First run of a Grand Central HST northbound out of London Kings Cross, photted passing Peterborough

Few photos of 37038 + 059 working 1Q14 Cambridge - Derby RTC, and 4E33 Felixtowe - Doncaster with 66719 at Whittlesea.

As said before, little overdue but due to other commitments wasent able to upload until now.

55019 and 50049 headded 1Z55 Inverness - Kings Cross, but i decided to photograph the 40 instead, mainly because the Deltic would be parked in a bad place to photograph, and i hadent seen the 40 in nearly 3 years. Enjoy

A Photo of Duchess 6233 at Peterborough on 1Z65 London Kings Cross - Derby. Pics from the NVR gala will follow tomorrow!

Nipped down to Harts Drove for a photo of 0Z29.

Another move today, with 170301, photted at Whittlesea. As per usual

60059 today worked 6M87 Ely - Peak Forest, its first working after its 3rd period of storeage this year.

66425 on hire to FHH passing Whittlesea on the empty Bardons

66518 and FHH hire in 66425 working todays 6Y50 Whitemoor - Stoke Junction HOBC (High Output Ballast Cleaner)

Last time i recorded the consist, it was formed of DR92705 (mobile office/generator)
DR92337/333/343/341/370/346/336/355/353/352/331/
DR76502
DR92332/356/354/342/343/368/374/376/347/373/375/345/348/365/348/372/369/366/367/358/362/361/364/363/335/350/349.

This may have varied a bit since.

Another season, another lot of RHTT!!

Ta to CW, BW and OS for a great day!!

Freightliner Diverts, WCML Diverts, and 170397 in Cross Country livery.
More to come.

A Trip Organised by Suzy Scott and Steve Knight to Cambridge, Ely and March Stagecoach Depots.
A big thanks to those listed above and everyone else who attended the trip for making it a great day out  

57006 passing Whittlesea en-route to Crown Point.

57005 working a 6Z57 to Ely passing Whittlesea

57012 dragging 20110, D6737, D7612 at Dawlish
57002 and 57003 stored at Barry
60074 at Newport
66730at Crewe on its maiden underpower voyage
47805 and 47812 at Crewe
Caledonian Sleeper to Arrochar and Tarbet
WSMR 67's on Marylebone - Wrexham services
37401 at Bescot, 37712 at Kings Cross and 47813 at Norwich

The photos from my final week of my 14 Day all line rover.
A big thanks to Carl for the company and many many laughs thoughtout the 2 weeks.

Ambassador coaches have a National Express operation between Yarmouth and Birmingham / Victoria.

Nice sunny weather for a change so i took an hour down at Harts Drove with the new camera

An hour at Whittlesea station to photograph 170398 in the new Cross Country livery.
Ta to CW for working out its diagram!

London based coach hire firm

Well, not many pictures because im not bothering with one anglia 90s, and since that seems to be the only reason people visit anglia theres not much in this collection other than 37603 which is actualy intresting and a few other buses, so enjoy!!

Arriva`s Leicestershire bus operation

Arriva bus services across Medway
All Photos taken in and around Chatham unless otherwise stated

Arriva operations in Derbyshire

All photos taken at Bluewater Bus Station

Arriva bus operations in the Midlands, excluding Leicester and Derby

I dont know much about ASD Coaches, apart from the fact that they operate bus services in Medway!! Any more info appriciated!

Leicestershire based Coach operator

Due to Midland and West Coast Mainlines being shut (West Coast on Tuesday); freight trains were diverted via the East Coast, and the Cross Country lines over the bank holiday weekend. A few of these diverts are shown in this collection.

Credits : Ta to AP, JN, LP + RM for laughs and company as per usual

Today saw me going to the well photographed location of Melton Ross, bored of the common shots from Barnetby station, getting the same traffic in a nice outdoor enviroment makes a nice change, needless to say i shall be visiting here more often! Big ta to Carl for company and a day full of laughs!!

A Day out in the wilderness of Barnetby, taking in the photographic locations of New Barnetby and Knabbs bridge, and a footpath. Thanks to Carl for a great day out  

A trip out to barnetby on easter monday to see what was running, turned out to be a decent trip, even if the weather was a bit tough

Open-top London Tour buses

Took a walk down to Black Bush AHB, just on the outskirts of Whittlesea, to see what it was like for photography. Sadly, eastbound photos are a tad restrictive, but westbound views are fine, as the track curves round allowing for a nice shot of loco and stock behind, if theres enough light to do so, as there wasent tonight!

66430 on 4Z75 Wembley - Hexthorpe Rd at Birmingham Intl

67012 tailing a Marylebone - Wrexham working out of New Street in a heavy downpour

Brylaine operate bus and coach services around Lincolnshire

Buckbys Coaches, Skeffington, Leicestershire

Photographs of Burtons operations.

C&G Coaches of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

A bitterly cold allnighter at Carlisle station (well what else dya expect at this time of year!!) and a few photos from a jaunt down in London afterwards

Ta to all the lads who attanded the annual allnighter, and ST for company down in our capital

Better late than never, i guess!

Selection of photos taken at the annual allnighter at Carlisle. Big thanks to all that attended  

Gone and forgottern by most people, but not by me, so heres a little reminder of what Central Trains used to be.

My Favourite of all the British Rail Locomotives, the under-rated Brush Class 60

More infomation on this operator welcomed  

Southampton based coach company

Cropley Coaches, Fosdyke near Boston, Lincs

A well known bus company with operations across Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

Day out at donny for a change, unfortunatly the horrid NatEx HST set was seen to photograph, but i guess i had to see it at some point.

Cheers to CW and JG for laughs and company.  

Photos of 66201s little mishap, and a few freights, plus 180110 at Peterboro

The highlights of the first 2 days of my eastmids 3 in 7 rover
Ta to CW + DM

Highlights from day 3

Photos of Emblings /Judds fleet of buses and coaches.

Collection of Eurolines/Megabus/National Express Coaches uploaded into one collection.

Photos of First Devon & Cornwall buses working around Penzance

Photographs of First Group operations across the east of England

First Group operations in Edinburgh

First Group operations in Portsmouth

Im incorporating Leeds, Sheffield and Doncaster into this catagory, not stricktly accurate, but it will do for now as i dont have many photos from each of the 3 areas.

Photograph of WHFowlers operations in East Anglia & Lincolnshire

Suffolk based Galloways oeprate bus and coach services across the East of England

Part of the Go-Ahead group

Photographs of Go Whippet operations

This collection will contain photographs of Grand Central / Hull Trains Diversions over the coming weekend, due to major engineering works on the ECML.

A selection of pics took on an All Line Rover, albiet cut rather short.
Despite this, still managed to achive some objectives
Enjoy the photos

A Big Thanks must go to Carl, for the company, laughs and assistance during the trip!

Photos of Greenwich Council Coaches

School Contract + Coach operator in Ely, Cambridgeshire

Hamiltons Coaches, Leicestershire

Hamiltons Coaches Ltd

Harry Shaw Ltd, Coventry

HartsDrove for 6Z37, and then a trip across to Yaxley for 0H06.

A big thanks to Mr Welham for the lift!!

went down to Harts Drove for 6L99, the new freight flow from Doncaster Belmont - Eccles Road.
The train origins from Elgin, Scotland, tranfered to Laurencekirk, then to Millerhill for onward movement to Doncaster, it is expected to run every other Tuesday.

1) K2878 (G)
2) RK3451
3) K2663
Visited RAF Waddo 14/07/2007

Independant bus company in Ipswich [supprisingly]

Cambridgeshire based coach operator

Kinch Bus, part of Trent Barton, operate bus services in and around Loughborough

Photographs of Kings Ferry, they operate bus & coach services across the South East of England.

Photos of some coaches operated by Leicestershire CC

Selection of pics from the first day of the famous Lincoln Christmas Markets

Pictures from the Peterborough > Whittlesea > March > Wisbech corridor that dont warrent seperate collections

A selection of the Rail Replacement Coaches hired by One Anglia for use between Bury St Edmunds and Peterborough whilst the rail bridge at Ely Dock Jcn was being renewed following the derailment of 6L58 there.

Day out in the capital to get some more units marked down before the years out...  

Ta to JN and RM for the day  

Few photos from a sunny day in London

A selection of pics from a day in London followed by an allnighter at Didcot, which wasent as good as we first thought...

A few photos from a day down the Capital

Lothian Buses operate bus services in and around Edinburgh

A day at the Lowesoft Airshow, with fantastic weather, and some great displays.

Ta to the lads for a great day out , and to the organisers of the Airshow.  

Stamford based local bus operator

A selection of photos took in a quiet day at Melton Mowbray.
Cheers to CW for the company and laughs  

London bus operator

A trip into the Midlands again princeaply for 6Z74 and anything else that decided to show up
Ta CW for the day  

To Derby for 0Z45 and then onto Toton for a hour or so

Day 1 of my Midlands Photo Frenzy.....well sort of

Routings:
91107 1027 - Grantham
158783 1112 - Nottingham
170397 1202 - Tamworth
170639 1609 - Derby
222005 1706ish - Sheffield
158755 1751 - Medowhall
144010 - Sheffield
144019 - Medowhall
153317 - Sheffield
43054 +082 1927 - Leicester
170522 2115 - Whittlesea

Day 2 of a trip round the midlands, featuring pics mainly from Loughborough for a few moves around.

Second day or my Mission in the Midlands - today focused on Toton, where it was decided we would photograph 0Z09 there, and then concentrate on logging/photting the stored stuff there.
Ta CW and AJ for the day  

Collection for Buses and Coaches that i dont know the operator for!

170302 on 5Z41 on a Crofton - Clacton, which i thought was going other way!!

Suffolk based Coach company

Coach hire/tours company in Worcestershire

Just a sample of the rail replacement coaches working for NXEC Sunday 23rd December

A few shots from the NVRs superb Spring Diesel Gala

A trip to the Nene Valley for their Autumn Gala. A big thanks to the lads for a great day out as usual, and to the organisers and voulteers at the Railway.

Some NET Trams at Nottingham`s Station Street, and a few Trent Barton buses at Stapleford

Go West Travel t/a Norfolk Green.

A few photos from around the nottingham/leicester and MRC area
Ta JN and Aj for the day  

Nottingham City Transport operate several bus routes thoughout Nottingham and the surronding areas.

Photographs of Nu Venture Bus + Coaches that work across Medway and Kent

A Bit overdue i know, but iv had other things to deal with since the gala and this is the first chance iv had to upload. Enjoy.

Now trading as Veolia, Paul James operate bus and coach services around Leicestershire

PC Coaches of Lincoln

Some pics taken at Peterborough yesterday, had 50 or so mins to spare waiting for a connecting service, so naturaly, a few photos had to be taken!

Popped into Peterboro to photograph A4 Steam Loco 60019 "Bittern"; then spent a few minuites at the bus station.

A few photos from Peterborough Station, something im trying to limit this year, of a GNER drag, and a photo of the Grand Central set in service, plus a new aquasition for EMT...:-)

Peterborough City Council operate a network of bus and minibus routes in the city, and some school bus services.
Public services are run under Local, Health and Comunity Link banner, with different buses for different services.

All photos taken around Peterborough.

A few pics took after work for 90021 on 1Z50 KGX - Berwick

A trip to Peterborough this afternoon to catch the final Gillingham - Doncaster 508 movement.
Ta to ST for the early gen and everyone else who posted updates.

At last! Reunited with a tripod to decided to nip down to Peterborough this evening with AJ to get some photos, and here are the results.
Ta AJ for company + laughs this afternoon  

Boston, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire based Coach operator

Trip to Mildenhall & Lakenheath airbases for the first time in years to photograph some F15s on transit back from Eastern Europe

1Z47 Stobart Tour - 47712 + 804
1Z50 Kings Cross - Carlisle
1Z37 Birmingham - Fenchurch St

Unfortunatly not my own coach company!!

- Including Newbury Buses
- All Photos taken outside Reading Railway Station

London based coach operator

Cambridgeshire based coach operator

Photographs of Sanders Coaches operations

A selection of photos taken not long after i started railway photography

9th March - several images of 08/09/37/47/56/86/87 and 2 90s uploaded

Since iv taken so few railway pics this month, im going to add them all to one collection...this one!!
Thanks must go to the people who have accompanied me on the few trips iv done. You know who you are!!

Another Suffolk based Coach operator, with some local bus services in Norwich.

The main bus operator on the Isle of Wright

Stagecoach bus operations in Northampton

South East London & Kent Bus LTD

Photographs of Stagecoach operations in Cambridge

Stagecoach operations in Cumbria

A few photos from Dawlish of Stagecoach Devon & Cornwall vehciles

Stagecoach operations in East Kent

Stagecoach operations in East London

Stagecoach In the Fens is the trade name of the aquasition of Cavalier Contracts LTD, including Huntingdon & District.
Several buses [as of 2/5] still retain their own livery.

Stagecoach operations in Inverness

Photos of Stagecoach bus operations in Lincolnshire

Just photos of the Neoplan Skyliner coaches used on the "Oxford Tube" route for the time being

Stagecoach In Peterborough

Stagecoach operations in Portsmouth

Stagecoach operations in Warickshire.

Had a walk around a storeage yard just outside Strood Station, permission was saught from the reception before taking pictures

Stuarts Coaches, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Based in Burton On Trent

A trip to Tallington on the ECML for a change
ta to LP for the day  

Talisman operate a mainly Setra fleet of coaches from their base outside Colchester, Essex.They can often be seen on Rail Replacement duties in Anglia.

Selection of pics from a day trip to Tamworth, and some night photos at Nuneaton. Ta to CW for company + laughs.

Few pictures from a wet, cold and windy day in the midlands yet again, not bad traffic wise tho...
Ta to the usual suspects, CW, AJ and DM  

Terravision operate an express coach servce between Victoria and Stansted Airport.

Selection of photos from another East Midlands Ranger.....starting off at Whittlesea for a few intresting moves.

Routings:
158847 Peterborough - Nottingham
170103 Nottingham - Derby
43047 Derby - Sheffield
150275 Sheffield - Medowhall
158793 Medowhall - Sheffield
144011 Sheffield - Medowhall
142020 Medowhall - Sheffield
43053 Sheffield - Leicester
170115 Leicester - Nuneaton
170397 Nuneaton - Peterborough

Round trip on the Pullman with DRS 47832 leading and 47802 on the rear...tour went from Euston - Corby - Leicester - Bedford - Bletchly - Euston.
Ta to Hertfordshire RailTours for presenting an immaculate train, freindly and funny staff, and finaly to CW for the company throughout the day  

Photos from my travels on the rails this week

31601 0Z31
170638 - Latest XC livery
67020+67003 working for Grand Central
A vandalised 170108

A small collection of bus and train pics from Whittlesea and Peterborough this afternoon / evening

Another day, another trip up the bank to Toton.

Again, more photos from a day at Toton, ta to CW for the day  

A slow day at Toton yard

Ta to JN/AJ/CW for the laughs & company!!

Photos from previous trips to Toton that got sidelined because i was more bothered about re-working this site.....

Selection of pics took today on a random jaunt to the midlands. Got back into Whittlesea this evening and 66015 was on a train of ex-track   Before you start accusing me of traspass for the photos, the camera was ballenced on the crossing gates, which were closed to the railway, and i seeked the crossing keepers permission first!  

Tourmaster Coaches can often be seen on Rail Replacement duties in and around East Anglia.

Travel Coventry is an arm of Travel West Midlands operating the majority of the bus services in Coventry

London bus operator

Including Notts & Derby
I found these photos recently when backing up the HDD, all taken in Derby on the 19th January 2008

Couple of photos taken from Rochester and Strood during another outing to kent

Veolia operations in Wales

W&M Travel operate coach services around Wisbech and the East of England

A good day out at Water Orton, Fast Line coal service running, a serco, and a very very late Enterprise bringing with it a pair of 92s!

A big ta goes to CW and JP for company and several laughs thoughout the day! Cheers lads!

A day at Water Orton for a change, the day started of relativly slow due to some berk drilling thru an important signalling cable at Derby, stopping all movements between Tamworth and Derby, but was restored by 1100 leading to a very good day in the end.
Ta to Big Steve and Danny for a great day  

12th April - 40145 about
14th April - Trip to Melton Mowbray for NENTA ECS and EWS Management train.

Hitchin for 1Z37 ~ 67013 and 017 and then a trip across to Ipswich to photograph one intercities new toy

West End operate bus and coach services in and around Melton Mowbray, and the surrounding areas.

Went up to the station hoping to get 60035 and 60059...for once, i were sucessful!!

Wright Bus is another bus operator on the Isle Of Wright.