the 'new measurement train' heads south towards acton bridge.

a pair of freightliner 86s.

going back north to liverpool.

86101 heads north away from acton bridge on 5z86...

...a test run from crewe to preston and back with the 'new' blue and grey mk3s.

a class 150 in disguise...

...a slightly closer crop reveals it to be 950001.

a first group liveried class 175, graffitied by arriva trains wales.

the 86 returns and we can see that 47839 was in support...

...but by this time of the evening the light was no longer on the nose...

...so i brightened it in photoshop, (sorry if you don't like it).

another photoshoped pic, i like this effect and have done it with many pictures.

pendolinos passing crewe.

a rake of class 325s speed north through crewe...

...how long until they get some first group branding if gbrf keep using them???

eps (european passenger services) class 37s 603 and 604 come round the sharp bend at bordesley...

...working 1z37 "the ouse humberman" pathfinder railtour...

...from southampton to york.

the camp hill line climbs away to the right, as the 37s power load 12 and dead loco...

...up their own gradient at 20mph...

...past a smiling me!!

class 47805 was on the rear of the train.

just a hint of the heavy rain that drenched us as matt prepares to fire the (water) canon.

at hasland, just south of chesterfield. with the famous spire in the background...

...37603 leads 604 on 1z39...

...17:04 york to southampton...

...running almost 1 hour late after hitting debris on the line.

a turbo heads towards didcot...

...on a paddington to oxford service.

an mtu truck sounding power car leads its train westbound...

...on the slow lines.

37406 and 422 pass lower basildon...