There's a title to attract the attention of any male over a certain age! Well, here's something else that is electric and blue; 90012, posing for the camera during the recording session at Crown Point. I took the opportunity to grab a full set of underframe shots which I'll post if anyone is interested.

On Saturday I spent a really enjoyable half-hour talking to Phil Tyrer (aka Northendboy) at members day and he commented afterwards about being envious of some of the places I'd been whilst recording. I hadn't really thought about it before but it's true, I have had some fantastic days out that would never have happened otherwise. Having said that, when you're in that cab or at that depot you've generally spent a lot of time & money getting there and you can't just sit back and enjoy it, you have to focus on the job in hand. These days I like to arrive for a recording session bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and in good time and that often involves travelling to site the day before and staying overnight. This was the case here with Norwich being three and a half hours drive away.

In the four years I've been recording seriously the highlights have been; the brake van ride behind the 37 after the session at the Spa Valley, two visits to record Eurostars at Temple Mills, riding all day in the cab of the 20 at the GCR, and having the 40, 50 & Deltic to ourselves for the day at the ELR! Happy days.

The v4 90 is nearing completion. I've just been doing two sets of horns, one for each end.

Bif