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Free As A Bird - reconstituted anthologised Fabs

You are the Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder

Eyeing up the Chiltern line from the Oxford route just south of Aynho... PS : do I get a virtual bonus point for the snow...?

Harbury Tunnel on the Down Main...

KX secondman Chris Luesley at the controls of an unknown Deltic in the late '70s... Photo c/o Graham 'Grim' Jenkins, location unknown but what a nice shot...

Photo c/o 'Dai Vinyl', Thornaby in the late '60s... Photo c/o Mick Barstow, 6788 in sparkling pre-Tops blue at Nottingham Midland, 25th July 1973...

Photo c/o Craig Donald, Derby c.1970 or so, note double tendered FS in the background... Photo c/o Phil Cotterill, Bedford Midland in the early '70s before the station was remodelled...

Photo c/o Alastair McLean, 47 145 on a northbound 'liner at Banbury in 1974... Photo c/o James Murray, Derby, August 1983... Photo c/o Jim Platt, unidentified dual braked example on the Up Main at Fenny Compton in the late '70s... Two tone green + Tops at Cardiff Canton...

Telephone Line - ELO

No More Lonely Nights - Macca

For what it's worth, in contrast to the almighty fuax pah discussed aboce, today there was a blanket 50mph speed restriction on all lines between London Euston and Crewe due to high winds, the instruction was broadcast over the GSM-R to all Drivers every few minutes until it was lifted just after mid-day. As for remote booking on and reading our late notices etc (in my company's case at least) if we don't book on by phone within twenty minutes or so the BOP will be ringing us up, leaving several voicemails if necessary. All of our notices come to our company issued ipads these days and the dates on which we open and read them are all part of the annual audit.

I must confess I didn't notice that when I was posting it! The red blanks are probably at the end of the roll I'd imagine.

Oops just twigged, it's..... Newton Abbot! I'm whipping myself into oblivion as I type this...

Just bought a special edition U2 sat-nav but it's no good, the streets have no name and I can't find what I'm looking for.

Tyseley open day, 1969...

Photo c/o Kevin Lindley of Old Oak, about 19 years old in this photo at Paddington in 1976... Photo c/o John Broomfield, 44 008 doing the honours... Photo c/o Paul Strathdee… One of the late Norman Preedy's I believe, D1052 in the limelight at Stratford-upon-Avon on its way to Derby on 29th March 1975, I remember seeing this at Cheltenham Racecourse that day... Photo c/o Alastair Smith, time for a brew... Photo c/o Paul Thompson, fun and games at Banbury North...

1679 on the traverser at Crewe Works c.1973, photo by Phil Cotterill...

Top pic certainly is Old Oak, the Factory to be precise (RIP!).

Another early AL6 shot, one of Bill Wright's fine images, E3163 and E3103 at Longsight on 8th August 1965...

After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire

Reminds of this photoshop a mate did for me a while back...

A'noon all, Damp and fogworthy hereabouts, but still pleasant enough where I've just driven down the back lanes around Stoneleigh with the Autumnal colours much in abundance, leafy Warwickshire always provides some lovely views if a visual a pick me up is needed (Herself is booked into a clinic for an eye operation the week before Christmas, not the best time of year to be poked and prodded but needs must). Stay safe / warm / upright folks.

Lovely set of Pilmoor shots Dave, I'm looking at the first one J784 thinking how much it looks like a very well executed N gauge layout. It's a great snapshot of the period though, with plenty of maroon stock still about with the odd blue & grey vehicle starting to appear.

Caveat required! Brush Type 2 D5578 was painted all over in Monastral Blue for a while, I think it received this livery even before the experimental XP64 blue was applied to Brush Type 4 D1733. And some folk think BR blue is boring...

Yes Mike, they should really be a lot closer to the shade of 'off white' used on the window pillars of all of the maroon Westerns (apart from D1001's which were stark white).