AndyH
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Trains, more trains, occasional beers & a golden retriever called Summer..
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As this is a new account on here felt it only right to post my favourite rail 📸 from recent years.
#Freightliner
90012 & 90008 cross the Lee Navigation at Hackney Wick working 4M87 Felixstowe to Trafford Park intermodal on 7/9/22. Glad i got the shot before "I 💛 EGGS" was covered by another writer.
over 1 year ago
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#MidweekPeak
Any excuse for another pic of my all time favourite 45041 'Royal Tank Regiment'.. seen here at Wansford during the last mini heatwave while working the services all day at the Nene Valley Railway on Bank Holiday Monday.
#NVR
#PeakArmy
25/5/26
about 13 hours ago
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#GBRailfreight
shed 66308 'Signalman Willie Taylor' cuts through the near sideways rain at Uffington last week with 4M29 Felixstowe North to Birch Coppice intermodal working.
#ShedWatch
#GBRF
#TrainsInTheRain
11/6/26
1 day ago
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#TurbostarTuesday
A splash of
#CrossCountry
colour at a grey & wet Uffington last Thursday. 170102 heads away from the camera & towards the level crossing with the former
#MidlandRailway
Barnack & Uffington station building in the background. 11/6/26
1 day ago
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#IntermodalMonday
#Freightliner
66538 passing the Tesco distribution centre at
#DIRFT
and the rather photogenic green of a potato field before passing under Nortoft Lane bridge, working 4M41 London Gateway to Lawley Street.
#ShedWatch
13/6/26
2 days ago
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#ShedSunday
A brief splash of DBCargo colour on a damp and dark afternoon at Uffington last Thursday. 66017 heads a very lightly loaded 4L32 Trafford Park Euro Terminal to Felixstowe North liner through the rain towards Peterborough.
#ShedWatch
#DBCargo
11/6/26
3 days ago
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#SkodaSunday
Freightliner⚡️pair 90043 & 90048 slowly approaching
#DIRFT
yesterday morning working as 0S49 Rugby to DIRFT to then work 4S49 north to Grangemouth.
#Freightliner
13/6/26
3 days ago
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#SyphonSunday
Another view of Colas Rail 37175 heading to Norfolk for the NNR gala. Running as 0Z37 Derby RTC to Sheringham North Norfolk Railway, seen passing Uffington, between Stamford & Peterborough, on Thursday afternoon.. 🚜🔥☔️🌧
#Colas
11/6/26
3 days ago
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Another view of 0Z52 passing Uffington in the rain on Thursday afternoon. Locomotive Services Group
#Hoover
50050/D400 was hauling
#Western
D1015 'Western Champion' from Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway to Sheringham North Norfolk Railway for the gala this weekend
#Whizzo
#Thousand
11/6/26
4 days ago
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#FreightFriday
Grey skies over a grey loco yesterday at Uffington. Ex EuroShed 66316 heads towards the East Anglian coast with GB Railfreight 4L13 Hams Hall to Felixstowe South
#GBRF
liner. A very wet
#ShedWatch
while waiting for the Hoover/Western to arrive.. ☔️🌧🌧 11/6/26
5 days ago
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#FuglyFriday
Another rain soaked image from yesterday afternoon at Uffington.
#HeavyHaul
70010 heads home & away from East Anglia with empty wagons working 4M20 Norwich Goods Yard to Dowlow Quarry.
#TrainsInTheRain
#Fugly
11/6/26
5 days ago
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A day late for
#ThirtySevenThursday
but 🤷♂️ More from yesterday's
#TrainsInTheRain
session at Uffington.. 🚜☔️ this time it's Colas Rail 37175 providing some welcome colour on a properly filthy day. 0Z37 Derby RTC to Sheringham NNR for their upcoming gala.
#Colas
11/6/26
5 days ago
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Got absolutely soaked for this yesterday but some things just have to be done.. Passing a very rain soaked Uffington, near Stamford, on Thursday afternoon is 0Z52 Kidderminster SVR to Sheringham NNR with
#BRBlue
pair 50050 'Fearless' &
#Western
D1015 'Western Champion' 11/6/26
5 days ago
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It's time for more
#TwentiesOnTuesday
and here's 20048 waiting at Bewdley, on the Severn Valley Railway, on the opening morning of the 2026 spring diesel gala. The chopper ran bonnet first on the first service of the day to Kidderminster.
#SVR
#Class20
14/5/26
8 days ago
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#MondayMorningBlues
Looking every bit like the 1980s but actually only going back to the 2025
#ELR
#WinterDieselDay
for some good old BR blue & yellow at Bury Bolton Street station. The big nosey Sulzer is of course 45108 & I think the first gen
#Bogcart
is a bubblecar. 8/2/25
9 days ago
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#PostboxSaturday
this week comes from Kings Sutton, a village situated right on the western boundary of Northamptonshire, across the border from Banbury. Post box has been modified to have the solar panel on top. 📸 taken at the end of last month when we still had some ☀️😎
11 days ago
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#SixtySaturday
Another snapshot from my recent visit to Doncaster seeing the line of stored GB Railfreight tugs in the Royal Mail Terminal. Here 60002 'Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020' rests in between fellow named classmates 60076 & 60085.
#GBRF
#ECML
#TugWatch
21/5/26
11 days ago
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#ThursdayInThurrock
A dash of colour and a threatening evening sky down in Essex earlier.
#Moto
Thurrock services.
13 days ago
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#MidweekPeak
Three more shots of 45041 'Royal Tank Regiment' running round at Yarwell during her Nene Valley Railway running day on Bank Holiday Monday, coincidentally the hottest day of the year up to around 33°C i believe! 😎☀️ My first time getting Peak haulage to Yarwell too.
#NVR
25/5/26
14 days ago
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#TeddyBearTuesday
taken last week on Bank Holiday Monday at the Nene Valley Railway,
#Class14
#Teddybear
D9529 stabled for the day in the yard at Wansford. This loco saw service with BSC after its very short life with BR, operating iron ore trains at Buckminster & Corby.
#NVR
25/5/26
15 days ago
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#MeridianMonday
222013 heads south up the
#MML
towards Wellingborough and away from the camera, working East Midlands Railway 1C71 16.00 Sheffield-St.Pancras last Friday. Seen passing Isham between Kettering South Jn & Harrowden Jn.
#EMR
29/5/26
16 days ago
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#CementOnSunday
A rare daylight
#MML
working of the loaded Ketton cement last night. Running bang road too due to a 360 in P1, GB Railfreight 66714 passes Kettering with 6Z45 Ketton Ward Sidings
#GBRF
to Wellingborough Up TC. It was pathed to continue to Churchyard Cement at 0300
#ShedWatch
31/5/26
16 days ago
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Better light than last night as Colas Rail grid 56051 'Survival' returns north from overnight
#MML
engineering work. 6C50 Flitwick to Toton North Yard running 29E and thumping well through Kettering this morning.
#Colas
#GridWatch
31/5/26
17 days ago
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#SaturdayNightSurvival
A real bonus on Colas Rail 6C50 last night, throwing out 56051 'Survival' for the
#MML
photters. Here she is passing through the Shire of Kettering on her way from Toton North Yard to Elstree & Borehamwood.
#Colas
30/5/26
17 days ago
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#SeventySaturday
A closer view of
#HeavyHaul
70011 at Isham, near Kettering, yesterday evening. The
#Fugly
was working 6H46 Limbury Road to Dowlow Quarry empties, having worked south to Luton in the morning.
#MML
29/5/25
18 days ago
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Double 99
#Flakes
🍦🍦 in the sunshine at Uffington this morning. Running 18E, 0Z96 March Down R.S. to Leicester LIP with 99008 hauling sister 99009 back to base, pulls away from a signal check and gives a great view of these recently arrived GB Railfreight engines.
#GBRF
30/5/26
18 days ago
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#FreightFriday
Currently stored at Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal & surplus to requirements, three of GB Railfreight's tugs await their fate. 60021 'Penyghent' 60096 'Skiddaw' & 60056 'Great Gable' were part of a line of seven
#GBRF
#Class60
freight locomotives snapped on 21/5/26
19 days ago
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Take your pick from
#FreightFriday
#FuglyFriday
or
#FrontEndFriday
all apply here..😃
#HeavyHaul
70011 heads back down the
#MML
past Isham with 6H46 Limbury Road to Dowlow Quarry in the sunshine this evening. 29/5/26
19 days ago
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Red
#ShedWatch
. DB Cargo 66084 passing Doncaster Decoy last Thursday prior to working 6T33 from Up Decoy Yard to Wrawby Junction.
#DBCargo
#ECML
21/5/26
20 days ago
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A rather different
#MidweekPeak
this week. I decided although I haven't got a layout (or even any track at all) that the current Heljan prices on O guage peaks were too tempting to ignore! So here is my new unnumbered 45/0 waiting for her number, nameplates & some weathering..😃
21 days ago
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More of 'Royal Tank Regiment' from the swelteringly hot running day at the Nene Valley Railway on bank holiday Monday. What a perfect way to spend a hot sunny day, out the window behind this magical beast! 🔥 45041 is seen here after running round her train at Yarwell ☀️
#MidweekPeak
#NVR
25/5/26
21 days ago
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#TwentiesOnTuesday
While the 31 & 50 got the attention on Saturday, this engine played a great supporting role on
#UKRailtours
'West Midlands Deviator'. 20205 with 'Romic' nameplate was also a rare visitor to Kettering. 1Z50 Bedford to Burton on Trent Wetmore Sidings
#MML
23/5/26
22 days ago
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#BankHolidayBeast
The day was spent sweltering in 31 degrees heat but thoroughly enjoying the three full line round trips behind 45041 'Royal Tank Regiment' on the Nene Valley Railway. Here she is running round her train at Yarwell on the first trip of the day.
#NVR
#BRBlue
#PeakArmy
25/5/26
23 days ago
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#HighSpeedTuesday
43045 in the bay platform at Peterborough Nene Valley Railway Station yesterday during the
#Peak
running day.
@kingy69beard.bsky.social
& I had her final mainline passenger run before withdrawl in 2020 & my last pic was 3yrs ago at Leicester with Colas vinyls on.
#NVR
#HST
25/5/26
23 days ago
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#MidlandMainlineMonday
The new order on the
#MML
.. East Midlands Railway 810013 departs from Kettering with 1B10 06.12 Nottingham-St.Pancras.
#EMR
23/5/26
23 days ago
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#MeridianMonday
Signalling issues at Kettering North on Saturday morning meant that down services were briefly put onto the slow line and crossed back over at North Jn. East Midlands Railway 222017 arrives into P2 with 1D11 07.05 St.Pancras to Nottingham.
#EMR
#MML
23/5/26
23 days ago
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#BlueMonday
Spent the day behind this fantastic machine. 45041 'Royal Tank Regiment' working the silver timetable all day at the Nene Valley Railway. Seen approaching Wansford at the end of the first round trip of the day which included up to Yarwell too ☀️
#BRBlue
#PeakArmy
#NVR
25/5/26
23 days ago
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Wow what a stunning sight yesterday morning! Hanson & Hall Rail operated
#ukrailtours
'West Midlands Deviator' at Kettering. 50049 was leading with these absolute monsters on the back, 31128 'Charybdis' &
#Romic
20205. 1Z50 Bedford to Burton on Trent Wetmore Sidings.
#MML
#BRBlue
23/5/26
24 days ago
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Some fine nocturnal scenes at Kettering last night. 50049 'Defiance' stands in the warm evening air on the penultimate leg of the days 'West Midlands Deviator' railtour which brought a 20, 31 & the 50 to the
#MML
! Hanson & Hall Rail operated 1Z53 Codsall to Bedford.
#UKRailtours
23/5/26
24 days ago
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No idea which one is which but this is 56302 & 56094 en route to the docks for export to Ghana. 0Z55 Rectory Jn (Colwick Colas) to Marchwood passing a very warm Kings Sutton this lunchtime with Colas Rail 56051 leading & 56049 on the rear.
#Colas
#Romic
23/5/26
25 days ago
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After the 31/20/50 railtour on the MML it was over to Kings Sutton to catch the Colas Rail grids on their final journey before shipping to Ghana. 56051 'Survival' (with 56049 on the rear) hauls 56302 & 56094 as 0Z55 Rectory Jn (Colwick Colas) to Marchwood.
#Colas
23/5/26
25 days ago
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After waiting for an hour or so for the tour to return we were treated to
#LargeLogo
50049 'Defiance' leading
#UKRailtours
'West Midlands Deviator' into Kettering. 1Z50 Bedford to Burton on Trent Wetmore Sidings. A fine sight on the impressive looking mk3s.
#MML
23/5/26
25 days ago
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What a start to the day!
#UKRailtours
Hanson & Hall Rail operated 'The West Midlands Deviator' passing through Kettering this morning. 31128 'Charybdis' & 20205 leading with 50049 'Defiance' on the rear. This ran fast to Bedford before returning north to pick up.
#MML
#PedWatch
23/5/26
25 days ago
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#FreightFriday
GB Railfreight 66766 'Gail Richardson' in Doncaster Down Decoy Yard yesterday morning. I think this was 6E57 from Renwick Road Biffa
#GBRF
.
#ShedWatch
#ECML
21/5/26
26 days ago
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#FiftyNineFriday
#HeavyHaul
59001 'Yeoman Endeavour' freshly outshopped in retro 1980s Foster Yeoman style livery arrives into Arley on day two of the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala. I remember travelling from the Midlands to Westbury to see the original 4x59s in 1986!
#SVR
15/5/26
26 days ago
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The rather sad sight of the line of stored GBbRailfreight tugs at Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal this morning. 60021, 60096, 60056, 60085, 60002, 60076 & 60026 silently await a decision on their future..
#GBRF
#ECML
21/5/26
27 days ago
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#ThirtyFiveThursday
The gorgeous looking (and sounding)
#Hymek
D7018 at Kidderminster during the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala last week. I'm not generally a fan of green livery on diesels but this is an exception & looks absolutely stunning.
#SVR
15/5/26
27 days ago
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Only one possible choice for
#MidweekPeak
this week. 46045 with headcode 1E10 approaches Highley during day one of the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala last week. Thanks to my photting wingman
@bennybizzle1.bsky.social
for once again finding a great shot for me to nick..😉
#SVR
#PeakArmy
14/5/26
29 days ago
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#TestTrainTuesday
Despite the rather moist conditions this evening, i had to call into the local to get this as i've never photted 950001 at Kettering before & i believe she's on borrowed time. Colas Rail operated 2Q08 Derby RTC to Welwyn Garden City FD.
#Colas
#MML
19/5/26
29 days ago
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#TeddyBearTuesday
🧸 An unusual but excellent double headed pairing of the
#Class14
teddybear D9551 with resident
#Warship
D821 in the ☀️ at the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala on the Friday. I think this was at Hampton Loade but stand corrected if i'm wrong
#SVR
15/5/26
29 days ago
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#TypeFiveOnTuesday
It was worth the ticket money just to get Colas grid 56049 'Robin of Templecombe' at the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala last week. We rode her only run of the day on Friday & popped down to Bewdley to get more pics on Saturday.
#Colas
#SVR
16/5/26
29 days ago
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