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  1. With a shorter load of empty bogie tankers than usual, 60021 heads back east with 6E32, 08:40 Colas Ribble Rail to Lindsey Oil Refinery, approaching Thornhill LNW Junction on 23rd March 2015.
  2. 66034 hurries 6E33, 0751 Arpley Sidings to Doncaster Europort towards Thornhill LNW Junction on 23rd March 2015. Followed later by 66192 with 6E02, 0825 Arpley Sidings to Milford West Sidings, empty coal hoppers.
  3. Thanks for the coverage, Jim. Sounds like a very full and eventful day. I imagine you can do without too many days like that one.
  4. 67005 'Queen's Messenger' passes Bradley Junction on 6th March 2015 with 5Z89, 10:30 Crewe Holding Sidings to Tyne Yard.
  5. 47804 speeds towards Brighouse with 1Z95, 16:32 York to Carnforth on 14th March 2015.
  6. It all depends what you mean by a decent picture Peter. There's nothing wrong with yours. If it's a reasonable light overcast sky, then the lack of harsh shadows from a direct sun can sometimes be an advantage - the clouds effectively act like a giant softbox. And shooting contra-jour also becomes less of an issue. The challenge perhaps, on these occasions, can also come from approaching the subject in a different way. How about these as possible alternatives - I'm sure you've probably considered them anyway; Setting a shutter speed to deliberately blur the subject to emphasise the speed? Keeping as much sky as possible out of the composition - easier in some situations than others I accept? Convert to black and white? The issue I find and where I have some sympathy with you is not necessarily with the sky, but that some of the TOCs use a lot of white in their vehicle liveries. Unfortunately for you, that includes South West Trains.
  7. A quick look at my copy of 'Shunter Duties' from the mid-1970s suggests for Shirebrook and Worksop; Shirebrook 1 Mansfield Yard pilot 2 trip workings Mansfield Yard to Thoresby colliery 2 trip workings Mansfield Yard to Warsop Main (Shirebrook) 2 trip workings Mansfield Yard to Mansfield (Sherburn) colliery 1 Mansfield Yard to Langwith 1 Mansfield Yard to Ollerton colliery Worksop 2 Worksop Yards 2 trip workings Worksop Yard to Thurcroft colliery 2 trip workings Worksop Yard to Manton Wood & Whitwell collieries 1 Worksop MGR pilot Add in a few undergoing scheduled depot exams and the numbers soon mount up.
  8. East Midlands Trains 158774 heads round the 'set track curve' towards the 'fiddle yard' with 1R66, 06:52 Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street on 10th March 2015. The front unit was 158862. Edited to add number of front unit.
  9. Clear road ahead. On the front was 66613.
  10. 66020 gets the next train load of limestone ready at Peak Forest on 10th March 2015.
  11. Looking distinctly N gauge, 2 East Midlands Trains class 158s pass through Edale in the Peak District with 1L09, 10:52 Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich on 10th March 2015.
  12. Jubilee 45690 'Leander' waits at Brighouse during its water stop with the Railway Touring Company's 'The Hadrian' on 7th March 2015.
  13. I'm obliged to you. Thanks for the correction. Original post amended.
  14. Jubilee 45690 'Leander' simmers gently at Brighouse during its water stop with the late running 1Z69, 12:36 Carlisle to Preston - The Hadrian run by The Railway Touring Company, on 7th March 2015. Edited to correct class of locomotive.
  15. This is what the partial livery looks like on a DVT. 82222 at Doncaster on the rear of 1D12, 11:35 London Kings Cross to Leeds on 2nd March 2015. Also on the 2nd March 2015, here is the partial livery on HST power car 43272 which had just arrived at Leeds with 1D13, 12:03 London Kings Cross to Leeds.
  16. 37425 'Concrete Bob' and 37688 'Kingmoor TMD' at rest in Doncaster West Yard after arriving with 1Q51, 02:40 Derby RTC to Doncaster West Yard on 2nd March 2015. The rest of the Network Rail test train comprised 9523 (brake force runner), 5981 (Plain Line Pattern Recognition coach 2) and 6263 (generator van). Edited to add locomotive names.
  17. A couple of photos of the new Virgin Trains East Coast livery on 91124 and 82219 as they pass through Doncaster on 2nd March 2015 with 1S13, 11:00 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh.
  18. Is this the working that you saw? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R00267/2015/03/02/advanced Route training for a forthcoming railtour. http://www.pathfindertours.co.uk/index.php/tour-calendar-reader/events/the-lancs-links.html
  19. Two for the price of one. 47815 'Great Western' and 47843 'Vulcan' restart 4D93, 10:26 Doncaster Roberts Road to Drax, after a signal check at Doncaster station on 2nd March 2015.
  20. 47812 aka D1916 trundles into Huddersfield in pouring rain on 1st March 2015 with 0Z73, 13:00 Doncaster Down Decoy to Crewe HS.
  21. LNWR 'Coal Tank' 1054 leads a set of Vintage Carriage Trust coaches across the River Worth bridge with the 11:25 from Keighley to Oxenhope on 27th February 2015, the first day of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway's 2015 Winter Steam Gala.
  22. Leaving Halifax, Northern Rail 150136 crosses Beacon Hill Viaduct before entering the 1,105 yards of Beacon Hill Tunnel with 2E07, 10:48 Manchester Victoria to Leeds on 23rd February 2015.
  23. Is there any chance of an additional one? You've kindly already confirmed a place for me (post no. 13), but Mrs 4630 is keen to learn about things 'green and copper'. Thanks
  24. Working hard up the 1 in 68 part of the gradient towards the summit at Copy Pit, 60076 heads 6M32, 03:37 Lindsey Refinery to Preston Docks, loaded bitumen tanks in the early morning sunshine on 23rd February 2015. And meets 158759 heading down grade with 1B11, 07:11 Blackpool North to York.
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