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Photos, videos and news from around the railway and especially #classictraction. Pics and vids for publication are very welcome: [email protected] railwaystoday.wordpress.com Joined April 2011-
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Shadwell 30th April 1988 British Rail Class 20 pairing 20142 & 20021 on a Fenchurch St.-Sheffield charter provide entertainment to a packed 1st Coach as EMU 302 210 approaches. #BritishRail #Class20 #trainspotting #BRBlue #Railtour #Shadwell #FenchurchSt #Sheffield 🤓
#MondayMorningBlues Looking like a BR Depot from the last century, Kidderminster on the @svrofficialsite looking great a few weeks ago.
Leeds Station 30th April 1994 British Rail Class 101 2-car DMU set 851 - 51208 + 51221 in Network South East colours parked up in the parcels sidings. A long way from home....? #BritishRail #Leeds #Class101 #DMU #NetworkSouthEast #trainspotting 🤓
Morning all. Here's a Class 117 at Abington on the "Witney Wanderer" railtour. It is 31 October 1970 and Matthews Southern Comfort are at no.1 with 'Woodstock' (not the Oxfordshire one). 📷c.John Lawson via WikiCommons
Class 69s are being used on sand trains from Middleton Towers. On April 29, @GBRailfreight 69004 leads the 6E88 12.26 Middleton Towers-Goole away from Peterborough. Also out today was 69007.
Plenty going on here at Cardiff Canton with 56040 ‘Oystermouth’ taking centre stage. #MixedBagMonday 📸 Les Blackford
Spirit of Jaguar. DB Cargo 60065 stored at Toton T.M.D 20/04/24 Best viewed here flic.kr/p/2pMf1uu
After an overnight stay, @GBRailfreight 66303, prepares to depart from North Blyth, with 6S45 09:08 departure to Fort William. @InterCityRlySoc @RailwaysToday #shedwatch #shedSaturday #trainspotting
GBRf Class 69 No.69004 at Downham Market on 29th April 2024 working 6E88 12:26 Middleton Towers-Goole Glassworks loaded sand.#class69 #Downhammarket
#BRDepartmentals No.216 : LNER Bogie Van E70754E built at York 1943. Used for Racing Pigeon specials, then Parcels traffic, finally Internal User 041366 at Heaton Depot, Newcastle. Pic'd there in BR Blue 28/4/90 Preserved @StephensonRail #LNER #York #Newcastle #trainspotting 🤓
Redmire 28th April 1986 British Rail Blue liveried Class 47/0 diesel loco 47289 departs with PGA hoppers loaded with limestone to feed the furnaces at British Steel Teesside. Now the preserved @WensleydaleRail route #BritishRail #Class47 #Redmire #Wensleydale #trainspotting🤓
Displaced from Scotland and transferred to Bristol Bath Road, British Rail Class 37 diesel loco 37146 still carries its hybrid livery & Highland Stag. Hauling a tanker train through Cardiff Central station 29/4/88 #Railfreight #Cardiff #Class37 #BritishRail #trainspotting 🤓
Murky Middlesbrough 27/4/87. British Rail Class 37 diesel 37516 in Railfreight Red Stripe livery adds a splash of colour as it hauls Potash Containers out of the yard. Transporter Bridge on the horizon. #Railfreight #Middlesbrough #Class37 #trainspotting #BritishRail 🤓
1982: 45 142 roars through Loughborough Midland with 1M18, the 08:00 Sheffield - St Pancras. Stephen Dance flic.kr/p/ciPNVG
In contrasting styles of Railfreight liveries, British Rail Class 37 pairing 37371 & 37274 storm through Severn Tunnel Junction station with a train of 100 Ton Bogie Oil Tank wagons 29/4/91 #Railfreight #Class37 #BritishRail #SevernTunnel #trainspotting #diesels 🤓
#ElectricMonday 86627 & 86625 head a freightliner north through Stafford 25.5.93
The Saltend to Baglan Bay Acetic Acid Tanks 'Vinegar Train' passes near Derby 29/4/94. Hauled by British Rail Class 37 diesel loco 37517 in Railfreight Metals sector livery. #Railfreight #Derby #Class37 #BritishRail #trainspotting #diesel #Vinegar #Chemicals 🤓
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1K Followers 51 Following Official Twitter Page Of DCRail, Freight Operating Company Operating Services Throughout The UKIn all the time I've lived in Stafford, I've never seen a loco in the loco siding.....until today 😁 57308 idling away prior to being shutdown. Presumably moved up to Stafford because of ongoing engineering works 🤷♂️
No. 1 of 2 'wildcards' from pics taken on 21st April from the bridge above Tyne Yard. Wasn't prepared for 70816 scuttling under it on the ECML heading from Carlisle New Yard to Barnetby Sidings so this is a hastily fired shot. Standard lens, cropped-in. 📸: ©️ Graeme Pickering
#OnThisDayLastYear Occasionally when the photos app pops a notification up, it’s quite a nice reminder of some of the good stuff you see when testing the newer units. Pulled along side it outside Crewe both waiting a platform. 88007.
Mk3 11078 is prepped and ready for its next filming assignment. Air supply and power means all the lights and air doors will work for the shooting. Gen van 96374 is powering the mk2/mk3 set that will be going out on the mainline in late May. Also seen are recent arrivals DVT…
Grosmont Tunnel, North Yorkshire Moors Railway 20th April 1982 British Railways Class 04 Drewry Diesel Shunter D2207 in British Railways green livery. Withdrawn 12/67 after 14 years service & preserved. #BritishRailways #Class04 @nymr #Trainspotting #Shunter #Yorkshire #Drewry 🤓
The running board at Toton. Gone are the days of the Whiteboard. When something is moving the loco number flashes. 20/04/24
Recently repainted and overhauled 20054 heads a (failed?) class 47 and a rake of Mermaid type ballast wagons near Shrewsbury 14th June 1982 #TwentiesOnTuesday 📸 Ian Cuthbertson
69001 ‘Mayflower’ awaits the road at York whilst working 6N71, Doncaster Decoy to Tyne Yard. The first time I’ve had the opportunity to look at one of these up close, and they’re quite impressive. #Class69 #GBRf #York #Mayflower #Trainspotting
From a visit to Eastern Rail Services yesterday. Stories and features in upcoming @railexpress editions. There is A LOT to tell about the happenings at Yarmouth.
@RailOpsGroup 37901 and 37884 head through Abbotswood, Worcs working the 5m57 Landore to RTC @RailwayMagazine @railwaysillus @railadvent @rlyherald @RailwaysToday
British Rail Class 25 Sulzer Type 2 diesel loco 25 310 built at Derby in 1967. To ETHEL 1 - Electric Train Heating unit 97 250 in 1983. Blue/Grey livery, Scottie Dog & coupled to Mk3 Sleeper Coaches at Perth Railfair 13/4/85. #BritishRail #Perth #ScotRail #Class25 #trainspotting
Great to hear some clanking old wagons again. 69008 returns to Rowsley with the freight at Peak Rail. 12/04/24 The transformation of this railway in the last few years has been a breath of fresh air.
08112 stabled in the disused bay platform at Shrewsbury 12th September 1979 #ShunterSunday 📸 Steven Clements
43055 & 43047 stand at Kingswear before heading back to Penzance 13/4/23
Blast from the Past! You can’t beat a bit of steam heat! Just two months prior to withdrawal due to multiple faults, ‘Peak’ 45048 (formerly ‘Royal Marines’) awaits departure from Birmingham New Street with 2F86 22:20 to Leicester on this day, April 13, 1985. 📷 Roger King.
08113 with China clay in the woods of the Camel Valley having left Wenford Bridge 19th November 1980 #ShunterSunday 📸 Bob Read
BRC&W Class 26 Type 2 5310 (26010) working the Glyndyfrdwy To Corwen Shuttle service. Carrog Station, Llangollen Railway 13/04/24