153326 on Derby Etches Park and this is the ;ast rolling stock operating on the mainline anywhere that had Regional railways livery.

The yellow ends arent't done yet, and just one final section left in Regional Railways colours

DBSO 9702 leads 31233 from Sheffield to Derby, with a test train back to Derby RTC

158954 stands at Cardiff Central with a service for Portsmouth Harbour

220013 and 220020 stand side by side at New Street in the evening sunshine

57315 'The Mole' looks on at 220017 and 43301, both respectively the first of their kind in CrossCountry livery

222014 and 222001 stand at Nottingham awaiting their next turns of duty

A pair of EMT Meridian units at Nottingham

Another shot of the two Meridian Class 222 units at Nottingham, produced as an HDR image for reasons of the light and dark areas

170519 stands at Stansted Airport ready to be cleaned before forming the 19:18 to Birmingham New Street

As seen from the other side 170519 with water hoses attached at the centre

317729 is the lead set of a double unit forming the 19:00 Stansted Express service to London Liverpool Street

Here we see NatEx livery 317714 standing at Stansted Airport. The shot has been processed for HDR to allow for extreme difference in exposure details throughout the scene

43299 struggles to lead the 07:30 Manchester to Newquay CrossCountry service just south of BRomsgrove at Bankers Bridge. This train on it's return became the subject of much interest, as due to the lack of performance from 299, it was to be dragged between Gloucester and New Street by 57314. However, the fitters made themselves very unpopular (presumably FGW) at Gloucester, by fixing the problem and making the 57 obsolete. It was even on the way there too!

A panorama of the crowds awaiting 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' at Ribblehead Viaduct. For the train shot see August 2008 Collection

1T57 is a headcode that needs no introduction, and but for one day a 40th Anniversary rerun of the Fifteen Guinea Special occurred. Here we see 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' crosses Ribblehead Viaduct on the same leg of the tour it did 40 years previous

B&W version of same

70013 powers off the viaduct towards Blea Moor

B&W version

Another shot of Cromwell but with the whole loco off the viaduct

I wasn't able to see 1T57 in 1968 on account of not being born, but a friend did ask what my shot might look like if it had been taken 40 years ago. This is my rough estimate

I took this to give some scope of the popularity of this charter. Most known locations looked like this after the train had passed

Another panorama of the hordes as they walk back from either the viaduct shot or from around Blea Moor signalbox