Part 1. Visit to see Deltic 16 Gordon Highlander at Peak Rail. With Harry Needle RC talking of carrying out component removal hopefully HNRC will have a change of heart and save this loco.
Still newbie behind the camera when these were taken. Selection of shots from day visit to Nuneaton recording 87s and their sound on Virgin service trains, claggy 47s on Nuneaton Birmingham drags due to engineering works, 57 and 66 on freights. Recorded before I got the external microphone
Selection of shots taken at Nuneaton Station 18 June 05 (sorry for error on caption) for the drags to Birmingham due to engineering works. Shows thunderbird 57 connecting up to a pendo
Shots taken on 5 June 2004, HST Valentas, 90020 on diverted sleeper, 60081 Isambard Kingdom Brunel before the power unit self destructed with a leg out of bed, Eurostar, 67022 67006 on Steam Affairs railtour, 47355 47703 on Nenta tour
Features 47826 57601 66129 66058 90035 on diverted sleeper with mixture of liveries and 87022 on various charters. Loaded Plasmor. I promise the shot of 87022 on the return leg was not staged! lovely bird song in background to most shots
27 May 2006 West Coast mainline closed, freights and sleeper services diverted to East Coast mainline. Here is some of the video I took at Lolham Level Crossing between 00:45hrs and 08:30hrs. I also recorded the dawn chorus which was spectacular but space does not permit its inclusion here.
Part 2 covering Le Farge, 180, 158s in ex Alphaline, South West Trains, Transpennine liveries, HST Valentas, Grand Central HST, 66113 on a massive loaded steel train, A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
Some very early morning shots of the class 57 hauled FGW Paddington Penzance sleepers passing Dawlish on 10, 11 and 13 June 2008 including some shots of the lovely early morning light
Shoe-horn job this! Doncaster PSB charter with 47826 and 47245, container train, Grand Central, Valenta PCs on Nat Exp (ex GNER) HSTs, diverted DRS 66414, loaded steel slab working, Le Farge self discharge train, 91115 running blunt end first, 67005+67022 on Northern Belle
uploaded in two parts selection of clips from visit to Forth Bridge on 11 July 2008. Mostly units in variety of liveries and Kings X to Aberdeen HST. Weather dull with bright background low cloud making shots difficult
A4 60019 Bittern steaming well on the RYTC The White Rose Kings X to York, 47828 and 47813 Cotswold Rail top and tailing the very late running Nenta railtour Colchester to Skipton and Gordon Johnston at the helm of 1A23 Leeds to Kings Cross - all taken at Marholm on a very windy day
12 January 08 Connington Fen National Express livery power car on exGNER HST set, 86101 finally pushing into action with First Hull Trains, 67002 hauling 225 set on thunderbird training, 66702 on Hoo to Doncaster plus more
features 90026 on diverted sleeper, 92011 on Past Time railtour, 47787 47851 on Nenta tour, 67020 on UK Railtour charter, 67029, 67001 with 67005 on two Hull to Kings X footexs
Visit to Welwyn North Sta for entertaining talk and slide show about the GNER Eurostars at Digswell Village Hall - some shots taken at the station before and after the talk - includes Grand Central accelerating through station
Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey accelerating away from Peterborough stop through Marhom on down fast on 5 October 07 with the Autumn Highlander railcruise. 50049 dead on rear.
The second part (reloaded due to caption error) of 24 May 08 in fading light featuring the return of football and railtour excursions with 67001 and Queenie 5 on the rear, Scooby 67029, 67020 and 37401 with 37417, plus 180111
