ANOTHER DAY OUT IN EAST ANGLIA STARTING WITH RHTT MOVE FROM STOW TO NORWICH THEN BRNATHAM ALL AM THEN BRIEF STOP ATWOODBRIDGE BEFORE ANOTHER NIGHT AT IPSWICH!

ANOTHER DAY STARTING AT LANCASTERS CROSSING IN THE MORNING AND THEN NEEDHAM MARKET.AFTERNOON A BRIEF VISIT TO SEE A TUG AT BLACK BANK IN THE RAIN THEN OVER TO BARROW NEAR BURY ST EDMUNDS TO SEE THE CHOPPERS AND THE RHTT.THEN OFF TO IPSWICH FOR MY SECOND NIGHT THERE THIS WEEK.

A VARIETY OF SHOTS TAKEN AT BAYLHAM OF ONE OF THE EWS 90S AND AN RHTT,LANCASTERS CROSSING AGAIN WITH AN EWS 90 AND FINALLY A FEW NIGHTSHOTS ON MY FIRST EVENING OUT AT IPSWICH STATION TO SEE THE NIGHTIME RHTT SETS RUNNING UNFORTUNAYELY THEY WERE GOING TO FAST FOR A GOOD PIC SO NONE HERE!

DESPITE THE DREADFYL WEATHER I VENTURED OUT TO THE HEART OF NORFOOLK TODAY TO SEE THE EXTRA DAYLIGHT RHTT WORKING WITH COMBO OF CLASSES 20/37 20301/37069 PROVIDING THE ENTERTAINMENT TODAY!WITH THANKS TO KL47576 FOR HIS COMPANY AND ALL POSTERS FOR UPDATES!

HALLOWEEN VISIT TO BRANTHAM INCLUDING RHTT 57S TODAY,A LITTLE RAIN FOR ABOUT AMINUTE WHILST RAINING LOADS ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY....

DESPITE THR GRIM WEATHER POPPED DOWN TO BAYLHAM TO SEE 3S61 RHTT WITH 57003/007 AND THE EAST SUFFOLK RHTT WITH CHOPPERS 20304/305 AT THE HELM BIG UP AP+LP FOR THIER COMPANY TODAY!

DRS CHOPPERS 20304/305 CAUGHT AT ROOTS AND SHOOTS GARDEN CENTRE NEAR STOWMARKET ON 3S61 THIS PM

VISIT TO STOWMARKET TO SEE DREDS DRS 66420/426 ON THE 3S63 RHTT,DRS 20S 304/305 ON THE EAST SUFFOLK RHTT RETURNING TO BASE FOLLOWED LATER ON WHEN ITWAS GETTING VERY DARK 57003/007 WITH 37604 DOR ALSO HEADING BACK TO STOW AFTER SOME TLC AT NORWICH CROWN POINT TODAY.

QUICK VISIT TO HOME FARM AT ELMSWELL TO SEE TODAYS 3S63 RHTT TRAIN.

VISITSTO THE CAPITAL TO SEE 31190 TOP N TAIL WITH FORMER ADVENZA SHED 66844 ON THE BUFFER PUFFER 8 TODAY THEN EN ROUTE HOME STOPPED AT CHELMSFORD TO SEE THE DREDDED RHTT AND AT STOWMARKET A PAIR OF BODYSNATCHERS ON THE 3S63 CIRCUIT.
ALSO A FEW PHOTOS OF NSE 86401 STABLED AT WILLESDEN AND THE RAILTOUR AT EUSTON.

POPPED WON TO STOWMARKET TO SEE THE CHOPPERS OUT ON THE EAST SUFFOLK LINE RHTT TODAY ALSO LOOKED IN AT STOW STATION TO SEE 20301 AND 37069 STABLED IN THE HEADSHUNT.

A BRIEF VISIT TO STOW CATCHING DRS 37069 ON A LIGHT ENGINE MOVE FROM STOW TO NORWICH CROWN POINT AND 57003/007 ON THE 3S60 RHTT TODAY.

BRIEF VSIIT TO SEE TODAYS RHTT WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE DRS 66420/426!

POPPED TO BARHAM THIS AM TO RECORD BOTH THE RHJTT TRAINS RUNNING AND BY CHANCE THE 66S SET FAILED AND HAD TO BE RUN TO CLAYDON TO ALLOW ANOTHER SET TO DEPART OUT ON THE MAINLINE FROM STOWMARKET SOTHESE WERE RECORDED FIRST THEN APIR OF 57S ON 3S60 CIRCUIT FOLLOWED BT=Y A REPLACEMENT RHTT SET WITH THE CHOPPERS ON,IF THIS WASNT ENOUGH VARIETY FOR ONE MORNING THEN CAME ALONG THE DRS CONVOY FROM WILLESDEN TO STOW WITH CLASSES 20/37 AND 47 PHOTTED BY THE ROOTS AND SHOOTS GARDEN CENTRE.

BRIEF VISIT TO SEE THIS MUSEUM IN ESSEX WITH CLASSES 03/08/31/47 ON DISPLAY

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ETL 86S THIS TIME SOUTHBOUND AT ABBOTS RIPTON ON THE GBRF CHARTER TODAY WITH 86702 LEADING THIS TIME AND 86701 DOR.ALSO A FEW PHOTOS OF DREDS 66420&426 AT BAYLHAM ON RHTT ANBD 57003&007 AT THURSTON ON ANOTHER RHTT TODAY.

STARTING WITH A PAIR OF TRACTORS AND A DUFF ON A LIGHT ENGINE MOVE FROM NORWICH-CREWE SEEN AT BAYLHAM,THEN NEWLY RELIVERIED 86701+702 NORTH THROUGH ABBOTS RIPTON ON AN ECS MOVE PRIOR TO A RAILTOUR TOMORROW AND FINALLY TRACTORS DRS 37604&069 SEE AT PRICKWILLOW ON A RHTT!

DRS CHOPPERS ON RHTT AT BAYLHAM AND BLUE GOYLE STABLED AT IPSWICH TODAY.

ANOTHER SIGHTING AT THURSTON THIS TIME DREDS!

BRIEF VISIT TO THURSTON TO SEE DRS 20S 304&305 ON THE BURY RHTT TODAY

DRS DREDS 66420/426 SEEN AT STOWMARKET THIS AFTERNON JUST AN HOUR LATER SOME BETTER TRACTION IN THE FORM OF TRACTORS DRS 37059/069 HELLFIRE LOCOS!

A VARIETY OF TRACTION RECORDED TODAY WITH TUG 60021 ON THE 6L73 PEAK FOREST-ELY AT MANEA THEN OFF TO MARHOLM TO SEE 47270 ONA RUN TO THE NVR,THEN SHE IS SEEN TOWED BY A KETTLE ON DRIVER EXPERIENCE RUNS TOWED TO WANSFORD WHEE SHE THEN RETURNS FROM WITH 31271.45133 AND 50008(AFTER CLAGGING THE PLACE OUT!) ENJOY!

DB TUG 60074 IN ITS CELEBRITY LIVERY ON THE PEAK FOREST -ELY POTTER GROUP TRAIN THIS AM IN SUNSHINE AS WELL!

OZ40 CONVOY FETAURING 2 CLASS 66 LOCOS AND NO FEWER THAN 3 CLASS 37 LOCOS HELLFIRE!!66420/426,37s059/069 and 604!

CLASS 20 AND 31 OUT ON THE MIANLINE AND DRS 37601 STABLED AT STOWMARKET AMONGST THE CROWD THAT HAVE ARRIVED!

ANOTHER SHOT AT TUG 60021 AT BLACK BANK BUT AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION DESPITE THE RAIN I WASNT PUT OFF AND MY PERSISTANCE PAID OFF WITH A MOMENTARY GAP IN THE SHOWERS!

BRIEF VISIT TO BLACK BANK AND BAYLHAM THIS AM.DESPITE THE POOR WEATHER I VENTURED OUT TO SEE TUG 60021 AT ELY THENIOVER TO BAYLHAM TO SEE DRS 47802 ONA DRAG MOMENTS AFTER 47832 WENT LIGHT ENGIE THE OTHER WAY!SUPERB!

A FEW MORE PHOTOS TAKEN TODAY AT CASTOR OF THE NVR LOCOS INCLUDING THE GBRF 66 VISITONG TODAY.

A SELECTION OF PHOTOS TAKEN INCLUDING CLASSES 25/31/37/40/45/50 AND 55.

ANOTHER TUG IN EAST ANGLIA THIS TIME 60019 ON THE BARHAM STONE!

ASELECTION OF DUNNY PHOTOS TAKEN TODAY AT THUXTON,RASHES GREEN,DEREHAM AND CROWNTHORPE.BIG UP THE MNR AND DRS FOR ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND GALA-WELL DONE CHAPS AND MANY THANKS!

PHOTOS TAKEN AT DEREHAM,RASHES GREEN,HARDINGHAM,DANEMOOR BANK AND CROWNTHORPE TODAY.WITH THANKS TO ALL AT THE MNR.PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE PHOTOS AT DEREHAM WERE TAKEN BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE MNR,AWAY FOR PUBLIC AREAS.

FEW SHOTS OF AVENZA 66844 AT BLACK BANK NEAR ELY AND TUG 60091 ON ARRIVAL AT BURY ST.EDMUNDS TODAY

VARIOUS LOCATIONS RECORDING TUGS 49&91 ON DUTIES IN THE AREA.

BRIEF VISIT TO PETERBOROUGH 47851/57601 ONA RAILTOUR THIS AM

YET MORE MORE HELLFIRE TRACTOR ACTION IN THE REGION TODAY WITH DRS 37608(EX WORKS STILL) AND 37602 DOING THE HONOURS WITH THE "COAL" PHOTOS TAKEN AT MANNINGTREE AND WOODBRIDGE TODAY.

66016 6Z35 0507 Hither Green to Bury St Eds SEEN AT THURSTON AT 10AM TODAY.

Former drs machine 66410 currently on hire to Gbrf seen at Brantham today on 4m23 Felixstowe -Hams Hll working ta all for updates.

AN HOUR OR SO SPENT AT BRANTHAM THIS MORNING WITH VIEWINGS OF 90026 IN EWS,RECENTLY ARRIVED BACK EWS 90036,A DRS SANDWICH CONVOY WITH 2 TRACTORS AND A DUFF AND 90001 GOING TO CREWE DIT ON A LINER READY FOR ITS EXAM,WITH THANKS TO MR T FOR HEADS UP GEN TODAY!

BRIEF VISIT TO BLACK BANK OUT ON THE FENS TO SEE AFEW FREIGHTS THIS AM AND A QUICK VISIT TO THE NVR TO SEE DELTIC 55009 OFF THE RAILS AT WANSFORD WITH THANKS TO THE NVR FOR THEIR HELP.

A FEW HOURS AT THE STEAM GALA AT THE NORTH NORFOLK GLA,THEN A MOVE TO WYMONDHAM TO SEE DRS 37229 WITH 2 MARK 3 COACHES BEING TRANSFERRED FROM BOUNDS GREEN TOI NORWICH AND THEN A TRIP TO BRANTHAM TO SEE THE HARWICH HOOK RAILTOUR FEATURING 92026 TOP N TAIL WITH EWS 59293 BOTH EQUALLY UNUSUAL ON THE GEML ESPECIALLY AS FAR NORTH AS IPSWICH!

37S ON THE SIZEWELL COAL,ADVENZA SHED AND OF COURSE TORNADO DOING THE HONOURS IN THE REGION TODAY!

EWS 67003 HAULS TORNADO TO HARWICH VIA IPSWICH TODAY.

A FEW SHOTS OF HELLFIRE DELTIC 55009 AT CASTOR ON THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY,WHILST THERE I GAINED THE GEN OF THE TOP N TAIL 47580 & GWR STEAM LOCO 4953 SPECIAL ONLY 20 MINUTES AWAY OUT OF THE ANGLIA REGION AT THE HARRINGWORTH VIADUCT BUT THE RESULTS WERE WORTH THE TRIP!ALSOA FEW SHOTS TAKEN AT BLACK BANK INCLUDING ONE OF THE 6Z66 STOKE WORKS-HARWICH CARLESS TANKS A RARE BEAST ON A BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY!

BRIEF VISITS TO DAGENHAM,TILBURYAND RIPPLE LANE FOLLOWED BY A FEW HOURS AT MANGAPPS MUSEUM WITH CLASS 03/04/33/47 FEATURING!

PHOTOS OF LOTS OF FREIGHT TODAY TAKEN AT BARWAY CROSSING NEAR ELY,ELMSWELL,BAYLHAM AND LANCASTERS CROSSING NEAR STOWMARKET.

FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK ANOTHER DUET THIS TIME A PAIR OF TRACTORS 37423+611 DOING THE HONOURS SEEN AT MANNINGTREE AND WOODBRIDGE TODAY.

A VERY BRIEF LOOK AT THE 20/37 COMBO THAT TRUNED UP TODAY ON THE SIZEWELL TURN WITH 20302+37423 DOING THE HONOURS

A VERY LUCKY SUNDAY MEET OF THE NENTA RAILTOUR ECS MOVE AT QUEEN ADELAIDE WITH WCRC 47S AND STEAM LOCO 70013 OLIVER CROMWELL GOING THE OTHER WAY NEARLY BOWLING MY PHOTOS!!

BRIEF VISIT TOPYMOOR AND QUEEN ADELAIDE NEAR ELY TO SEE THE NENTA ECS MOVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOTS OF FREIGHT AROUND TO!

BRIEF VISIT TO IPSWICH TO SEE 31105 ON ITS TETS TRAIN TODAY,ALSO EWS 90026 GOING SOUTH ONA LONDON BOUND TRAIN AND THEN OUT TO BAYLHAM WHERE I RECORDED SCOTRIAL 90024 PULLING A NORWICH BOUND TRAIN IN TOP N TAIL FASHION DUE TOA DVT FAULT ON THE TRAIN TODAY.

A SUPERB MORNING AT BRANTHAM WITH EWS 90024/026 HIRE INS RUNNING,SEVERAL DOUBLE HEADED FREIGHTS, AND OLIVER CROMWELL LOOKING SUPERB ON THE GEML IN THE LOVELY SUFFOLK SUN!

BRIEF VISIT TO THE NVR TO SEE HELLFIRE DELTIC D9009 AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER CELEBS PARKED UP,A FLYING VISIT TO MARCH SEEING A VERY RARE GBRF LOCO ONA LAFARGE AGGREBATES TRAIN RUNNING FROM MANNINGTREE TO MONUTSORREL ON A SUNDAY AM!ALSO A LIGHT ENGINE MOVE OF BLUEBIRDS AND FINALLY THE APPEARANCE OF THE LAST CLASS 90 90026 ON ITS RUN FROM ILFORD TO NORWICH SEEN AT STOWMARKET PRIOR TO ITS FIRST EVER PASSENGER WORKINGS ON THE GEML THIS WEEK!

WHILST EN ROUTE HOME FROMA TRIP TO THE MIDLANDS A COUPLE OF PASSING SHOTS OF FORMER DRS 66401 STABLED AT PETERBOROUGH GBRF DEPOT

A BRIEF VISIT TO SILT DROVE NEAR MARCH TO SE ADVENZA CRED 66844 ON A SHEERNESS SCARP WORKING TODAY JUST BEFORE THE RAIN FELL!!

A BRIEF VISIT TO THE NNR TO SEE 24081 ON HIRE FROM THE GWR WHILST THE HOME FLEET ARE UNDER REPAIR.

A BOILING HOT DAY IN SUFFOLK WHERE I GOT COOKED LIKE A BEETROOT A GREAT DAY FOR PHOTTING THOUGH!!

STARTING WITH THE NENTA TOUR AT HAUGHLEY JUNCTION EARLY IN THE AM THEN MOVED TO SANDY TO SEE CLASS 87/92 AND AN A4 WITH 2 TENDERS VERY RARE BIRD INDEED!!!A CRACKING DAY WITH SUNSHINE!

WITH DRS ACTION ON THE AIRSHOW AGAIN TODAY I DECIDED NOT TO MISS OUT ON SOME MORE TRACTOR ACTION ON THE GEML INSTEAD!I WASNT DISAPPOINTED WITH A THIRD TRACTOR HEADING LIGHT ENGINE TO WILLESDEN AS WELL!IN THE AFTERNOON I PHOTTED DRS 47832 AT COLCHESTER IN THE RAIN THEN GOT 2 MORE DUFFS NEAR ELY ON THE NENTA ECS ANOTHER DAY OF 6 HERITAGE LOCOS CANT BE BAD!!!

WITH DRS 47832 ON THUNDERBIRD DUTY STABLED AT NORWICH ,DRS TAXI 37602 AS WELL,47501&802 ENGAGED ON THE AIRSHOW SPECIALS SEEN AT HADDISCOE BRIDGE IN TOP N TAIL MODE,DRS 37610&611 TOP N TAIL SERCO ON THE ROYSTON LINE SEEN NEAR THERE ON WAY TO CAMBRIDGE AND ON THEIR RETURN TODAY WITH THANKS TO LUKE PUTLAND AND OLI SMITH FOR THIER GREAT COMPANY TODAY!IT WAS RUDE NOT TO GO OUT WITH 3 DRS TRACTORS IN THE REGION AND 3 DRS DUFFS AS WELL ,SIX PROPER LOCOS ALL OUT HELLFIRE!!!!!!!!!!

A QUICK VISIT TO BAYLHAM TO SEE THE DELAYED AND REROUTED STONEBLOWER MOVE FROM WYMONDHAM TO ASHFORD THIS TIEM VIA THE GEML RATHER THAN THE PLANNED GN ROUTE THE PREVIOUS DAY.DRS 37602 DOES THE HONOURS.

NOWADAYS AVERY RARE WORKING OF A FREIGHTLINER HEAVYHAUL FRED 66621 TO BURY ST EDMUNDS FROM READING GEN COURTESY OF MJR SEEN APPROACHING BURY ST EDMUNDS JUST AFTER 9AM .

ANOTHER SUNNY DAY IN SUFFOLK FEATURING VIEWS AT BRANTHAM AND MANNINGTREE

SUNNY MORNING AT BRANTHAM NEAR IPSWICH WITH SCOTRIAL SKODAS 90019/024 BOTH OUT ON SERICES TODAY.

NATEX NOT CONTENT TO HAVE ONE LOCO IN THE COLOURS OF THEIR COMPETITION HAULING THEIR TRAINS BUT NOW TO!SCOTRAIL LIVERY 90019&90024 ALONG THE GEML THIS AM ALSO THE NORTH WALSHAM TANKS ALL RECORDED AT BAYLHAM NEAR NEEDHAM MARKET,ENJOY!

FEW HOURS SPENT RECORDING 321302 ON ITS ECS MOVE BACK TO ILFORD FROM NORWICH AND DRS 37602 HEADING FRO WEMBLEY THIS AM

BRIEF VISITS TO COUNTY SCHOOL,NORTH ELMHAM,DEREHAM,YAXHAM,THUXTON,CROWNTHORPE AND WYMONDHAM!

NETWORK RAIL 31 AT IPSWICH AND MCSKODA 90024 AT BAYLHAM TODAY

AN RTC TST TRAIN FROM DERBY TO NORWICH TRIALLING NEW TILTED WAGONS FOR CONVEYING POINTWORK READY ASSEMBLED N WAGONS UNFORTUNATELY THE EWS SKIP67029 EXPIRED EN ROUTE AND HAD TO BE SAVED Y EWS 66113 SEEN HERE TOWING THE SKIP INTO ELY AND THEN AFTER RUNNING ROUND THE FORMATION TOP N TAIL WITH THE SKIP EN RUTE TO NORWICH

A BRIEF VISIT TO SEE SKODA SCOTRAIL LIVERY 90024 AND A FEW OTHER BITS THAT PASSED.

GBRF 66722 TOWS DPS DELTIC D9009 TO WANSFORD ON THE NVR SEEN AT MARHOLM AND CASTOR ON THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY.

BRIEF VISITS TO NORWICH TO SEESEVARL DRS LOCOS ,DEREHAM(MNR) EN ROUTE TO THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY TO SEE GBRF 66723 AND ED 73207 ON A TPO AND THEN TOP N TAIL WITH 66 ON CONTINENTAL STOCK(SEEN AT YARWELL,WANSFORD AND CASTOR).

ONCE THE TIBBLE TAXI,WITH THANKS TO THE KIND PERSON WHO STOLE IT IT IS NO MORE,FOUND TOTALLY BURNT OUT.........NOT ALL THAT FAR FROM MY HOME.STILL ITS A PIECE OF METAL THAT CAN BE REPLACED IM GRATEFUL ITS NOT MY DAUGHTER THAT WENT MISSING..I COULDNT LIVE WITH THAT.

QUICK VISIT TO IPSWICH TO SEE HEAVYHAUL FRED SHANKS FRED 66522 ON THE STABLING POINT AND THEN A JAUNT UP TO NORWICH TO SEE DUFFS 501/802/810/813/828 ALL IN NORWICH!810/813 ROUND THE BACK OF CROWN POINT.ALSO A FEW RUNS ON THE YARMOUTH DRAGS WITH DRS 47501 HELLFIRE!

QUICK VISIT TO SEE ADVENZA 66841 LIGHT ENGINE MOVE TO TILBURY WITH SURPRISE LATE RUNNING HEAVYHAUL FRED ON THE HARLOW BARDON EMPTIES!TA JB FOR TOP GEN TODAY!

QUICK LOOK AT DRS 47802 ON OZ47 ASHFORD-DEREHAM TRAIN TODAY SEEN AT LANCASTERS CROSSING NEAR STOWMARKET TODAY WITH THANKS TO THE DRIVER FOR THE HORN!

A NEW FLOW WITH FREIGHT COMPANY ADVENZA THIS WEEK SEES A NEW LIVERY FOR THE CLASS 66 BR BLUE IT LOOKS VERY STRIKING AS IT APPROACHES!ALSO SEEN ARE THE NEW CEMEX WAGONS FOR THIS SERVICE PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE APPROACH TO MARCH TODAY.

HEAVYHAUL FREDS AT WHITEMOOR WITH THE RESIDENT 73 AND THE NENTA ECS DUFFS AT ELY TODAY,ENJOY!

A GREAT DAY IN THE REGION TO SAMPLE THE DELIGHTS OF LOCO HAULAGE FROM HERITAGE TRACTION WITH SEVERAL CLASS 47S AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ACTION!ENJOY WITH A HOOVER THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE!

POPPED OVER TO ELY TO SEE BEAST TUG 60059 ARRIVE AND DEPART FOLLOWED BY A DRS TRACTOR MINUTES LATER THEN ON MY WAY HOME AS I APPROACHED MY HOME TOWN 47370 WENT THE OTHER WAY ON ALOW LOADER ON THE A14 IT WAS RUDE NOT TO SO CAUGHT UP WITH IT SEVERAL TIMES NEAR BARROW,KENTFORD AND NEWMARKET TO SAY GOODBYE ONE LAST TIME!

VISITS TO COLCHESTER ,IPSWICH AND NORWICH TODAY.

DRS 37607 DOING A ROUTELEARNER TODAY.

Joined the gallery of enthusiasts this am at Ipswich shortly after 8am to see
fred 66569 haul long term Ipswich resident clear of the stabling point for the
last time then joined some of them to watch her go out of Ipswich passing under
Hadleigh road bridge,over Spring Road viaduct through Derby
Road,Trimley,Felixstowe Beach stations and finally Felixstowe Docks.
At 1040 with many thanks to Jed for his assistance we were escorted by the
Felixstowe Docks Police(many thanks chaps) to see 47370 parked up by the
quayside waiting to be collected by road transport,PLEASE NOTE this area is not
open to public access and we were taken round with permission.
What an excellent way to say goodbye to the old girl,with thanks to the gallery
who joined us for our final farewell to 47370!

WCRC 47760 HAULS THE ECS MOVE FOR THE OLI SPECIAL THIS WEEKEND EAST THROUGH BRANDON JUST AS I GOT HIT WITH SPRAY FROM SOMEONES JETWASHING BY THE PLATFORM,NOTE THE LAST PHOTO!!!

HANSON TRACTION 50008 HAS ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NVR WITH THANKS TO STEVE B.FOR THE HEADS UP

QUICK VISIT TO BOTH THESE PLACES THIS AM TO SEE 47810 STABLED AT NORWCH STATION,UNFORTUNATLEY DRS 47501 WAS AT THE BACK OF CROWN POINT AND FINALLY 47370 WHICH AFTER 6 YEARS HAS BEEN MOVED AND CLEANED BEFORE IT FINALLY HEADS OFF TO FELIXSTOWE FORONWARD MOVEMENT TO THE SCRAPMAN.

WITH THANKS TO ALL POSTERS I HAD JUST FINISHED A COURSE AT WORK TODAY TO FIND THAT THIS WAS DUE TO RUN THROUGH WITHIN MINUTES AT MY LOCAL STATION ,A SUPERB BIT OF LUCK!

VERY BRIEF FLYING VISIT TO SEE OLIVER CROMWELL AT DEREHAM ON THE MNR AND ON THE WAY HOME FOUND 20069 TOP N TAIL WITH 73208 AT THUXTON WITHA CRANE WORKING ON THE PASSING LOOP PROJECT!

FEW HOURS AT MARCH THEN OFF TO ST NEOTS TO SEE TOP N TAIL SKODAS ON A FOOTIE SPECIAL THEN OFF TO MILTON KEYNES TO SEE A VIRGIN 57 DRAG WITH TOP N TAIL WCRCR 47S!

A FEW HOURS SPENT HERE TO SEE 2 CHARTERS TODAY INCLUDING WCRC 47804&37706(A NICE SURPRISE!!!) AND SKIPS 67028 TOP N TAIL WITH 67029

BRIEF VISIT TO SEE HELLFIRE BEATS DRS 37423&688 ON THE SIZEWELL COAL PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE APPROACH TO WOODBRIDGE,AT THE STATION AND ON DEPARTURE OVER THE LEVEL CROSSING.

WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUIET AM TURNED OUT TO BE ARIGHT RESULT!EX WORKS 321 EMU PASSING SOUTH FROM DONNY TO HORNSEY,DOUBLEHEADED 91S ON A HEATON ECS TO BOUNDS GREEN MOVE AND SEVERAL FREIGHTS,EVEN THE RAIN HELD OFF,MY THANKS TO SB AND JC FOR THEIR GREAT HELP TODAY!

GUEST VISITOR N7 ,A FEW LOOKS ALONG THE LINE ON THE MNR ON THE 1015 EX DEREHAM TODAY BIG UP THE CHAPS UP THE MNR FOR THE FOOTPLATE EXPERIENCE!HOT STUFF!!

Visits to Barway,Soham and Stretham near Ely and Higham with a very unusal working of a class 90 across the Buiry line not just because its an electric but it was dead on the rear of the train as well!My thanks to Jeremy Caldecoat for his updates today,much appreciated!

THE FIRST RUN OF A NEW ADVENZA SCRAP FLOW FROM STOCKTON TO SHEERNESS HOPEFULLY ONE OF MANY TO COME,SEEN TODAY AT STRETHAM JUST SOUTH OF ELY

BRIEF VISIT TO IPSWICH TO RECORD THE VISIT OF NR 31105 AND ITS SHORT SERCO TEST TRAIN RUNNING ROUND THE REGION AT NIGHT THIS WEEK

SEVERAL RAILTOURS ON THE ECMLTHIS WEEKEND WITH WCRC DUFFS 47804/760 GOING TO INVERNESS,57601/47786 GOING TO LINCOLN SEEN AT HUNTINGDON,PETERBOROUGH AND MARHOLM,67S ON THE NORTHERN BELLE AT MARHOLM AND I MAKE NO APOLGIES JUST OUTSIDE THEANGLI AREA AT LITTLE BYTHAM NEAR GRANTHAM SOOME SHOTS OF TORNADO ON THE TOP GEAR SPECIAL!!!MY THANKS TO GERALD CALVER FOR THE TOP NOTCH CHAUFFEURING FOR THE DAY,CHEERS MATE!

QUICK VISITS TO BOTH PLACES NOTING EWS 66184 ON IPSWICH -BURTON AT SIHAM AND FRED 66612 AT STRETHAM ON AN HOBC WORKING FROM WHITEMOOR TO EALING

VISIT TO BAYLHAM TO SEE 70013 OLIVER CROMWELL ON ACATHEDRALS EXPRESS CHARTER FROM LONDON LIVERPOOL STREET TO NORWICH DUE TO WORK COMMITMENTS I COULDNT SEE THE RETURN!!

VISITS TO MARCH WHITEMOOR,ELY AND TURVES INCLUDING THE NENTA ECS MOVE TODAY

VISITS TO WHITEMOOR ,SILT DROVE,HUNTINGDON AND BACK TO MARCH AGAIN THIS AM INCLUDING SHOTS OF TORNADO

WCRC 47804 AND 47854 SEEN AT QQUEEN ADELAIDE NEAR ELY AND ON THEIR EXIT FROM THEIR TOWRDS PRICKWILLOW THIS LUNCHTIME.

AN INSPECTION SALOON WORKING WITH HELLFIRE BEAST DRS 374233 PROPELLING CAROLINE DOWN THE CML PASSED ABBOTS RIPTON AND THEN OVER TO QUEEN ADELAIDE TO SEE STARTFORD 47580 IN ALL HER GLORY ON THE OZ47 DEREHAM-OLD OAK COMMON WITH THANKS TO SB&OS FOR THEIR GEN ON THESE.

A MORNING VISIT TO COLCHESTER TO SEE EWS 90029 OUT IN ACTION AS NATEXS LATEST HIRE IN FROM EWS!BY CHANCE TIS WAS STABLED AT ILFORD OVER THE BANK HOLIDAY WHERE THE STOCK THAT WAS WITH IT GOT RELIVERIED BY THE LOCAL YOBS,ALSO 3 CANS OUT IN ACTION AMONGST THE MANY FREIGHTS, A NICE DAY OUT ENJOY!

POPPED OUT TO SEE ONE OF THE NIGHT SLEEPERS DIVERTED VIA THE ECML TODAY WITH SCOTRAIL 90021 PROVIDING THE POWER UP FRONT ON THIS IMPPRESSIVE LONG TRAIN,THEN SOME PHOTOS FOR POSTERITY WITH THE SUN EVEN COMING OUT TO PLAY!

BRIEF VISITS TO MARCH,NENE VALLEY RAILWAY AND HUNTINGDON TODAY.

A FEW PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE NVR TODAYOF HANSON TRACTION GRID 56114 ARRIVED OVER THE WEEKEND AND TODAYS ARRIVAL 31190 WHICH HAS COME HOME FRO SERVICING.

BRIEF VISIT TO SEE GOYLE 31255 IN ACTION AND NEWLY ARRIVED GRONK EWS LIVERY 08670

A FEW PHOTOS TAKEN ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCUNTHORPE OF FORMER EWS 56114 HAS ARRIVED AT THE NVR READY FOR TRANSFORMATION BY HANSON TRACTION INTO ANOTHER SPOTHIRE CLASS 56

QUICK VISIT TO RECORD TUG 60013 ON THE PEAK FOREST ELY SEVICE AND A FEW BITS SEEN AT MARCH WHITEMOOR INCLUDING ED 73207!

AFTER AFANTATSIC WEEKEND GALA ON THE MNR THE CONVOY OF DB LOCOS HEADS HOME MY THANKS TO GERALD CALVER FOR THE CHAFFEURING THIS PM!

SOME MORE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE LAST DAY OF THE HELLFIRE GALA ON THE MNR WITH MNAY THANKS TO ALL AT THE MNR FOR AN SICHA FANTASTIC EVENT HOW CAN YOU TOP THAT?!!!BIG THANKS TO THE SUN FOR COMING OUT AS WELL!!!

A MUCH WETTER DAY TODAY BUT DIDNT STOP ME GETTING OUT FOR SOME DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND A BURST OF SUN LATE AFTERNOON REALLY HELPED!

SUPERB LINE UP IN THE HEART OF NORFOLK FEATURING THE FIRST PUBLIC RUN OF GRID 56040 AND DB VISITORS 37425,60059,66144 AND 67008.BIG THANKS TO ALL AT THE MNR FOR A HELLFIRE GALA!

A BRIEF VISIT TO SEE A STONEBLOWER MOVE WITH A DRS 37 AND A SURPRISE IN THE FORM OF A WITH A RELIVERIED 321 ON DRIVER TRAINING RUNS FROM HORNSEY TO PETERBOROUGH AND BACK.

POPPED OUT TO SEE THE BRUSH TYPE 4 DRAG WITH 47813 AT THE HELM AND AN ADDED BONUS WAS THE RECORDING OF NEW NATEX LIVERY 317515 AT IPSWICH RUNNING IN THE SETS PLACE,UNFORTUNATELY 47813 EXPIRED YET AGAIN AT NORWICH WITH LOW COOLANT...

QUICK VISITS TO BOTH TO SEE A GC HST AND RECORD IT AT BOTH STATIONS WHILSTON DIVERSION THIS WEEKEND

SEVERAL DIVERSIONS FEATURING GC HSTS,ADELANTE AND MERIDIAN UNITS AS WELL AS FREIGHTLINER DIVERSIONS TOPPED OFF WITH A STEAM RAILTOUR SEEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS BETWEEN ELY AND MARCH TODAY

FEW HOURS AT THIS SUNNY FENLAND SPOT INCLUDING SHOTS OF FRED SHANKS LIVERIED 66522,TUG 60013 MAKING ANOTHER APPEARANCE IN THE REGION THIS WEEK AND FINALLY STEAM LOCO 46115 ROYAL SCOTS GUARDSMAN

QUICK LOOK AT DRS 47832 AND SURPRISE VISIT BY THE YELLOW PERIL DMU

BRIEF VISIT TO BURY STATION ON MY WAY TO WORK TO CATCH SHED EWS LIVERY 66135 RUNNING ROUND ITS TONE TRAIN IN BURY YARD.

EN ROUTE BACK TO STOWMARKET FROM THE NVR GALA AT THE WEEKEND TRACTOR 37667 HEADS EAST THROUGH BURY AT 1152 IN THE MIDDAY SUN.

REPEAT VISIT TO THE NVR TO SEE DAY 2 WITH SOME MORE SUNNY PHOTOS OF THE VISITING LOCOS TO THIS LINE.

PHOTOS TAKEN LINESIDE FROM YARWELL,PETERBOROUGH,WANSFORD,ORTON MERE AND CASTOR TODAY.

VISITS TO IPSWICH,ELY AND CAMBRIDGE TO SEE SEVERAL VISITORS PLEASE NOTE THE IPSWICH PHOTOS WERE DONE BY RAIL STAFF AND THE STABLING POINT IS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

DESPITE THE RAIN AND THE GLOOM I MANAGED TO RECORD THIS RARE AND UNUSUAL WORKING PASSING THROUGH BRANDON STATION TODAY AT 1450.

A VISIT TO COLCHESTER TO FIND WHERE DRS 47712 WAS STABLED LED TO THE UNUSUAL SIGHTING OF 3 CLASS 47 LOCOS WITHIN 200 YARDS OF EACH OTHER ON THE GEML TODAY.DRS HAD HIRED IN THE 47 AS A LAST MINUTE REQUEST FROM RAILTRACK DOING SOME OVERNIGHT TESTING ON THE CLACTON BRANCH,PRODUCING THE SIGHT OF 47712/813/818 ALL AT COLCHESTER FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS TODAY.IT WAS ALSO THE UNUSUAL SIGHT OF QUEUES OF TRAINS NOSE TO TAIL DUE TO MAJOR PROBLEMS ON THE GEML.. THE FREIGHT WAS BEING DIVERTED THROUGH COLCHESTERS YARD AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS TENSE TO SAY THE LEAST!

AFTERNOON OF STEAM WITH PHOTOS TAKEN AT A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS INCLUDING HOLT,WEYBOURNE AND SHERINGHAM.WITH THANKS TO GERALD+SNOWY FOR MY DAY OUT!

A BRIEF VISIT TO A MURKY MARCH TO RECORD A SPOIL TRAIN PLUS THE HOBC TRAIN ARRIVE PLUS A FEW OTHERS INCLUDING THE ED 73204 WHICH STILL HADNT MOVED SINCE MY LAST VISIT!

HELLFIRE DAY OUT WITH 47580&596(MASQUERADING AS 47584)ABSOLUTELY HELLFIRE DAY OUT!!!!!!!!!
Popped down to the MNR today to see former Stratford based 47s 580(County Of Essex)/47596 on their Stratford 47 gala today with surprise 47596 acting as 47584 "County Of Suffolk" on one side and having its true "Aldeburgh Festival" plates on the other.
47580 did the honours on the 0900 off Dereham with photos taken at Yaxham and Crownthorpe,47584(596) did the honours leading the 1100 with 47580 on the tail end of the train,which then led the train back to Dereham on its return,photos taken at Hardingham of these and the return at Rashes Green near Dereham.
I then took photos of the doubleheaded 1300 departure with 47580 leading 47584 with photos taken at Rashes Green,Hardingham and Crownthorpe before having to get home!
Also took some photos around Dereham yard prior to the event of other locos including 37003/56040/31530/08631 and the 101 dmus.
My BIG thanks as ever to the hellfire team at the MNR for their help with the photos as ever ,they really are a cracking bunch of guys and the superb effort thats gone into yet another great day on the railway cannot be said enough,thank you all chaps!

QUICK VISIT WHILST I WAS WAITING TO MEET MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER OFF THE TRAIN FROM BRUM NOWT SPECIAL EXCEPT ROYAL SKIP 67006STABLED ON SHED AT PBORO.NICE TO SEE NATEX 91111 BACK INSERVICE AAFTER ITS SHORT SPELL OFF THE MIANLINE FOR ATTENTIION INCLUDING A BRAND NEW PANTOGRAPH ASSEMBLY,THE MOUSE IS STILL PRESENT AND CORRECT!

VERY BRIEF VISIT TO RECORD THE EVENT OF GBRF 73204 AT MARCH WHITEMOOR YARD TODAY ALSO SOME SHOTS TAKEN AT BARWAY CROSSING NEAR ELY.

HELLFIRE 37003 HAS ARRIVED TO BE A RESIDENT AT THE MNR,COULDNT RESIST LOTS OF PHOTOS!WITH THANKS TO THE MNR AS EVER!

A SELECTION OF PHOTOS TAKEN AT ELY AND SOHAM TODAY INCLUDING THE DRAG OF 90043 BY FRED 579 ALONG THE BURY LINE TO IPSWICH THIS AM!

DESPITE THE DOOM AND GLOOM OUTSIDE PERSERVERANCE PAID OFF WITH A PAIR OF TRACTORS AND A DUFF ALL OUT ON THE GEML WITHIN 2 HOURS NOT BAD FOR A SHORT SPELL TODAY!APLOGIES FOR THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THE PHOTOS THE WEATHER WAS AWFUL!!!

A BRIEF VISIT TO A LOCATION JUST NORTH OF MARCH ON THE MARCH-PETERBOROUGH LINE WHERE AS LUCCK WOULD HAVE IT I SAW AS I TUNED UP THE IPSWICH-BURTON LINER, A LTE RUNNING 6L73 WITH TUG 60065 AT THE HEMLA ND FINALLY EXTRA SURPRISE SHANKS LIVERIED FRED 66522 ON A WHITEMOOR -CREWE MOVE WITH 2 WAGONS FROM THE HOBC CONSIST.

HAVING ARRIVED THE PREVIOUS EVENING DRS 37423 HAS BROUGHT DOWN INSPECTION SALOON SALOON 975025 " CAROLINE" FOR A JOLLY AROUND THE REA THIS WEEK,I WAS VERY LUCKY YO BE INVITED TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS OF THEM BOTH AT STOWMARKET STABLING POINT THIS AM BEFORE WATCHING THEM HEAD SOUTH JUST AFTER MIDDAY,PLEASE NOTE I WAS THERE WITH PERMISSION OF DRS AND THIS IS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC ACCESS AT ANY TIME.MY THANKS TO THE DRS CREW FOR THE VISIT.

VISITS TO MARCH(TURVES),PETERBOROUGH AND THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY TODAY.

A SHORT VISIT TO KENNETT TO SEE THE BARHAM EMPTIES RETURNING NORTH WITH FRED 66596 HAULING HOPPERS FOR A CHANGE INSTEAD OF THE USUAL FRED ON A LINER ROUTINE...

A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AT STOW TO SEE THE PAIR OF TRACTORS STABLED IN MARSH LANE SIDINGS TODAY

VISITS TO IPSWICH,STOWMARKET AND PETERBOROUGH.

VISITS TO PETERBOROUGH MAINLINE AND NENE VALLEY RAILWAY STATIONS.

A VISIT TO MARHOLM AND ABBOTS RIPTON TODAY TO SEE THE FIRST PASSNEGER RUN OF TORNADO UP THE ECML TO LONDON,WITHA NEW LIVERY DB66,A DRS DUFF,A 225 THE WRONG WAY ROUND AND THE STAR OF THE SHOW TORNADO HEFSELF ADDING TO A FEW HOURS OF FUN!

A TRIP TO PETERBOROUGH TO SEE THE 92 ON THE RAILTOUR GOING NORTH TO CARLISLE WITHA SURPRISE APPEARANCE OF ANOTHER DB LOCO IN THE NEW SCHENKER LIVERY THIS TIME 66152,LOOKED VERY SIMIALR TO LAST WEEKS 59 FROM A DISTANCE!ALSO FEATURE A FEW LOCAL CELEBRITIES!!!!!!!!!!!

MORE DRS TRACTOR ACTION TODAY WITH DRS 37605/259 DOING THE HONOURS ON THE EAST SUFFOLK LINE SEEN WITH A FRIEND AT WOODBRIDGE THIS AM ALSO ON THE WAY HOME STOPPED AT STOWMARKET TO SEE TRACTORS 087&667 STABLED AT STOW MARSH LANE SIDINGS!HELLFIRE!!!!

HELLFIRE DRS TRACTORS 37069/611 ON THE AREA SERCO THIS WEEK WITH TEST COACH MENTOR IN ITS CONSIST.BIG UP MR FOR THE GEN.

SUPERB DAY AT MARHOLM WITH 2 VISITS BY FASTLINE GRID 56303 ON DONCASTER-PETERBOROUGH ROUTELEARNER TRIPS AND STRAIGHT FROM THE NRM AT YORK 59206 IN THE NEW DB LIVERY(FORMERLY KNOWN AS EWS).

A STEADY FLOW OF FREIGHT AND LIGHT ENGINE MOVEMENTS OVER A 4 HOUR PERIOD KEPT ME ENTERTAINED TODAY.

VAROETY OF WORKINGS ON THE GEML WITHDRS 37S ON A SERCO,TRIO OF CANS INCLUDING THE LAST GREY PAIR ON THE NETWORK,FULL NATEX SET OUT AND 321/360 EMUS OUT IN THE NEW COLOURS TO AND A BONUS TUG FOR GOOD MEASURE!

1Q18 VISITING THE AREA THIS WEEK SEEN TODAY AT IPSWICH,MANNINGTREE,COLCHESTER AND WITHAM.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY GBRF 66731 WITH ITS FIRST APPEARANCE AT IPSWICH AND NEW FREDS 66955/56 STABLED.

A QUICK VISIT TO THE NVR AND MNR TO SEE SOME MORE GRIDS TO FINISH OFF A VERY MUCH TYPE 5 WEEKEND!PLEASE SE MY UK GALLERY FOR SHOTS OF GRIDS,BONES AND TUGS AMONGST OTHERS FROM A SATURDAY VISIT TO THE MIDLANDS.

VARIOUS WORKINGS SEEN THIS AM ON THE GEML AT BAYLHAM FEATURING TOP N TAIL SKODAS,DRS 37 ON A STONEBLOWER MOVE AND A 317 EMU ON A NORWICH-LONDON TURN!

STRATFORD 47 GROUP 47580 TAKES A FREIGHT DOWN THE MNR FROM WYMONDHAM TO DEREHAM WITH AN EWS 66 ON THE REAR FOR A RIDE!

A SATURDAY MORNING AT PETERBOROUGH VERY QUIET FOR FREIGHT BUT DUE TO DIVERSIONS UP NORTHA PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF HST WORKINGS,HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY WERE THE CONVOY OF FREDS HEADING FOR MARCH AND ON MY WAY HOME A STOP AT HUNTINGDON TO SEE THE AXC HST RUN SOUTH THROUGH THAT WAS ON HIRE TO NATEX WITH ONE OF THEIR POWERCARS ON THE REAR END,A FIRST FOR THIS REGION.

NOTHING UNUSUAL BUT A LOOK AT SOME OF THE FREIGHT WORKINGS AT IPSWCH ON THE FIRST NORMAL WORKING DAY OF 2009,GREAT TO MEET THE HARLOTT BROTHERS(FREIGHTLINERS FINEST) IN THE FLESH COURTESY OF JOHN DAY.

ANOTHER DAY OF FREDS RUNNING CROSS COUNTRY WITH LINERS NOT NORMALLY SEEN ALONG THIS ROUTE.

A BRIEF VISIT ON A VERY COLD BUT SUNNY WINTERS DAY WITH VIEWS OF A VARIETY OF 170 DMUS AT STRETHAM AND SOME DIVERTED LINERS AT SOHAM.

With the geml /north london line link closed until the new year a few days of diverted liners are being run cross country via BuryStEdmunds,Ely,March and Peterborough.Heavyhaul freds are being hired in to assist with the extra diesel workings required and the steady stream of container traffic once again is making this route very busy!

A LUCKY DAY TODAY WITH 2 OF THE FINEST MACHINES OUT ON RAILTOURS TODAY A CLASS 52 WESTERN HEADING TO YARMOUTH VIA CAMBRIDGE ON THE WAY AND VIA IPSWICH ON ITS RETURN AND AN A4 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY RUNNING FROM LONDON KINGS CROSS TO NORWICH ALSO VIA CAMBRIDGE STEAMING ALONG...

A MISH MASH CONVOY WITH DRS 20314,37607,20313&37087 LEADING RHTT SETS FOR RETURN TO YORK NOW THAT THE RHTT SEASON HAS FINISHED IN OUR AREA FOR ANOTHER YEAR.BIG UP THE BLUE TEAM!

A few photos this am taken at avery gloomy Thurston to see the
0Z57 Stowmarket - Crewe Gresty Bridge with 57007/012/009/011.

A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE MNR WITH PHOTOS TAKEN AT COUNTY SCHOOL AND NORTH ELMHAM STATIONS AS WELL AS ANOTHER LOOK AT 47580 ON SANTA SPECIALS FROM DEREHAM TO WYMONDHAM TODAY!

EN ROUTE HOME FROM A TRIPO TO KETTERING POPPED INTO PETERBOROUGH AND ELY CATCHING THE RAILTOUR TO NORWICH AND BY CHANCE THE LAST 3S60 RHTT TO RUN THIS SEASON WITH DRS 57007/012 AT THE SHARP END MY THANKS TO GERALD CALVER FOR BEING MY CHAUFFEUR AGAIN TODAY!

A GALLERY OF PHOTOS OF 47580 LOOKING SUPERB AT THE MNR TODAY!ENJOY!WITH THANKS TO THE MNR FOR THE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.

NEARLY MISSIED THE EE RHTT COMBO AGAIN TODAY GOT TO COLCHESTER 5 MINUTES TO LATE BUT LUCKILY SAW THE RETURN FROM CLACTON IN THE WINTER SUN.AFTER POPPING HOME TO RUN THE WIFE OUT I JUST MADE IT IN TIME WITH SECONDS TO SPARE TO SE GLORIOUS 47580 COUNTY OF ESSEX PASS ME AT STRETHAM OUT ON THE FENS IN THE FAST DISAPPEARING LIGHT AND WHAT A SIGHT IT WAS COUNTY OF ESSEX BACK ON HER OLD STOMPING GROUND HELLFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

WITH MASSIVE DISRUPTION ON THE GEML TODAY MY MISSION TO SEE THE CHOPPER&GROLWER COMBO WENT HAYWIRE!JUST TO PROVE 2 TRAINS RAN HERS A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF A SCUD AND A 156 ON THE MOVE THAT AFTERNOON!

A FEW WORKINGS SEEN AT IPSWICH BETWEEN 8AM AND 10AM TODAY INCLUDINGA CAN ON AN ILFORD TYRE TURN,SHED ON THE GRIFFIN WHARF RUN,RHTT 57S AND SOME VERY PLEASANT WINTER STYLE SHOTS OF STABLED LOCOS TODAY!

A COLD BUT LOVELY SUNNY DAY WITH VIEWS ALONG THE LINE FROM ROYSTON TO HITCHIN AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS NEAR BALDOCK,ASHWELL&MORDEN WITH EMUS OF 317/365 VARIETY,SOME SHEDS AND OF COURSE TANGMERE IN ALL HER GLORY,MY THANKS TO STEVEN BERSEY FOR HIS UPDATES TODAY,ENJOY!

VISIT TO COLCHESTER AGAIN IN THE FREEZING COLD BUT OFTEN SUNNY AM WITH DRS 57S APPEARING ON THE 3S60 RHTT AND A PAIR OF CANS ON A LINER TO HELP ADD VARIETY TO A VERY DULL DAY OF MAINLY EMU ACTION DUE TO ENGINEERING WORK ONLY IPSWICH TO STRATFORD WAS RUNNING TODAY!

AN UNINTENTIONAL DRS FEST WITH DRS 57S007/012 SAT IN THE MIDDLE RAOD FOR A FEW HOURS AND DRS 37259 HEADING NORTH LIGHT ENGINE TO STOW TO PICK UP 57001/010 TO GO TO WEMBLEY WITH AN RHTT SET AS THE SEASON WINDS DOWN

EWS 67026&67023 ON THE NORTHERN BELLE AND DRS 57012&007 ON THE ANGLIA RHTT IN THE LAST DAYS OF ITS RUNNING

PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST TIMES I WILL GET ASHOT OF AN AFTERNOON RHTT ON THE BURY LINE THIS YEAR WITH THE LAST OF THE WINTER SUN SETTING AT 1515 THIS PM.

CLASSES 20/37/47/57/60 FEATURE IN A CRACKING DAY OUT AROUND THE EAST ANGLIA REGION TODAY!

QUICK VISIT TO SEE DRS 57009/011 HEAD OFF DOWN THE MNR BRANCH TO DEREHAM FOR SERVICING TODAY,BEING THE USUAL EAST SUFFOLK LINE PAIRING I DONT SEE THEM AS OFTEN AS 57004/007/010/012!!

BRIEF VISIT TO SEE RHTT 57004/010 HEADS OFF ON THE 3S60 SHENFIELD CIRCUIT AND SURPRISE LOCO 47818 EMILY HEADING SOUTH TO ILFORD FOR SPECIAL COUPLING TRIALS TODAY.BIG UP MR,JW AND DRS 37059 FOR THEIR POSTS TODAY.

SHORT VISIT TO OBSERVE A QUARTET OF DRS 57S IN PAIRS ON THE SHEFIELD AND EAST SUFFOLK LINE RHTTs TODAY WITH THANKS TO KL47576,DFLM32B FOR UPDATES TODAY.

EARLY START AT STOWMARKET,FELIXSTOWE(NOT FOR TRAINS THOUGH!IPSWICH AND STOWMARKET AGAIN BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW FELL!

ANOTHER DAY IN COLCHESTER TODAY BUT WITH LITTLE SUN AND BEGINNING TO FEEL THAT WINTER CHILL IN THE AIR!

A BUSY DAY WITH VISITS TO COLCHESTER AND STOWMARKET WATCHING A GBRF TRANSLATOR MOVE AND UNUSUAL SHUNT IN PLATFORM 4 TO GO BACK CROSS COUNTRY TO WELLINGBOROUGH!ALSO 57S ON THE RHTT AND MY FIRST PHOTOS OF THE CHOPPERS THAT ARRIVED LATE LAST NIGHT TO HELP OUT WITH THE RHTT RUNS!!

QUARTET OF CANS, ANOTHER NEW FRED 66956 AND RHTT TRACTORS!!!!!!!!!!

FOLLOWING 37261&087 FROM WYMONDHAM TO DEREHAM AND A QUICK VISIT TO STOW TO SEE SISTER LOCO DRS 37607 AND 57007/012 STABLED THERE.

QUICK LOOK AT STOWMARKET MARSH LANE TO SEE NEWLY ARRIVED DRS 37607,VISIT TO NORWICH TO SEE RHTT 57007&012,ALSO COTSWOLD 47818,FEW WORKINGS AT BRUNDALL INCLUDING AN EMT 158 ON A CREW TRAINING RUN FROM NORWICH TO LOWESTOFT AND FINALLY A BRIEF VSIIT TO THE MNR AT DEREHAM TO SEE SOME NEW ROLLING STOCK WITH MARK 2S IN NSE AND REGIONAL RAILWAYS AND A VIRGIN MARK 3 COACH!

HELLFIRE CLASS 40145 UNLEASHED ON THE ECML TODAY WITH BRUSH TYPE 4 47787 ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN READY FOR THE ECS OFF THE CROSS PHOTOS TAKEN AT ABBOTS RIPTON.

FEW HOURS AT IPSWICH STATION WITH A SERCO 31 STABLED IN THE LOCO YARD ,RHTT 57S 007/012 PASSING THROUGH EARLY AND FINALLY NEWLY DELIVERED FRED 66955 PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE ON A LINER !

A VERY BRIEF VISIT TO A VERY WET AND UNWELCOMING BURY TODAY TO SEE HYBRID 17O WITH 2 DIFFERENT LIVERIES AT 1500 FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY RHTT WITH 57010 LEADING 57004 WEST.

QUICK LOOK AT STOWMARKET TO SEE WHAT WAS STABLED THEN AN HOUR OR SO AT BRANTHAM TO CATCH WHAT SUNSHINE WAS ABOUT UNTIL THE RAIN CLOUDS APPEARED!

QUICK LOOK AT 90024 IN SERVICE TODAY AND YET MORE TRACTOR ACTION WITH SERCO 37S 606/259 ARRIVED IN THE REGION TODAY!

JOINING IN THE FUN TODAY WAS GUESTS 90024 HAULING 67022 TO NORWCH EN ROUTE TO PICK UP 90036 ALSO SOME SHOTS OF THE EWS RHTT AT STRETHAM MANY THANKS TO MR!

QUICK LOOK AT TRACTORS 37261/194 ON THE SHENFIELD RHTT TODAY AND 57004/010 HEADING TOWARDS DEREHAM WITH THE MAINTENANACE RUN.

A VERY RECENT ADDITION TO THE PRESERVATION SCENE IN NORFOLK THIS YEAR.

A SELECTION OF DIFFERENT LIVERIES ON BLUE 156S BASED AT NOPRWICH CROWN POINT SEEN TODAY AT BRUNDALL.

VISITS TODAY TO PETERBOROUGH TO SEE DUFF TOP N TAIL ON A CARLISLE CHARTER WITH 47787/854 DOING THE HONOURS AT DAWN!VISIT TO STOWMARKET TO SEE THE STAURDAT RHTT TO SHENFIELD RUN AND VISITTO THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY TO SEE GRID 56311 OUT IN ACTION!STABLEMATES 56128/312 PRESENT AS WELL STILL.

BRAVED THE ELEMENTS FOR A QUICK VISIT TO THURSTON STATION TORECORD DRS 57004/010 ON TODAYS RHTT

PHOTOS OF 57007/012(AGAIN!)AT STOWMARKET,THURSTON AND KENNETT.

EX LOCAL SF BASED TRACTORS ARE SEEN ON TODAYS RHTT THROUGH BURY

DRS 57(007) BOND LEADS THE WAY WITH THE RHTT WITH 57012 FOPR COMPANY ALONG THE BURY LINE TODAY.

POPPED DOWN TO SEE WHAT RHTTS WEE RUNNING WHERE AND WINTNESSED THE HELLFIRE STARTUP OF COLD TRACTORS 37087 AND 37261 INSTANT FOG AND MISFIRING 37087 SOUNDING LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF!!HELLFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

A VERY FRUITFUL MORNING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE GEML TODAY.

WITH ANOTHER STRATFORD WHOPPER 37 NOW ON THE PATCH I COULDNT RESIST THE CHANCE TO GET OUT AND SEE DRS 37261 ON HER FIRST REVENUE EARNING TRAIN FOR THE LOCAL RHTT SEASON A FEW SHOTS OF THE TRACTORS AND THE 57S ON RHTT DUTIES AT BAYLHAM TODAY,ALSO SOME SHOTS OF 57008/37194 STABLED AT STOW MARSH LANE.

BRIEF VISIT TO ELMSWELL SEEING A FEW LOCAL DMUS AND RHTT 57010/004.

VISITS TO STOWMARKET LANCASTERS CROSSING,ROOTS N SHOOTS AND BAYLHAM!

SOME SUNNY SHOTS OF THE RHTT AT THURSTON AND IN THE DULL AT KENNETT!DRS 57007/012 FEATURE.

QUICK VISIT IN THE DOOM AND GLOOM AT A VERY WET BURY TODAY TO SEE THE GRIMY RHTT 57004/008 BIG UP TIM FOR THE HORN!ALSO AFEW SHOTS OF SOMEONE WHO WASNT BOTHERED ABOUT SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM EVEN WHEN THE TRAIN CAME......

WHITE STRIPE 170 DMU,LATE RUNNING RHTT 57004/008 AND AFEW OF THE MORE USUAL SUSPECTS SEEN AT COLCHESTER TODAY.

QUARTET OF BODYSNATCHERS OUT ON THE GEML AT BAYLHAM TODAY AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE THAT WAY INCLINED THE FIRST 3 CAR 170205 DMU TO SPORT THE WHITE STRIPE ON THE EX ONE BLUE LIVERY!SAD BUGGER ARENT I!!!!

A RARE VISIT OF DRS 37423 WITH "CAROLINE"TO THE AREA TODAY BY COINCIDENCE THE SHENFIELD RHTT SPARYERS WENT OUT OF ACTION AND HAD TO BE TURNED BACK AT IPSWICH THIS RESULTED IN PLATFORMING PROBLEMS BUT WITH PLENTY OF DRS ACTION TO BE HAD AT IPSWICH AND SEEN AGAIN AT THURSTON ON CAROLINES RETURN TO NUNEATON,WITH THANKS TO ALL FOR THE GEN TODAY!

NO APOLOGIES FOR THIS LOCATION AGAIN AS NOTED THE PAIR OF 57S (TO DARK FOR PHOTS AT 8AM THIS AM!)HEADING FOR DEREHAM AND THEN GROWLERS 37194/087 DOING THE 3S60 SHENFIELD RHTT LEAVING STOW MARSH LANE.SOME SHOTS LAOS OF THE COCKNEY SPARROW THATS APPEARED ON BOTH SIDES OF 37087!HELLFIRE!

QUICK VISIT TO LANCASTERS CROSSING AND BAYLHAM TO SEE DRS 37194/087 AND DRS 57009/012 ON EAST ANGLIAN RHTTS THIS AM.

AFTER A DAY OUT A QUCK STOP AT THE NVR TO SEE GRID 56311 WHICH HAS RETURNED FOR SERVICING BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK WITH SITER LOCO 56312 AND IN THE FUTURE 56128 ALSO PICTURED IN THE NEW SHED AT WANSFORD.

POPPED OTU STRAIGHT AFTER WORK TO GO AND SEE 57009/012 HEAD SOUTH ON THE SHENFIELD JOB THEN WENT TO LANCASTERS CROSSING TO SEE HELLFIRE GROWLERS 37087/194 ON THE EAST SUFFOLK LINE RHTT WHAT A SIGHT AND SOUND!!!

A FEW MINUTES SPENT AT LUNCHTIME TODAY SEEING GBRF 66723 CHINOOK WITH THE LUNCHTIME LINER FROM IPSWICH

POPPED TO MY LOCAL TODAY TO SEE TUG 77 DOING THE HONOURS ON A RAKE OF MEAS INTO BURY YARD CANT BEAT THE SIGHT/SOUND OF THESE BEASTS!!!

FOLLOWED THE 57S FROM STOWMARKET TO DEREHAM THIS MORNING THEN POPPED TO ELY TO SEE TUG 100 WITHA FRIEND ATTACHED FOR GOOD MEASURE!

TOUR OF THE REGION TODAY STARTING AT NORWICH THEN STOPPING OFF AT THE MNR AT DEREHAM,THE NVR AT PETERBOROUGH AND THEN BACK ON THE ECML AT PETERBOROUGH TO SE EETHE NENTA ECS TO CARNFORTH.WITH MANY THANKS TO GERALD CALVER MY CHAUFFEUR FOR THE DAY!

A FEW PHOTOS OF TODAYS GALA TAKEN AT WANSFORD,MILL LANE BRIDGE AND ORTON MERE FEATURING CLASS 20/25/31/37/40/47/56/117 MANY THANKS TO ALL AT THE NVR FOR A GREAT DAY DESPITE THE GLOOMY WEATHER!

GREEN 47851 LEADS THE NENTA ECS FROM ELY TO NORWICH WITH NEWLY RELEASED WCRC 47786 ON THE REAR READY FOR SAT TOUR TO CARLISLE FROM NORWICH.

BODYSNATCHERS HAVE INVADED STOWMARKET BUT A PAIR OF HELLFIRE GROWLERS WILL HELP KEEP THE WORKINGS INTERESTING!!!

PHOTOS OF RHTT CONVOYS AT ELY AND THURSTON TODAY ALSO FEATURE EWS TUG 60040!

STARTED OFF AT STOWMARKET MARSH LANE SIDINGS TO SEE DRS 37194 STABLED WITH THE RHTT WAGONS THEN HEADED OFF TO THE MNR TO SEE DAY 2 OF THEIR EE GALA

STARTING OFF IN THE FOG AT HUNTINGDON WITH A4 60019 ON A NORTHBOUND CHARTER THEN OFF TO THE MNR FOR DAY 1 OF THEIR EE GALA

2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FREIGHT RAN IN THE AREA TODAY ONE WAS A TRIAL RUN ON THE MNR WITH TOP N TAIL EWS 66 AND MNR 31 HAULAGE,THE OTHER WAS THE DELIVERY OF THE RHTT WAGONS READY FOR THE RHTT SEASON AT STOWMARKET

37423 AT COLCHESTER AND EDS 73136/210 AT WYMONDHAM AND FOLLOING THEM TO DEREHAM ON THE MNR.

FEW HOURS SPENT AT ELYTODAY CATCHING A VARIETY OF FREIGHT WORKINGS WITH CELEBRITY LOADHAUL TUG 60059 PUTTING IN ONE OF ITS MANY APPEARANCES AGAIN TODAY!WHAT AHELLFIRE BEST ,ITS TATTY BUT ITS TUG AT ITS BEST!

LOVE THEM OR LOATHE THEM THEYRE HERE TO STAY FOR NOW.....RED SHEDS NOT GREEN FOR A CHANGE SEEN THIS AM ON 2 WORKINGS 66138 6L29 to Bury and 66121 on 6Z41 Mountsorrel - Barham MANY THANKS RB FOR THE HEADS UP GEN!

A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE LAST DAY OF THE MNR GALA WITH GRID 56040 PUTTING IN A GUEST APPEARANCE ON A LOAD BANK SPECIAL TOWING 3 CHOPPERS BRINGING A NEW MEANING OF THRASH TO DEREHAM!

WITH THANKS TO MICK B. AND PHIL FOR THE CHOPPER GEN(5Z42 BARROW HILL - EAST HAM ecs ) I WAS BLE TO FOLLOW IN HOT PURSUIT TO ABBOTS RIPTON WITH ONLY MUNTES TO SPARE TO SEE THE GLORIOUS SIGHT OF ANOTHER PAIR OF CHOPPERS ALIAS 20901/905 RUNNING THE BLUE PULLMAN RAKE OF COACHES PLUS A M2 IN GREAT WESTERN COLOURS BACK TO EAST HAM DEPOT,SUPERB 5 CHOPPERS OUT IN EAST ANGLIA IN ONE DAY!!!!FURTHER SHOTS TAKEN AT NEW ZEALAND BRIDGE COURTESY OF MICK B. AND PHIL.

STARTED THE DAY OFF AT THUXTON WITH OTHER SHOTS AT YAXHAM AND CROWNTHORPE ,WHILST I WAS THERE I RECEIVED THE NEWS FROM PHIL BESIDE ME THAT NOT ONLY WERE THERE 3 CHOPPERS ON THE MNR RUNNING BUT ANOTHER PAIR OF HNRC CHOPPERS WERE OUT ON THE BLUE PULLMAN STOCK ON THE ECML......THE TEMPTATION WAS TO MUCH APOLOGIES TO THE MNR I COULDNT RESIST 5 CHOPPERS IN ONE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELLFIRE DAY WITHA TRIO OF CHOPPERS AND THE GRID STARTED UP AS WELL!VARIOUS PHOTOS TAKEN ALONG THE MNR AT DEREHAM,TOFTWOOD,RASHES GREEN,YAXHAM,CROWNTHORPE AND WYMONDHAM.

WITH THANKS TO MR FOR THE GEN SERCO 31S 285 AND PINKY 601 ARE SEEN ON IPSWICH FUELLING POINT AFTER AN OVERNIGHT RUN THEN SEEN SHUNTING ON TO IPSWICH COACHING STABLING SIDINGS FOR THE DAY.OF NOTE FOR COMPANY WAS HEAVYHAUL FRED 66585 MOVED ON TO THE FUEL POINT STRAIGHT AFTER!!

LUCKY DAY FEATURING CLASSES 20,33 AND 47!

QUICK VISIT TO SEE WCRC 33025 HAULING 47245 TO MARCH TODAY!

A QUICK LUNCHTIME VISIT TO SEE SERCO 31S WHICH WAS CAPED AND THEN RUN AT A LATER TIME..!!!!ALL WAS NOT LOST A HEAVYHAULFRED ON ROUTE LEARNER DUTIES AND AN EWS SHED AMONGST A ADELANTE AND LOTS OF HSTS!LOVELY STUFF!!NOT BAD FOR AN HOUR!

BRIEF VISITS TO NENE VALLEY RAILWAY,MARCH STATION AND MID NORFOLK RAILWAY THIS AM WITH
A TREAT CATCHING A BLUE 31 LIGHT ENGINE RUNNING ALONG THE MNR BEFORE THE DMU SERVICE RAN TODAY!

GREAT DAY OUT STARTING AT A FOGGY HUNTINGDON TO SEE 90S ON SLEEPER DIVERTS AND DUFFS ON A RAILTOUR.THEN OFF TO STOWMARKET TO SEE CLACTON 170 MOVES AND COLCHESTER TO SEE 447 AND 57 LIGHT ENGINE MOVES!HELLFIRE SUNNY PHOTOS TO!

HEAVYHAUL FRED 66512 PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE ON ALINER JUST 10 MINUTES BEFORE DRS 57008/011 ARRIVE HEADING FOR STOW FOR THIS YEARS RHTT SEASON!

QUICK VISIT TO RECORD THIS UNIQUE SET ON THE GO!FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT ROYAL LOCO...MANAGERS TRAIN?????...MMM....!

SOME PHOTOS OF ITS RETURN JOURNEY AT HAUGHLEY IN THE GLOOM!

70013 OLIVER CROMWELL RECENTLY RECERTIFIED TO RUN ON THE MAINLINE MAKES A AGLORIOIUS COMEBACK ON THE GEML TODAY.

SERCO 31602 WITH DBSO 9701 STABLED AT CAMBRIDGE COLDHAMS LANE DEPOT TODAY AT 1440

FAIRLY BUSY AM WITH PLENTY OF FREIGHT ACTION AND 2 170 DMU MOVES FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CLACTON AND VICE VERSA.

A FEW SHOTS TAKEN NEAR SHEPRETH BRANCH JUNCTION AND SANTON DOWNHAM.MY THANKS TO GERALD/JOHN DAY FOR THEIR GEN AND HELP WITH DIRECTIONS TODAY.

VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND TURVES

TOP N TAIL GROWLERS ON THE LOCAL PATCH SEEN AT LITTELPORT AND PRICKWILLOW

SOME DIVERTED LINERS,THE YELLOW RAILTRACK SPRINTER UNIT AND A CLASS 90 ON TOW TO IPSWICH!

Odd photos taken at Huntingdon,March and Norwich.

A FEW FREIGHTLINER DIVERSIONS TODAY THROUGH ELY

4 DUFFS PASSING THROUGH THETFORD IN 20 MINUTES AND A PAIR OF PEDS ON TH ILFORD-DERBY SERCO AT LITTLE THETFORD.

QUCK VISIT TO LITTLE THETFORD TO SEE THE NORTHBOUND ECS TO ELY AND THE SOUTHBOUND RETURN HEADING FOR LONDON VICTORIA

STOPPING OFF AT MARCH EN ROUTE I HAD A MORNING AT HUNTINGDON WITH SOME RAILTOURS AND SEVERAL UNEXPECTED COLOURS SCHEMES TURNING UP!

DRS 47501 HAULED UP THE OZ47 FROM ASHFORD TO STOWMARKET THIS AFTERNOON ITH THANKS TO ALL FOR THE GEN.

BRIEF VISIT TO THE MIDDY TO SEE THE LINE WORKING AND IN STEAM TODAY,GREAT TO SEE IT BEING WELL PATRONISED.

QUICK VISITS TO STOWMARKET,IPSWICH AND NORWICH ON A QUIET ,WET BUT VERY PRODUCTIVE MORNING!VERY LUCKY WITH NATEX 90015 NEWLY NAMED AND PAINTED SHOWING ITSELF,EWS 90035 ON DUTY ON HIRE TO NATEX,THE UNQUE 360 IN NATEX LIVERY PTTTING IN APPEARANCE AT IPSWICH AND CROWN POINT FULL OF COTSWOLD LOCOS!

PETERBOROUGH FOR A FEW HOURS,WCRC DUFFS ON A RAILTOUR,DRS DRED ON EML DIVERSION,STEALTH PUSHING WITH ITS NOSE ON ECML AND FINALLY X COUNTRY LIVERY 170 AT MY HOME TOWN OF BURY ST.EDS ON TRANSFER FROM CLACTON TO CAMBRIDGE,MNY THANKS TO JAMES WELHAM FOR MUCH OF THE GEN TODAY!

WITHIN MOMENTS OF ARRIVING AT ELY I JUST MANAGED TO GRAB A FEW SHOTS JUST BEFORE CELEBRITY TUG 60074 HEADED OFF TOWARDS PETERBOROUGH.

A MOVE FROM TAUNTON TO DEREHAM WITH DRS 37059 HAULING A STONEBLOWER TODAY,PHOTOS TAKEN AT WYMONDHAM,CROWNTHORPE,THUXTON,YAXHAM AND TOFTWOOD.

DECIDED TO GO LINESIDE TODAY TO CATCH SOME OF THE LOCO HAULED EXTARS /DMU ADDITIONALS FOR POSTERITY.ALSO TRAVELLED TO IPSWICH TO CATCH THE ON HIRE 321/4 UNITS ON TH LONDON -NORWICH TRAINS,THE TEST TRAIN STABLED AT IPSWICH WITH 31233 AND ITS YELLOW DBSO AND TO STOWMARKET TO SEE THE NORTH WALSHAM-HARWICH TANKS RUNNING WITH 66732 IN CHARGE.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE FIRST DAY OF THE LOWESTOFT AIRSHOW WHERE I TRAVELLED BEHIND ADVENZA 47375 TOP N TAILED WITH 47818 ON THE 0945 NORWICH TO LOWESTOFT AND THEN SPENT THE DAY AT THE AIRSHOW,SEE PART 2 FOR LINESIDE SHOTS THE NEXT DAY.

QUICK VISITS ACROSS THE AREA TO NENE VALLEY RAILWAY,DOWNHAM MARKET STATION,MARCH STATION AND DEREHAM ON THE MNR.

TWO SKIPS ON ARAILTOUR FROM LONDON KINGS CROSS TO NEWCASTLE AND A KETTLE TOUR STARRING GWR KINLETT HALL FROM TYSLEY IN BRUM TO ELY.PHOTOS TAKEN AT HUNTINGDON,TURVES,MARCH AND ELY.GREAT TO SEE RAY,ALLAN,GRENVILLE,RYAN AND GERALD ON MY TRAVELS TODAY!

A SELECTION OF PHOTOS TAKEN AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND TURVES AND STRETHAM TODAY BIG UP JW FOR ALL THE GEN UPDATES!

BRIEF VISIT TO MARCH STATION AND YARD TO RECORD A4 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA ON AN ECS MOVE TO ELY TO JOIN ITS ROLLING STOCK FOR TOMORROWS RAILTOUR FROM NORWICH.A QUICK VIEW OF EWS 67021 HEADING AWAY FROM ELY AT QUEEN ADELAIDE WITH THE A4 ON TOW AT THE REAR.

FEW HOURS SPENT LOOKING AT NORWICH,REEDHAM,BRUNDALL STATIONS AND THE REEDHAM SWINGBRIDGE WITHA FEW PHOTOS OF THE 47 HAULED YARMOUTH SERVICES AND 31454 STABLED AT NORWICH.

QUICK VISIT TO SEE DREDS 410 &427 STABLED.

TOOK A CHANCE BY GOING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FENS BY ELY DOCK JUNCTION WITH THREATENING SKIES,THE SUNRISE STARTED OFF WITH SOME DRAMATIC COLOURS BUT IT SOON BECAME VERY OVERCAST AND THE DRIZZLE SET IN!AS THE RAIN BECAME STRONGER I MOVED ON TO BARWAY LEVEL CROSSING ON ASINGLE LINE SECTION BETWEEN ELY AND SOHAM.

WENT OUT THIS EVENING TO CATCH THE SERCO TEST TRAIN WITH MENTOR HEADING HOME SEEN AT BAYLAHM AND THETFORD AND THEN PAID A VISIT TO DEREHAM TO SEE NEW ARRIVAL 08874 IN SILVERLINK LIVERY APPARENTLY DUE TO GO TO CROWN POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE

15MINUTES TO SEE WHAT THESE SHOTS TURNED OUT LIKE IN THIS AREA

FEW HOURS SPENT AT COLCHESTER AND MANNINGTREE TODAY TO SEE SERCO 37S WITH TEST COACH MENTOR PAN UP TESTING THE OHLE ON THE GEML TODAY.SELECTION OF OTHER USUAL SUSPECTS AS WELL.

FATHERS DAY SPECIAL FROM KINGS CROSS TO NORWICH WITH RECNTLY RELIVERIED 47832 IN YET ANOTHER LIVERY FOR THIS LOCO!SHOTS TAKEN AT SANTON DOWNHAN NEAR THETFORD THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A QUICK ESCAPE FROM WORK!

WITH THE SUN OUT EARLY AT 5AM I THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR SOME PHOTOS!WITH THE GEML STILL IN CHAOS I THOUGHT SOME DIFFERENT WORKINGS MIGHT PASS AND SOME DID,DMUS BEING USED ON DIFFERENT TO THEIR NORMAL ROUTES AND SOME EVEN PUT INTO MAINLINE USE AS SUBSTITUTES!HIRED IN FROM EWS 90020 HAS ARRIVED AND CAN BE SEEN IN ACTION ALONG WITH UNBRANDED FRED 66612 AND LATER IN THE PM WHEN SERVIVE REALLLY GOT BAD THERE WAS HARDLY ANY TRAINS AT ALL!COME TEATIME JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE 2 FREIGHTS APPEARED FOLLOWED BY 47813 MAKING MY WAIT WELL WORTHWHILE!WITH THANKS TO KL47576 FOR THE DETAILS ON THE DMU WORKINGS TODAY.

GBRF 73204 MAKES FOR ACVERY UNUSUAL VISITOR TO THE REGION THIS WEEK,HAVING TRAVELLED UP THE ECML DURING THE WEEK ITS STABLED ON THE NVR UNTIL ITS RETURN.

WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF THE PHOTOS THE WEATHER WAS VERY OVERCAST AND ONLY WITH THE AID OF PHOTOSHOP WERE THESE SHOTS EVEN USABLE!AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THEM!LESSON LEARNED THOUGH NEXT TIME ID GO FOR ACLOSER SHOT IN SUCH CONDITIONS...IM LEARNING ALL THE TIME!!!

WHILST WORKING A LIGHT ENGINE MOVEMENT YESTERDAY 57006 HEADING FRO NORWICH BROKE WAS FAILED AT ELY WITH A FUEL LEAK PROBLEM,POPPED OVER THERE TO GET A FEW PHOTOS BEFORE SHE IS TAKEN BY COTSWOLD RAIL TO NORWICH FOR AN EXAM.

31190 leading 999508 and 31459 through Stretham at 1101 today.

A VARIETY OF WORKINGS SEEN ON THE ECML ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRACTORS ON RAILTOUR DUTY AND A DUFF HEADING TO YORK!

QUICK VISIT TO SEE SERCO 37S ON A TEST TRAIN STABLED IN THE YARD AMONGST A FEW OTHER SUSPECTS FLOATING ABOUT....

BUSY BURY TONIGHT WITH A BLUEBIRD,PAIR OF FREDS AND DRED AND A SHED!!!!!

ANOTHER SELECTION OF SHEDS!

BRIEF VISIT TO SEE THE WORK GOING ON AT MANNINGTREE STATION HEAVYHAUL FREDS 66623/625 WERE PRESENT

A VERY WET AND DREARY DAY TURNED OUT TO BE A SUPERB VISIT TO THE MNR WITHAN UNEXPECTED INVITATION TO LOOK AROUND GRID 56040 INSIDE AND OUT AND TO RECORD THE HELLFIRE BEAST STARTING UP.MY THANKS TO KEITH FROM THE CLASS 56 GROUP FOR HIS KIND INVITATION.PLEASE NOTE THE MNR IS A WORKING RAILWAY AND I WAS TAKEN ROUND WIH KIND PERMISSION AROUND THE SITE.

PASSING THROUGH PETERBOROUGH RECORDED ALL THESE SHEDS STABLED AT PB TODAY

2 TONE GREEN 47 47812 MASQUERADING AS D1916 SEEN AT BAYLHAM NEAR STOWMARKET THIS AFTERNOON

MORNING VISIT HOPING TO SEE ONE OF THE LATEST ARRIVALS FROM GBRF I WASNT DISAPPOINTED AS 66731/732 TRUNDLED THROUGH LIGHT ENGINE TO MARCH WITH THE STOBART PULLMAN AND A GRAND CENTRAL HST ADDING TO THE FUN AT THE SAME TIME!

DRS GROWLERS 37038/059 DEPARTING THE REGION TODAY AFTER NEARLY A FORTNIGHT HANGING AROUND THIS AREA,AS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE AND HEAR THEM!

WITH THANKS TO THE GEN MEN FOR THE TIMES OF THE DRED 414 RUNNING THIS AFTERNOON TO IPSWICH POPPED OUT WITH THE FAMILY FOR A STROLL THIS AFTERNOON AT STOWMARKET BESIDES THE RAILWAY OF COURSE!

A4 60019 BITTERN HEADING A RAILTOUR SPECIAL FROM LONDON KINGS CROSS TO NORWICH TODAY RUNNING ABOUT AN HOUR LATE WHEN IT PASSED ME.

WITH ENGINEERING WORK IN PROGRESS ON THE GEML ALL THE WEEKEND FREIGHT WORKINGS ARE DIVERTED VIA THE BURY LINE CROSS COUNTRY VIA ELY/CAMBRIDGE TODAY.A SELECTION OF SHOTS TAKEN AT ELY AND SOHAM.SOME VERY FOGGY CONDITIONS LED TO SOME VERY UNUSUAL AND PLEASING MOODY SHOTS!

1Q14 NORWICH TO ILFORD WITH 37038/059 AT THE HELM.HELLFIRE!

IN THE AREA FOR OVERNIGHT TESTING OF THE RETB SYSTEMS 1Q02 SERCO ON THE EAST SUFFOLK LINE UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS I COULDNT GET OUT TO SEE THESE IN ACTION BUT HAD TIME TO SEE THEM STABLED DURING THE DAY WHILST THE CREWS WERE RESTING!31105 AND 31233 DOING THE HONOURS.

SET UP SHOP WITH MARCO TODAY AT STRETHAM TO CATCH A PAIR OF BEASTS ON A RAILTOUR FROM CREWETO FENCHURCH STREET.

HAVING GOT PHOTOS OF THIS AT MY HOME TOWN OF BURY ALREADY I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET SOME MORE AT ANOTHER LOCATION THIS TIME ELMSWELL WITH ASCRAP TRAIN FROM SNAILWELL IN FRONT OF IT!

PAIR OF DRS GROWLERS STABLED FOR THE DAY AT CAMBRIDGE,ALSO A FEW SHOTS OF 170 IN X COUNTRY AND A FRED ON THE BARDONS

WITH THE SUN IN COMPLETELY THE WRONG POSITION I ATEMPTED TO GET A SHOT OF 57009 PASSING THROUGH HOWEVER DESPITE FACING INTO THE SUN IT GAVE SOME NICE DIFFERENT LIGHT SHOTS

A VERY UNUSUAL SUNDAY AM WORKING OF PINK LIVERIED 31601 DEPARTING IPSWICH STABLING POINT ON THE 0806 LIGHT ENGINE MOVE TO LOWESTOFT!

Couple of hours at Peterboro to see a new gbrf 66(en route)and some loco haulked diagrams happening on the ecml today!

OUT LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT SKODAS AGAIN THIS AM WITH 90008/021 AND 028 IN DIFFERENT LIVERIES ADDING TO THE VARIETY.ALSO SEVERAL FREIGHTS INCLUDING THE RARELY PHOT GRAPHED NORTHBOUND TANKS TO NORTH WALSHAM,MY THANKS TO MESSRS REEVE AND WELHAM FOR THE GEN TODAY.

GREAT SELECTION OF MOTIVE POWER TONIGHT FEATURING 90015BACK IN ACTION,A PAIR OF FREIGHTLINERS,90003 WITH THE NATEX SET,90021 IN SCOTRAIL LIVERY,90028 OUT IN ACTION IN EWS LIVERY AND FINALLY DUFF 47813 OUT TO THE RESCUE OF 90004 WHICH WASNT ABLE TO PUSH ITS TRAIN HOME THIS PM!WITH THANKS TO THE GEN POSTERS!

2 TONE GREEN 47851 STOPPED BRIEFLY TO PICK UP SOME RAILTRACK STAFF AT 0953 TO TAKE ON ITS TOUR ROUND WITH ITS INSPECTION SALOON MANY THANKS JOHN DAY FOR THE GEN.

BRIEF VISIT TO PRICKWILLOW AND ELY TO RECORD THE RETURN ECS WORKING FROM THE WEEKENDS NENTA TOUR FROM THE REGION.

WHISTLER 40145 WAS ON TOUR AROUND EAST ANGLIA TODAY DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT TO CHASE HER DUE TO MY NEW FAMILY COMMITMENTS MY WIFE AND NEW BORN DAUGHTER JOINED ME AT BRANDON STATION FOR ONE OF THE FASTEST TRAINS IVE EVER SEEN GO THROUGH THERE!40145 DOING THE HONOURS!WHAT A BEAST!

EARLY BIRD TO CATCH THESE THIS AM

AFTER HOPING TO SEE THE WCRC ECS MOVE TO NORWICH I HAD TAKEN MY WIFE AND NEWBORN ALONG FOR THE RIDE BUT AS WE ARRIVED THE 47SWENT ACROSS THE CROSSING!NEVER MIND WILL SEE THEM SATURDAY!A FEW DMUS SEEN INSTEAD!

A FURTHER SELECTION OF PHOTOS INCLUDING EWS 90021 IN ACTION AT STOWMARKET AND COLCHESTER TODAY AND SOME CANS AT IPSWICH FOR GOOD MEASURE!

ANOTHER SELECTION OF SHOTS OF EWS SCOTRAIL LIVERY 90021 NEAR STOWMARKET

AFTER A VERY SPECIAL DELIVERY IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TODAY TO MY WIFE I WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET A QUICK VISIT TO STOWMARKET TO RECORD THE USE OF SCOTRAIL 90021 ON THE GEML IN PASSENGER SERVICE TODAY!

TWO HOURS AT IPSWICH TODAY(0950-1205) AND 90 MINUTES ST STOWMARKET LANCASTERS CROSSING.VARIETY OF 31S/66S/86S AND 90S.

TOOK THE WIFE TO THE ROOTS AND SHOOTS GARDEN CENTRE THIS PM AND SHE WAS DELIGHTEDTO SPEND OVER AN HOUR IN THERE WHILST I ENJOYED THE PASSING TRAINS IN THE SUNSHINE!

NO NOT TRAINS FOR A CHANGE!A BRIEF VISIT TO STONHAM BARNS TO SEE SOME NICE BIRDS(!!)THOUGH I WAS WITH THE WIFE!JUST AQUICK CHANGE OF SCENERY FOR HER AND ME!ENJOY!

WITH THANKS TO JAMES WELHAM AND OTHERS FOR THE GEN THIS EVENINGS EAST ANGLIAN WAS DUFF HAULED THROUGHOUT BY 47818 DUE TO A DVT FAULT LOVELY EVENING SUN TO!

SECOND DAY OF ENGINEERING WORK ALONG THE BURY LINE WITH SEVARL GBRF 66S DOTTED ALONG THE ROUTE.

BRIEF LOOK ALONG THE BURY LINE WITH SEVARL GBRF BLUEBIRDS PARKED UP AT THURSTON AND ELMSWELL,THEN VISITS TO STOWMARKET AND IPSWICH.

POPPED TO PETERBOROUGH TODAY TO SEE THE TRANSFER MOVE OF A 180 DMU FROM OLD OAK TO CROFTON WHICH WAS DUE AT 1446 AND IT CAME EARLY BY ABOUT 70 MINUTES AND WAS NOT ONE UNIT BUT TWO(180110/111)AMONGST THE OTHER USUAL SUSPECTS.

WITH THE GEML IN CHAOS AFTER A NETWORK RAIL ENGINEERING OVERRUN SEEING ANYTHING RUNNING TODAY WAS A BONUS,A COLOURFUL COLLECTION WITH DMUS IN THEIR DIFFERENT LIVERIES AND EWS 90036 WITH THE NEW NATEX LIVERY RAKE FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT!

A VERY BRIEF VISIT TO CATCH AN EWS SHED ON A LINER AT BURY TODAY COINCIDED WITH A BRIEF LULL IN THE BLUSTERY BLIZZRDS OF SNOW WERE HAVING!MNAY THANKS TO JAMES WELHAM FOR THE GEN.

VERY QUICK VISIT THIS AM TO HUNTINGDON TO CATCH ON FILM DRS 47501/802 DOUBLEHEADING THE STOBART PULLMAN TO SCOTLAND TODAY.

FEST OF DIESELS TODAY WITH CLASS 20/31/47/57/59!! AND 66 ALL OUT ON THE GEML!

DESPITE THE RAIN,WIND AND SMALL AMOUNT OF FLOODING IN THE AREA THE MNR CARRIED ON WITH THEIR GALA TODAY WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF DRS WITH 37038,PAIR OF 31s AND THE GRONK 08 BEING STARS AGAIN.A FEW MORE SHOTS OF SOME OF THE LOCOS IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND ABIT OF RIDING THE LOCOS FOR GOOD MEASURE!WELL DONE ALL AT THE MNR!

STOBART PULLMAN AND CHOPPINGTON CHANGER WITH 92022 AT THE HELM CAUGHT ON FILM AT HITCHIN TODAY.

A BRIEF VISIT TO SEE SOME FURTHER WORKINGS ON THE 2ND DAY OF THE MNR GALA HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN DOUBLE 31s ,DRS 37 AND ANOTHER FIRST 08631 RUNNING TO YAXHAM TOP N TAIL WITH THE 37!

MNR DIESEL GALA DAY 1 FEATURING CLASS 20/31/37 TODAY

EN ROUTE TO STOWMARKET THIS EVENING DRS 37038 HAVING MADE THE JOURNEY FROM CREWE THIS AFTERNOON,GUEST APPEARANCE DUE ON SATURDAY AT THE MNR GALA.

BRIEF VISIT TO THE COLNE VALLEY RAILWAY TO CATCH SHUNTERS 03 D2184 AND 08915 ON PASSENGER/FREIGHT SHUTTLES UP AND DOWN THE LINE.FURTHER PHOTOS OF THIS RAILWAY AND THE LOCOS THERE CAN BE SEEN ON MY COLNE VALLEY COLLECTION ON MAY 17TH 2007 ON THIS SITE PLEASE DO HAVE A LOOK.

A FEW PICS TAKEN TODAY WHEN I WAS ON MY RETURN FROM A MORNING CHASING A PAIR OF TRACTORS AROUND LONDON,SHOTS OF THOSE OVER ON MY UK SITE PLEASE FEEL FREE TO HAVE A BROWSE...90003 AT THE STREET(MY RIDE HOME!)AND 90046 AT IPSWICH WITHOUT ANY FREIGHTLINER BRANDINGS.

A QUICK VISIT TO RECORD THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW LIVERY NATEX 156 IN SERVICE ON THE IPSWICH-CAMBRIDGE LINE

QUICK VIDIT TO THURDTON TO CATCH A BLUEBIRD ON A LINER AND A DIFFERENT SET OF SHOTS JUST SOUTH OF HAUGHLEY JUNCTION WITH DUFF THUNDERBIRD 47818 MAKING A GUEST APPEARANCE!

A FEW HOURS AT ELY TO RECORD AFEW OF THE REGULAR WORKINGS AND THE VSOE ORIENT EXPRESS PULLMAN TRAIN GOING BACK TO LONDON VICTORIA

WHO SAID EAST ANGLIA IS QUIET AT THE MOMENT?!!!NOT TODAY IT WASNT...WITH A TRACTOR,DUFF AND A TUG ADDING TO THE LOCAL VARIETY!

DESPITE THE SEVERE COLD WINDS A BRIGHT AND MAINLY SUNNY DAY WAS HAD ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NVR DIESEL GALA MANY THANKS TO ALL AT THE RAILWAY FOR AN EXCELLENT GALA.RNJOY THE PICS!

ON THE DAY NATIONAL EXPRESS LAUNCH THEIR NEW LIVERY PUBLICLY ON THE GEML,ENTHUSIASTS ARE UP FOR TREAT WITH SEVERAL DIFFERNET LIVERIES RUNNING TODAY GO GET THEM WHILST YOU CAN!FOUR DIFFERENT LIVERIES ON CLASS 90s INCLUDING MY FIST PHOTOS OF 90005 WITH ITS WHITE STRIPE AND COACHES,EWS RED 90035,EWS GREY 90036,FRED 512 ON THE BARHAM,LOTS OF DMUS..ENJOY!

WITH HERITAGE LOCOS MAKING APPEARANCES ALL OVER EAST ANGLIA IN THE LAST 72 HOURS HOW APPROPRIATE FOR A PAIR OF CLASS 31s TO APPEAR ON ATEST TRAIN FROM CARLISLE YESTERDAY EVENING STABLED OVERNIGHT AT CAMBRDIGE AS I LEFT TO RETURN HOME THESE FINE OLD MACHINES WERE FUELLED IN THE DMU SHEDS READY FOR THE WEEK AHEAD

POPPED TO PETERBOROUGH TO PHOTO THE DRS DUFFS ON THE NEWLY RELIVERIED STOBART MARK 3 SET(I THOUGHT THE OLD LIVERY WAS BETTER!!!) TOPPED UP WITH SOME SHOTS OF ALPHALINE,WESSEX,REGIONAL RAILWAYS COLOURS AMONGST THE NORM THERE!MORE PHOTOS TAKEN OF THE DRS DUFFS AT DONCASTER ON MY UK GALLERY SITE-PLEASE HAVE A LOOK IF YOU HAVE AFEW MINS TO SPARE!

Popped out to see old friend DRS 37038 with what better company than MR T. himself for the journey up to Norwich, a few pics of stuff in transition from ONE to NATEX liveries.

BRIEF VISIT TO THE EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM WHERE A FEW DMUs/SHUNTERS AND SOME ROLLING STOCK ARE BEING RESTORED AND WHERE A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF LOCAL PHOTOGRPAHY FROM A 100 YEARS AGO CAN BE SEEN!

A FEW SHOTS TAKEN AT A BITTERLY COLD AND FROSTY HUNINGDON STATION OF DUFFS 47804/826 ON A CHARTER TO PORTSMOUTH

QUICK VISIT WHILST THE GLORIOUS WINTER SUN WAS OUT TO STOWMARKET NEAR BAYLHAM AND NEAR LANCASTERS CROSSING TO SEE THE ONE LIVERY BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS FOR GOOD!

FRED 66952 MAKES AN UNUSUAL VISIT TO MY HOME TOWN OF BURY WITH THIS WORKING TODAY,MANY THANKS AS EVER MR FOR THE GEN.

POPPED OUT EARLY TO SEE WHAT WAS ABOUT A FEW DMUS SATBLED AT BSE AND A LONE TUG TOPN TAIL WITH A SHED NEAR NORTON

FEW SHOTS FOR POSTERITY OF LOCAL WORKINGS AT IPSWICH WITH SOME LIVERY ALTERATIONS NOTED.

GOYLES 31106/190 STABLED AT IPSWICH AT 0840 TODAY IF I HADNT BEEN GOING TO WORK I COULD HAVE STAYED HALF HOUR TO SEE THE COTSWOLD DUFF HAULING A FAILED SET NORTH ONLY HALF HOUR LATER!

A FEW SHOTS TAKEN OF DRS 37059/608 ON THE CAMBRIDGE DERBY SERCO AND A FEW OTHER MORE REGULAR VISITORS INCLUDING ALPHALINE LIVERIED 158

AFTERNOON TRIP OUT WITH THE WIFE AND WE STOPPEDOFF AT STOW TO CAPTURE DRS 37610 SAT STABLED IN MARSH LANE SIDINGS READY FOR ITS DUTIES THIS WEEK.

WITH SERCO 37s DUE TO BOW OUT SOON AS THE STAPLE MOTIVE POWER ON NETWORK RAIL SERCO TEST TRAINS I WAS ABLE THIS PM THANKS TO JOHN DAY TO CAPTURE ON FILM SERCO 37S059/608 HEADING NORTHBOUND TOWARDS STOWMARKET,HELLFIRE SOUND!

QUICK VISIT TO OAKLEIGH PARK STATIUON TO RECORD THE SUNDAY AM HULL TRAINS SERVICE TO DONNY

STARTING FROM OUR REGION CAUGHT THE CAN 86101 FROM THE CROSS ,HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY DRS 66415/422 AT DONCASTER ON HIRE,QUINTET OF FREDS,GRAND CENTRAL HST AND PAIR OF GROWLERS AT YORK FOR GOOD MEASURE!

QUICK TRIP TO SEE THE WIFE ON TO THE RIGHT TRAIN AT PETERBOROUGH TUNRNED INTO AN EAST ANGLIAN SHEDFEST...IF THATS YOUR SORT OF THING!FORTUNATELY RECENTLY RELICERIED DRS 37610 AT NORWICH BREAKS UP THE MONOTONY!

POPPED OVER TO ELY FOR LIGHT LUNCH BY THE RIVER ABD GRABBED A FEW PHOTOS WHILST I WAS ABOUT AND WAS VERY LUCKY TO SEE SEVERAL FREIGHTS WITH EWS 66/67 AND GBRF 66S IN CONTROL.

VERY QUICK VISIT TO MY LOCAL RESULTING IN APIR OF GBRF 66s AT THE SAME TIME ON 2 FREIGHTS AT BURY

BRIEF VISIT TO IPSWICH TO RECORD DRS 66425 ON A FREIGHTLINER HEADING SOUTH AMONGST SOME MORE OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS, MANY THANKS MR FOR THE GEN.

Four shed out today with DRS 425 on hire to freightliner heavy haul making aguest appearance many thanks to MR and Gerry Calver for their help.

MORNING VISIT TO KINGS CROSS TO GET MY FIRST PHOTGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF THE GRAND CENTRAL HST,HULL TRAINS 86 IN PUSH PULL MODE AND A FEW EXTRAS ON THE GEML FOR GOOD MEASURE!

POPPED TO THURSTON THIS AM LESS LOCOS OUT BUT GREAT A TUG AT LAST!!!

SHEDS GALORE ON THE ENGINEERING TRAINS NEAR THURSTON!

A1A GROUP CHARTER FEATURING GOYLE (31162) D5580 IN BR BLUE ON THE NORTH NORFOLK RAILWAY BETWEEN SHERINGHAM AND HOLT TODAY.

DRS 37218/259 STABLED IN THE SIDINGS FOR THE DAY,MANY THANKS MARTIN FOR THE GEN.

VERY BRIEF VISIT TO 3 STATIONS IN THE ANGLIA AREA TO SEE WHAT WAS ABOUT.

QUICK VISIT TO ELY TO SEE MAINLINE BLUE LIVERY TUG 60044 WITH THANKS TO JAMES WELHAM FOR THE GEN

WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THE YEAR THEN A LOVELY SILVER ROOF TYPE 4 WITH LOVELY CLAG!

A QUICK VISIT TO ELY FOR A STROLL TO GET SOME FRESH AIR AND STRESS RELEASE AFTER THE WEEKEND OF MY MARRIAGE TO MY LOVELY WIFE!HAVING GIVEN UP BEFORE I WENT OUT ON THE IDEA OF SEEING ANYTHING HALF DECENT I WAS INTRIGUED TO SEE A TRIO OF FREDS COME UP FROM THE CAMBRIDGE DIRECTION HEADING BACK TO CREWE I PRESUME?INCLUDING ALREADY SEEN THIS WEEK SHANKS FRED 66522 AT THE HELM!!!WHAT ALOVELY WAY TO FINISH THE YEAR A FRED CONVOY!

A QUICK VISIT TO MY LOCAL TURNED OUT TO BE A COMPLETE SHEDFEST!!!

A QUICK GLIMPSE AT A FEW FREIGHTLINERS DIVERTED ALONG THE BURY LINE DUE TO THE NORTH LONDON LINE BEING CLOSED FOR AFEW DAYS INCLUDES SHANKS LIVERY 66522 ON HIFE FROM HEAVY HAUL!

NO TRAINS TODAY BUT ITS MY HOME TOWN AND ITS ANGLIA AREA!

QUICK VISIT TO SEE THE START OF THE ONE BRANDINGS DISAPPEAR OF THE ROLLING STOCK USED ON THE NORWICH TO LONDON TRAINS ON THE GEML

Joining the gathering of AG members in the middle of a field just south of Stowmarket to record Tangmere on the northbound Cathedrals express today.

Quick visit to see the serco 37s amongst other things parked at Ipswich.

ANOTHER GREAT DRS SESSION WITH ATRIO OF TRACTORS FOLLOWED BY ATRIO OF CHOPPERS HAULING A BODYSNATCHER!

SATURDAY AM SPENT ON THE ECML AT PETERBOROUGH TO SEE 2 CHARTERS AMONGST OTHER THINGS!A QUARTET OF BLUEBIRDS,A TUG, A SKIP, A TRIO OF DUFFS,A BODYSNATCHER AND SOUTHBOUND 91 PUSHING WITH ITS NOSE END!

IN WHAT COULD BE THE LAST TIME TO SEE A CLASS 87 ON THE GEML GBRF 87022 WAS ROSTERED TO WORK AN ECS MOVE OF 1 COACH FOR ONE FROM WILLESDEN TO NORWICH TODAY,SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRIS AND JOHN DAY FOR THE UP TO THE MINUTE GEN.

STOWMARKET WAS BUZZZING THIS AM WITH 90003 WITH AFULL RAKE OF UNBRANDED M3s OUT AND A DRS CONVOY OF 5 LOCOS FEATURING 20S/37S AND A 57!ENJOY!MANY THANKS TO DAVID WARREN AND JOHN DAY FOR THE GEN.

RHTT TO DEREHAM WITH PAIR OF GROWLERS AND A CHOPPER,RHTT CHOPPERS AND NATIONAL EXPRESS 90 ON ITS FIRST REVENUE EARNING TRIPS!

WITHTHANKS TO AL LEN FOR THE GEN THREE TUGS SITTING ON ENGINEERS TRAINS THIS AM BETWEEN THURSTON AND BURY ALL IN EWS LIVERY

REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU WENT YESTERDAY THE WEATHER WAS AWFUL!HAVING MADE THE DECISION TO MISS OUT ON SEEING THE EX EPS 37S ON THE RHTT TO SHENFILED I DECIDED TO HEAD WEST TO HUNTINGDON TO SEE SOME OF THE NEWLY RELIVERIED GNER STOCK SOME STILL WITH BRANDINGS ON AND A COUPLE OF CHARTER TRAINS HEADING TO LINCOLN INCLUDING HOOVER 50049 ON ONE AND 47832/802 TOP N TAIL ON ANOTHER.

A quick visit to Stowmarket to catch some early morning sun shots at Lancasters crossing whilst waiting to start my shift at work!

Drs had the honour of running the first train for 6 months from Chippenham Junction to Soham near Ely today blasting at slow speed the tracks and at some point soon an ultrasonic test train is also due soon to check the track.Drs ex eps tractors 601/603 seen through BuryStEdmunds at speed(1017) and then at 5mph at Soham(1051) and Fordham(1101),with thanks to John Day and Jed this am for the up to the min gen.

CHASED 37667 AND 57009 FROM STOWMARKET TO THE MNR!

SIX CLASS 20s,3 CLASS 37s AND A 57 ON DRS DUITES AND DUFF ON AN ECS!

A FEW SHOTS TAKEN IN AND AROUND STOW TODAY UNFORTUNATELY THE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT WAS NEARLY GONE SO THE SUPERB MOMENTS OF A PAIR OF CHOPPERS AND GROWLERS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS IN UNDER 20 MINUTES WASNT RECORDED AS WELL AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN!!!

DRS 37601/603/667 ALL AT DEREHAM ON THE MNR FOR SERVICING
***PLEASE NOTE SOME OF THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN COURTESY OF DRS AND AT NO TIME WAS I ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE FENCE TO TAKE THESE SHOTS***

NEW ARRIVAL DRS 37667 JOINS FORCES WITH 57009 TO TACKLE THE RHTT ON THE 3S60 SHENFIELD CIRCUIT TODAY!PHOTOS TAKEN AT THURSTON AND KENNETT ON THE BURY ST.EDMUNDS LINE.

Very brief visit to Lancasters crossing to see the RHTT which didnt show but ews 90020 and Cotswold Rail 47818 in One livery both appeared!

QUICK VISIT TO THESE PLACES TO RECORD A PAIR OF CHOPPERS ON THE RHTT 20307/313 DOING THE HONOURS

BRAVING THE EARLY COLD AM I PAID ANOTHER VISI TO BRANTHAM TO RECORD THE RHTT CHOPPERS,EWS 90018 AND SURPRISE GUEST AT IPSWICH 57005 PARKED UP ALONG WITH A SOLITARY CAN 86605 AMONGST THE MORE USUAL FREDS!SOME SHOTS AT STOW MARSH LANE ON THE WAY HOME.

A FEW SHOTS TAKEN AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION TODAY WITH SHOTS INCLUDING AN EWS 90 AND THE EX EPS 37S ON THE RHTT

Travelled down to the gloom at Elmswell this morning to catch DRS 66422 again this time running eastbound(1107),then went to Stowmarket where i was nearly cuaght off guard at Lancasters crossing by DRS RHTT 20s314/315 heading northbound(1136).I paid a quick visit to Marsh Lane to find 57011 parked up with ex eps 37603 alone and one chopper at the south end of another RHHT set with only 1 loco on(20310 and 37601 off of these gone to Wembley).
I then went south of Stowmarket and noted amongst the usual ONE liveried 90s, 90020 in ews going south(1313) followed soon after by newly named 90012 Royal Anglian Regiment looking absolutely first class, well done the lads at Crown Point!
I then moved south of Needham Market to catch DRS RHTT 20307/312 going north(1416) and caught them again at Thurston(1500) thrashing well up the bank towards Bury StyEdmunds.

ON HIRE TO FREIGHTLINER TODAY DRED 66422 CAPTURED ON FILM AT THURSTON AND KENNET TODAY.

QUICK VISIT TO CAPTURE THE RHTT IN ANOTHER LOCATION NOT YET ON HERE.DRS 20314/315 DOING THE HONOURS TODAY ON THE SUFFOLK CIRCUIT RHTT.

WOKE UP TO A LOVELY SUNNY AM SOON CHANGED TO AN OVERCAST SKY THOUGH!2 FLASKS OF TEA LATER THE EX EPS 37s TURNED UP ON THE 3S60 RHTT AND I BUGGERED UP MY SHOT!

Despite my work commitments stopping me joining in on the sulzerfest on the GEML today i managed to get a few shots this am at Stowmarket of ex eps 37601/603 on their startup at 0830 at Marsh Lane sidings then travelled just south of Stowmarket by the Roots and Shoots garden centre for some different angle shots of them passing southbound at 0918 on the 3s60, these were closely followed southbound by DRS RHTT 20s313/310 at 0923!
Another pair(this time 153s) was to be had when a pair of scuds in Anglia colours went north 5 minutes after the choppers.

HAVING MISSED THE DEREHAM BOUND CHOPPERS AT 8AM I WENT TO MARSH LANE AT 0830 TO SEE ONE PAIR OF CHOPPERS LEFT AND THE 37/57 COMBO STILL PARKED UP THEN WENT SOUTH NEAR NEEDHAM MARKET TO CAPTURE RHTT 20312/307 AS WELL AS FEW OTHER USUAL BITS

PHOTOS OF EWS 90020, 57/37 RHTT COMBO AND PAIR OF CHOPPERS ON ANOTHER RHTT THIS AM.

A VERY BRIEF VISIT TO RECORD THE PAIR OF EWS 90s ON HIRE TO ONE AT LANCASTERS CROSSING NEAR STOW AND A QUICK LOOK AT MARSH LANE DRS STABLING POINT.

A BITTERLY COLD MONDAY MORNING AT MARSH LANE SIDINGS WITH ALL SEVEN CLASS 20s PRESENT AND 37038.

RHTTs, EWS 90 AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE!

A REAL TREAT AS RHTT 20312/37038 PUT IN AN UNSCHEDULED APPEARANCE WHILST I WAS WAITING FOR 20314/315 TO GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!MANY THANSK TO THE SUN FOR ITS GUEST APPEARANCE IN THE FOULEST WEATHER IN SUFFOLK THIS AFTERNOON!

CHASED 20314/315 ALONG THE BURY LINE THIS PM

A quick visit to Cambridge this afternoon spotted ews 66178 on MEAs in Bury yard on way out on the Chapelfields livery 156402 from Bury to Cambridge at 1355.On arrival at Cambridge at 1432 i was greeted with the sight of DRS 37606/607 still stabled at Cambridge yard sidings switched off and quiet adjacent to the station area after its serco duties in the anglia region last week(believe its heading back to Derby tomorrow?).
Within an hour or so a DRS quartet was made as the RHTT 20s turned up as well!(pair of growlers and choppers!)
At 1542 DRS 20s 306/313 appeared on the anglia RHTT on its way from the Bury StEdmunds line and then ran into the Bury line bay and returned north within a few minutes heading for Norwich.
EWS 66178 then arrived from Bury St.Edmunds to turn its empty train and head north, still there at 1643 when i left on a very packed school run on a 156 home to Bury!

90018 ON HIRE AT STOWMARKET THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWED HALF LATER BY DUSTY BINS 321333/343

EWS 90018 ON THE 0Z90 FROM WEMBLEY TO NORWICH FOLLOWING SISTER LOAN LOCO 90036 ON NORWICH BOUND TRAIN

A further collection of photos taken this afternoon of the 3S62 RHTT from Clacton to Cambridge with DRS 20312(leading) and 37038, pics taken just south of Stowmarket(1421),Elmswell(1438), seen going over the A14 bridge by the Bury sugar factory(1451) and then last pics at kennet(1520).

At Stowmarket quite by chance as i got out of my car at Lancasters crossing i heard a horn of a class 20 and just got out in time to catch a pair heading north(0800)on an RHTT not spraying ,i presume this was the Dereham maintenance working?Having taken me by surprise i didnt take the loco ids but think it was 20314/315(anyone confirm?).
I then checked out marsh lane and then moved just south of Needham Market to see DRS 37606/607 (which i missed yesterday!)on the serco 1Q14 Norwich to Liverpool Street(0834) and then waited for the Stowmarket to Shenfield RHTT 3s60 (0920)with another yet another growler 37038 and 20312 tailing!What an outstanding morning and well worth losing my sleep over!A trio of growlers and choppers in 90 minutes on the GEML!

HAD THE CHANCE TO FOLLOW RHTT 20306/313 TAKING PHOTOS AT NEEDHAM MARKET,STOWMARKET STATION AND BURY ST EDMUND STATION, ALSO A COUPLE OF SHOTS TAKEN AT BARHAM OF EWS 66213 ON A LAFARGE TRAIN UNLOADING AND A PAIR OF SCUD 153S PASSING.UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO HAVING TO PICK UP MY PARTNER FROM WORK I COUDNT STAY FOR THE 37S ON THE SERCO!

WITH THANKS TO STEVEN HUGHES FOR THE GEN THE RHTT RAN TODAY WITH ANGLIA DRS HEADBOARD ON ITS SHENFIELD DUTY, I STARTED OUT EARLY WITH A FEW PICS IN THE DARK AT STOW AND IPSWICH WHILST WAITING TO SEE THE 20s RUN THROUGH,PLENTY OF LINER TRAFFIC AND EVEN EWS 90036 MADE A SURPRISE RUN THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROD ON AN ECS MOVE, PRESUME A MOVE TO BALANCE STOCK TO ANOTHER LOCATION?IT WAS ON A FULL RAKE SO WOULDNT HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ILFORD TRIP,ANYWAY I THEN MOVED ON TO COLCHESTER AND JOINED STEVEN HUGHES WHERE WE WANDERED DOWN THE LINE TO WHERE THE CLACTON LINES MEET AFTER DIVERGING FROM COLCHESTER AND THEN HEADED BACK TO STOWMARKET TO GREET THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHOPPERS BACK AT BASE FOR THEIR CREW CHANGE.BIG UP THE DRIVERS FOIR THE THRASH AND STEVEN HUGHES FOR HIS GEN/ASSISTANCE TODAY, I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYBODY TO CHECK OUT HIS LATEST MODEL RAILWAY VENTURE MODELLING DRS LOCAL OPERATIONS GOOD LUCK STEVEN!

A selection of photos taken yesterday of the drs convoy consisting of DRS 37038, 20312/307/308 with 2 rhtt sets en route from Stowmarket Marsh Lane sidings to Dereham for maintenance.

Photos of shunting movements at 0850 in Marsh lane sidings, an anglia livery pairing of scuds, a hellfire departure at 0900 towards Norwich ,what a great noise with the 37 sounding very peculiar with its power application fault leading the formation, plenty of sudden acceleration bursts scaring the pants off passengers on the platform(!!!), i gather this is now fixed(?) and then caught up with the consist at Wymondham.
Several shots there of the shunt across the mainlines (1017) then followed up to Crownthorpe MNR(1040)and Yaxham MNR(1112) for a few more lineside shots.

Some photos of these in full dull weather taken at 0903 just south of Needham Market with RHTT 20s307/308 heading the 3w04 for east suffolk line and 20s313/306 heading the 3s60 to Shenfield at 0938.Also of note was the pairing of regional railways 153s 311/326 southbound at 0850 returning north at 0925 which at a glance looks like an old 155 from one end!153335 was noted on its own going north at 0931.

MORE RHTT ACTION TODAY WITH CHOPPERS 306/313 GOING TO THE MNR AT DEREHAM AND 314/315 DOING THE SHENFIELD TURN, AFEW OTHER PHOTOS OF THE REGULAR WORKINGSS FROM ONE INCLUDING EWS 90036 ON THE 0800 NORWICH TO LONDON LIVERPOOLST TURN.

Photos taken at the stabling point and north of Stow at Lancasters crossing, highlight was 20308 doing a good impression of a volcano!

A VERY BRIEF VISIT TO IPSWICH STATION CAUGHT 31106 IN EX FRAGONSET BALCK AND 31602 IN NETWORK RAIL YELLOW ON A SERCO TRAIN STABLED IN IPSWICH YARD BUT ALSO NEARLY OUT OF SIGHT WAS A 101 MET CAMM DMU AS AN ADDED BONUS!

A SELECTION OF SHOTS IN THE STOWMARKET AREA UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED OUT GETTING A FEW GOOD SNAPS OF THE 37/57 COMBO!FINGERS CROSSED NEXT TIME!!

A SELECTION OF SHOTS TAKEN AT BURY ST.EDMUNDS AT 1500(AND KENNET AT 1520) THIS AFTERNOON .

A FEW PHOTOS TAKEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY OF LOCAL BUBBLE CARS AND TODAY OF RHTT TRAINS OF BOTH CLASS 20 AND 57 VARIETIES.

THE DRS MECCA AT STOWMARKET IS NOW BECOMING A GREAT MAGNET TO THE MANY TO SEE THEIR FAVOURITE TYPES IN THE YARD, A VARIETY OF CLASSES 20/37 AND 57 ARE PICTURED HERE.

With thanks to Jed for the gen today and drs guys for the info, i was able to join him on a trip to Wymondham where we took photos of the arrival of 20312/313 with an RHTT set just after 1130am, we then followed the set through to Dereham stopping at Crownthorpe,Thuxton and Rashes Green for more photos and then went to Dereham where we were kindly allowed to take a few photos witth permission before we left at 1430.PLEASE NOTE THE MNR IS A WORKING RAILWAY AND AS SUCH IS NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC ACCESS WHILST DRS LOCOS ARE BEING SERVICED.HOWEVER IF YOU GO TO THE REAR OF THE SWIMMING POOL AND BOWLING ALLEY IN DEREHAM YOU CAN SEE/PHOTO AND VIDEO ALL MOVEMENTS QUITE CLEARLY FROM BESIDE THE FENCE NEXT TO THE RAILWAY LINES.THE STATION IS NORMALLY CLOSED DURING THESE VISITS AND WE ACCESSED THIS BY HAVING PRIOR PERMISSION AND BEING ESCORTED BY MORE THAN ONE OF THE MNR GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED.THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS!

ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE TAKEN SHOT OF A 57 ON MY HOME STRETCH ON LINE AND WITH THANKS TO MARTIN FOR THE GEN I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME PHOTOS(EVEN THOUGH THE SUN HID ITSELF!)OF DRS 57009/011 BEGINNING TO GET GRUBBY NOW ON THE RHTT TO CAMBRIDGE FROM CLACTON THIS PM AT 1510 WAS RUNNING NEARLY 40 LATE AS THEY PASSED ME NEAR ELMSWELL.

WITH THANKS TO DAVID WARREN FOR THE HEADS UP GEN EARLIER TODAY I MANAGED TO CATCH ON FILM AN RHTT WITH 57S ON JUST SOUTH OF STOWMARKET, THEN STABLED IN STOWMARKET LOOP BESIDE THE RHTT BASE AND AGAIN FURTHER UP THE LINE BY LANCASTERS CROSSING.BIG UP THE DRS CREW FOR THE HORNS TODAY!!!

ANOTHER EXCELLENT GALA ON THE NVR MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK CHAPS, PHOTOS TAKEN AT SEVRAL LOCATIONS FOR VARIETY INCLUDING WANSFORD,MILL LANE CASTOR AND FERRY MEADOWS.

A FEW PHOTOS TO CAPTURE THE ARRIVAL THIS PM OF DRS 57009/011 FOR THE LOCAL RHTT RUNS.

PLEASE NOTE these photos were taken/published with permission at Stowmarket Marsh Lane sidings this afternoon.A selection of shots of half a dozen class 20s now outbased here for the RHTT season and associated equipment.

HAVING GONE IN MIND TO CATCH 47703 ON ITS 1730 WORKING FROM LONDON I HADNT COUNTED ON HOW QUICKLY THE SUN SET THAT EVENING AND WHEN IT DID COME ALONG ABOUT 20 MINS DOWN IT WAS FAR TO DARK FO A GOOD SHOT IN THE MEANTIME A PAIR OF SCUDS AND A FRED KEPT ME COMPANY!BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME EH?!!!

I took photos of these at Dereham,Thuxton,Wicklewood,Hardingham,Wymondham,Westfield and Rashes Green.

PLEASE NOTE!I took the photos at Hardingham station with kind permission of the owner as this not an area open to public access and he has kindly allowed me to show the photos on here as well.Many thanks to him for this.
BIG THANKS to all at the MNR, DRS and all the drivers for making yet another great event on this railway.

SOME SHOTS TAKEN AT ELY ,INCLUDING A LOCAL GOAT IN NEED OF AN ASBO(!!!)AND AT LANCASTERS CROSSING AT STOWMARKET.OF INTEREST IS THE 153 WITH EMERGENCY LAMP ON THE FRONT PRESUMABLY RESCUED BY THE ATTACHED 156 THOUGHT TO HAVE BROKEN DOWN NEAR KENNET(?)CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY TRANS PENNINE EXPRESS 170302 GOING TO CLACTON

DRS 57011 IS CAUGHT RUNNING LIGHT ENGINE BACK TO CREWE FOR AN EXAM AT 1100 AROUND ELY THIS AM,NOT ONLY AN UNUSUAL LOCO IN THE AREA BUT ALSO CAUGHT USING THE LITTLE USED ELY LOOP LINE FOR AVOIDING A RUN ROUND IN THE STATION AREA.MANY THANKS TO MR T. FOR THE GEN.

PHOTOS AT LAST OF DRS 57011 OUT ON THE MAINLINE TAKEN AT STOWMARKET MARSH LANE AND LANCASTER CROSSING,ALSO FREIGHTLINER 66602 ON THE BARHAM RUN AGAIN!

WENT OUT TO GET AFEW PHOTOS OF HEAVY HAUL 66602 AT IPSWICH AND FOUND DRS 57011 AT STOWMARKET THEN WENT LINESIDE FOR A PHOTO OF 66602 ON ITS RETURN NORTH AND AFTER DECIDING THE WEATHER WASNT UP TO MUCH I WENT HOME MISSING 47703 ON ITS DRAG!DAMN!NEVER MIND LETS HOPE FOR ANOTHER SOON!!!

WITH THE RHTT SEASON UPON US A VERY WELCOME VISITOR HAS ARRIVED AT STOWMARKET TODAY IN THE FORM OF 37688 I COULDNT GET OUT TO SEE HER ARRIVE AS I WAS AT WORK FINGERS CROSSED I WILL CATCH HER OUT RUNNING SOON!

DOWN FOR THE RHTTS AND THE MID NORFOLK RAIL GALA WE HOPE NEWLY RELIVERIED 57011 ARRIVED YESTERDAY AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE MAKING REGULAR APPEARANCES LOCALLY FOR A WHILE

A FEW SHOTS TAKEN AT 0900 THIS AM OF THE RHTT STOCK BROUGHT DOWN LATE LAST NIGHT FROM YORK TO STOWMARKET.

POPPED INTO MY LOCAL STATION TO SEE WHAT WAS RUNNING NOWT SPECIAL BUT WITH THE LOCALS RUNNING,EWS 66096 WAS ON MEAS IN THE YARD,EWS66128 WENT PAST ON THE BARHAM EMPTIES AND GBRF 66721 WENT EAST ON ALINER , NOT BAD FOR 30 MINS AT BURY THESE DAYS!!!

DURING MY BRIEF VISIT WHILST DOING A SHOP AT THE LOCAL MORRISONS I POPPED INTO NORWICH STATION TO SEE DRS 47237 AND AS WE WENT OVER THE BRIDGE LOOKING OVER CROWN POINT I JUST SAW 90036 LEAVING WITH 90024 DEAD ON TOW, I TOOK A PHOTO BUT IT WASNT A VERY GOOD VIEW!

WITH 90036 GONE AWAY TO CREWE FOR EXAM 90024 HAS BEEN SUBSTITUTED DESPITE BEING IN SCOTRAIL LIVERY FOR THE SCOTTISH SLEEPERS!GET IT WHILST YOU CAN!ALSO DRS 37602 TURNED UP ON A LIGHT ENGINE MOVE TO PICK UP BROKEN DRS 37229 FROM NORWICH, A VERY EVENTFUL HALF HOUR BESIDE THE GEML THIS AFTERNOON!

A QUICK FLYING VISIT TO THE NENE VALLEY JUST TO GET SOME SHOTS OF GREEN ARROW IN STEAM AT WANSFORD , NOT MY USUAL "KETTLE"OF FISH BUT LNER APPLE GREEN REALLY LOOKS NICE AND APPEALING!

A SELECTION OF PHOTOS OF THE NENTA TOUR FROM SUDBURY TO YORK WITH SHOTS AT NORWICH STATION AND BY LAFARGE SIDINGS, ALSO FEATURE DRS 37229 WAITING TO GO BACK TO CREWE FOR REPAIR AND DUFF 818 SHUNTING BEFORE GOING TO YARMOUTH TODAY ON THE DRAGS.

FRESHLY RELIVERIED TRANS PENNINE UNIT 170307 RAN ECS FROM CLACTON TO DONCASTER WITH SHOTS AT BURY ST EDMUNDS AT 1300 AND KENNET 20 MINUTES LATER

VARIETY OF SHOTS TAKEN AT KINGS CROSS ON LAST DAY OF DRS TRAINING RUNS WITH 47237/802

CLASS 31s ARE MAKING COMEBACK IN THE REGION THIS WEEK AFTER YESTERDAYS SIGHTINGS AT PETERBOROUGH,HERES ANOTHER PAIR STABLED AT IPSWICH TODAY WITH THANKS TO DAVID WARREN FOR THE GEN.

Whilst en route to Yorkshire today i found a pair of yellow perils stabled up in the yard.

Popped to Huntingdon to see the DRS training runs on the Sunderland-Kings Cross run and was chuffed to bits not only with another 47 turning up but a regular flow of freight and light loco movements!

A SELECTION OF PHOTOS TAKEN THIS AM OF THE NENTA TOUR AT YAXHAM(MNR) ,WYMONDHAM,ELY AND STRETHAM!

PANDORA 121 BUBBLE CAR AND MENTOR SERCO TEST TRAIN RECORDED AT BRANDON/STOWMARKET AND GROWLER 510 AS WELL.

AFTER THINKING I HAD SEEN DRS 37s 37218/259 ENOUGH TIMES LAST WEEK THEN THEY REAPPEARED THIS WEEK CARRYING ON WITH 1Q14 PHOTOS TAKEN AT KETTERINGHAM AND THETFORD.

A SECOND SERCO TEST TRAIN RUNS IN THE REGION THIS WEEK THIS IS A FIRST LOOK AT IT ON ITS FIRST RUN FROM PETERBOROUGH TO KINGS CROSS VIA ELY AT 0955.

POPPED BY TO SEE 20069 RUNNING NOSE FIRST OUT OF DEREHAM AND TO SEE THE STATE OF PLAY WITH THE OTHER RESIDENTS, MARTIN WE SALUTE YOU!

WHILST IN THE AREA I POPPED IN TO SE ERECENT ARRIVAL METALS SECTOR 37518 PREVIOUSLY DUMPED AT AYR DEPOT

87028 RUNNING ON PULLMAN STOCK AT 0930 TODAY

MORE NORMAL WORKINGS SHOTS TAKEN WHILST ON TOUR WITH THE SERCO!SOME SUNNY SHOTS ESPECIALLY FOR STEVEN HUGHES OF HIS FAVOURITE GREEN FRED 66594 AT IPSWICH

CHASING THE SERCO UP THE GREAT NORTHERN AT LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY AND INTO CAMBRIDGE BEFORE IT SET OFF FOR SELHURST.

CHASING THE SERCO AT ILFORD,BARKING,BENFLEET,UPMINSTER AND PITSEA.

CHASING THE SERCO AT SHENFIELD, STRATFORD ,WICKFORD AND SOUTHEND.

FOLLOWING THE SERCO TEST TRAIN DRS 37S 218/259 PHOTOS TAKEN AT PETERBOROUGH,CAMBRIDGE,IPSWICH(JUST!)AND NORWICH ON THIS DAYS OUTING.

A QUICK VISIT TO SEVERAL PLACES IN THE REGION INCLUDING NORWICH,IPSWICH,COLCHESTER,CLACTON AND STRATFORD ON FRIDAY 27THJULY 2007.

SHEDS 66100/099 DOING THE HONOURS THROUGH SHIPPEA HILL PLUS A FEW OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS AND A SHED ON MONSTER BOX EMPTIES FROM NORWICH.

Whilst doing a shopping run for the other half i stopped near Needham Market for a few phots on my way there and back!Nothing unusual but just for posterity!

PART 1 OF A DAY OUT CHASING CLASS 87S!!!PLEASE SEE MY OTHER UK SITE FOR PART 2 TAKEN AT WORCESTER SHRUB HILL OF SHOTS OF A CONVOY DUE TO GO TO LONG MARSTON.

A further selection of photos taken this lunchtime this time taken from the other side of the line clearly showing the huge task ahead for network rail.

37602/609 on SERCO at Ipswich parked up for the day.With thanks as ever Martin!

A few shots of 37510/47828 at Needham Market this pm.

Quick visit to see freightliner green duff 47270 and the TPO stock out as well, a few cab shots and even granny Duff spotting complete with digi camera and zimmer frame !!!Bless !!!Good taste in trains!

A selection of shots taken at 1700 on 220607 without crossing any police cordons!

Starting at 650am this morning i got some shots near Needham market of local trains , then a pair of gbrf sheds in metronet and more recent gbrf livery and then of the nenta tour with duff 815 leading to Ipswich with 47805 on the rear. I then took shots of the formation after it reversed and then followed suit to BuryStEdmunds for some more shots in the station there.
After a quick stop i followed it to kennet where i just made it in time to shoot the train going along the embankment there!
I then went to Norwich to see what was about and was greeted by 90027 on platform 1,153 in old fnw livery paired up with an anglia livery scud and ews shed 130 on monster box wagons in the yard!90027 still has 90/2 classification on its side!
I ddint hang about to photo 47818 on the yarmouth drags but all in all a very busy region this am!

After a great morning at the Long Marston Open Day my partner asked me to take her down to Needham Lake in the evening for a stroll and feed the local wildlife!Its a very bad spot with the trees for photos but an unusual colour scheme was worth getting a few shots of just to show it does run around East Anglia in First north western colours!!!On the way through the high street a driver thought the local coffee house was a drive through, bad way to treat a merc id say!!!

Test run of 47367 and glimpse of blue 25 in shed!

Quick visit to Nene Valley Railway to try and get some shots of recent arrival 47270 from freightliner.Many thanks to the staff for their assistance and chats about current events at the nvr.

Stabled at lunchtime today at Stowmarket DRS 37038

With many thanks to Jed for his up to the minute gen i was able to get some shots of DRS 37038 coasting through Bury this afternoon at 230pm also included a variety of shots of DMU 156402 in her new Chapelfields livery running Ipswich -Cambridge trains and a couple of shots of a scud at Thurston station at 1pm.

Well with 60059 in loadhaul doing the honours again i felt it was rude not to get some more shots today!I didnt have time to chase it up the line but was just in time to catch her running round her train before entering the yard which has limited photo oppprtunities at the best of times.The sun wasnt out but took some different views of her from mondays outing, enjoy!

A quick visit to Thurston presents a very brief visit to the incline of he railway as it climbs towards Bury mteronet 66718 doing the honours on the lunchtime liner.

With many thanks to Craig Leaper for the gen i manged to get some shots of Tug 59 in loadhaul at BuryStEdmunds yard today amongst several gbrf freights!

A very quick look at a shed and a shunter at felixstowe docks whilst down the seaside with the mrs!

Having finished work took the fiancee for a stroll by Catterwade bridge in Manningtree grabbed a few shots for posterity whilst we were there.

With many thanks to David Warren for the gen i was able to get shotsof DRS 20307/37259 at Saxmundham this am at 0920 and again as they went up the Leiston branch.Unfortunately the sun was in a bad positon for shots !

Very quick visit on a very dull wet afternoon to March Whitemoor yard about 130pm catching a gronk shunting and a pair of GB sheds heading for Peterborough.

A quick visit to a spot just south of Needham Market on the GEML with shots of ONE anglia services in the form of 153s/156s/170s and mainline class 90s,lovely sun and a quick stop at Stowmarket to get a few more shots of DRS 37 37087 sat in Stowmarket sidings.Many thanks Martin for the gen as ever!

Please check with the site manager if you visit to get permission to have a nose about,. they are a very friendly bunch on the cvr and with a small donation seem very happy to accomodate people visiting.

With the sunsetting quickly there was just enough light to capture the return working of the Blue Pullman to Newcastle at BuryStEdmunds station at 8pm.Cotswold rail 47818(one livery) and 47828 in cotswold silver doing the honours.

With thanks to the guys on the MNR i had several unusual shots not normally possible by public access all with permission so please do ask first!Lovely slack time son the timetable meant that keeping up with the train between stations was very easy.Enjoy!

Wasnt open when i went and had a look around to see what there was there so took a few shots and look forward to seeing what goes on one bank holiday weekend there!

Stopped at Norwich en route to mid norfolk with DRS 37 AND FRAGONSET 47703 stabled up.Nice to see a real split headcode 37 again!!!

Early start this am at Ipswich with 0630 tour to Bristol 47 to willesden with change to steam to Bristol,nearly missed phots of blue pullman with cotswold 47s as it was put in platform 4!XP64 brush on willesden tour and cotswold 47s 828/818 on tour to North.Several shots of new freds,a 57 and the usual suspects for posterity.

With many thanks again to Martin Reeve for the gen i was able to use my shiftworking skills to jump out of bed early before i go to work and get some shots of the DRS tractors heading for Middleton Towers branch via Kings Lynn,37602/607 doing the honours.

Superb collection of railway memoriabilia,rolling stock and a small collection of locos,including brush type 4 47793(ex 579) still in ews colours.What a result it would be to see this, 47580/596 all together one day in stratford silver roof blue?!!!If you get a chance pop by this site theres plenty to see.

RAILTOURS GALORE IN OUR REGION TODAY!!!Another excellent day out with my friend Mr Steven Hughes!Starting at Dereham with Tangmere t&t with green brush 47812 a very familiar sight recently,also photos at Crownthorpe,Norwich Crown Point and Trowse of this train to London.Off to Wymondham where we see 47847/815 with cargo d set blue/grey mark 3s en route to Yarmouth SUPERB!!Then back to Norwich just south of Swainsthorpe for shots of Royal skips 67005/006 ,also at Eccles road and finally at Bury St.Edmunds.Sorry i didnt run out for the spalding tour return!!!Hope you enjoy the photos cheers Geoff.

With thanks to David Warren for the gen early this morning on the yellow perils at Ipswich also photos of a new fred ,pair of cans and some shots of a flurry of freights through Ely this afternoon.I hoped to see the Steam loco movement but as it was very cold and getting low light after a few hours i called it quits!Despite this i got shots of a 37,60 and many sheds on what appeared to be a very busy day for freight i also saw 66721 when i arrived and 66590 as i left!

With thanks to Martin for the gen as ever i was able to pop down to Needham Market this afternoon and catch the DRS 37S top n tail on the serco test train to Norwich at about 4pm.
The formation and numbers were DRS 37607 6284 977868 999550 977986 DRS 37602

Many thanks to Martin for his gen as always, 31602 pictured at 1100 this am and a few others for posterity.One of the photos of 31602 was kindly shown on wnxx.com today 25/04/07.

With thanks to Mr T for the gen i managed to get up to Littleport and around Ely North Junction for some photos of DRS 37510 today, just missing 47818 going light engine to Peterborough whilst getting my position!Big up to the driver for the thrash!!!!

Taking my fiancee out to look at flowers for the garden was agolden opportunity to go somewhere different,take her round the gardens,on the rides and oh yes look at the trains to...!!!

A great day out walking miles around the fens looking for different locations and getting some shots away from the norm!Many thanks to David Warren for the inspiration from his photos,his thoughts and ideas, and to Rob Brooks for his freight gen this am!Enjoy!

With thanks to Jed for the up to the minute gen i was able to catch 66517 dragging pair of cans through Kennet whilst i was viewing 66119 departing for Bury on a larfarge train at about 1925 this evening.With apologies for the poor light but the sun had nearly set!

Quick decision for an afternoon out at Ely provided some shots of Tugs ,the Northern Belle as well as the more usual stuff.With thanks to Rob Brooks,Michael Smith and Steven Hughes for keeping me posted of local gen .

With many thanks to Rob Brooks for the up to the minute gen i was able to go and see DRS 37069 light engine at my home station of Bury St.Edmunds,it was looped to allow passage of a 170 to Ipswich .Also included shots of GBRF 66 on a liner,153 in old regional colours and even a track machine lurking in the now often empty sidings.Light was not good enough for shots of the 2 liners that followed at 1930 66579 north/66237 south.

A fantastic weekend staying in the North Norfolk town of Sheringham not only for an easter break,an impromptu get on your knees occasion for my engagement but also time was taken to take photos whilst out on the coastal walks.A couple of rides behind the resident J15 and B12 were had as well but the sunday was finished off perfectly with the rides behind railfreight 31207.A stop at the mid norfolk railway on the way home enabled many photos also of the 20/31s/33/47/50/56 with 33065 and 31438 both in blue t and t on a service when we arrived but the main reason was to get a quick phot of the recently arrived 08631 one ive photographed many times when in use in the anglia area.Fortunately my fiancee is falling in love with trains...ok just steam at the moment but im working on it!!!

On a lovely warm(summers?)afternoon cotswold 47828/813 are loose on the GEML on a light engine move from East Ham to Norwich with thanks to Martin with the gen as as ever!Only hours after these photos they hit each other in a shunt move at Crown point!Watch this space!