Purley, Caterham, Purley, Tattenham, Purley, East Croydon, Selhurst, Clapham Junction, Olympia, Gunnersbury, Richmond,Olympia, London Victoria,Hastings)
( The Eaton Rifles - The tour was CAPED at Windsor due to 1001 derailing.)
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 | 4th October 2009 | Nene Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Gala 2009 (27 images)
A first time visit to the Nene Valley Railway for the Autumn Diesel Gala with the environment unfriendly diesel fleet. A good day all round.
A must for next year because its mildly bonkers
Loco staring..........
25035, 45133, 31108, D9009, 50008, D306, 37518, 31271
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 | 1st October 2009
to 31st October 2009 | October Railtours - 2009 (38 images)
Railtours from October featuring........
3rd: 1001 forms 1Z27 Hastings - Worcester Shrub Hill.
3rd: 47580 tnt 47773 forms 1Z80 Birmingham Snow Hill - Southend.
3rd: 67003 tnt 67020 form 1Z41 Weston Super Mare - Norwich.
10th:86259 form 1Z27 Carlisle - London Euston.
17th: 86701 tnt 86702 form 1Z31 London King's Cross - Newcastle.
23rd: 31190 tnt 66844 from 1Z31 'Buffer Puffer 7.0' London Liverpool Street - Orient Way.
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 | 1st October 2009
to 31st October 2009 | Assorted October - 2009 (59 images)
A selection of photographs taken in October 2009. we might get Sun and Autumn Colours. Who knows.
1st October: D1015 on OOC - OOC route leaner.
1st October: 47839 forms 6Z48 Burton - Dollands Moor.
6th October: 57003 + 57007 + 20305 + 20304 + 37601 form 0Z40 Gresty Bridge-Stowmarket.
7th October: 66426 + 66420 + 37069 + 37059 + 37604 form 0Z40 Gresty Bridge - Stowemarket.
7th October: 47839 + 87014 + 87013 + 87004 form 0Z87 Crewe - Worcester.
9th October: 47270 + 31271 + 45133 + 50008 form 0Z57 Wansford - Butterley.
20th October: 31459 + 31452 form 1Q06 Ferme Park - Bounds Green.
23rd October: 31190 forms 0Z31 Washwood Heath - Wembley Yard.
23rd October: 960301 forms 3C70 Aylesbury - London Marylbone.
25th October: 37676 + 47760 form 5Z38 Leicester - Carnforth.
27th October: 960301 forms 3C70 Aylesbury - London Marylbone.
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 | 12th September 2009 | Mid Hants Autumn Steam Gala 2009 (11 images)
Had a day on the MHR for there Autumn Steam Gala. The day went well until 850 Lord Nelson had brake problems at Alton making the last two trains up a hour late.
Locos..............
850 Lord Nelson, 60019 Bittern, 34007 Wadebridge, 9F 92212, Super D 49395, USA tank 30075
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 | 6th September 2009 | THE SPITFIRE - 2009 (13 images)
Had a day chasing 34067 Tangmere around Kent.
Engineering work at London Victoria meant that the train started at London Bridge.
The train runs every year to Britain's Oldest Brewer in Faversham. It conjures up the atmosphere of the trains that once carried thousands of happy hop pickers from London to the Kentish countryside.
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 | 5th September 2009 | DBS 37s last loco hauled to Bristol - 2009 (7 images)
After a long wait of 10 years 37s finally returned to the Saturday Weymouth diagram instead of the usual pair of 67s to mark the end of loco hauled diagram which could see the Dorset resort without any loco hauled next Summer.
FGW requested two DBS 37s to mark the final day of the loco hauled diagram with 37670 and 37401 providing the power.
Is this the final loco-hauled 2V67 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads. Time will tell.
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 | 1st September 2009
to 30th September 2009 | September Railtours - 2009 (24 images)
Railtours from September featuring.........
5th: 37516 tnt 33207 forms 1Z37 Worksop - Claydon Junction.
10th: 34067 Tangmere forms 1Z82 London Victoria - Canterbury.
13th: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z63 London Waterloo - Exeter.
20th: 6024 King Edward I forms 1Z27 Bristol TM - Kingswear.
26th: 37706 + 37516 form 1Z49 Crewe - Swanage.
29th: 34067 Tangmere form 1Z82 Wandsworth Common - Shalford.
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 | 1st September 2009
to 30th September 2009 | Assorted September - 2009 (41 images)
Selection of workings and sightings in September 2009 featuring........
4th: 67003 tnt 60163 Tornado on 5Z71 London Liverpool Street - Grove Park.
4th: 37038+ 37218 forms 6M69 Sizewell - Willesden.
7th: 34067 Tangmere forms 5Z82 Grove Park - Southall.
8th: 37609 tnt 37059 forms 1Q14 RTC - RTC via the world.
10th: 56312 leading 56311 on 4Z91 Dollands Moor - Hams Hall.
11th: 55022 + 37901 + 40145 form 0Z20 Heywood to Neville Hill.
18th: 47787 tnt 47826 form 5Z47 Carnforth - Norwich.
22nd: 55022 + 37901 form 0Z37 NRM - Bury.
29th: D1015 on OOC - OOC route leaner.
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 | 1st August 2009
to 31st August 2009 | August Railtours - 2009 (20 images)
Railtours from August featuring.........
1st: 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe forms Straford on Avon - London Marylebone.
1st: 73204 + 73141 form 1Z93 Weymouth - London Victoria.
5th: 1938 stock railtour on the Jubilee line.
8th: 34067 Tangmere forms 1Z82 London Victoria - Shalford.
15th: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z82 London Victoria - Winchester.
15th: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z83 Winchester - London Victoria.
15th: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z92 London Victoria - London Victoria.
22nd: 47760 tnt 47786 form 1Z61 Norwich -Cardiff.
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 | 1st August 2009
to 31st August 2009 | Assorted August - 2009 (27 images)
Selection of workings in August 2009 featuring........
3rd: D9000 (55022) forms 0Z55 Bury (ELR)-York NRM.
4th: 60061 forms 6N10 Humber-Jarrow loaded tanks.
11th: 57310 + dusty bins 321408 / 321409 form 5O21 Bletchley to Eastleigh.
12th: 66844 forms 6E94 Sheerness - Shipley.
19th: 57311 forms 5S57 Eastleigh - Springburn.
25th: 37229 + Stoneblower forms 6Z37 Ashford - Cardiff.
26th: 37688 + 47712 + 20301 + 20306 form 5Z26 Eastligh Works - Crewe.
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 | 21st July 2009
to 3rd September 2009 | The Scarborough Spa Express - 2009 Season (16 images)
Photos from the 2009 The Scarborough Spa Express season run by WCRC on its circular route via Knaresborough, Harrogate and Leeds before heading back again to York and then on to Scarborough.
Locos..........
28/7: Black 5 45407
4/8: 5690 Leander
It runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until the 3rd September.
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 | 5th July 2009
to 13th September 2009 | Shakespeare Express - 2009 Season (22 images)
Photos from the 2009 Shakespeare Express (Shakey) season run by Vintage Trains along the Shakespeare Line between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Locos...........
19/7 5972 Olton Hall
2/8 4936 Kinlet Hall
Runs every Sunday between 5 July 2009 to 13 September.
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 | 3rd July 2009
to 4th July 2009 | East Lancs Railway Summer Diesel Event - 2009 (44 images)
Had a great weekend at the East Lancs Railway with the environment unfriendly diesel fleet. It was mildly bonkers.
Locos in action:
20087, 37109, 50015, D1062, D5058, 37418, 55022, D6525, 37901, D7629, D7076, 40145,47292.
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 | 1st July 2009
to 31st July 2009 | July Railtours - 2009 (17 images)
Railtours from July featuring.........
9th: 34067 Tangmere forms 1Z92 Clapham Junction - Weymouth
18th: 5972 Olton Hall Forms 1Z59 London Paddington - Oxford
25th: 92017 Shakespeare forms 1Z35 London King Cross - Bridlington.
25th: 60019 Bittern form 1Z50 London King's Cross - York.
25th: 73209 and 73205 form the DC leg of the 1Z86 Doncaster - Brighton.
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 | 1st July 2009
to 31st July 2009 | July - 2009 (38 images)
Selection of workings and sightings from July 2009 featuring........
8th: 46229 Duchess of Hamilton at the NRM.
8th: 37229 + 37423 on 2Z37.
8th: 37602 + stoneblower forms 6Z37 Taunton - Fletton.
9th: 66732 + 73141 form 0V66 Tonbridge - Minehead.
9th: 56311 forms 4Z91 Dollands Moor - Hams Hall.
13th: 31106 forms 4Z03 RTC - Selhurst.
20th: 37610 tnt 37611 forms 1Q18 RTC - Ilford.
28th: 66841 forms 6O38 Stockton - Sheerness scrap.
31th: 47580 forms 5Z43 Tyseley - London Marylebone ECS.
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 | 20th June 2009 | Great Yarmouth loco Drag - 2009 (14 images)
A day out on the Great Yarmouth Drag starring 47802. Day started on the 08.00 from London Liverpool Street to meet up with some mates. Only the the weather was a let down.
20th: 47802 forms 1V18,1V41 and 1V26 Norwich - Great Yarmouth drags.
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 | 1st June 2009
to 30th June 2009 | June Railtours - 2009 (26 images)
Railtours from June featuring........
13th: 59206 tnt 205 forms 1Z58 Paddington - Carmarthen.
18th: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z95 Mindhead - London Victoria.
19th: D1015 Western Champion forms 1Z52 Bristol TM - Inverness.
21st: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z97 London Waterloo-Winchester.
27th: 37194 + 37087 form 1Z70 Birmingham Int - Penzance.
27th: 40145 forms 1Z37 Portsmouth - Penzance .
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 | 1st June 2009
to 30th June 2009 | June - 2009 (62 images)
Selection of workings and sightings from a busy June 2009 featuring........
1st: 97301 forms 5Z97
2nd: 950001 forms 2Z08
2nd: Cred 66841 forms 4E71
2nd: 20306 / 308 / 310 / 312 / 313 form 0Z86
11th: 66114 drags 395017 on 7X95
17th: 37706 + 47245 forms 5Z47 Southall - Carnforth.
23rd: 37670 forms 6K66 Kingmoor - Achnasheen.
24th: 37605 + 37261 + 47841 + 47709 forms 0Z37 Carlise-Crewe.
24th: 57311 Forms 6J37 Carlisle Yard - Chirk.
26th: 37610 + 37601 forms 6M56 Berkeley - Crewe.
26th: 40145 + 37401 on 0Z40 Heywood to Eastleigh
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 | 31st May 2009 | MHR Diesel Gala 2009 (18 images)
Workings From the Mid Hants Railway Diesel Weekend..........
Locos in action:
37905, 56098, 73201, 73107, 33053
This was the first diesel gala for four years.
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 | 23rd May 2009 | Eastleigh Works Centenary 1909-2009 Open Day 23.5.2009 (31 images)
Eastleigh 100 Centenary 1909-2009.
Diesel : 47580, 55022, 45060, D1015, 07007, 33002, 37706, 37516, 31108, D7612, 66730, 47712, 20301, 20305, 20309, 20314, 20110, 33103, 37059, 37411, 73006, 73109, 73119, 59001, 59102, 59206, 73201, 50026, 50135, 33012, 37608, 37422, 37308, 73136.
Steam : 850, 35005, 35053, 34070, 34028, Normandy.
Electric: 3CIG 1497, 4 VEP 1498, 4 VOP 1881, 5 WES 2415, 508301.
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 | 21st May 2009
to 22nd May 2009 | Eastleigh Opern day Moves (36 images)
Selection of workings and sightings for the up coming event.....
21/5/09 - 37706 + 35005 + 30850 + 41312 form 5Z47 Alton - Eastleigh.
22/5/09 - 37706 + 34028 + 34070 + 30053 Swanage - Eastleigh.
D1015 + 73006.
3CIG 1497.
73201 + 66730.
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 | 13th May 2009 | Tractors,Choppers and Spoons 13.5.2009 (28 images)
Went out at Stupid 'O' clock to get 37670 which in turn ran two hours early so I missed it at Wolverhampton. So i went up to Crewe for the class 20s.As luck will have it 37670 popped up.
Selection of workings and sightings around Crewe featuring........
37218 on 0Z37.
NMT working 1Q27 to London Euston.
37670 on 6F51 Donnington - Warrington.
20309 + 20305 + 20301 on OZ86.
47760 and 47804 on 0Z47.
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 | 1st May 2009
to 31st May 2009 | May Railtours 2009 (65 images)
Railtours from May featuring........
2nd: 34067 Tangmere on 1Z98 London Victoria - Swanage
4th: 56312 and 311 with 57311 forms 1Z56 Huddersfield - Bath Spa.
10th: 47826 with 47786/57308 on 1Z86 Footex.
16th: 60163 Tornado forms 1Z50 London Kings Cross - York.
17th: No.12, Sarah Siddons,4-TC set, 20189 & 20227 on the Met Line.
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 | 1st May 2009
to 31st May 2009 | May 2009 (30 images)
Selection of workings and sightings from May 2009...............
6th: 37682 + 37423 on 6M69 Sizewell C.E.G.B. to Willesden Brent.
12th: 47237 forms 6Z60 Derby - Hitchin Scrap.
28th: 55022 + 31108 + 45060 + 20107 + 26007 froms 0M55 Eastleigh RC - Barrow Hill.
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 | 1st April 2009
to 30th April 2009 | April 2009 (59 images)
Selection of workings and sightings featuring........
7th: 20309 + 314 from 6M95 Dungeness P.S - Willesden Brent.
8th: 67001 + 395012 form 7X95 Southampton Eastern Docks - Ashford.
17th: 47580 + 50026 + 37308 + 50135 form 6O88 OOC - Eastleigh.
21st: 37682 forms 6M95 Dungeness p.s - Willesden Brent.
23rd: 47739 and 47749 forms 6Z48 Burton - Dollands Moor.
29th: 66718 forms 6E26 Shoeburyness - Peterborough.
29th: 66078 + 58033 + 58034 dit form 6M44 Eastleigh - Wembley.
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 | 1st April 2009
to 30th April 2009 | April Railtours 2009 (52 images)
Railtours from April featuring........
2nd: 70013 Oliver Cromwell on 1Z71 London Victoria-Bristol.
6th: 34067 Tangmere on 1Z20 London Victoria - Bristol.
7th: D1015 Western Champion forms Bristol - Penzance.
13th: 70013 Oliver Cromwell on 1Z86 London Victoria-Yeovil Jc.
18th: 60163 forms 1Z60 London King's Cross - York VSOE.
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