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Welcome to my gallery containing railway scenes from the late 1980s to the present day. I've been interested in railways since I bought an Ian Allan ABC from the York Railway Museum and ticked off my first locos including Nos. 46026 & 55008.

I started taking pictures whenever I could borrow a camera and bought my first SLR in December 1986, a Zenit 12XP. My next camera was an excellent Pentax P30. I bought my first digital camera a few years ago and purchased a digital SLR Canon EOS300D SLR in August 2004. I've upgraded to a Canon EOS30D now.

My favourite shots are from the period when you could roll up to Paddington, Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Clapham Junction or Waterloo and see locos left right and centre.

I hope you enjoy browsing :)
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Nice one. On 4Dec09 6A58 was hauled by 60077, seen at West Ruislip.  Ruislip; local railways  (46)
56312 Artemis on 4Z91 12.00 Dollands Moor - Hams Hall, 3Dec09  6H50 and Friends, Ledburn & Hatch End  (15)
47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel', 14:08 to Penzance with 4 First Class Mk II coaches, a Mark I buffet car and a further Mark I on the rear, Reading 22Jun90   Locomotives: Class 47, Brush Type 4  (14)
377204 at Headstone Lane, 4Dec09  6H50 and Friends, Ledburn & Hatch End  (14)
205205 being passed by some class 37 'tractors' also bound for the EOR (joke!).  Thumper on the Move  (11)
47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' 47334 Marylebone 27Oct90.   Locomotives: Class 47, Brush Type 4  (11)
66085 on 6A42 powering through Denham Golf Club, bank holiday Monday 24Mar08. 6A42 is 12.33MO warrington/Wembley, and diverted through the Chilterns due to an engineering blockade at Rugby.  Ruislip; local railways  (11)
66171 on 4Z17, MX 13:31 Wembley-Trafford Park diverted via the Chiltern Lines due to an engineering blockade on the WCML.  Ruislip; local railways  (9)
55003 51141 Plymouth xxFeb93  Units: DMUs Class 121 and 128 'Bubble Cars'  (9)
10 L33 , now withdrawn from LUL metals, has had a bit of a knock   Underground: Central Line, Ruislip Depot Open Day  (8)
11 Slam doors disappeared from the Eastern a long while ago, here are some class 302 vehicles  Vic Berrys, and Leicester Central  (8)
12 L62 looks more modern than the other battery locos shown and dates from 1985, built by Metro Cammel  Underground: Central Line, Ruislip Depot Open Day  (8)
13 6H50!!! 60021 'Star of the East' provides the power for 13.10 Willesden/Tunstead cement empties, Ledburn 21Aug07.  6H50 and Friends, Ledburn & Hatch End  (7)
14 92037 and 92022 (dit) on 4H24 at Headstone Lane, 4Dec09  6H50 and Friends, Ledburn & Hatch End  (7)
15 Ash Vale Junction signalbox. There is also a signalbox at Farnham but I didn't photograph it, too busy drinking a can of Stella...  BoB's Grand Day Out and GatEx Real Air Special  (7)
16 L62 and L50 under various states of repair  Underground: Central Line, Ruislip Depot Open Day  (7)
17 56311 4Z92 Headstone Lane 16Jun09  6H50 and Friends, Ledburn & Hatch End  (7)
18 56303 on 4O90 at Blings Langley on 4Sep07  6H50 and Friends, Ledburn & Hatch End  (7)
19 60087 'Slioch' on 6B33 Theale to Robeston, South Moreton 24Mar05  Locomotives: Class 60, Brush  (6)
20 The superb sight and sound of two Nohabs: Eicholz Rail 1131 and 1143 haul a loaded train of bogie hoppers through Saarmund, 17Nov08  Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Berlin, , Strausberg, Saarmund, Kostryzn (Poland), 15Nov08 to 18Nov08  (6)
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21st Nov 2007England 2 - Croatia 3
27th Oct 2009Euro; Czech Republic 12Sep09 to 17Sep09
3rd May 2009Euro; Czech Republic 26Apr09 - 1May09
23rd Nov 2008Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Berlin, , Strausberg, Saarmund, Kostryzn (Poland), 15Nov08 to 18Nov08
10th May 2008Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Hamburg, Westerland, Buxtehude, Tostedt and Lubeck 6Jun07 to 10Jun07
21st May 2006Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Leipzig, Zwickau, Grosskorbertha and Konigstein, 16May06 to 20May06
8th Aug 2009Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Munchen, Buchloe, Stetten, Turkheim, Altstadten, Oberstdorf, Kaufering 31Jul09 to 04Aug09
16th Jun 2008Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Munchen, Muhldorf, Kastl, Paindorf, Ostermunchen, Turkheim 1Jun08 to 5Jun08
5th Mar 2008Euro; Deutsche Bahn - Ulm, Augsburg, Munchen, Kempten, Buchloe & Muhldorf 18Feb08 to 20Feb08
13th Jan 2007Euro; Hungary [Kommarno] - Feb1995
2nd Sep 2008Euro; Slovakia, August 2008
16th Mar 2009Euro; SNCF & SNCB weekend 21Feb09 - 22Feb09
19th Jul 2009Euro; SNCF - Day Trip 18Jul09
3rd Jan 2008Euro; SNCF - Day Trip 3Dec07
30th Sep 2008Euro; Swiss Trip - September 2008
20th Apr 2008Footex
1st Jul 2007GBRF - Weekend Excursions
5th Dec 2005Growling in the Valleys! Farewell Class 37s!
21st Jan 2007Honks a Lordy! It be 2007.
23rd Sep 2005Instamatic! Me mums camera from the 1970s
26th Nov 2007Lady Luck Shining at West Ealing (and Hanwell and Barnes)
26th Dec 2004Lines: AC/DC Watford to Euston
14th Sep 2005Lines: Bury to Manchester Victoria prior to closure (14 photos)
23rd Sep 2006Lines: North Woolwich to Silvertown
28th May 2005Lines: The Gilberdyke to Hull Line (21 photos)
20th Feb 2005Lines: The Island Line, Ryde/Sandown
23rd Jan 2005Lines: The Peterborough to Ely Line
4th Mar 2004Locomotives: Class 31, Brush/English Electric
4th Mar 2004Locomotives: Class 33, BRCW/Sulzer
7th Mar 2004Locomotives: Class 37, English Electric
7th Mar 2004Locomotives: Class 47, Brush Type 4
26th Jul 2004Locomotives: Class 50, English Electric
17th Oct 2005Locomotives: Class 57/0, 57/3 and 57/6 Brush
8th Sep 2005Locomotives: Class 60, Brush
13th Aug 2004Locomotives: Classes 20, 56, 59 & 66
29th Feb 2004Locomotives: Electric
19th Jul 2007Metronet RIP
2nd Dec 2006Nene Valley Railway - Oct06
2nd Jun 2004Open Days: Bounds Green 4th May 1987 + D200 on the Corby Cutler
10th Mar 2005Open Days: Coalville 3rd June 1990
17th Sep 2006Pullman Mini Gallery
12th Jun 2004Rico Tours 2004: Semaphores in Lincs and Loco Haulage
3rd Jul 2005Rico Tours: 2005 (Lincolnshire, Cumbria, Yorkshire)
15th Apr 2007Rico Tours: 2007 (Lancashire, Cumbria, Norfolk)
21st Mar 2008Ruislip; local railways
5th Feb 2006Steam; 60009 'Union of South Africa'
17th Jun 2007Steam; 6024 'King Edward I' Paddington 17Jun07
1st Apr 2006Steam; Chiltern Centenary 1 & 2 April 2006
5th May 2007Steam; The Chiltern Steam Express 5May07 (complete with a Hoover and bridge mural at Kilburn...)
16th Feb 2009Steam; Three Valentines Day Excursions 14Feb09
16th Nov 2009Thumper on the Move
30th Sep 2007Thunderbirds are Go! Go! Go! (on a Sunday)
17th Sep 2007Underground : 1938 stock 'Starlight Express'
16th Mar 2004Underground: Central Line, Ruislip Depot Open Day
13th Oct 2009Underground: District Line
11th Nov 2006Underground: Engineers, Tubes, City and Mountain
1st Mar 2004Underground: Metropolitan Line
16th Jun 2007Underground: Metropolitan Line - No. 12 Sarah Siddons
13th May 2007Underground: Metropolitan Line Engineers
10th Apr 2004Underground: Piccadilly Line
8th Mar 2004Units: DMU Class 115 (26 photos)
15th Jan 2005Units: DMUs Class 104, 105 and 108
2nd Mar 2004Units: DMUs Class 121 and 128 'Bubble Cars'
18th Dec 2005Units: DMUs Second Generation
19th Jun 2004Units: Electric
19th Jul 2005Vic Berrys, and Leicester Central
23rd Sep 2005World of Shunters
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Nice one. On 4Dec09 6A58 was hauled by 60077, seen at West Ruislip.
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