 | | Recent Trips and Movements 
Class 08's going for Scrap from Long Marston to Booths at Rotherham.
First Class trip to London for a portrait with different gauges outside Mickleton tunnel.
Pannier no 9600 Test run from Tyseley to Stratford Upon Avon.
Various other sightings
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 | | GWSR Autumn Diesel Gala
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway autumn diesel gala took place over the weekend of 25th and 26th October. The weather was difficult to predict and I think nearly every photographer got a soaking!
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 | | Some different perspectives
A different perspective on the Railway at Cheltenham and Ashchurch
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 | | Gatcombe + Cheltenham
60054 passes Gatcombe with 6B13 Robeston-Westerleigh.
Various sightings at Cheltenham and 60035 on a Round Oak at Eckington.
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 | | Bulgarian 87's return to Long Marston + Thumper
47839 pulls away from Evesham and is seen passing through Bretforton with 87013 87014 and 87004 in tow bound for Long Marston.
1001 Hastings DEMU heads towards Worcester and is then seen heading up the Lickey incline on Saturday 3rd October.
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 | | SVR Autumn Gala
Visited the SVR briefly on Friday and Sunday but the weather wasn't playing ball so I didn't stay there for long. So here is what I got out of the two days.
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 | | Statfold & Evesham Vale Light Railway
Went over to Statfold near Tamworth to the Barn Railway on Saturday to visit their open day.
Sunday I was on duty at the Evesham Vale Light Railway and the sun made an appearance throughout the day.
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 | | Long Marston + Defford
56311 worked 0Z56 Worcester-Long Marston to pick up 87013, 87014, 87004 and 86401 and then deliver them to Crewe for testing.
60041 works through Defford with 6M41 the previous day.
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 | | Bathampton Junction & Coaley
DB Schenker class 37s no's 37670 and 37401 worked 2O72 09:09 Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth and are seen approaching Bathampton Junction with the sun gleaming over Bath.
60074 passes Coaley working 6E41, a Westerleigh to Lindsay tank train.
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 | | Great Western Mainline
Took a trip out to the GWML to photograph the local movements in the Didcot area.
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 | | West Midlands
Visited the West Midlands to capture electrics and diesel locomotives along the Oxford canal at Ansty, visited Crewe Heritage Centre and squatted at Heamies Farm near Norton Bridge.
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 | | Midland Railway Centre Works Open Day
The Midland Railway Centre at Butterly opened its works doors to the public on Saturday 29th August.
Photographer Brian Morrison named a class 08 "Red Lion" on Butterly Station.
It was interesting to see the mixture of locomotives working the service trains at the same time...
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 | | 92203 Black Prince Celebrates its 50th Birthday
92203 Black Prince Celebrates its 50th Birthday at Toddington with Artist David Shepherd being the main host.
A large double birthday cake was presented to the engine cut by David Shepherd and Ian Crowder on Platform one at Toddington.
An N Gauge model of the 9F Locomotive made by Dapol was placed on the running plate of the Standard Gauge Black Prince and ran up and down a length of track which caused immidiate interest to those who attended.
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 | | Last Hitachi Javelin at Southampton Docks
The 17th August saw the final three Hitachi class 395 Javelins arrive in the UK at Southampton Docks (395027, 395028 and 395029)
Cargo specialists Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, DB Schenker and Hitachi worked together seemlessly to bring the 29 trains to the UK and to deliver them on schedule to a depot in Ashford for comissioning.
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 | | Purton
60059 rumbles along the Severn Estuary whilst hauling 6B47 Westerleigh to Robeston full tank train on 11th August 09
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 | | Bristol Area
Travelled down to Bristol to capture the departure of Tornado from Bristol Temple Meads and is seen accellerating through Parson Street.
The Baloon festival was also on. Please see my non railway website for photos of those.
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 | | Cotswold Line Re Doubling
66186 and 66055 top and tail a rake of ballast wagons on the Cotswold line near Mickleton Tunnel or Campden Tunnel as it is known now. This is laying ballast in aid of the re-doubling of the Cotswold Line. The line is currently shut for 6 weeks with a possession between Evesham and Moreton in Marsh. The train is seen crawling towards Evesham on the early evening of 7 August 09.
I then stopped off at Ashchurch on the way home from work and captured a Cross Country HST and Freightliner 66527 on a coal train.
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 | | A Trip to the South West
A trip to the South West to see 70013 Oliver Cromwell as she heads to the seaside.
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 | | Torbay Express, GWR Diesel Gala + More
Captured Tornado working the "Torbay Express" on Sunday 12th July.
Couple of dull pics of the diesel gala on the Glos Warks.
Some other bits and pieces.
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 | | Long Marston Moves & Ashchurch
66841 dragged 56021 31423 20901 20905 and a rake of nuclear flask carriers from Long Marston to Stockton via Barrow Hill on Friday 25th June.
37670 worked 6V17 Bescot to Long Marston on Wednesday 1st July 09 and is seen at Norton Junction en route to Long Marston.
Various other bits and pieces at Ashchurch too.
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 | | 20154 Test Run
20154 and 20137 worked the last departure from Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse. This was a test run for 20154 before the Gala in a few weeks time.
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 | | GWR - Long Marston - Ashchurch
Some recent photographs depicting the movements out of Long Marston, the recent addition at Toddington and some movements through Ashchurch.
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 | | Toton & Shackerstone
The last time I visited Toton was approximately 8 years ago, I popped in to have a quick look from the bank and took some shots. I couldn't get over the amount of class 60's there were lined up.
Then we decided to visit Shackerstone briefly to look at the museum on the station. It took over an hour to find the place as the signs weren't brilliant - we arrived to find that it was Thomas The Tank weekend and the platform full of screeming kids...
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 | | Long Marston Open Weekend
The Long Marston Open Weekend was a success but unfortunately it rained on Saturday. The weather picked up Sunday evening and I managed to get some sunny photos before the sun went down!
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 | | North Yorkshire
Visited the East Lancs, Keighley and Worth Valley Railways along with some narrow gauge and museums this weekend.
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 | | Tornado
Tornado Crosses the River Avon at Eckington bridge in Worcestershire with 5Z26 Bescot to Gloucester at 06:10.
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 | | Tredington + Toddington
66731 worked 5Z80 Kilmarnock to Laira and is seen passing Tredington.
5972 Hogwarts Castle trundles through platform 9 3/4 at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
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 | | Hogwarts Castle
5972 "Hogwarts Castle" is currently at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and is seen catching the evening light at Toddington whilst collecting water.
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 | | Eastleigh Works Open Weekend
The Eastleigh Works Open Weekend was held form the 23rd to 25th May 2009 raising money for charity.
I would like to say well done to all the organisers for putting on such a great show including Chris Milner, Marcus and Bruce at Eastleigh, plus the stewards and anyone else who was involved to piece this event together.
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 | | MIRA Test Crash
MIRA staged a crash at Long Marston Storage Depot on 14th May 09. These were the results of the crash.
The coach was propelled into the class 86 at 22mph and crash test dummies were placed inside the MK2 coach to symbolise real humans.
More info at: www.railalliance.co.uk
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 | | Hogwarts & 86233
5972 Hogwarts Castle "Olton Hall" the star of 2009 at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
Electric blue liveried 86233 arrives at Long Marston towed by 47727.
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 | | WCRC ECS Moves
WCRC worked two ECS trips, one from Gloucester to Carnforth and another from Bristol to Carnforth via the SVR.
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 | | Cheltenham Racecourse
Foremarke Hall wore the "The Cruxonian" Headboard on Sunday on the Glos Warks Rly. The loco is captured in immaculate condition on the Elegant Excursion.
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