43207 is at the head of 1S51 Plymouth to Glasgow as it catches the rays of the setting winter sun at Blackwell, just after stroming over the Lickey incline summit

The first service on the GCR diesel event was run by the recently returned Class 101 DMU. It is seen here as it stands at Leicester North. The day was bitterly cold and the working heat of this train was a welcome start

After the 3 of us suffered at Quorn awaiting D123 for what should have been a 4 minute connection, we decided to head out to Kinchley Lane, where only the idiotic member of the family would get cold waiting for the train, as Josh and Gemma lived it up in the warm car! This is the first public run on the GCR of the steam heat van, seen behind the peak and acquired from Ireland after it's withdrawal and the fitment of correct sized bogies. I don't know of this is also the first preserved service in the UK to have a steam heat van provided

Here we see BR Standard Class 2 78019 providing steam heat and with steam seemingly free to leave any hole as well as the chimney too. Later on in the day the same train at the same location and nothing beyond the first driving wheels were visible due to leaking steam

D123 top n tails a Rothley shuttle service with D6535 and an immaculate set of Southern green Mk1 carriages

BR Class 27 D5401 passes Kinchley Lane on the RB set with the steam heat van. By this time the heating had failed however

Black and White shot of 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' sitting on Loughborough shed at night

70013 'Oliver Cromwell' was sat in a perfect spot at Loughborugh Engine Shed, and looks like it was taking part in a night shoot between the lights of the yard. The shot has been enhanced by multiple exposures to make an HDR image

Another HDR image is this one showing the station at Loughborough and D5041 standing beside it waiting for the last service of the day. Sadly, due to the failure of the steam heat, we could not be on this service for fear of death!

158901 departs from Nottingham with the 14:11 Northern Rail service to Leeds

170521 stands in Leicester at platform 4 awaiting departure to Birmingham New Street

158794 awaits despatch from Nottingham with the 18:11 to Leeds

43081 is at the front of a London St Pancras DOMESTIC servcie (sorry but EMT annoy me with their announcements)

Another view of 43081 at Nottingham

The unique for CrossCountry headlight clusters on 170398 can be seen as it waits to form the 18:37 Nottingham to New Street service

153308 still wears a very Wessex Trains colour scheme despite having subsequently worked for First Great Western adn now East Midlands Trains

Not only in need of a repaint, 153308 could do with a good wash!

170106 still wears a combination of Midland Mainline, Central Trains and Cross Country liveries, complete with the yellow stripe to show 1st class in the refurbished interior

170639 is the last 3-car Class 170 to still wear Central Trains colours and is pictured at Stamford whilst working the 16:52 New St-Cambridge service. Like the prvious photo, note the yellow line denoting first class on the refurbished interior of the unit

170639 is now seen having terminated at Cambridge in bay platform 6

A National Express East Anglia Class 153 sits in bay platform 5 at Cambridge

Still wearing long defuct Anglia colours is 170273 in Cambridge bay platform 6

And this is the other end of 170273

CrossCountry, mind the gap. A close-up of the reflected warning on the cab front of 170638