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Driving trains from here to there... (and back again)

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2 years
Well, it goes like this: “There was a big puddle on the platform following a torrential downpour and as I tried to walk around it a CrossCountry #HST just happened to arrive. Fortunately, I had my camera in my pocket… …my knees got wet 😭 The end” Derby 🐏 09/09/22
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Wow! Just wow... #HST Train Maintenance Shed No.1, NL 20/12/19
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On a flying visit to Kings Cross for some Caledonian Sleeper action and this scene presented itself.... #Class91 #HST #Azuma 20/04/19
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Rock Rail-owned Hitachi AT300 SXR bi-mode #Class810 810001, running as GBRf 5Q47 0641 Melton Rail Innovation & Development Centre (Old Dalby) > Derby Etches Park Depot, passes through Spondon #MML
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Retro #InterCity125 renumbered #Class43 43007 leads CrossCountry 1E63 1527 Plymouth > Leeds #HST away from Burton-on-Trent
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Midland Pullman 1Z43 0910 London St Pancras International > Crewe #HST - powered by Paxman VPs 43046+43055 - races north on the 80mph Down Erewash Fast to rejoin the #MML at Clay Cross North Jn & thence the stunning Hope Valley at Dore South Jn Toton 12/12/20
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Did someone say #TractorThursday ? 🚜🚜🚜 12/03/20
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Can’t leave things alone can they? Typical Neville Hill... 😀 #HST #Class91 20/12/19
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British Rail, Brush-built, Type-5 #Class60 locomotives - recently acquired by Cappagh for it’s subsidiary DC Rail Freight - back at the location they were built for refurbishment for a return to the mainline. Loughborough Meadows 15/06/22
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🇪🇸 “No llores porque ya se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió” - Gabriel G Márquez 🇬🇧 “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened” #InterCity125 #HST heads Up the #ECML to London for the final time: LNER 1Z43 1101 LDS > KGX ‘The West Riding Limited’ Newark FX 21/12/19
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East Midlands Railway Intercity 1C15 0519 Leeds > London St Pancras International #HST lead by 43102 ‘The Journey Shrinker’ Derby 🐏 24/02/21
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AC Locomotive Group’s InterCity #Class89 89001 🦡 16/09/20
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Uncharacteristically claggy, MTU-engined, #HST power car 43480 ‘West Hampstead PSB’, spotted emerging from Chaddesden Curve with EMR InterCity 5C98 0657 Etches Park T&RSMD > Derby #MML 21/05/20
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InterCity #Class87 87002 ‘Royal Sovereign’ powering 1Z87 0710 London Euston > Glasgow Central ‘The Electric Scot’ Rugeley Trent Valley #WCML 26/01/22
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End of the road for the Ferrari… 🏎 Angel Trains-owned #Class43 High Speed Train power car 43238 lays silent, on Power Bar No.2, having powered it’s final train for EMR InterCity Neville Hill T&RSMD 29/04/21
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This is your #Class37 powered wake-up call... Derby 21/12/19
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LNER 1E13 0755 Inverness > London Kings Cross ‘The Highland Chieftain’ #HST summits Druimuachdar Pass - the highest point on Britain’s rail network. 27/06/19
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Paxman VP185-powered Midland Pullman 1Z34 0500 Eastleigh > Carlisle ‘Settle & Carlisle Pullman’ #HST takes the #WCML Trent Valley curves with ease… Lichfield 22/01/22
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East Midlands Railway InterCity #HST power car 43272 stabled on Short Dead End Siding. Neville Hill ☃️ 29/12/20
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Full steam ahead for Direct Rail Services #Class37 37424/558 'Avro Vulcan XH558’ & 37407 ‘Blackpool Tower’ running as 0Z38 1000 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Crewe Gresty Bridge... London Road Jn 04/06/20
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East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class180 180111 receiving the 🍆 treatment in Shed No.5 Etches Park T&RSMD 09/09/20
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#HST power W43006 enjoying a spin on the turntable
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The final southbound CrossCountry passenger #HST , 1V44 0609 Leeds > Plymouth, eases away from P2 Derby
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140mph-capable GEC Electra #Class91 91109 ‘Sir Bobby Robson’, stabled on No.2 Siding in Two Group, rostered to work LNER 1A09 0715 Leeds > London Kings Cross #225 service... ...Should be departing Leeds now >>> Neville Hill T&RSMD 02/04/20
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LNER 1D32 2033 London Kings Cross > Leeds #InterCity225 #ECML
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A Volvo truck-thingy departs Wabtec’s Brush works with withdrawn, bogie-less, GBRf #Class92 92040 ‘Goethe’ Loughborough 16/12/21
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East Midlands Railway #HST power car 43049 ‘Neville Hill’ (That’s it. That’s the tweet) NL 26/11/20
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SLC Rail Operations #Class20 20205+20227 ‘SHERLOCK HOLMES with 125 Group’s #HST in tow, working 5Z20 1911 Derby Chaddesden Sidings > Butterley Midland Railway Centre, at Derby North Jn #MML 24/05/21
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CrossCountry #InterCity125 1V48 0811 Leeds > Bristol Temple Meads #HST flies through Belper #MML
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CrossCountry 2+1 #HST (43301+41035+43285), running as Rail Operations Group 5V84 0937 Doncaster Wabtec Works > Plymouth Laira T&RSMD, on the Up Main of the #MML approaching Duffield
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And there he goes... LNER 1W96 1200 London King’s Cross > Inverness ‘The Highland Chieftain’ sweeping towards Skelton Jn. #Class43 power cars 43239+43296 diagrammed to work the final northbound #HST departure. York 08/12/19
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Being a #KeyWorker during a national crisis can have its advantages #Class50 #HST Etches Park 26/03/20
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Locomotive Services Limited, InterCity Swallow-liveried, #Class43 High Speed Train power car 43049 ‘Neville Hill’, flying as 0Z43 0949 Leeds Neville Hill T&RSMD > Crewe Holding Sidings, closes-in on its new base Crewe #WCML 10/11/21
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A rare capture of a train traversing the 10mph Retford Curve... GBRf #Class66 66725 ‘Sunderland’ hauling LNER Mk4 ‘225’ set as 5Z91 0900 Bounds Green T&RSMD > Worksop Down Yard. 29/06/19
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LNER GEC #Class91 Electra 91114 ‘Durham Cathedral’
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How to do reflection photos in even the smallest of puddles with an iPhone (or whatever camera:). #howto #iPhone
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A #Kettle thing at the ‘Cross 14/10/22
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The east end of Neville Hill’s No.1 Group Sidings... #HST 31/03/20
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Great Western Railway 2C05 0539 Bristol Temple Meads > Penzance #CastleHST Dawlish Warren 06/10/21
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Doncaster #ECML >>>> LNER 1Z48 0937 Edinburgh Waverley > Leeds City - Lets Go Round Again - ‘The Northumbrian’ #InterCity125 #HST 20/12/19
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Network Rail #Class43 High Speed Train power car 43062 ‘John Armitt’, running as 0Z44 1412 Neville Hill T&RSMD > Derby Rail Technical Centre… …CrossCountry 1S51 1227 Plymouth > Edinburgh Waverley disappearing into Milford Tunnel Duffield #MML 08/07/21
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Cricklewood North Sidings #MML #HST 20/01/20
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Direct Rail Services #Class37 37425 ‘Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob’ #RegionalRailways Rail Technical Centre 29/01/20
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There’s been a lot of praise & support for #KeyWorkers . As one myself I want those that’ve had their lives upended under lockdown to know that I’m with you ✊🏽🙂 Now, I know you follow me because of railways as I don’t do politics, sport etc... So, this one is for you 🎬 #HST
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South Western Railway’s Bombardier Transportation Aventra-series, 100mph, five carriage #Class701 701003 Litchurch Lane 09/06/20
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Yesterday I was involved in a fatality near Kettering 🥺 This was my fourth incident where the victim was a male. Guys, please 🙏🏽 help is out there… Tweets will be sporadic for a while but in the meantime here’s a #Tug at Nottingham yesterday that I didn’t get a chance to post
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SNCF #TGV power cars and a shunter thingy at stabled at Technicentre Sud-Est Européen Paris 🇫🇷 17/11/21
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East Midlands Railway 1F39 1330 London St Pancras International > Sheffield #HST sweeps into snowy Derby... #MML 24/01/21
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East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class222 222101, stabled on Fuel Line No.2, showing-off it’s third livery 🍆 Etches Park T&RSMD 15/08/20
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Azuma’d #Class43 ex-LNER #HST power car 43300 ‘Craigentinny 100 1914-2014’ stabled on Short Dead End Siding at Neville Hill ☹️ 21/03/20
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East Midlands Railway InterCity125 High Speed Trains stabled at Etches Park Traction & Rolling Stock Maintainence Depot. #HST 15/02/20
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Dunno about you but I kinda got a soft spot for the 👉🏽 #HST 🥹 Locomotion Shildon 11/08/22
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Rail Operations Group EuroPhoenix #Class37 37884 ‘Cepheus’, with Beacon Rail’s off-lease Alstom #Class221 221143 in-tow, working 8Q60 0956 Worksop Up Receptions > Central Rivers Maintenance Depot, passes Stenson Jn
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Rail Operations Group EuroPhoenix #Class37 37884 ‘Cepheus’, with AC Locomotive Group’s InterCity #Class89 89001 ‘Avocet’ in tow, running as 0Q70 1126 Soho Light Maintenance Depot > Barrow Hill Locomotive Inspection Point, passes through Lockington 🦡 🚜 06/05/21
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#VoteHST 12/12/19
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Porterbrook, ex-CrossCountry, #Class43 High Speed Train power car 43285 leads Colas Rail Freight-operated Network Rail infrastructure monitoring service, 1Q46 1142 Mantle Lane Terminal Complex > Loughborough via Toton Jn, through Barrow-on-Trent
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This forty-something Virgin knows how to keep cool… #HST NL 01/03/18
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Network Rail Measurement #HST , 1Q34 1022 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Hull via Sheffield, at St Mary’s North Jn #MML
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Wife: “We really could do with a overnight break before the kids go back to school” Me: “Edinburgh?” Wife: “Perfect” Me: “You sort the hotel, I’ll sort the train.” #Class91 😀👍🏽 01/09/20
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Another night turn at Neville Hill... #HST 20/02/20
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#HST NL 01/03/18
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Fifteen minutes till sunrise & five #HST sets are stabled on No.1 Group Sidings at Neville Hill poised for action on the longest day of the year.... #SummerSolstice 21/06/19
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#HST 👌🏽 #WCML 19/01/22
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Rail Adventure #Class43 43480+43468 powering an ex-CrossCountry 125mph Mk3 #HST rake, on SLC Rail Operations 5Z25 1200 Derby Chaddesden Sidings > Barrow Hill Locomotive Inspection Point, along the Up Main of the #MML past Pride Park
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Regional Railways 100mph Mk2 14x/15x Barrier Vehicle No.6361 stabled at the east end of No.4 Siding in One Group. Neville Hill 31/08/20
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A trio of East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class222 Meridians Still no confirmed future for the Bombardier, Voyager-family, 125mph DMUs once they are displaced by the incoming Class 810s...🤨 Leicester 24/04/21
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CrossCountry #HST & LNER #Class91 stabled on Number Two Group Sidings... Neville Hill 26/11/20
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Welcome to Leicester... EuroPhoenix #Class91 04/10/19
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The team at Neville Hill continue to work hard to get EMRs first ‘Red’ #HST - set NL51 power cars 43320+43316 - ready for the mainline.... 18/03/20
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Greens🚦all the way mate… Darren Gunn - #HST driver & aficionado #RIP 😥 #MML 📸 22/08/20
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CrossCountry 1V50 0606 Edinburgh Waverley > Newton Abbot #InterCity125 #HST on its 110mph charge through Milford #MML
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Freightliner #Class90 90012+90005 double-head 4M45 0250 Felixstowe North Terminal > Liverpool Garston Freightliner Terminal through the curves at Rugeley Trent Valley #WCML 26/01/22
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#MayThe4th be with East Midlands Railway InterCity 1C15 0519 Leeds > London Pancras International #RedHST making it’s #MML passenger debut.... P15, Leeds City 04/05/20
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<< Write your own caption >> #Class800 #Class180 at KGX 27/02/20
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“Ladies & gentlemen, this train is approaching Leicester....” #MML 24/12/19
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West Coast Railways, Caledonian Sleeper-liveried, #Class86 86401 ‘Mons Meg’ stabled on Middle Siding No.2 at London Euston #WCML 18/09/22
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Drivers of Bombardier’s #Class222 125mph units are well protected by the all-steel framework - here is 222008, without its carbon fibre skin, shunting at Etches Park. 14/02/16
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East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class43 High Speed Train power cars 43295+43102 ‘The Journey Shrinker’ Etches Park T&RSMD 26/02/21
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Blunt end GEC #Class91 91115 ‘Blaydon Races’ on the blocks after powering LNER 1E12 1101 Edinburgh Waverley > London Kings Cross at a restricted speed of 110mph >>> #ECML 19/06/20
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#Class37 + #InterCity + #Swallow = _________________ Rail Technical Centre, Derby 24/03/19
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CrossCountry 1V44 0611 Leeds > Plymouth #HST arrives at Derby #InterCity125 11/07/22
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Rail Charter Services 1Z42 1118 Skipton > Carlisle ‘Staycation Express’ #HST passes over Low Sleights Road as it approaches Ribblehead Viaduct #SettleAndCarlisle 08/09/21
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Some off-piste action, on the final Sunday of #InterCity125 services on the #MML , for East Midlands Railway InterCity 1C43 1144 Sheffield > London St Pancras International #HST , as it passes over the 110mph Fasts to The Capital via the 10mph Up Hendon Line Colindale 09/05/21
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Nameplates reattached to Direct Rail Services* #Class37 37425 ‘Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob’ #RegionalRailways 31/01/20
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Long & Short Dead End Sidings. Neville Hill T&RSMD. #HST 07/06/20
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CFPS #Class40 40145 leading Pathfinder Tours, 1Z40 0625 Swindon > Newcastle ‘The North Eastern Christmas Markets’, sweeps round the #ECML towards Skelton Jn, York
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Chiltern Railways #Class68 🐱 68014 powering 1R32 1300 London Marylebone > Birmingham Moor Street accelerates away from Great Central Railway’s 1899 terminus… City of Westminster 29/05/22
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East Midlands Trains-liveried #HST power cars 43061 & 43075 plus LNER Mk3 trailers stood down after working tirelessly on the ECML as set ‘NL65’ It is unlikely that 43075 will return to the mainline due to major component failure ☹️ 30/10/19
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LNER GEC #Class91 91119 ‘Bounds Green INTERCITY Depot 1977-2017’ stabled on West End Slip Siding. Neville Hill T&RMSD 06/04/21
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Spruced up LNER GEC #Class91 91111 ‘For The Fallen’ stabled on the West End Slip Siding Neville Hill T&RSMD 08/05/21
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TransPennine Express #Class68 68029 ‘Courageous’, running as 0T95 1223 Scarborough > York, passes classmates 68026 ‘Enterprise’ & 68032 ‘Destroyer’ as it accelerates away from P3 Scarborough 🐱🐱🐱 13/09/21
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Britain’s fastest ever locomotive - clocked at 161.7mph in 1989 - LNER GEC #Class91 91110 ‘BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT’ stands proud at the ‘Cross #ECML 02/03/22
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East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class43 High Speed Train power car 43272 stabled outside Back Fitting Shop No.2 Neville Hill 22/01/21
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Locomotive Services Limited, InterCity Swallow-liveried, #Class87 87002 ‘Royal Sovereign’ & #Class86 86101 ‘Sir William A Stanier FRS’ stabled on the Horse Landing Stage, Crewe ⚡️ 23/10/21
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TransPennine Express #Class68 68022 ‘Resolution’ powering 1F62 1034 Scarborough > York passes through the York suburb of Bootham
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East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class43 High Speed Train power car 43274 idling on the turntable... Neville Hill T&RSMD 13/04/21
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Diverted CrossCountry 1V62 1105 Edinburgh Waverley > Plymouth via Toton #HST at London Road Jn
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A quick nose-y at the neighbours…. #Class37 #Class43
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East Midlands Railway 1C52 1400 Sheffield > London St Pancras International #HST London Road Jn, Derby 10/02/20 ❄️
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