Starting off a new week (and year) with a steam theme, firstly Britannia at Bewdley.
Monday 31 December 2018
Friday 28 December 2018
TfWM (5) : Still in green
Although orange is spreading through the fleet many trains operated by West Midlands Railway are still in London Midland green with new labels, as with 172 218 at Shirley.
Thursday 27 December 2018
Wednesday 26 December 2018
Tuesday 25 December 2018
Monday 24 December 2018
TfWM (1) : Orange 323
This week's theme is Transport for West Midlands and the new liveries being applyed to the region's trains and trams. Starting with 323 204 in WMR orange livery at Bromsgrove.
Friday 21 December 2018
Thursday 20 December 2018
Wednesday 19 December 2018
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Monday 17 December 2018
After Blue (1) : Regional Railways
This week's theme is the many liveries used by British Rail in the 1980s and beyond as they moved beyond the corporate blue standard livery, starting with Regional Railways as on 31 270 at Rowsley South.
Friday 14 December 2018
Thursday 13 December 2018
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Monday 10 December 2018
Friday 7 December 2018
Thursday 6 December 2018
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Tuesday 4 December 2018
No. 69
Appearances can be deceptive, No. 69 (and it's sister No. 70) may look at first glance like preserved trams from the mid-twentieth century but in fact were built especially for the Wirral Tramway in the early 1990s in HK!
Monday 3 December 2018
Wirral Transport Museum
This week's theme is the Wirral Transport Museum, which has a working tramway near to Hamilton Square station.
Friday 30 November 2018
Thursday 29 November 2018
On Request (4) : The Lakes
The Lakes has very short platforms, pretty much all of the Birmingham side platform can be seen in this view.
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Wednesday 28 November 2018
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Monday 26 November 2018
Friday 23 November 2018
Thursday 22 November 2018
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Tuesday 20 November 2018
Monday 19 November 2018
Friday 16 November 2018
MYB-AYS (5) : Aylesbury
We are now at Aylesbury, though some trains can continue onto Aylesbury Vale Parkway this is where this week's theme ends!
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Thursday 15 November 2018
Wednesday 14 November 2018
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Monday 12 November 2018
MYB-AYS (1) : London Marylebone
This week's theme is a trip from London Marylebone to Aylesbury, much of the route shared with the Metropolitan Line, but starting firmly in Network Rail territory.
Friday 9 November 2018
Railtour
Derby may have changed but is still host to a great variety of traction, including these two Class 47s on a railtour.
Thursday 8 November 2018
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Tuesday 6 November 2018
Friday 2 November 2018
Thursday 1 November 2018
MOSI (4) : Manchester Liverpool Road
Part of the oldest surviving terminus station in the world, opening for "inter city" services in 1830.
Wednesday 31 October 2018
Tuesday 30 October 2018
MOSI (2) : Rocket
A key exhibit at MOSI is the immortal Stephenson's Rocket, probably the only locomotive that can come close to the Flying Scotsman for fame.
Monday 29 October 2018
MOSI (1) : EM2
This week's theme is Manchester's Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) which has a lot of railway exhibits including former EM2/Class 77 1505 - still in Dutch Railway livery where it spent most of it's working life.
Friday 26 October 2018
Thursday 25 October 2018
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Tuesday 23 October 2018
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