After our trip behind this beast on the Northampton & Lamport Railway this morning, myself & Summer took a 🐾🐾 walk along the Brampton Valley Way towards bridge 14 where the line currently ends. Here is 31289 'Phoenix' propelling the 12.00 service back towards Pitsford & Brampton. #NLR 12/4/26

#SundayShed Another shot from Isham yesterday afternoon. This time #DBCargo 66182 on the down fast, after crossing at Harrowden Jn, with 4D32 Elstow Redland Siding to Mountsorrel Sidings. #MML #DBCargo #ShedWatch 11/4/26

Had a trip with #SummerTheDog to my local heritage line the Northampton & Lamport Railway this morning for their diesel running service. 31289 was in charge of passenger trains today. We travelled on the 11.00 departure from Pitsford & Brampton. Good to get some #PedThrash! #WeekendSmiles🐾 12/4/26

#ShunterSunday Faded #EWS livery #Gronk 08685 standing outside the diesel repair shed at Shackerstone on the #BattlefieldLine on Good Friday. This was one of about 9 or 10 gronks on site, some of which carried numbers & some had them removed so positive ID wasn't possible. 3/4/26

#SaturdayShed #Heavyhaul 66601 sporting #Freightliner 60th anniversary livery passing Isham, south of Kettering on the #MML this afternoon while working 6H83 Radlett Private Sidings to Tunstead Sidings. Weekend #ShedWatch 11/4/26

#FrontEndFriday At Wellingborough yard on Bank Holiday Monday morning. #GBRailfreight shed 66765 'Julie Garn' pictured after coming off the fuel line before reversing into the sidings in the background. Picture taken from Finedon Road bridge. #GBRF #ShedWatch #MML 6/4/26

#FuglyFriday Very lucky timing for me after work yesterday, #Heavyhaul 70009 on the down slow at Kettering North Junction with 6M80 Luton Crescent Road to Tunstead Sidings. Definitely makes a nice change seeing these big locos on some of our #MML stone trains these days. 9/4/26

#ThirtySevenThursday Heavyweight Tractor 37906 seen at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line on Good Friday. I really fancy another run up this line when this engine is fully returned to traffic. Ex 37206 before receiving the Ruston engine/GEC alternator. #BattlefieldLine 3/4/26

It's been a while since we had a #ThreeSixtyThursday pic so here's 360108 arriving into a gloriously sunny Kettering on Bank Holiday Monday while working 1H34 13.40 Corby-St.Pancras, running just in front of both the Colas test train & 60095 on 6M50. #EMR #MML 6/4/26

The sun was in the wrong place for this but i quite like the colours & shadows & that it shows the Midland Railway station building at Kettering with a class of loco that teenage me would never have hoped to see here. 73961 1Q51 Derby RTC to Woking Up Yard Sidings. #MML #Colas #GBRF 6/4/26

#WagonWednesday I've been after a pic of this one for ages & finally managed it on Bank Holiday Monday as 6H03 reversed out of Wellingborough yard and headed off to Peak Forest. HYA hopper wagon 371020 which has featured #Garfield for 5 or 6 years now 🐱 #MML #GBRF 6/4/26

The big blue beast that is 40118 undergoing long term restoration, seen at her current home at Shackerstone on the #BattlefieldLine. It'll be a big day in diesel preservation when she returns to service. The last time I saw her was Oct 1988 at Leicester depot after asbestos removal at Vic's. 3/4/26

#TeddybearTuesday 2 views of D9516 at Shackerstone on the #BattlefieldLine. The stats for this loco, and the other class 14s, are incredible.. in BR service for 3½ years, in industrial use for around 13 years & in preservation for the last 45 years! Formerly at BSC Corby. 3/4/26

#TestTrainTuesday Another good working in the Kettering sunshine on Bank Holiday Monday. Colas operated 1Q51 Derby RTC to Woking Up Yard Sidings top & tailed by two #GBRailfreight EDs. 73964 'Jeanette' is leading here with sister 73961 on the rear. #Colas #GBRF #MML 6/4/26

#MidlandMainlineMonday Highest numbered #EastMidlandsRailway #Aurora set down here so far, 810016 seen passing through Kettering on a training run this afternoon. 3A27 Derby Etches Park Sidings to London St.Pancras. #EMR #MML 6/4/26

A bonus Bank Holiday Monday tug in the sunshine. A late running #DCRail 6M50 Chaddesden Sidings to Wembley Receptions 1-7 passing through Kettering this afternoon with hired-in #GBRF 60095 'Whernside' up front. The 59L running meant the ☀️ was further round 👌 #MML 6/4/26

#MondayMorningBlues Slim Crompton 33201 departs from Shackerstone with one of the seven round trips to Market Bosworth during the #BattlefieldLine Good Friday diesel running day. We sat this one out to get this departure photo & some lunch in the charming station tearooms. 3/4/26

A few more shots of 33201 at Market Bosworth on the #BattlefieldLine on Good Friday during their excellent diesel running day which featured the Slim Jim Crompton together with recently repaired EH Ped 31459. @bennybizzle1.bsky.social & I had a great day. 3/4/26

#SignalboxSunday this week is Market Bosworth on the #BattlefieldLine in Leicestershire. This is on the former Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway which was operated by the LNWR & MR. Best I can find out is that the box here is an LNWR design dating from 1898. 3/4/26

A cheeky little ECS working at a similar time to the cement train at Uffington this afternoon. Made even better by being 53E! #GBRailfreight 57306 'Branch Line Society' heads towards East Anglia with #EasternRailServices mk2s as 5Z60 Tuebrook Sidings #GBRF to Yarmouth CHS. 5/4/26

#CementTrainSunday Took the opportunity of a daylight shot of the 4 wheeler Castle Cement PCAs at Uffington today. 66773 'Pride of GB Railfreight' 6V45 Ketton Ward Sidings to Avonmouth Hanson Sidings #GBRF. The regular working to North London leaves in darkness. #ShedWatch 5/4/26

#SundayShed The #Biffa shed paid the #MML through The Shire a visit yesterday. #GBRailfreight 66783 'The Flying Dustman' brightening up a cloudy Kettering station working 4F88 Small Heath Caledonia Yard to Wellingborough Up TC #GBRF. #ShedWatch 4/4/26

It's #Raturday but only just.. this rat has definitely seen better days & currently lives in a siding patrolled by a ruthless railway cat.. 😬 🐀🐈‍⬛ D7633, TOPS number 25283, seen in the sidings at Shackerstone on the #BattlefieldLine on Good Friday. 3/4/26

#SaturdayShed A #GBRailfreight diversion away from the WCML this weekend, 6Z41 Dollands Moor to Daventry #GBRF AKA the Dav water train heads down the #MML with 66714 'Cromer Lifeboat' up front. It makes a nice change to see this long & heavy train of 4 wheeler Cargowagons. 4/4/26

Main attraction at the #BattlefieldLine Good Friday diesel running day yesterday was the return to traffic, after repairs, of 31459. The day was used as a running in test for the goyle which was at the Shackerstone end of the TnT set. Seen here at Bosworth & Shackerstone. 3/4/26

Something rather interesting in the repair shed at Shackerstone on the #BattlefieldLine yesterday. As far as I can work out this is the former 20063 which was exported to CFD in France in the 90s & numbered 2002. Looks to have been repainted in its French orange livery. 3/4/25

Part 2 of #FiftyEightFriday from Shackerstone this afternoon. 58048 is in much better condition than her sister loco 012, and could potentially be a future runner. I can still remember seeing these locos gleaming brand new so it seems weird seeing them like this now. #Bone 3/4/26

#FiftyEightFriday Extremely lucky to be given a tour of the sidings at Shackerstone today. There are 2 x 58s there, of which this one, 58012, her glory days well & truly behind her, is apparently a donor loco due in large part to extensive component theft whilst at TO. 3/4/26

Today @bennybizzle1.bsky.social & I visited the #BattlefieldLine for their 31/33 running day. 33201 on the Bosworth end & this beast, 31459, which was using the day as running in after undergoing repairs here. Both performed excellently from the enthusiasts point of view. Shackerstone 3/4/26

A short detour on the way home from work this evening to catch #Heavyhaul #Fugly 70009 through Kettering working 6M80 Luton Crescent Road to Tunstead Sidings. First time i've seen this particular one on the #MML too. 2/4/26

#TestTrainTuesday The other reason for my visit to Whittlesea on Saturday was to catch #Colas operates 1Q86 March Down R.S. to Derby RTC as it headed back via the usual long route. This months locos were 37175 & 37254 'Cardiff Canton' & both looked superb in the ☀️ 28/3/26

#MidlandMainlineMonday Another shot of Kettering hotbox siding playing host to an East Midlands Railway #Aurora unit. On Saturday it was 810009 basking in the on/off sunshine awaiting her next training run. #MML #EMR 28/3/26

#MondayMorningBlues One last shot of Saturday's 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden sand train, this one a closer shot from the platform at Whittlesea as 60095 hurries past. The PBO-IPS stopper pulled away a second after she passed us, thanks driver! 😃👍 #DCR #Fenland 28/3/26

We had all 4 seasons in one day around here yesterday. During a sunny moment Colas operated VSTP working 0Z73 Derby RTC to Tonbridge West Yard passed through Kettering comprising #GBRailfreight pair 73964 'Jeanette' & 73965 'Des O'Brien' #GBRF #Colas #MML #SaturdaySeventyThrees 28/3/26

A second #SandTrainSaturday pic yesterday thanks to the booked wait at PBO. After seeing 6M89 at Whittlesea I was able to get it again at Ketton foot crossing, 60095 'Whernside' powering through #Rutland with her train of Norfolk sand bound for St. Helens via Chaddesden. 28/3/26

#ShunterSunday Another view from the recent Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway diesel gala. Guest loco 31128 departs loudly from Princes Risborough bound for Chinnor and passes #NetworkSouthEast livery 08825 (97808) doing brake van rides. #Gronk #NSE #PedBashing 20/3/26

#SignalboxSunday The delightful former Midland Railway box at Uffington, near Stamford, on the Peterborough to Leicester line. The signaller here still manually controls the crossing gates on Uffington Road. Seen recently on a gloriously sunny spring day. 19/3/26.

#SaturdaySandTrain once again, this week a trip over to Whittlesea to see #GBRF 60095 'Whernside', still hard at work for DC Rail on 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. The sun was wrong side but some light cloud meant the shot was still on. #DCR #Fenland 28/3/26

#TypeFiveFriday Some #BRblue perfection passing Long Buckby on a wet Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago. DCRail 56045 was heading back south for another stint on the #DCR stone workings. 0Z56 Rectory Jn (Colwick Colas) to Willesden DC Rail Sidings. 15/3/26

#FreightFriday A low angle emphasises the power of DCRail 60046 'William Wilberforce' passing Long Buckby recently. This was the occasional weekend working bringing North Wales stone south as 6A25 Penmaenmawr Quarry to Wembley Receptions 1-7. #DCR #WobblyPlatform 15/3/26

#ThirtySevenThursday Not easy to ride all the trains & get station pics at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway gala so a lot of shots were similar to this one. The #KFC tractor 37418 was a great guest & suitably loud on the uphill run. Here she is at Princes Risborough. 20/3/26

#ThirtySevenThursday Another two views of #LargeLogo beast 37424 through Kettering last Sunday evening. She'd been doing route learning runs in Kent in the week, returning here as Colas operated 0Z37 Sittingbourne Down Sidings to Derby RTC. #MML #Colas 🚜🔥 22/3/26

#ShedWatch A solo GB shed heading past Uffington, in the direction of Stamford, last Thursday. #GBRailfreight 66724 'Drax Power Station' was working a VSTP 0Z66 Peterborough Maintenance Shed to Bardon Hill #GBRF. Uffington signal box can be seen in the background.. 🧐 🐕 19/3/26

#IntermodalMonday Under a perfectly blue early spring sky, #GBRailfreight 66705 'Golden Jubilee' rounds the curve past Burghley on the outskirts of Stamford hauling a well loaded 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall liner. #GBRF #ShedWatch 21/3/26

#MondayMorningBlues A fine sight in the fading light at the end of yesterday afternoon. 37424 heads through Kettering as Colas operated 0Z37 Sittingbourne Down Sidings to Derby RTC. First time i've seen this particular 🚜 through here. #MML #Colas 22/3/26

#SignalboxSunday The rather impressive Princes Risborough North box taken at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway diesel gala on Friday. 31128 is hauling us to Chinnor while #NSE livery gronk 08825/97808 can be seen doing brake van rides. 20/3/26

#SemaphoreSunday Day one of the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway diesel gala, before the sun broke out. BR blue 31128 prepares to run the first service of the day from Princes Risborough into Chinnor yard so that the next engine can be brought out of the siding for the return trip. 20/3/26

#SulzerSaturday It wasn't the blue 50 that was hoped for but I can't deny that Locomotive Services Group 47810 (D1924) 'Crewe Diesel Depot' looked stunning in immaculate two tone green passing sun soaked Uffington on Thursday. 5Z31 Crewe Holding Sidings to Yarmouth Carriage Sidings #LSL 19/3/26

#SulzerSaturday From day 1 of the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway diesel gala yesterday morning. Two tone green D1501, 47402 in BR TOPS days, waits at Princes Risborough to form the next service to Chinnor. 20/3/26

Another shot from the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway diesel gala on Friday morning, home fleet engine 🚜 37227 after arrival at Chinnor waiting to take the train into the yard prior to 26043 attaching on the other end for the return to Princes Risborough. 20/3/26