Well, it was just as well the railway was mostly completed when it was, as it seems that it will be seeing a lot of extra use in the coming months. There are a lot of smaller detailing jobs that can still be done, but running the trains is going to be the order of the day for now 

A northbound freight and Express approach Harrow from the south. A Derby Lightweight Single Car DMU finds itself operating the off peak services on the Stanmore Branch.

Busy moment at Harrow. The northbound Liverpool Pullman overtakes a freight on the Down Slow Line. As a 304 passes on the Up Slow Line on a 'stopper' from Birmingham a Euston bound Express sweeps through on the Up Fast Line. In the background on the DC Lines a pair of 501s brake for the Harrow stop, as a 1938 tube set heads off for Watford.

On the southern approaches to Watford a northbound Express overtakes the Kings Cross to Tring Cement Empties. A DPU with 'Tail Traffic' head off along the Up Slow Line. In the background a Metropolitan A60 set sits in the Electric Siding waiting a platform, for its next run to Baker Street via the Croxley Link.

The Kings Cross to Tring Cement Empties race the Stanmore DMU into Harrow.

'Western Invader'. During their last years the 52s made occasional forays along the West Coast on freight workings. Although this example is relatively clean compared to the rather travel stained examples that could be observed at the time.

'Out in the sticks'. The Widnes to North Wembley BOC Tankers head south along the Up Slow Line at Linslade. In the other direction a Postal working passes a Freightliner.

A 31 heads south through Harrow, as the Euston bound Manchester Pullman dashes through on the Up Fast Line. In the background the humble 501s rumble on about their daily business.

The possibilities of a model railway. Watford Depot, that never was. Plenty of 25s to be seen, once an everyday sight at the southern end of the West Coast in the 1970s.

A pair of 20s heads north at Harrow on an empty wagon working destined for Toton via the Northampton to Market Harborough Line.

A 37 heads north at Watford with a train of four wheel petrol tankers. A pair of 310s call at platform 9 on their way into Euston. A Derby Lightweight DMU sits on the Depot Headshunt having arrived from Bletchley, as a Cravens 105 waits in platform 10 with the next service for St. Albans Abbey. In the North Bay a train of DMUs being made up ready to depart for Bletchley TMD.