AndyH
@andyh616
Trains, more trains, occasional beers & a golden retriever called Summer..
#LargeLogo loveliness for #FiftyFriday this week. 50049 'Defiance' runs round her train at Oxenhope during June's Keighley & Worth Valley Railway diesel gala. A real bonus as I don't think 49 was originally planned to be running until the weekend. #Class50 #KWVR 18/6/26
#ThirtySevenThursday Another shot looking back to the wonderful Keighley & Worth Valley diesel gala last month. #EWS liveried guest tractor 37250 prepares to depart from Oakworth in typically loud style.. 🚜🔥 #KWVR 18/6/26
More #ElectricMonday from Nortoft Lane, Kilsby, on Saturday. Close up shots of the two #Freightliner 90s on 4S49 #DIRFT to Grangemouth. Orange 90009 & #Powerhaul green 90042 ease the intermodal out of the terminal, across to the down line & away. #WCML 18/7/26
#ElectricMonday I've no idea why #AvantiWestCoast #Pendolino 390157 working 9G17 11.16 London Euston to Birmingham New Street ran via Northampton on Saturday. But as i was at Nortoft Lane bridge as it passed #DIRFT I thought it worthy of a photo! #WCML 18/7/26
#MondayMorningBlues The #Tesco boxes leaving for South Wales on Saturday lunchtime. #DRS 4V38 Daventry DRS (Tesco) to Wentloog gets going after crossing onto the down with 66424 'Driver Paul Scrivens' providing the traction. #ShedWatch 18/7/26
Some lovely summer's evening light at Oakham earlier today. Had some rare spare time on a Sunday evening so i drove over to see #HeavyHaul 6L90 Dowlow Quarry to Norwich Goods Yard pass through with 70002 in charge. First #Fugly i've seen through #Rutland i think. #Class70 19/7/26
#SundayShed A double dose of blue #ShedWatch on the #DRS liner to Scotland yesterday lunchtime. 4S44 #DIRFT to Coatbridge getting out of the terminal onto the mainline with 66430 leading & 66421 'Gresty Bridge TMD' tucked inside. 18/7/26
#SkodaSaturday Popped across to #DIRFT this morning to see the 93 arrive so it seemed daft not to get there in time to see this pair of 90s depart. #Freightliner 4S49 to Grangemouth gets going in the hands of 90009 & 90042. #WCML 18/7/26
#StadlerSaturday I'm a bit late to the party with this one but finally managed to see Rail Operations Group 93009 which has been doing the #DRS liner to/from Scotland all week. Here she is arriving at #DIRFT this lunchtime, 4Q27 Coatbridge to DIRFT at Nortoft Lane. #ROG #WCML 18/7/26
With her non-standard blue livery almost matching the cloudless summer skies at Boughton, 31289 waits in the platform during the Northampton & Lamport Railway's #DoubleDieselDay last Sunday. The #NLR ran hourly round trip services using either 289 or 31601, or both. #PedWatch 12/7/26
Two more from Sunday's #GreatestGatheringOfGoyles AKA the Northampton & Lamport Railway #DoubleDieselDay. 31289 'Phoenix' & 31601 'Devon Diesel Society' paired up at Boughton with @bennybizzle1.bsky.social driver for the day in 601 & both locos reforming the train in Pitsford sidings #NLR 12/7/26
#MondayMorningBlues Three lions on the ped.. Sporting an appropriate England sticker on the front & an 'NLR 30 Years' headboard, 31289 waits to depart from Boughton station during yesterday's Northampton & Lamport Railway #DoubleDieselDay. This double headed run also featured 31601. #NLR 11/7/26
The blue half of the Northampton & Lamport Railway #DoubleDieselDay, blending in perfectly against the flawless blue sky over Northamptonshire this afternoon. This was the final run of the day seen at Boughton with 31289 on the rear & 31601 up front awaiting departure back to Pitsford. #NLR 11/7/26
#SignalboxSunday Pitsford & Brampton station box seen from the cab of 31601 as we arrived into the station during the Northampton & Lamport Railway #DoubleDiesel day today. A fantastic day was had bashing the 2x31s along the Brampton Valley. Thanks to driver @bennybizzle1.bsky.social #NLR 11/7/26
A great day of Ped bashing on the Northampton & Lamport Railway today. Met up with some old friends & great to also put some faces to names from railway social media. And of course @bennybizzle1.bsky.social driving this beast, 31601, all day. #NLR #PedWatch 11/7/26
#DoubleDieselDay at the Northampton & Lamport Railway today. #SummerTheDog is doing a lineside sniffspection before the first #Class31 hauled service. She's posed nicely (for once) for #SignalboxSunday at Boughton before we walk to Pitsford & Brampton to catch the train back. #NLR 12/7/26
#ShedSaturday The last time i saw 66719 it was named 'Metro-Land'. Now after a #Rail200 makeover it's 'Michael Portillo' wearing a suitably bright jacket! #GBRailfreight 4A01 East Midlands Gateway Terminal to Wembley Receptions 1-7 passing Oakham this afternoon #ShedWatch 11/7/26
My first #SandTrainSaturday in a while & a new location for me. Still hired-in from #GBRailfreight to #DCRail, 60095 'Whernside' powers past Copley's Brook, Melton Mowbray, with 6M93 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. #DCR #GBRF 11/7/26
#FiftyFriday Seen from the main road bridge, 50049 'Defiance', along with 37218, waiting just outside the platform at Keighley before running round to form an evening service to Oxenhope during the first day of the rather excellent Keighley & Worth Valley Railway diesel gala last month #KWVR 7/7/26
#FreightFriday Through the buddleia.. this shot at Kettering, looking south from platform 4, is getting a bit overgrown now. #HeavyHaul 66601, in #Freightliner 60th anniversary livery, heads up 6M92 West Thurrock to Tunstead Sidings running 86L at this point #MML #ShedWatch 9/7/26
A very late #ThirtySevenThursday from a visit to the local after work yesterday evening. Rail Operations Group 0M58 was 31L through Kettering. 37510 'Orion' & 37501 'Teesside Steelmaster' working from Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings to Derby RTC. #MML #ROG 9/7/26
#ShedWatch A new shed ticked off for 📸 for me on Saturday ✅️. #DBCargo #PDPorts livery 66109 'Teesport Express' on the Limbury Road empties. 4H74 to Peak Forest Cemex Sidings was running 29E due to not waiting in Wellingborough Down Goods Loop as booked. #MML 4/7/26
Another #Aubergine arrives on the #MML..✅️ My first sight & 📸 of 810022 as she swept through Kettering yesterday afternoon on ⚡️ power working East Midlands Railway 1F29 16.02 St.Pancras-Sheffield* (*subsequently caped at Derby with a fault). #EMR #Aurora 5/7/26
#MidlandMainlineMonday More #HST action from Kettering yesterday as the Colas Rail pair headed back north to base after their trip up the #MML to Bedford & back. 43303 leads with 43277 'Safety Task Force' behind as 0Z43 Derby RTC to Derby RTC. #Colas 5/7/26
#MegaTractionMonday Another view of LNWR 150137 passing Kettering on Saturday, operated by #RailAdventure as 5Z51 Kings Norton OT Plant Dept to Bletchley TMD. I think this is the first time i've got a 📸 of a 150/1 here. #LNWR #RailAdventure #MML #Sprinter 4/7/26
#SprinterSunday An unusual visitor to the #MML at Kettering yesterday, #RailAdventure operated 5Z51 Kings Norton OT Plant Dept to Bletchley TMD headed through the sun & shadows. #LNWR 150137 had been to Newton Heath & was heading back to its Marston Vale duties. 4/7/26
#HighSpeedSunday A nice bonus pair of back to back #HST power cars this morning, Colas Rail 0Z43 Derby RTC to Derby RTC via the #MML to Bedford & back. Seen through Kettering on the outbound up working. 43277 'Safety Task Force' leading with 43303. #Colas 5/7/26