The Caledonian Gallery
2008
 
'City of Birmingham'
Sat 7th Jun 2008
Class 87 Farewell - Long Marston 2008
Fri 1st Aug 2008
On The Cut (P) 		Journey's end; Platform 11 at Glasgow. Job done.
Wed 15th Oct 2008
Royal Sovereign returns
 
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2007
 
The view from alongside 87002, with 87028 and 87006 on the adjacent road.
Tue 2nd Jan 2007
Dec 2006: A look round Wembley 		90 miles since leaving Preston, 85001 runs into the border city - the magnificent station of Carlisle Citadel hosting a 'Peak' which very probably awaits return passage via another splendid piece of railway - The Settle & Carlisle - as our run concludes.
Fri 5th Jan 2007
A run over Shap with 85001 		Pausing briefly in the gloom at International, 87002 is every inch a thoroughbred.....
Fri 5th Jan 2007
WCML finale - 87002's Swansong
 
Bathed in winter sunshine, DRS 66403 passes Rugeley Trent Valley with 4M44, 08:21 Mossend - Daventry, on 15th January.
Mon 15th Jan 2007
January 2007: a West Coast miscellany 		'Desiro' 350112 hurries north past a lovely old platelayers's hut at Church Brampton, heading 1Y24, 16:00 Northampton - New St., as the sun sets on 7th February.
Thu 1st Feb 2007
Winter Sunshine 		After a storming run from the Granite City, 55022 stands once again at Waverley, in the same platform (I think!) from which she departed for King's Cross in charge of 1F50, on 2nd January 1982. She was shortly unhooked from 1z55, and the driver entertained the faithful crowd with some fine thrash as he drew away. It just does not get any better than this. :-)
Thu 15th Feb 2007
Deltics - The Moray Mint
 
A lovely shot of AL6 no. E3129 waiting to depart Euston for Merseyside. The date is not recorded, but E3129 (later 86205) appears to be near new (delivered December 1965), so at a guess it would be early 1966.
Sat 17th Feb 2007
British Railways publicity photos 		A second view of the absolutely immaculate Sir William A Stanier FRS cruising past on the down slow, 0z87 Stafford to Crewe return test trip; this magnificent machine is a credit to many hours of hard work by the AC Loco Group. Understandably, 47847 is inside as insurance, though to my knowledge all was well with 86101, other than a scare when the OLE line light apparently went out, minutes after this shot was taken.
Thu 15th Mar 2007
Sir William returns - expanded 27th March 2007 		There can be few locations on the WCML which are more cluttered with OLE equipment than the south end of Basford Hall yard. Getting a shot is difficult to say the least; here 90042 rolls along the Down Fast Independant, in charge of 4M88, 08:49 Felixstowe - Basford Hall, on 12th March.
Sun 18th Mar 2007
Staffordshire and Cheshire - March 2007
 
The change to BST makes 1A86, 17:00 Crewe - Euston (yes, I'd forgotten it was actually booked, so this was a surprise!) available to those of us who rate 350s; in this view, 350119 hurries south amid various slumbering machines whose work is not far from completed.
Wed 28th Mar 2007
Around Elmhurst - 28th March 2007 		An early afternoon gen call brought the unexpected but welcome news that 86501 was today employed on 4M81, 07:45 Felixstowe - Ditton. Hell! A hasty departure and a relative lack of traffic saw me at Cathiron with but five minutes to spare before this fine machine stormed past.
Wed 4th Apr 2007
A Warwickshire Afternoon - 04/04/07 		With a train of Fords on the Down Slow headed by 66167, 350123 scurries south with 1G39, 15:19 Liverpool - Birmingham, on 21st March.
Mon 16th Apr 2007
"Pan Up !"
 
EWS 66226 heads north past Rugeley with (I think) 6K50 from Toton to Crewe, on April 26th.
Sun 1st Apr 2007 to Mon 30th Apr 2007
April's odds 'n' sods 		With a lengthy rake of 100-ton tanks in tow, 66078 heads north at Crawford with 6S36, 08:50 Dalston - Grangemouth, on May 2nd.
Tue 1st May 2007 to Mon 4th May 0207
The Clyde Valley 		Already running some 40 minutes early despite being only as many miles from Carlisle, 57304 makes a colourful sight in the stunningly beautiful setting of the Lune Gorge, as it passes with 6Z57, the 13:30 Carlisle - Chirk logs.
Tue 1st May 2007 to Fri 4th May 2007
A few shots over Shap
 

Sat 19th May 2007
A Grand Day Out (P) 		08736
Sat 9th Jun 2007
Long Marston Open Day, 9th June 2007
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2006
 
37404 approaches Tyndrum Lower with the morning Oban - Glasgow QS service, in September 1986. Given that 37693 was allegedly supposed to be on the train, this was a slight disappointment, though I, and innumerable others, would give anything to see such a sight again!
Tue 17th Jan 2006
Tractors - and a couple of Grids !
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2005
 
An unidentified class 87 at Barby Nortoft, just north of Kilsby Tunnel.
Sat 5th Nov 2005
WCML 1: Euston - Rugby 		87010 King Arthur stands at Stafford early in 2005
Sat 5th Nov 2005
WCML 2: Rugby - Crewe 		85038 reposes at Lime St in the company of an 08, early 1987.
Sat 5th Nov 2005
WCML 3: Crewe - Manchester / Liverpool / Preston
 
An unidentified 86/2 passes Oxenholme with what I believe to be 1M44 parcels working.
Sat 5th Nov 2005
WCML 4: Preston - Carlisle 		87002 stands on a dull morning August 2004 at Carlisle, top'n'tailing 1M08 06:10 Glasgow - Birmingham with 87032. Due to the usual WCML engineering shambles, nothing ran south of Birnimgham that weekend, and 87-hauled diagrams were in short supply.
Sat 5th Nov 2005
WCML 5: Carlisle - Glasgow & Edinburgh 		Much-missed: 86103 André Chapelon pauses at Wolverhampton with a northbound working.
Sun 6th Nov 2005
WCML 6: West Midlands
 
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1986
 
Presumably having just come off freight, the rare coupling of 85108 (formerly 85032) and a 90 run south from Carlisle.
Wed 9th Apr 1986 to Mon 1st Jul 1991
Bobby's Beasts
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1979
 
With 55008 running on one engine, 55009 'Alycidon' was attached to the front of 1A13, 09:33 Hull - King's Cross at Doncaster on 12th July 1980. 4,950 bellowing Napier horses, anyone? Fabulous!
Sat 7th Apr 1979 to Wed 20th Aug 1980
Mick's Deltics
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