1st Mar 08: For the 2nd time this week the Stobart Pullman runs down the GWML in full dull !! 47802 leads the tour from Nothampton to Weymouth. It actully started form Watford as a incident with a freight

1st Mar 08: A surprise visitor was 31459

1st Mar 08: The Angerstein Wharf to Wool sand empties ran today. Captured here at Lyne with 66530 in command

1st Mar 08: The VSOE circular tour running from Victoria to Victoria via Haslemere and Eastleigh passes Lyne just as cloud took the edge from the sunlight.

3rd Mar 08: Possibly making for Plasser's at West Ealing 66520 runs up the relief through Shottesbrooke

3rd Mar 08: 66140 with 19 EWS and one RMC hopper from Hayes to Morton on Lugg

3rd Mar 08: 43027 heads the MML set now with two FGW vehicles in the consist

3rd Mar 08: 60065 'Spirit of Jaguar' with a mix of RMC and NP hoppers. 6C46 from Acton to Whatley.

3rd Mar 08: Adelantes 110 & 109 on the Up Main acting as stand in for a shortage of an HST set on the 10.30 from Oxford.

4th Mar 08: 455911 tails 455731 on the 13.12 from Waterloo arriving at Shepperton

4th Mar 08: 37612 Leads on 1Q14 Serco Test Train over the last few yards to Shepperton Station

4th Mar 08: 67611 was on the rear

4th Mar 08: Now leading 37611 opens up having cleared the crossover. It was only a very small blob of cloud in a big patch of blue but it's timing was impeccable

5th Mar 08: 43086 neard Brimpton Road bridge on it's journey down the Berks & Hants line

5th Mar 08: The Newbury to Reading shuttle runs East through Padworth near Aldermaston

5th Mar 08: Unusually routed up the main through Lower Basildon is 66532 and 4O54 from Leeds

5th Mar 08: Just passing !

5th Mar 08: 66580 powers north on the 13.00 Southampton to Trafford Park

5th Mar 08: 6A57 the MWFo 12.45 Appleford to West Drayton loaded PGA's with 60054 'Charles Babbage' at the head

6th Mar 08: The last 2 of FGW power cars to be refurbished were returned today. 43003 & 43002 are captured on the Up Relief at Shottesbrooke

6th Mar 08: With Tug 77 rostered for 6M57 the 14.00 Wool to Watford sand, now routed via tha SWML, it was worth going out in the rapidly failing light on a very dull day. Seen here on the short rise between Hook and Winchfield. 1/640 @ f2.8, ISO 800.

7th Mar 08: 66505 with an empty train forming the 06.13 Leeds to Southampton clatters through Tilehurst

7th Mar 08: Under an annoying patch of cloud the Royal Train heads east led by 67006

7th Mar 08: 67005 was at the rear

7th Mar 08: Advenza's 47237 moves the newly delivered 43002 & 03 from Old Oak Common to Landore

7th Mar 08: Turbo 165104 slows for the Tilehurst stop with and Oxford to Paddington working

10th Mar 08: After heavy rain a bright patch as 43045 heads though Ruscombe. The wide angle illustrates the extent of the tree clearance now being done.

10th Mar 08: Being disracted by an up stone working caused me to miss my planned shot of debranded 180104 on the 10.30 from Oxford. Still better than nothing I suppose.

10th Mar 08: 43143 hurtles though Twyford's platform 1 as the rain pours down

10th Mar 08: Serious rain as 220025 thrashes up the main

11th Mar 08: Even on a dull day 59202 makes an impressive sight as well over 3000 tons of stone are run up the relief through Shottesbrooke

11th Mar 08: A completely un-branded Super Voyager 221115 charges through Twyford

11th Mar 08: The Serco top & tailed by 37612 & 611 enters Ascot on the Reading to Waterloo leg of 1Q15's run from Derby to Woking

12th Mar 08: At last I have managed, after two failures, to picture all of 180104 without it's branding! Working 1P32 the 08.37 from Worcester to Paddington the unit flashes through Twyford.

12th Mar 08: The rear power car with the 'First Great Western' logo removed

13th Mar 08: 59205 trundles 7C77 from Acton to Merehead west through Shottesbrooke

13th Mar 08: Nicely matching 59002 'Alan J Day' and 7A17 from Merehead to Acton

13th May 8: 6O54 from Appleford to Hothfield produced a decent rake of loaded PGA's for 59206 to pull.

14th Mar 08: At 24mm the wider view at Silchester. 165118 northbound on a Basingstoke - Reading shuttle

14th Mar 08: With Bedford trucks in the consist 66110 powers 6V38 from Marchwood to Didcot MoD service up the grade through Silchester

14th Mar 08: Proudly sporting it's 'Johnson Stevens Agencies' name plate 66592 on a Leeds to Southampton liner

14th Mar 08: Running rather early 66088 on 6V27 departmental returning to Hinksey from Eastleigh

15th Mar 08: On it's final tour before withdrawal 4965 Rood Ashton Hall arrives at Didcot from Solihul. More pictures are in my steam gallery. Link at the top right of my home page.

17th Mar 08: 66530 powers an Angersein Wharf to Wool sand empties through Lyne

17h Mar 08: Wessex 442410 was returned to Eastleigh from Lovers Walk in Brighton today. Usually dragged but today pushed by the class 73. Captured here at Lyne

17th Mar 06: 73136 'Perseverance' provided the grunt !

18th Mar 08: The late running Theale to Earls empty cement tanks at Milley Bridge powered by 66616

18th Mar 08: The 6Z20 Whatley to St Pancras hoppers and 60065

18th Mar 08: 60054 is power again for the Appleford to Allington PGA's

18th Mar 08: The main reason for standing in the cold was to capture my first shot of 60031. Working today the Hither Green to Whatley (6V18)

19th Mar 08: 59206 passes the tree clearing gang as it brings 7A17 from Merehead to Acton through Twyford

19th Mar 08: The day's Hayes to Morton on Lugg and 66180. Taken from the Duffield Road bridge

19th Mar 08: For the 2nd day running 60031 powers the Hither Green to Whatley empties (6V18). This time, fortunately, captured in full sun as 5 minutes earlier it was raining.

21st Mar 08: Arriva's 158835 slows for the Chepstow stop working the 09.25 Newport to Gloucester

21st Mar 08: Cross Country 170104 passes with the 08.30 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff

21st Mar 08: 6B13 in the hands of 60024 rumbles through Chepstow with the Robeston to Westerleigh loaded Murco oil tanks

22nd Mar: In between the sleet showers 67025 rockets through Aldermaston heading for Cardiff with 1Z31 from Paddington

22nd Mar 08: 67026 tails the scratch set of Mk 2s

22nd Mar 08: Passing the end of the Down Loop from Ufton Nervert at Padworth is 60047 and 6B33 Murco empties going back to South Wales (Margam)

22nd Mar 08: 60047

24th Mar 08: On a very cold and rainey Easter Monday 66115 hurries a long rake of IZA CargoWaggons up the relief through Twyford. 6A51 from Three Spires to Wembley. With thanks to Pete Ball for the working info.

25th Mar 08: The late running Theale to Earles cement empties with 66952 on the point at Shottesbrooke

25th Mar 08: Unbranded 180108 heads for Oxford

25th Mar 08: The signal engineer

25th Mar 08: With barriers in the consist it is probably carrying explosives! 6M96 MoD service from Didcot to Wembley and 66090. The train originates from Kineton and will go to Shoeburyness,

25th Mar 08: Advensa's 47237 trundles along the relief

25th Mar 08: 59002 Alan J Day leads 7C76 Acton to Merehead through Shottesbrooke. It was thanks to a senior signal engineer that the tree that blocked this view for several years was severely pruned

26th Mar 08: 37608 leads on 1Q14's leg to Reading as it passes Crowthorne

26th Mar 08: 37611 brings up the rear

26th Mar 08: Now with 37611 on the front as the train negotiates the tight curve at Ash Junction on the trip back to Guildford

26th Mar 08: A cacophony of sound reverbarates in the deap cutting as the 2 37's accelerate away.

30th Mar 08: 171721 slows for the stop at Berwick working from Ashford to Brighton

30th Mar 08: The LBSCR signal box at Berwick. Note the oil lamp hanging from the gutter to illuminate the stairs.

31st Mar: A little train in a big landscape. Taken from Firle Beacon

31st Mar 08: 377163 stops at Glynde working from Brighton to Orr

31st Mar 08: 377459 races through as 377163 departs

31st Mar 8: 377455 slows for the Glynde stop