Direct Rail Services, unbranded & denamed, #Class68 68018 (previously ‘Vigilant’) hauling #TescoExpress, 4E49 1137 Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal > Doncaster Inland Port, through Stenson #CastleDoningtonLine

DC Rail #Class60 60046 'William Wilberforce' hauling 6A25 0947 Penmaenmawr Quarry > Wembley Receptions 1-7 across Stone Jn (Staffs)

EuroPhoenix #Class37 37501 ‘Teesside Steelmaster’, with Alstom #Class730 730226 LNR #Aventra in-tow, working ROG 5Q66 1308 Crewe Electric Traction Maintenance Depot > Birmingham Tyseley Light Maintenance Depot through Stafford #WCML

HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37424 leading, Colas Rail Freight-operated, Network Rail infrastructure monitoring train, 3Q66 2038 Ferme Park Reception > Derby Rail Technical Centre onto P7 Derby #MML

LSL #Class45 45118 ‘The Royal Artilleryman’ powering UK Railtours 1Z10 0609 Norwich > Chesterfield ‘The Peak Blinder’ towards Derby #MML

DC Rail #Class60 60099 ‘Ben More Assynt’ & 60028, running as 0Z91 1108 Loughborough Brush > Leicester Humberstone Road, on the Up Slow Line - Loughborough #MML

GBRf #Class60 60026 ‘Helvellyn’, on-hire to DC Rail, hauling 6L92 1107 Derby Chaddesden Sidings > Kings Lynn Terminal Complex along the Up Peterborough Line - Syston

Chiltern Railways #Class68 68020 powering 3Q85 0952 Wembley Light Maintenance Depot > Banbury through Wembley Stadium Station #ChilternMainline

DC Rail #Class56 56045+56103 doublehead 6Z20 0930 Cliffe Brett Marine > Chessington South Sidings through Shepherds Bush #MildmayLine

DC Rail #Class60 60046 'William Wilberforce' hauls 6V37 0953 Quainton Railhead > Heidelberg Tytherington Quarry through Ealing Broadway #GWML

Chiltern Railways #Class68 68013 ‘Peter Wreford-Bush’ powers 5E16 0853 London Marylebone > Wembley Light Maintenance Depot through Neasden #ChilternMainline

LSL #Class37 37521+37667 ‘Flopsie’ & 37409 ‘Loch Awe’ working 0Z37 1231 Barrow Hill Depot > Crewe Holding Sidings through Milford #MML

General Electric #Class70 #PowerHaul 70011 hauling Freightliner 4M82 1208 Walsall (Breedon) Depot > Dowlow Quarry onto the Down Slow at St Marys North Jn #MML

Colas Rail Freight #Class37 37175 powering 3Z20 1300 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Sheffield - St Marys North Jn #MML

HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37610 - Derby St Andrews

HNRC Swietelsky, #BritishRail #LargeLogo, #Class37 37424 working Colas Rail Freight 0Z37 1220 Crewe Basford Hall Yard > Derby Rail Technical Centre towards North Stafford Jn #NorthStaffordshireLine

GBRf #Class60 60026 ‘Helvellyn’, on-hire to DC Rail, working 0Z60 1430 Toton Traction Maintenance Depot > Derby Chaddesden Sidings past the Rail Technical Centre #MML

GBRf #Class60 60095 ‘Whernside’, hauling DC Rail 6F25 0803 Penmaenmawr Quarry > Leicester Humberstone Road, passes under the #CrossCityLine - Lichfield Trent Valley (Low Level) #WCML

DC Rail #Class60 60028 hauling #SandTrain, 6M89 0911 Kings Lynn Middleton Towers > Derby Chaddesden Sidings, through Derby #MML

EuroPhoenix #Class37 37510 ‘Orion’ - Derby Rail Technical Centre

Grand Central #Class221 #SuperVoyager 221143 working 5E43 0955 Barton-under-Needwood Central Rivers Depot > Wakefield Crofton Depot towards North Stafford Jn

Lumo-bound Bombardier #Class222 222005, working Rail Operations Group 3Q40 0934 Barton-under-Needwood Central Rivers Depot > Stafford, joins the #NorthStaffordshireLine - Willington

Chiltern Railways-bound #Class68 68021, running as Rail Operations Group 0O86 1008 Loughborough Brush > Eastleigh T&RSMD, approaching Water Orton

HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37607, powering 3Q02 0415½ Stafford > Derby Rail Technical Centre via Crewe, at P3 Derby

Europhoenix #Class37 37423+37218 working 0F38 1044 Coleshill Parkway > Colwick Traction Maintenance Depot through Grade-ll listed Beeston Station #MML

Network Rail NMT #HST, 1Q31 0931 Leicester Beal Street Depot > Carlisle, on the Up & Down Slow Line at Leicester #MML

#Trains - Derby Etches Park

DC Rail #Class60 60028 hauling 6L92 1107 Derby Chaddesden Sidings > Terminal Complex through Spondon #MML

DB Cargo #Class66 66116+66117 double-head 6E54 1038 Kingsbury Oil Sidings > Immingham Humber Oil Refinery through Stenson #CastleDoningtonLine

New Year's resolution: #Trains

Colas Rail Freight #Class43 43257 leads, Network Rail infrastructure monitoring train, 1Q26 0638 Edinburgh Slateford Depot > Derby Rail Technical Centre through Egginton #NorthStaffordshireLine

Direct Rail Services #Class68 68008 ‘Avenger’ powering Chiltern Railways 1J47 1637 London Marylebone > Stourbridge Junction - Birmingham Snow Hill #ChilternMainline

Colas Rail Freight #Class43 43303 leads Network Rail infrastructure monitoring service, 1Q40 1054 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Holyhead, through Willington

DB Cargo #Class67 67015 working 0Z70 1000 Crewe Electric Traction Maintenance Depot > Tyseley Up & Down Through Siding through Willington

Colas Rail Freight #Class37 37057 ‘Barbara Arbon’ leads Network Rail infrastructure monitoring service, 3Q14 0852 Derby Rail Technical Centre Yard > Bangor Carriage Sidings, through Burton-on-Trent

ROMIC Group #Class20 20007 & 20205 working RailAdventure 0Z17 0957 Burton-on-Trent Wetmore Sidings > Leicester Beal Street Depot…

DC Rail #Class56 56091, GBRf #Class99 99001+99002 & Network Rail #Class43 43014 - Beal Street Depot, Leicester

HNRC Swietelsky #RegionalRailways #Class37 37425 ‘Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob’, running as Colas Rail Freight 0Z37 1249 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Bristol Kingsland Road, at London Road Jn

British Rail #Class60 Brush #Type5 #Tug - Loughborough

The 5305 Locomotive Association #Class45 (D123) 45125 ‘Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry’ #Peak - Great Central Railway, Loughborough

DB Cargo #Class66 66125, hauling diverted 6M16 0543 Redcar Wilton EfW (Energy from Waste) Terminal > Knowsley Freight Terminal, waits time at P6 Sheffield

HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 37419 ‘Agamemnon’ - Derby Rail Technical Centre

HNRC Swietelsky #RegionalRailways #Class37 37425 ‘Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob’ powering Network Rail infrastructure monitoring service, 3Q14 2235½ Chesterfield > Derby Rail Technical Centre via Nottingham, waits signal at P4 Derby

Colas Rail Freight #Class37 hire-in HNRC Swietelsky 37607 working 0Z37 0901 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Worksop Down Yard across London Road Jn

ROMIC Group #InterCity125 #HST - stabled at Nemesis Rail, Burton-on-Trent

Direct Rail Services #Class68 68002 ‘Intrepid’ hauling #TescoExpress, 4E49 1025 Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal > Doncaster Inland Port, through Burton-on-Trent

Colas Rail Freight #Class43 43257 leads Network Rail infrastructure monitoring service, 1Q17 1016 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Newcastle, past the site of Nottingham Road Station #MML

Locomotive Services Limited #Class47 47593 ‘Galloway Princess’ poised to power Steam Dreams, 1Z50 0915 London Victoria > Willesden Signal WN7 via North Pole Jn, ‘Morning Santa Steam Express’ (“Steam”? The Kettle’s at the rear…)

BREL #Class158 158837+158834 #ExpressSprinter #DMU, working TfW 1I04 0517 Aberystwyth/Crewe > Birmingham International, waits time at P1 Birmingham New Street