Unidentified 37 at Dorchester West, running Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth, summer 1998.

#TractorThursday 37411 at Weymouth with a departure for Bristol Temple Meads, summer 1998.

#WagonWednesday Switch and Crossing carriers, Beeston Sidings,17.8.26

The fun before the fun today was a second visit ,for me, to Bennys just around from Crewe station. Photo taken during a hydration break ( 🫖 ) half way through the breakfast omelette. (They are very happy to accommodate switching or leaving items out). No more eat till mid pm.

#TuesdayTube A lucky catch at Stratford, summer 1998. Managed to get the rear as it rattled towards the tunnel! No21 is the loco.

#TrackMachineTuesday At the Swanage Railway 1998.

#ElectricMonday Class 313 at North Woolwich with a Silverlink Metro service, Summer 1998.

#MondayMorningBlues North Woolwich Old Station Museum (1984-2008).

#SouthernSunday 34072 @SwanRailway , summer 1998.

#SignalBoxSunday A 442 picture is a rarity in my collection. This is at Wareham in 1998.

#ShoeboxSaturday 73131 and 73128 at Redditch 13.6.98. 1Z55 The Slug and Slog which had started at Watford Junction in the middle of the night! 58030 on the other end.

73131 and 73128 leave 1Z55 The Slug & Slog as it becomes The Birthday Bash. The EDs are off to Bescot. It’s 0800 so we’d be seeking breakfast, having started at Watford Junction around 0100. 13.6.98 #ShoeboxSaturday

#FrontEndFriday 90149 and 86627 stabled at Ipswich in 1998.

#Type5Friday 56065 takes over 1Z55 , The Birthday Bash, at Sheffield 13.6.98. It worked to Warrington.

66848 6W49 York Thrall Europa to Swindon Transfer passing Leicester 13.8.26

37697 & 37717 having run Grantham to Sheffield on 1Z55 The Birthday Bash, Pathfinder’s 25th anniversary tour 13.6.98 . The notable thing on this leg was passing 89001 near Retford. #TractorThursday

GWR 7325 & LMS 2968 were the first unassisted steam to climb the Lickey Incline in preservation. They ran the Inclined Salopian tour on 31st January 1998. This leg being Gloucester to Bescot Up Goods Loop. Loud! #ThrowbackThursday

#MidWeekPeak (Modernisation Plan Edition) The LMS 10000 project @e-v-r.bsky.social Impressed with the set up and the way the project looks. The donor bogies from a class 77 can be seen.

#WagonWednesday TTA BPO53372 , Ipswich Stabling Point. 1998

20107 and 20132 top & tail 5Z20 Crewe H.S. to Derby Litchurch Lane into Derby. 11.8.26 Brighton Belle coaches. #TwentiesOnTuesday

Into 1998 rail photography wasn’t top of the agenda. The occasional event still sparked interest and 13.6.98 was certainly one! F&W/Pathfinder Tours 25th anniversary tour. Worth a read! www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/980613pt... Having just joined,60025 starts the Leicester-Grantham leg #TugTuesday

#MondayMorningBlues Transfesa van body in the unlikely location of Strathspey Railway, Aviemore. January 1998. It’s RENFE UIC number is carried 24 71 2148 118 (or 116?).

#SignalboxSunday Aviemore 1998.

#StonkaSaturday SU42 584 (5 62 0020-4) at the resort of Hel 🇵🇱 with @POLREGIO_PL summer service R90515, 1147 from Gdynia Głowna . 28.7.26

Golden hour Friday evening, High Peak Trail , Ravensor.

Great to meet Nick who’s taken on the Sir Robert Peel, Leicester. A real ale fan and aiming for a wide selection on match days 🏉 ⚽️. @LeicesterCAMRA

#TractorThursday 37901 and 37407 roll onto Leicester LIP 6.8.26 0Z39 from Rectory Jn (Colwick Colas) to Leicester L.I.P.

37427 Bont Y Bermo , Thurmaston, Leics with wagons for loading at Mountsorrel Sidings. Summer 1997. #TractorThursday

#WładysławowoWednesday SU42 518 restarts a July & August summer @POLREGIO_PL regional service from Władysławowo , heading for Hel. 28.7.26

#MooCooMonday Puck 🇵🇱.