RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted December 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2022 One that I thought I had posted previously, but clearly not. All taken on 12 August 2017. 57314 sits by the blocks at Paddington, after bringing in the empty coaches for a railtour. Traction for the tour was this beast! There were a few 57s visible on the journey out, passing Old Oak Common. 57603 heads a sleeper rake. 57310 stabled. Pity about the bush in the wrong place! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 08221 Posted January 19, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2023 57304 and 37218 pass Uttoxeter signal box on the 0914 Crewe to Derby RTC light engine movement on Thursday 19 January 2023. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 7, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2023 57012 "Freightliner Envoy" at Ipswich on 06/09/01 (my photo) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 9, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2023 57012 "Freightliner Envoy" at Ipswich on 06/09/01 (my photo) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted February 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 57012, my last 57 needed, which still eludes me! 😒 Edited February 9, 2023 by Banger Blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2023 57001 "Freightliner Pioneer" at Stafford on 13/01/01 (my photo) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) On 09/02/2023 at 18:35, Banger Blue said: 57012, my last 57 needed, which still eludes me! 😒 I'm in a similar position to you only mine is with the TransPennine Express Class 68s. I've got all of them except 68028 Lord President. Edited March 4, 2023 by 6990WitherslackHall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 A few of my amateur photos in case they are of use to someone. Starting with DRS locos: 57304 basks in the sunshine at Preston on 6th May 2014. 57308 'County of Staffordshire' awaits its next Thunderbird duty at Crewe on 12th November 2013. 57003 and 004 with subtly different headcode box panels, seen at York on 9th December 2010... ...from the other end... ...and the coupled cabs. And finally, a teeny-tiny DRS 57 on a fairly rare container working at Colton Junction, showing what happens if you try to be greedy and photograph two trains at once: a poor picture of each! 3rd August 2012. Cheers, Will 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 The theme of this post is very poor photography from my early efforts with a primitive digital camera, but I'm including them in case they happen to capture anything of interest to 57 fans... Birth of a 57 as an unidentified GWR example is fitted with headlights at Brush Traction on 29th November 2004. 57605 stands on the blocks at Paddington after arriving with the Night Riviera on 4th April 2007. Another 57 has already dropped onto the country end to take the empty stock on to Old Oak Common, but unfortunately I didn't note its number. West Coast Railways' 57601 stands at Perth with The Green Express railtour on 8th May 2004. A closer shot of the same loco. Regards, Will 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Some recent 57s from me. Linked from Flickr so feel free to click to make them big, if thats your thing! 2021. Rail Operations Group's 57312 passes Westerleigh Junction working 5Q76 Worksop - Newport Sims Group with 8 Mk4 vehicles in tow, including DVT 82219. 57312 passes Winterbourne with another pair of 'Dusty Bins' for scrapping, 321359 and 321355 the unlucky candidates this week. The working was 5Q76 Clacton Carriage Sidings - Newport Docks Sims Group. Seen from near Broad Lane, 57305 has just passed over Westerleigh Junction with 91129, 91113, 91126 and 91102 in tow working 0Q76 Doncaster Belmont - Newport Docks Sims Group, taking the ex East Coast machines for scrap. I stumbled across this angle, and stuck with it to show off the distinctive silhouette of the class 91s. Not a shot I'm 100% happy with, as the train wasn't hanging around and with the strong wind blowing I had next to no warning of this appearing, but uploaded as a record of the movement. With a short-ish gap, one to retry with the Bridgwater flasks perhaps. 2022. An unusual daylight sleeper move through Bristol as 57605 drops down Filton Bank at Lockleaze working 5C99 from Reading Depot to Long Rock Depot in Penzance. When the sleeper needs moving as empty stock during the day, it usually seems to run via the B&H route. After reversal at Bristol East, WCRC's 57316 'Alnwick Castle' leads 5Z61 Bath Goods - Bath Spa, heading for a second reversal at Chippenham, seen between Keynsham and Satlford. A reminder of the quality we used to have with the HSTs, the Night Riviera sleeper offers the last slam door Mk3s in regular TOC usage. While the FGW refurbished HSTs were hardly the pinnacle of comfort the Mk3 design could offer, they were still a world better than the harsh ride and rock hard seats offered on their replacements, the Hitachi built and UK government specified 'Intercity Express Trains', of which 800309 is a member. 57604 sits atop 5A50, the empty sleeper stock back to Reading depot after working up from Penzance overnight behind 57605. A class 345 unit on the recently opened Elizabeth Line, or Crossrail, service sneaks into view in the background completing the scene of Paddington in 2022. Finally one from today. A quick dash a few minutes from home, keeping dry under the road bridge as the precipitation tries to decide whether to keep falling as snow or to turn to rain. 57605 on the Up sleeper failed in Cornwall last night, so a daytime drag was required to get the set in place to work down to Penzance tonight. Former Rail Operations Group 57305 in base coat blue livery leads 57605 and set PZ88 through Keynsham on 5R40 Plymouth - Reading Depot. Jo 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2023 57007 "Freightliner Bond" at Eastleigh on 26/07/02 (my photo) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2023 57004 "Freightliner Quality" at Slindon on 08/06/01 (my photo) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 08221 Posted March 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2023 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 6, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2023 57010 "Freightliner Crusader" at Stafford on 14/04/01 (my photo) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2023 57012 "Freightliner Envoy" at Bridgnorth for the SVR's Autumn Diesel Gala on 01/10/00 (my photo) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2023 57009 "Freightliner Venturer" at Kings Sutton on 27/07/01 (my photo) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2023 57010 "Freightliner Crusader" at Stafford on 14/04/01 (my photo) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted May 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2023 57601 at Didcot on 19/07/01 (my photo) 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted May 20, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2023 57011 "Freightliner Challenger" at Eastleigh on 25/07/02 (my photo) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted May 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2023 West Coast Railway Company's 57314 Conwy Castle hurries through Brighouse on 20th May 2023 shortly after sunset with 1Z32 from Edinburgh to Preston, the return leg of a Northern Belle Railtour... ...with 57313 Scarborough Castle on the rear. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 57 310 at Gt Yarmouth yesterday on route learning duties..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted October 17, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 25th September 2023, Locomotive Services Limited's 57311 stands outside the paint shop at Eastleigh Arlington. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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