A top day out with Tony in the Westbury area for D1015 on the ex-Quidhampton tanks for store in Cornwall, plenty of stone working before the grand finale. Cheers Tony!

~ 60024 on 6E55 at Tilehurst.
~ Shadowy Goring for 60045.
~ Sunny Lower Basildon for a Mainline Tug.

A great day out, on and around the B&WR. In the morning I sampled the traction including 33110, returning to action after overhaul. The afternoon was spent photographing the trains.

~ Tractors to Weymouth at Westbury and 60013 @ Swindon on 6B33.
~ Delayed Riviera Spoons at Lower Basildon.
~ 60041 on 6B33 and more Riviera Spoons on the Colas steel @ Goring.
~ 60085 on 6E55 at Purley on Thames & Stone empties @ Twyford.
~ 60073 at Lower Basildon on the B33.

~ 73141 & 204 @ Amen Corner in the gloom.

I didn't go out much due to the shocking weather, so not many photos, I had a good day behind 50042 on the B&WR which made up for it.

~ FGW Sleeper with 2 57s at Sonning.
~ Tug 22 at Tilehurst and 57604 at Reading.
~ Stone empties at Slough & Tilehurst for the Colas Spoons.
~ D1015 to OOC and stone at Sonning.
~ 60087 @ Didcot and again at Ruscombe.
~ Pangbourne for 60087 (again!) on 6V27.

A trip down to Cornwall to photograph the 37s which then turned into two 37s and a 40 on the day. It was a long day, I bailed off the sleeper at Bodmin Parkway then had a pleasant walk to Respryn for the XC to Newquay then to St. Germans and Trefulefoot for the tours and then at Moorswater for the returns, also a few XC HSTs as well.

~ Dull and damp Sonning for Clan Line.
~ Hazy Ruscombe for the Colas steel.
~ Sunny Pangbourne for a testing Ped.
~ Bracknell, Wokingham and Pangbourne for railtours, 60096 and a convoy of 20s.
~ Around Bracknell for a Ped antic and an Ascot VSOE.
~ Father's Day Tornado @ Pirbright and then Farncombe with Tony.

~ 34067 @ Virginia Water & 35028 @ Wokingham.
~ Returning Clan Line & 37706 at Egham.
~ 60074 and other freight at Lower Basildon.
~ Das Shed and Solo Colas Spooned Steel @ Purley on Thames.
~ Finally 60065 and convoy at Lower Basildon.
~ Stone at Slough & late Colas Spoons at Tilehurst.
~ Tractors & a Tug @ Lower Basildon.
~ 37706 and a 450 at a Dull and blustery Egham.
~ SWML loco bonanza at Worting Jn. featuring Classes 20, 26, 31, 37,45, 55 & 73 and 2 66s. Cheers Tony!
~ Putney for Tug 59 on the Crawley - Peak Forest Cemex.

~ Oliver Cromwell @ Bracknell
~ Sunny Lower Basildon.
~ Tangmere at Waterloo Road crossing.
~ Oliver Cromwell and SWT divertions near Virginia Water.
~ Stone and emtpy Colas steel @ Twyford.
~ A 47, two 50s , a 37 and van to Eastleigh at Virginia Water.
~ Ruscombe at dusk for Tug 74.
~ Tug 24, Colas 47s and 37419 off to Wigan at Lower Baz.
~ Around Reading for Tug 74 and the Colas Steel.

Having wall to wall sunshine all week (well, except for some foggy mornings) meant railways took a bit of a back seat for most the week and visiting family prevented a ride on the B&WR, hopefully I'll make upfor that in the summer. Here's the train summary:
~ HSTs @ Marazion.
~ 37423 to PZ and 66098 on 6C41 at Trerulefoot.
~ 37423 going back and 66121 on china clay at Lostwithiel.

~ Grid on GWML and Schenker stone @ Reading.
~ Tug 31, AI Sevington Stone & Tangmere.
~ 59005 on 6V67 again @ Bracknell.
~ Shed 19 and Units around Wokingham.
~ 59002 on Sevington @ Wokingham.
~ Royal Enterprise at Pangbourne.
~ 2 Bodysnatchers, 2 Spoons and a Tug @ Lower Basildon.
~ Super Shed 4 on 6V67 at Amen Corner.
~ Colas Spooned Steel @ Purley on Thames.
~ Testing Ped at Wokingham.

~ 37667 on a stoneblower move at Virginia Water.
~ Tug 96 on the Moreton-on-Lugg @ Purley on Thames.
~ Tornado, Clan Line and diverts at Virginia Water and Egham.
~ DB Schenker 66152 @ Sonning.
~ Mainline 60011 at murky & misty Sonning, Sheds @ Lower Baz.
~ 37667 at dull Pangbourne.

Turbos and HSTs in the snow at Sonning, also 455s on the Reading line.

~ Returning Boat Train @ Lower Basildon.
~ Three Tugs around Reading.
~ 3417 off to the Bluebell @ Weybridge.
~ Loadhaul Tug in a downpour.
~ Sonning again but no Tug 59.
~ Reading for Tugs 59 & 74.
~ Gordon to Eastleigh @ Chertsey.
~ Lugg not Tugged at dull Sonning.

An eventful hour at Cholsey saw 47580 with a tamper in tow, DRS 47s on a charter, Sir Nigel heading for Oxford and standby 37667. Intermodal Sheds & Freds and 60099 on a late 6B33 also feature.

~ Serco Tractors @ Ascot.
~ Shedded 37401 at Egham.
~ Sir Nigel at Wokingham.
~ Tug 85 @ Bracknell.
~ DRS RHTT, FGW 57 and Stone at Sonning.
~ Three kettles at Virginia Water.
~ 59201 at sunny Bracknell.
~ 59005 in full dull Bracknell.

~ Leafbusting MPV at Bracknell.
~ A soggy Tilehurst for an Army Tug.
~ Engineers Tug 42 and Robin at Pangbourne.
~ 59205 at autumnal Sonning.
~ Sheds and spoons at Egham.
~ West Coast Tractors at Lower Basildon.
~ Foggy Pangbourne.

~ Sheds 'n' Freds at Purley on Thames.
~ Test Tractors at Virginia Water.
~ Stone @ Sonning.
~ Shadowy Pangbourne.
~ Mainline Tug 44 at Lower Basildon.

Local freight in Cornwall from Bodmin Parkway, Long Rock, Menheniot, Lostwithiel and Marazion.

~ Test Tractors at Winnersh Triangle.
~ 70013 and a Bone on a Voyage at Trumps Mill Lane.
~ Dawlish Warren and Cockwood for the return of 'The Torbay Whistler'.
~ Misty Purley on Thames.
~ 5029 at Sandhurst.

~ Clan Line at Reading and Wokingham.
~ GWML freight action.
~ 6233 at Amen Corner.
~ Afternoon stone at Ruscombe.
~ 33s @ Purley on Thames.
~ Spoons at Reading.
~ Repainted 59005 on 6V67 at Wokingham.
~ ECS Shredder, diverted freight and mail at Purley on Thames.
~ A Duff @ Didcot.

~ An afternoon at Lostwithiel.
~ A thashtastic day out on the B&WR with 37142.
~ XC HST and Hybrid 150244 @ Bodmin Parkway.

Photos taken on stops at Dawlish while travelling to and from a holiday in Cornwall.

~ Tug 52 and Sheds at Pangbourne.
~ LNER A4, 'Sir Nigel Gresley' at Bracknell.
~ A few hours at Tilehurst, including 34067 'Tangmere' heading for Bristol.
~ SWT Retirement special @ Byfleet & New Haw and Addlestone Moor.

This collection will document the railtours to Ascot, all but one of the railtours are 67 hauled with Stobart tour being the exception with top'n'tail 47s.

~ Test train 37s at a wet Ascot.
~ 47818 on a Long Marston - Norwich stock move, 57006 light engine and Tug 84 with three dead Sheds DIT on an engineers... plus other Sheds 'n' Freds at Pangbourne.
~ Light engine moves galore at Tilehurst including Tug 56 hauled convoy also 66082 and 66182 on the return of the Long Marston railtour.
~ 47237 with a barrier and 60091 on the tank at Pangbourne and 66s at Lower Basildon.
~ Trumps Mill foot crossing 66s and a PiggED!
~ Pangbourne & Sonning Cutting with 31190 at both!
~ GMs @ Cholsey Manor Farm.
~ 1001 jolly at Trumps Mill Lane.

~ Stored 37s and a Fred @ Bristol and a Stobart tour and more Freds @ Reading.
~ Test Peds, Sheds Freds and a Tug at sunny Tilehurst.
~ Units at Weybridge.
~ GMs and a Tug at Reading West.
~ A Hoovered Duff and a pair Skips at Reading West.
~ Bittern at Martins Heron, EMDs at Virginia Water and the Addlestone Curve.
~ 60029 on the 6V67 at Martins Heron and an afternoon at Purley-on-Thames and Tilehurst. [Thanks for the lift Keith.]
~ Only Sheds on dull afternoon at Purley-on-Thames.
~ 1Q14 at Clapham Jn. and Weybridge and SWT Bubble Car 960012 also at Weybridge.

Lower Basildon was my choice of location for the return of the VSOE to Oxford hauled by 'Clan Line'. An extremely unexpected appearance by Nodding Donkey 142028 on it's way to Reading for maintainance and some EWS/FL Class 66s along with the usual make up the remainder of the collection.

A mention must go to Bryan for the company, his very interesting stories of SR steam locos/overseas filming trips and most of all the lift back to Pangbourne. Thanks Bryan!

~ 37608 & 37611 on the 1Q14 at a sunny Trumps Mill Lane.
~ Pig move at Lyne [2405 + 2410].
~ 37608 & 37611 again on the 1Q14 at a not so sunny Reading West.
~ 47851 and Saloon at Reading West.
~ W&S 67s on the 'Dorset Coast Express' at Tilehurst
~ DRS 20s 307+310 on the 'Wey-farer' at Tilehurst
~ 67003 on the diesel leg of the return of the 'The Severn Valley Phoenix ' at Bracknell.

~ Sunny Tilehurst and Reading + failed 43148.
~ What is left of the Snow at Amen Corner.
~ A dull afternoon at Trumps Mill Lane.
~ VSOE at Bracknell.
~ 40145 and 47773 on railtours at Tilehurst.
~ A sunny afternoon at Didcot featuring 60007, 66522 and 67005.

A load of 66s, a couple of them MOD trains, 60022, 47237 and 47828, a crazy day.

Photos taken in March:
~ A few 458s at Kings Ride just west of Ascot.
~ A couple more 458s at Amen Corner.
~ 37608 + 37611 on the 1Q14 at Wokingham and Sandhurst.

These photos were taken during my trip to Norfolk to visit my Uncle. At Ely I was'nt going to leave the station but was persuaded to visit the Cathedral, if I had stayed I would have met a fellow Rail-UK forum member, Alan, but sadly he had left when I got back. The next day I visited Norwich and went to Carrow Road bridge, which is over the junction to the station. 90008 was notable as it had been relivered for the launch of NXEA from ONE the previous day. Photos from the journey back can be found at the end of the 'February Fots' collection.

As the forecast had predicted cloudier weather towards the end of the week I decided to make the most of the the sun and take a trip to Didcot.

47375 ran through light engine on it's way to Gloucester from Norwich and 47805 came through a few minutes later with a TGS and a Buffet car sandwiched between two barriers probably bound for Laira. 59004 made an appearance with a rake of PGAs, otherwise it was only 66s. I did see 60024 but I couldn't get a decent photo of it as it had already arrived, I did get a video of it leaving though.

Photos from February.

A day at Basingstoke, it started overcast but cleared up to some fantastic afternoon sun. Plenty of Sheds and a 59 appeared as well as the usual 158/9, 444, 450 and 220/1 while I was there.

My wanderings in January.

I was in Reading with my camera and fancied a bit of photography and having been to Reading two weeks previously I thought I would try a new location. So I decided to WALK to Tilehurst, it's further than you think. Most of the photos were taken from the bridge, to the river, about a few hundred yards away from the station, deciding not to walk back to Reading I got the train, waiting for me in the centre road at Reading was 66091 with spoil from the engineering works at Cosham and 4 minutes later 66114 turned up with another! Probably Westbury bound, if anyone knows the info would be welcome.

Probably seems stupid to go out for a spot of photography on the shortest day of the year... but I like a challenge!

And a challenge it was, not only cloudy but also hazy and some rain just to annoy me futher. HSTs, Turbos, Junipers and a Desiro feature here, 43002/3 both made an appearance with 43003 on a rare stop on plat. 5 on a down service. I did see a barbie livered GBRf 66/7 pull into the loop next to plat. 10 but it was when going home. Typical.

I went to Reading West to test out my new camera, an Olympus E-410. Highlight of the day was seeing 47839 hauling 47847 from Westbury to West Ealing also some 59s on the stone trains and 66s on intermodal.

These photographs were taken at the annual Aldershot Exhibition on the 13th & 14th of October 2007 and was organised by Farnham MRC.

Decided to take a trip to London, locations photographed Clapham Junction & Woking.

Decided to go to Didcot again but the weather wasn't as good this time. I did manage to get 60097 on the 6E55 though, I also got a freightliner working while on the train, back out the window!

A sunny day saw me visit Didcot Railway Centre to see some GWR locos and other stuff like a Railcar and an Autocoach.

A dayout to Didcot HSTs, Adalantes and Turbos, also Freightliners and EWS Sheds the highlight of the day was the WCRC 47/37 hauled 5Z47 Stuarts Lane - Tyseley ECS. More photos tomorrow...

A trip to Reading,while there I saw (other than HSTs and Tubros) 2 59s, a 66, a 57, a tamper and the 'Flying Banana' NMT but I didn't manage to get a photo of that.

Reading West brought the usual HSTs and units, of note was 2 of the 'new' SWT 158s on the Reading-Brigton run. Also a 59, a few intermodals hauled by... sheds/freds. While there I saw an HST turned on the triangle. The tamper I saw at Reading followed me to Reading West and was also turned. Enjoy.

Here are some photos whileon holiday in Cornwall, the locations are: B&WR, Bodmin Parkway and Long Rock (Penzance).

A quick cycle down to Bracknell to see some Class 458 Junipers on the Waterloo - Reading line.

This is where photographs from 2007 go if there is not enough photos for a separate folder.

Photos of some trains at Reading on 26th August

Photos taken @ Bodmin Parkway

Photos will stay here for a while before going to other folders.
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