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Picture of the Day 2 December 2007 With Rugeley Power Station providing the backdrop, Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 66/5 No. 66548 slogs up the gradient towards Rugeley Town station on 30 November 2007 with the 11.22 empty coal hoppers to Leeds Hunslet. Up to one fifth of the country’s electricity is generated by the Trent Valley power stations. Therefore, supplying the power stations with fuel is big business for the rail freight companies. John Binch |
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Picture of the Day 3 December 2007 Described by the photographer as "rare as hens teeth" is a Class 37 on one of the Yorkshire RHTT duties. However on 2 December 2007, No. 37218 'top and tailed' with Class 20 No. 20304 on the 20.20 Gilberdyke to Hall Royd Junction and is seen at Leeds City station. Mark Allatt |
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Picture of the Day 4 December 2007 The first two ex South West Trains Class 442s to go to works for overhaul and modification were hauled from Eastleigh to Wolverton Works on 3 December 2007. The sets, Nos. 2412 and 2414 were hauled by Freightliner No. 47830 and are seen here traversing the West Coast Main Line near Tring. Kim Fullbrook |
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Picture of the Day 5 December 2007 Recently named, Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 66/6 No. 66623 Bill Bolsover, painted in Barden Aggregates livery, is seen powering train 6M00 from Humber to Kingsbury through Thurgaton, Nottinghamshire on 30 November 2007 formed of loaded bogie tanks. Derek Wilson |
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Picture of the Day 6 December 2007 Yellow is the colour! Network Rail yellow-liveried Class 73s Nos. 73212 and 73213 head a rake of former Class 489 Gatwick Luggage Vans (GLV's) as train 5Z73 from Tonbridge to Eastleigh on 5 December 2007. The most unusual train carrying a rather apt headcode is seen passing Chertsey. Ken Brunt |
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Picture of the Day 7 December 2007 The public enquiry into the proposed Phase 2 extension of the Nottingham Express Transit system to Chilwell and Clifton began on 6 November 2007 and is expected to last around six weeks, which should see a major extension to the Nottingham local tram system. On 7 December 2007, Bombardier-built tram No. 212 William Booth heads towards Weekday Cross as it departs the Station Street terminus with the 12.05 service to Phoenix Park. |
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Picture of the Day 8 December 2007 The unique-liveried Class 47 No. 47832 painted in Victa-Westlink black and white was used on 8 December 2007 to power a Hertfordshire Rail Tours charter from Southend to Lincoln. On the rear of the train was DRS-liveried No. 47802. The train is seen pulling into Basildon on the outward working. |
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Picture of the Day 9 December 2007 Here it is - the first view of the new National Express East Coast livery, as applied to a HST set with powercars 43238 and 43300 on the rear. The train operated on the first day of the new franchise on 9 December 2007 from Edinburgh Craigentinny to Edinburgh Craigentinny via Kirkcaldy, Dundee, Perth and Stirling. It is seen passing Burntisland on its outward run. On Monday 10 December the set is booked to form the 09.30 Edinburgh - London Kings Cross. |
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Picture of the Day 10 December 2007 A further refurbished First Great Western power car No. 43190 was returned from Brush Traction to FGW at Landore on 10 December 2007. The PC was hauled by Cotswold No. 47813 and barrier van 6338 operating as 5Z46 11.10 Brush to Landore. The train is seen passing Natton near Ashchurch. |
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Picture of the Day 11 December 2007 The 09.04 Brighton to Bedford First Capital Connect Thameslink service arrives at the newly opened St Pancras International FCC station on 10 December 2007, formed of recently FCC-liveried Class 319/0 No 319006 (This was previously a Southern-liveried set). |
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Picture of the Day 12 December 2007 The first Class 90 to be painted in the new National Express white and grey livery was rolled out of Norwich Crown Point on 11 December 2007, when No. 90003 powered the 10.00 Norwich to London Liverpool Street, seen here climbing Belstead Bank on the outskirts of Ipswich. |
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Picture of the Day 13 December 2007 You don't often get five locos on a two wagon train!. This amazing sight was captured at Rivenhall near Witham, Essex on 12 December 2007 and consists of Class 37 No. 37601, CLass 20s Nos. 20307 and 20313, CLass 57 No. 57009 two RHTT wagons and Class 37 No. 37667 on the rear. The two 20s plus the 37 on the rear were detached at shenfield to carry on to Willesden. |
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Picture of the Day 14 December 2007 It looks a little cold! Under the new franchise owners Stagecoach, HST's are soon to disappear from the Derby and Sheffield services, being replaced by Meridians on an accelerated schedule. Here an HST heads north out of Derby with the 09.09 service to Sheffield on a frosty 12 December 2007. |
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Picture of the Day 15 December 2007 Class 90 No. 90028 passes Stafford on 14 December 2007 powering train 1Z30 the 10.26 Willesden PRDC to Shieldmuir Christmas Royal Mail train. This is a two week temporary contract operated for the Royal Mail by EWS. |
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Picture of the Day 16 December 2007 A visit to Barrow Hill roundhouse on 15 December found 'Cromptons' Nos. 33021 in Fragonset black and 33111 in BR blue in the depot yard. The pair had been in use on depot shuttles during the day. |
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Picture of the Day 17 December 2007 Winter in here! This is the view taken of a CSX Freight heading north on the morning of Saturday, 15 December 2007 passing through Glendale, Ohio. Our intrepid photographer reports he was safely inside his car, engine running, heaters on, parked in a car park and recording this view through the open side window. How long will we have to wait to get the first real snow pictures in the UK? |
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Picture of the Day 18 December 2007 On 17 December 2007, Class 47 No. 47839 operated light from Bristol to Meldon Quarry to collect Ballast Stone Blower No. DR80301 and haul it to Slade Green via London. The train is seen passing Rewe in some very pleasing winter light. |
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Picture of the Day 19 December 2007 In hazy near-Winter Solstice sunlight, Cotswold Rail No. 47237 - still displaying signs of its previous DRS ownership - speeds through Ashchurch mid-morning on 19 December 2007, as the 5Z85 10.05 Gloucester to Long Marston stock movement. In tow are scrap Class 31s Nos. 31423, 31301, 31439, 31437 and seven ex-InterCity liveried coaches. |
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Picture of the Day 20 December 2007 Freightliner Class 66/5 No. 66530 emerges from the fog at Retford low level station on 15 December 2007, powering 6E74 from Killoch, one of the many coal trains bound for Cottam, or West Burton power stations. With all the recent new contracts these flows should be safe for some time to come. Derek Wilson |
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Picture of the Day 21 December 2007 On 15 April 2000 French domestic operated Eurostar sets Nos. 373204 and 373203 pass southbound through the famous Donzere Gap between Valence and Avignon on the 'classic' line, forming the 09.25 Bruselles Midi to Nice. |
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Picture of the Day 22 December 2007 Network Rail operated Class 31s Nos. 31459 and 31105 top and tail a track test train formed of vehicles Nos. 6264, 999602, and 977983 at Exeter St Davids on 19 December 2007. The train is about to form 4Z08 the 20.45 Exeter St Davids to Didcot Yard. |
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Picture of the Day 23 December 2007 Our Picture of the Day today turns the clock back some 72 years to 25 July 1935 and shows modified Great Western 'King' No. 6014 King Henry VII with streamlined bodywork passing Bishopsteignton between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot powering a Newquay to Paddington express. |
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Picture of the Day 24 December 2007 In common with many of the UK light railways, the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operated 'Santa Specials' over the weekend prior to Christmas, The PDSR made this a major attraction for the young and old alike with a pantomime and Santa making a special visit. Power for the trains was by Ex GWR No. 5239 seen at Kingswear during the afternoon of Christmas Eve 24 December 2007. (The inset left is the tail light surround). Colin J. Marsden |
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Picture of the Day 27 December 2007 On 22 December 2007 the very rare sight of a pair of HST power cars operating as a 'loco' took place on East Midlands Trains when Nos. 43073 and 43083 led No. 43044 and its train as the 5Z57 10.20 London St Pancras to Derby Etches Park, power car No. 43047 was on on the rear of the formation. The unusual working is seen at Leicester. |
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Picture of the Day 28 December 2007 On 27 December 2007, due to engineering work on the West Coast Main Line, the afternoon Willesden PRDC to Warrington First/GBRf-Royal Mail service was routed by the GW main line and Oxford to reach the West Midlands. The train was formed of Class 325 No. 325011 and piloted by Class 47 No. 47805. Well after dark, the train is seen passing through Taplow at speed. Our photographer, one of the masters at night action photography, captured this image, his exposure details were: Raw format exposure, 1/180 @f2 at 1600 ISO using an 85mm f1.8 lens, the camera was a Canon EOS 5D. Raw conversion using Adobe CS3 plus selected levels adjustments and colour balance changes, plus limited noise reduction using Noise Ninja. |
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Picture of the Day 29 December 2007 Today, 29 December 2007 we again look at the workings of blue Class 47 No. 47805. Today we see it see it climbing the bank at Bishops Itchington returning to Willesden from Warrington via Banbury. The train was formed of Class 325 units Nos. 325008 and 325011. |
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Picture of the Day 30 December 2007 DLR units Nos. 75 & 14 arrive at the newly-opened Langdon Park station on 18 December 2007, forming a service from Stratford to Canary Wharf. |
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Picture of the Day 31 December 2007 Great Western Railway 'Autotank' No. 1450 potters away in the weak winter sunshine from Bishops Lydeard with the 13.35 auto-train bound for Williton during the WSR's steam festival day on 29 December 2007. |
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