66200 heads a Lackenby to Margam service through Stoke Works and on towards Cheltenham

A closer view of 66200 and it's train

5Z21 produced my first shot of a Royal loco as 47798 was in charge. It is seen having clagged out the houses at the back as it accelerated to Gloucester

I won't apologise for including more shots of this

And one final one, I decided on the lower angle here because last year the vegetation made it impossible so I thought I'd get it before it grows up again

Loram track machine standing outside Derby RTC

37667 looks fresh in house colours of new operator DRS

D1755 (47773) stands in the East Dock at New Street awaiting the return of 86259 on a charter from Preston

A busy scene at Nottingham Eastcroft as 5 units can be seen. Of course I took this from a 6th unit as well

A pan of an East Midland 222 running into Nottingham

142002 dpearts CArdiff Central with an empty stock having detached from a 150 in the station

43169 'The National Trust' is at the head of a Swansea service as the light gets low in Cardiff

66155 assists failed 66002 on a freight just East of Newport

An Arriva 175 emerges from the slow line tunnel at Gaer Junction

Coming the other way we see an EWS Class 66 racing an FGW Class 158 towards Newport

158952 also on the slow as it emerges from the older of the two tunnels at Gaer Junction

66145 heads empty steel wagons bound for Margam

The station is blank for a forum question

LNER A4 60009 'Union of South Africa' arrives at York with the Coronation railtour from Edinburgh, but where's the headboard that Tornado later sports???

A NXEC HST stands at platform 9 and a Voyager waits to follow it North from platform 11 at York

The driver of 221128 must be an angry vampire or something

One of Firsts 185 Desiros wears a Liverpool '08 promotional livery and is seen arriving at York

Restoration at it's best! Here is LMS 7P Coronation (4)6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' arriving at York from Tyseley having traveleed to the NRM behind 47773/D1755 with 3 chocolate and cream carriages

A close up of the stunning work done on the Duchess