UK : Old South Western Photos Added

18/06/20 13:47 | United Kingdom | 2020
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Added a batch of 50 (appropriately) photos taken between 1988 and 1990 on the LSWR main line, mainly between Woking and Farnborough but with a few closer to London. Classes 33, 50, 47 and 73 feature as do EMUs of several classes. There are new galleries for classes 33, 50, 421 (4-CIG), 423 (4-VEP) and 442.

go to New Photos gallery
go to 158 Waterloo - Weymouth gallery
go to Class 33 gallery
go to Class 50 gallery

go to Class 421 gallery - - - - - go to Class 423 gallery - - - - - go to Class 442 gallery

UK : Miscellaneous Photos

12/06/20 10:33 | United Kingdom | 2020
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A handful of new pictures taken in 2019 and 2020 around Peak Forest and Chinley, Wokingham, near Reading and Newtonhill, south of Aberdeen.

go to New Photos gallery
go to 078 Peak District gallery
go to 148 Reading - Redhill gallery
go to 229 Dundee - Aberdeen gallery

UK : Paddington - Reading Photos

26/05/20 14:44 | United Kingdom | 2020
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A batch of 66 new photos taken between Maidenhead and Reading in 2016, while electrification work was taking place. There are some HSTs and DMUs but most pictures are of class 59s and 66s on freight. This takes the total number of UK images to over 1000.

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go to 125 Paddington - Reading gallery

UK : Reading and Barnetby Photos

23/05/20 10:14 | United Kingdom | 2020
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A few more pictures from Barnetby in early 2019 and from the impressive new Reading station in August of that year. There's also a new Reading Area gallery bringing together all the photos taken within a 3 mile radius of Reading from the various galleries on the site.

go to New Photos gallery
go to 029 Barnetby Area gallery
go to 125 Paddington - Reading gallery
go to Reading Area gallery

UK : More Photos from the B&H

17/05/20 08:55 | United Kingdom | 2020
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A return to the now partially electrified Berks and Hants, with 56 new photos taken on the wireless section from Newbury to Westbury in 2019, before Freightliner took over the Mendip stone contract. There are plenty of Class 59s, a number of Class 66s, a few IETs and even Network Rail's Class 950 Track Recording Train.

go to New Photos gallery
go to 135 Reading - Westbury gallery

UK : Still More Dundee - Aberdeen Photos

12/05/20 23:11 | United Kingdom | 2020
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The final batch of 55 photos from the Dundee - Aberdeen line in 2019 featuring the usual mix of classes and locations.

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go to 229 Dundee - Aberdeen gallery

UK : More Dundee - Aberdeen Photos

11/05/20 17:28 | United Kingdom | 2020
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Yet more photos from the Dundee - Aberdeen line in 2019 and three new galleries covering ScotRail, VTEC/LNER and Caledonian Sleeper.

go to New Photos gallery
go to 229 Dundee - Aberdeen gallery
go to ScotRail gallery
go to Caledonian Sleeper gallery
go to VTEC/LNER gallery

UK : More Photos from the Dundee - Aberdeen line

09/05/20 20:01 | United Kingdom | 2020
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Another batch of photos from the Dundee - Aberdeen line in 2019 including DRS Class 66s and a Colas Class 70 on freight and a Class 73/9 on the Caledonian Sleeper. There are plenty of DMUs and HSTs on this scenic line as well, including the now departed LNER HSTs in their striking red and white livery.

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go to 229 Dundee - Aberdeen gallery

UK : More Berks and Hants Photos

30/04/20 15:49 | United Kingdom | 2020
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By early 2017 the electrification of the east end of the Berks and Hants line was beginning to make serious inroads into the number of photographic locations available between Reading and Newbury. These photos show freights, HSTs and DMUs on the line as the poles went up. It was good while it lasted.

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go to 135 Reading - Westbury gallery

UK : Southern Unit Photos

27/04/20 16:03 | United Kingdom | 2020
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Sorry, no locos in this batch of pictures. It's all units, taken at various places between Clapham Junction and Gatwick Airport on the old SR Central Division. There are also new galleries for Class 375, 377, 379 and 387 EMUs, for Class 455 and 456 EMUs and for the predominant operator on the route, Southern.

go to New Photos gallery
go to 170 Victoria - East Croydon gallery
go to 186 East Croydon - Brighton gallery
go to Class 375, 377, 379 & 387 gallery
go to Class 455-456 gallery
go to Southern gallery

UK : Didcot - Swindon Photos

24/04/20 12:59 | United Kingdom | 2020
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The Didcot - Swindon section of the GWML was one I ignored until it was almost too late. It doesn't have the scenery or the volume of freight traffic that can be found elsewhere but turned out to be a lot more attractive than anticipated, until the poles went up.

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go to 125 Didcot - Swindon gallery

UK : Early 1980s Images Added

22/04/20 17:16 | United Kingdom | 2020
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The discovery that time machines are exempt from lockdown restrictions prompted me to go back to the early 1980s, visiting Glasgow in January 1981 and Manchester in January 1982, or maybe I just found some old scans that hadn't yet been published. Either way, it was a completely different world back then, in the days before the entire population was convicted of breathing and put under house arrest.

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go to Manchester Area gallery