29.08.09..IN SOME SORT OF LIGHT,60074 Teenage Spirit,PASSES COALEY ON 6E41 WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY EMPTIES.

20.08.09..AFTER SITTING IN PILNING LOOP FOR OVER AN HOUR,60059 Swinden Dalesman ,AT LAST GETS THE ROAD,AND CAN CONTINUE ITS JOURNEY BACK TO ROBESTON WITH 6B33,THE MURCO EMPTIES FROM THEALE.

20.08.09..CHIPPING SODBURY..60059 Swinden Dalesman,6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

08.08.09..ARMY TUG,60040 The Territorial Army Centenary,PASSES UP HATHERLEY WITH 6E41,THE WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY RETURN EMPTY TANKS,AND RUNNING ON ITS EARLY PATH ALLOWING SUN ON THE NOSE.

30.07.09..IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CLOSE THING TO GET TO PURTON FOR ANOTHER STAB OF 6B47,HOWEVER,LEARNING THAT IT HAD LEFT EARLY PUT THAT PLAN TO BED,AND WITH HELP FROM P.W. A NEARER LOCATION WAS FOUND NR.TUTSHILL,WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE NICE AND SCENIC.BUT,WOULD YOU BELEIVE IT,BY THE TIME 60059 Swinden Dalesman PASSED ON THE WESTERLEIGH TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES,IT WAS ACTUALLY RUNNING LATE AND THE EVER INCREASING SHADOWS HAD FORCED ME AND M.F. FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK UNTIL WE WERE TRACK LEVAL UP TO OUR ARMPITS IN UNDERGROWTH,AND IFFY LIGHT.

25.07.09..GRANGE COURT..60013 Robert Boyle,6B47 WESTERLEIGH TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

25.07.09..LAST TIME I CAME HERE WAS FOR THE GLOUCESTER RAIL EVENT DURING THE EARLY 90'S,BUT THIS MORNING SHOT WAS'NT POSSIBLE THEN DUE TO TREES ETC,HOWEVER ITS FINE NOW,AS 60013 Robert Boyle,DEPARTS FROM HARESFIELD LOOP WITH 6B13,THE ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH MURCO TANKS,HAVING ONLY SAT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES,WHER'AS OTHER DAYS IT CAN BE THERE FOR OVER AN HOUR.

18.07.09.. SEEING AS THE FRIDAYS ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH LOADED MURCO TANKS WERE TERMINATED AT MARGAM,DUE TO FLOODING IN WEST WALES,THEN TECHNICALY WHEN 60013 Robert Boyle PASSED A GLOOMY WICKWAR WITH 6B13 IT WAS 24 HRS LATE.

18.07.09 ..WICKWAR..60040 The Territorial Army Centenary,6E41 WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY EMPTIES.

15.07.09..KINGS SUTTON..60087 Barry Needham,6M28 HINKSEY YARD TO BESCOT.

15.07.09..DUNSOMER HILL..60087 Barry Needham,6V27 EASTLEIGH TO HINKSEY YARD.

27.06.09..IT WILL BE INTERESTING IN YEARS TO COME,HOW RELIABLE THE GM LOCO'S ARE,WHEN THEY BECOME UNLOVED BY THEIR OWNERS,AND IN AND OUT OF STORAGE,LIKE THE CLASS 60'S....REINSTATED 60061 Alexander Graham Bell,WITH ITS TRANSRAIL DECAL WELL FADED,PASSES SHRIVENHAM ON 6B33,THE THEALE TO ROBESTON EMPTY MURCO TANKS,RUNNING UNUASALLY LATE FOR A SATURDAY.LOOKING BACK WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A COMMON ENGINE WAS NOT THE CASE, REGARDING MYSELF, AS I CAN ONLY FIND ONE PREVIOUS IMAGE,SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT ITS BACK IN ACTION,ALLOWING AT LEAST ONE MORE STAB BEFORE ITS GONE AGAIN.

11.06.09...AFTER VEIWING RICH.SULZMANN'S SHOT OFF THE WESTERLEIGH TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES AT THE SCENIC PURTON LOCATION, OVERLOOKING THE SEVERN ESTUARY,AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO EMULATE THE SHOT. WITH THE CLOUD STARTING TO BREAK JUST IN TIME FOR A HOPED FOR 18.30 ARRIVAL OF 6B47,IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE,WAS IT.BY 18.45 IT WAS LIGHTS OUT AS THE CLOUD JUST DID NOT SEEM TO MOVE.HEARING 60074 Teenage Trust TOOT,JUST AROUND THE CORNER AT 19.20,A GLIMMER OF HOPE WAS APPARENT,AND BY THE TIME IT PASSED ME,ATTEMPTING THE WIDE SHOT,THE SUN CAME OUT,REVEALING HOW FAR THE SHADOWS HAD ENCROUCHED ON THE SUBJECT,AND BY THE TIME WE LEFT, THE LONGEST ONE HAD INDEED CROSSED OVER THE LINE.

01.06.09 WICKWAR..60074 Teenage Spirit,6B13 ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH LOADED MURCO TANKS.

30.05.09..MAKES A NICE CHANGE TO GET A TUG ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN MURCO TANKS,60059 Swinden Dalesman,PASSING WELLINGBOROUGH WITH 6M34,CRAWLEY TO PEAK FOREST EMPTY CEMEX HOPPERS.

30.05.09..AT LAST,NAILED THE ***** THING.60074 Teenage Spirit,PASSES GATCOMBE WITH 6B13,THE ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH LOADED MURCO TANKS.

29.05.09 IN A LUCKY PATCH OF SUN,IN AN EVER INCREASING CLOUDY SKY,ARMY TUG,60040 The Territorial Army Centenary,PASSES COALEY ON 6E41,THE WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY EMPTIES

23.05.09..THE LESS SAID ABOUT 60074 Teenage Spirit,PASSING SHRIVENHAM IN THE DULL,THE BETTER..WELL THE BUTTERCUPS NEED SUN ON THEM OF COURSE,SOD 6B33.

23.05.09..THE LAST TIME I BOTHERED TO PHOTOGRAPH A TUG (LOADHAUL 60059)SITTING AT THE RAIL ENTRANCE TO THE MURCO FUEL DISTRIBUTION DEPOT AT THEALE,WAS EXACTLY LIKE TODAY,WITH 60074 Teenage Spirit,AWAITING TO RETURN TO ROBESTON ON 6B33,SITTING IN GLORIOUS BLUE SKY,HOWEVER LIKE THE PREVIOUS TIME THE WEATHER TURNED FOR THE WORSE AND HAD TO SETTLE FOR A DULL SHOT OF THIS RETURN WORKING.

09.05.09..MORE SQUIFFY LIGHT AT SHRIVENHAM ,AS 60065 Spirit Of Jaguar,PASSES ON A LATE 6B33,THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTY SATURDAY SERVICE.

09.05.09..HAVING RUN ROUND 6B13,FROM ROBESTON,60074 Teenage Spirit,WILL BACK THE LOADED FUEL TANKS INTO THE FUEL UNLOADING BAYS AT WESTERLEIGH FUEL DISTRIBUTION DEPOT.

09.05.09..BLUE TUG,60074 Teenage Spirit, TRUNDLES DOWN THE BRANCH AT WESTERLEIGH VILLAGE,ABOUT TO REACH ITS DESTINATION WITH 6B13,ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH MURCO TANKS.

09.05.09..S.T.JNCT.. 60074 Teenage Spirit,6B13 ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH MURCO TANKS.

09.05.09..AFTER A DRIVE DOWN THE M4 IN MOSTLY CRAP WEATHER A PATCH OF BLUEISH SKY WAS MET UPON ARRIVAL AT UNDY.MOST OF THE TIME AWAITING 60074 Teenage Spirit, ON 6B13 ,THE ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH MURCO TANKS,TO PASS WAS IN REOSONABLE SUNSHINE,HOWEVER MILLISECONDS BEFORE THE SHUTTER BUTTON WAS PRESSED A ROGUE VAPOUR TRAIL MADE THE SUN SQUIFFY ,TO SAY THE LEAST,AND TO RUB SALT IN THE WOUND WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT IT HAD SWITCHED FROM THE MAIN ONTO THE RELEIF AT MAGOR,JUST AROUND THE BEND,THUS CREATING A COSTLY DELAY .THE PREVIOUS HST SHOT WAS PERFECTLEY LIT, PROVING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN.

02.05.09..HEARING THAT THE ARMY TUG ,60040 The Territorial Centenary,WOULD PASS PONTHIR, WORKING 6W02 ABERTHAW TO BASFORD HALL,I WAS GLAD I HAD A DIGITAL,TO EXCEED THE NORMAL LIMITS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.WITH THE SUN NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM SETTING ,THE TUG PASSES WITH A LONG RAKE OF LOADED SPOIL WAGONS,WHAT A BONUS TO END THE DAY.

02.05.09..THE REASON FOR COMING TO GATCOMBE WAS A SHOT OF THE ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH MURCO TANKS,HOWEVER THE WEATHER NEVER PLAYED BALL AS USUAL,AND 60065 Spirit Of Jaguar, PASSED IN FULL DULL WITH 6B13,MEANING A REPEAT VISIT UP ALL THEM STEPS,GOT TO BE DONE THOUGH.

11.04.09....60065 Spirit Of Jaguar,SHUNTS THE LOADED FUEL TANKS FROM ROBESTON INTO THE MURCO DISTRIBUTION DEPOT AT WESTERLEIGH.LOOKING WEST THE FORCASTED DIVIDE FROM CLOUD TO BLUE SKY IS APPARENT,HOWEVER A LOOK EAST WOULD CONFIRM HOW CLOSE THE CLOUD WAS,AND A RETURN EAST UP THE M4 WOULD ENCOUNTER THIS BEFORE THE CHIPPENHAM EXIT

11.04.09...NOT THE PLANNED LOCATION FOR 6B13,BUT THANKS TO INFO FROM KS & TM,A SPRINT FROM THE FOOTBRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND(AFTER SCRAPING 60011 ON THE LINDSEY EMPTIES),ALLOWED A SHOT OF 60065 Spirit Of Jaguar,PASSING WICKWAR,WITH THE ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH LOADED MURCO TANKS,AND THAT WAS ONLY WHEN LADY LUCK INTERVENED AND THE FLOATER MELTED AWAY AT THE LAST MOMENT.

11.04.09...AFTER TRAVELLING DOWN THE M4 IN CLOUD,AND WITH THE FORCASTED SPLIT ALWAYS TANTALISINGLY CLOSE,ARRIVAL AT WICKWAR WAS MET WITH BLUE SKY,SO WHAT COULD GO WRONG.... 6E41 RUNNING ON A WEEKDAY PATH ALLOWED A BACKLIT SHOT,AND THE IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF 60065 ON 6B13 BEHIND US,PLUS THE CLOUD ,WHICH HAD BEEN MOVING EAST,DECIDES TO REFORM OVERHEAD,ALL CONSPIRED TO CAUSE A **** UP,AND AS 60011 APPROACHED THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUD,IN SUN,WE WERE STILL IN THE CRAP,BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT ,THE SUN BROKE THROUGH IN THE NICK OF TIME AS THE WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY EMPTIES PASSED.WHO SAID THIS PASTIME WAS RELAXING? OH,AND WHAT POSTIE LEFT HIS CAR ON THE LEFT,I WONDER.

04.04.09...WITH THE DAYS PLAN ALREADY PEARSHAPED BY 10am,ie NO 6B13,AND A 6E41 NOT RUNNING (DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE INCOMING 6V98)THEN IT WAS A CASE OF DAMAGE LIMITATION,BUT IT DID ALLOW ME TO GET THIS SHOT OFF 60024 PASSING SWINDON ON 6B33,THE THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES,WHICH HAS ELUDED ME FOR A LONG TIME.NOW THE CLOCKS HAVE ALTERED,THIS LOCATION COMES ON FIRST ALLOWING SUN ON THE NOSE,ALAS AS SUMMER APPROACHES 6B33 STARTS TO GET HARD WORK IF IT RUNS ON THE MID-DAY DEPARTURE FROM THEALE.DUE TO THE WEEKENDS SEVERN TUNNEL CLOSURE,THE CLASS 60 WILL DIVERT VIA KEMBLE TO GLOUCESTER, BEFORE HEADING BACK SOUTHWEST,PICKING UP ITS NORMAL ROUTE AT SEVERN TUNNEL JNCT.

21.03.09.HAVING GOT ON 6B33 LAST THURSDAY IT WAS A GOOD BET THAT 60054 Charles Babbagge,WOULD DO THE HONOURS ON THE SATURDAY WORKING,AS PROOVED HERE AT BADMINTON,PASSING WITH THE THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

21.03.09..WICKWAR...60031 ABP Connect, 6B13 ROBESTON TO WESTERLEIGH LOADED MURCO TANKS

21.03.09..WICKWAR..60091 An Teallach,6E41 WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY EMPTIES

19.03.09..SHRIVENHAM...60054 Charles Babbage,6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

07.03.09..WITH THE FORCASTED WEATHER FRONT HOLDING OFF ,A TRIP TO SWINDON WAS MADE TO GET THE THEALE TO ROBESTON TANKS,HOWEVER ON ARRIVAL THE WEATHER WENT TYPICALLY DOWNHILL,BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE A TUG ,IN THE FORM OFF 60031 Connect,BACK ON THE SATURDAY 6B33 ,AFTER A FEW WEEKS ABSENCE ,HAVING THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A SHED TAKE OVER

02.03.09..WORKING HARD TO PULL OUT OF WOODBOROUGH LOOP,60010 CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY WITH THE 6A13 WHATLEY TO WEST DRAYTON LOADED HANSON HOPPERS.

02.03.09..WITH THE SUN JUST REAPPEARING AT THE RIGHT TIME AT SHRIVENHAM AND NAILBITING CEASED,60011 STILL IN ITS MAINLINE BLUE LIVERY(DECAL THIS SIDE ONLY),PASSES WITH A LATE 6B35 HAYES TO MORETON ON LUGG .THANKS MUST GO TO MF & KP,WITHOUT THERE HELP I MAY NOT OF GOT THIS SHOT

02.03.09...A PESSIMISTIC VEIW WOULD BE THAT ONCE THE CLASS 60s ARE ALL STORED THEY MAY NEVER TURN A WHEEL AGAIN.IF THIS UNFORTUNATE SCENARIO TAKES PLACE THEN 60054 Charles Babbage MAY WELL BE THE LAST OPERATIONAL 60 STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL LIVERY/SECTOR DECALS.PICTURED ,PASSING WICKWAR THE LOCO NEARS ITS WESTERLEIGH DESTINATION WITH THE 6B13 LOADED TANKS FROM ROBESTON

22.02.09...BLUE TUG,60011 PULLS AWAY FROM THE LIGHTS AT FAIRWOOD WITH 6W43 EXETER ST.THOMAS TO WESTBURY SPOIL,BUT LADY LUCK WAS NOT WITH US REGARDING THE SUN..

22.02.09..AS RECENTLEY REINSTATED 60011 APPROACHED THE ROADBRIDGE AT FAIRWOOD, THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF ANY SUN,HOWEVER HAVING TO WAIT AT THE SIGNAL FOR AN HST TO PASS,BEFORE PROCEEDING ONTO THE DOWN LINE AND INTO THE YARD,ALLOWED A SPRINT DOWN THE FIELD TO GET SOME SORT OF SUNNY SHOT OFF THE TUG ON 6W43,THE EXETER ST.THOMAS TO WESTBURY SPOIL.

22.02.09..BERKLEY MARSH..60049..6W42 EXETER ST.THOMAS TO WESTBURY LOADED SPOIL

07.02.09..WITH ONLY 17 OPERATIONAL TUGS LEFT,GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN,60085 Mini-Pride Of Oxford PASSES IN WHATS LEFT OFF THE SNOW AT ALDERMASTON ON 6B33 THE THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES,DIVERTED DOWN THE BERKS AND HANTS LINE DUE TO ENGINEERING ON THE SWINDON TO DIDCOT ROUTE

24.01.09..HAVING HAD A TIDY UP FOR THE PREVIOUS DAYS CEROMONY IN S.WALES ,CELEBRITY 60074 Teenage Spirit,PASSES DENCHWORTH IN HAZY SUN,WITH THE 6B33,THEALE TO MARGAM MURCO EMPTIES..AS USUAL A WALK BACK TO THE CAR AND DRIVING HOME WAS IN FULL SUNSHINE.THIS WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPT OF A SHOT OF THIS LIVERY,AND BY THE LOOKS OF IT WILL PROBABLY BE MY LAST,UNLESS THERE IS A MASSIVE CHANGE OF HEART REGARDING THIS LOCO CLASS.

03.01.09..SHRIVENHAM..60085"MINI-PRIDE OF OXFORD"6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

06.12.08...WITH OTHER COMMITMENTS DURING THE DAY I HAD NOT EXPECTED TO GET THE CAMERA OUT ,BUT A QUICK DASH TO WOOLHAMPTON FOR A SHOT OF A SATURDAY TUG AND BACK HOME WITHIN THE HOUR DID NOT HAMPER PLANS,AND ALTHOUGH THE B&H IS GETTING BACKLIT AFTER ABOUT 10 AT MOST LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR PLUS THE LOW SUN,I WAS REASONABLY CONTENT WITH 60060

11.10.08 DENCHWORTH 60062 ON 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

09.10.08...LOOKING REASONABLY CLEAN,60045"THE PERMANENT WAY INSTITUTION" ON THE MOUNTSORREL TO CREWE BALLAST

09.10.08...LOOKING WELL FADED ,60043 PASSES CATHOLME WITH A LIGHTLY LOADED 6M57 LINDSEY TO KINGSBURY TANKS

27.09.08..BOURTON.. 60002"HIGH PEAK"6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

20.09.08..STILL IN ITS PETROLEUM SECTOR DECALS,60054"CHARLES BABBAGE" PASSES ACTON TURVILLE WITH 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

05.07.08..WENT TO WICKWAR,WHERE I HAVE VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FREIGHT SHOTS DUE TO WEATHER,NON RUNNERS ETC.WELL IT STARTED GOOD WITH LOADHAUL 60007 ON 6E41 WESTERLEIGH TO LINDSEY EMPTIES.WE HEARD IT APPROACHING ON TIME ,IN THE SUN ALLOWING A CRACKING SHOT,WHAT COULD GO WRONG,HOW ABOUT A HST THUNDERING OUT OF THE TUNNEL BEHIND US AND CROSSING WITH 6E41 AT THE PRIME SPOT.THIS HASTY ZOOM JOB LIMITED THE DAMAGE A BIT.AMONGST THE THREE OF US ON THE FOOTBRIDGE,A CERTAIN FARMER TELLS ME ITS HAPPENED TO HIM BEFORE..SAME WORKING..SAME LOCATION.JINXED OR WHAT?

25.06.08...AFTER SITTING IN ONE OF THE AREAS LIMITED SUNNY PATCH FOR 20 MINUTES,THE CLOUD MOVED IN AS 60040"THE TERITORIAL ARMY CENTENUARY" PASSED LOWER BASILDON ON 6A57 APPLEFORD TO WEST DRAYTON LOADED STONE

14.06.08...ON RECENT SATURDAYS THE THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES HAS BEEN LEAVING AROUND MIDDAY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD ANGLE FOR THE SUN EAST OF SWINDON.PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE IS SHRIVENHAM,AS DEPICTED BY 60077 PASSING BANG ON TIME WITH 6B33 HAVING PROBABLY BEEN HELD AT CHALLOW FOR THE 12..00 PADDINGTON TO BRISTOL HST TO PASS,NO DOUBT WHEN A CELEBRITY PAINT JOB GETS ON THIS TURN IT WILL GO PEAR SHAPED

07.06.08..DENCHWORTH.60077 ON 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

31.05.08...IN A FORTUITOUS PATCH OF SUNSHINE,REASONABLY CLEAN 60076 PASSES THE FIELD OF BUTTERCUPS AT ACTON TURVILLE ON 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES,MAKING A HAPPY END TO THE MONTH

08.05.08 ..60068 CROSSES THE VIADUCT AT CHAPEL MILTON FROM THE HOPE VALLEY LINE WITH 6M82 WALSALL TO TUNSTEAD CEMENT,SECONDS LATER THE SUN DIPPED

08.05.08 NOT ACCUSTOMED TO LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDERS FOR CLOUD ,A FLOATER CLIPPED THE FRONT OF 6H96 TUNSTEAD TO BREDBURY HAULED BY 60040

08.05.08 HINDLOW 60083 0N 6H22 TUNSTEAD TO HINDLOW

08.05.08 CHINLEY 60029 ON 6J46 PEAK FOREST TO HOPE ST.LOADED CEMEX HOPPERS

08.05.08..60040 ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH CHINLEY STATION ON 6H03 OAKLEIGH TO TUNSTEAD EMPTIES

08.05.08 PEAK FOREST 60020 ON 6H43 PENDLETON TO TUNSTEAD EMPTY HOPPERS

07.05.08 WASH..WITH THE SUN DROPPING LIKE A STONE 60025 PASSES ON 6M87 ELY TO PEAK FOREST CEMEX EMPTIES

07.05.08 CROSSING THE VIADUCT AT CHAPEL MILTON FROM THE CHINLEY DIRECTION,60068 ON 6M22 HUNSLETT TO TUNSTEAD CEMENT EMPTIES

07.05.08 CHAPEL EN LE FRITH.60040 ON 6F06 TUNSTEAD TO OAKLEIGH LOADED HOPPERS

07.05.08 CHAPEL EN LE FRITH 60029 ON THE 6H60 HOPE ST. TO PEAK FOREST CEMEX EMPTIES

07.05.08 HINDLOW.A TATTY LOOKING 60020 NEARS ITS DESTINATION ON 6H22 FROM TUNSTEAD

07.05.08 TOPLEY PIKE.60020 ON 6H22 TUNSTEAD TO HINDLOW LOADED HOPPERS HEADING FOR THE RUN ROUND AT BUXTON

07.05.08 PEAK FOREST.60083 ON SHUNTING DUTIES SITTING ON BOX WAGONS FOR ASHBURY THE NEXT DAY

07.05.08 CHAPEL MILTON 60040 ON 6H03 OAKLEIGH TO TUNSTEAD EMPTIES,THIS LOCO BECAME A CELEBRITY A MONTH LATER DUE TO A REPAINT AND T.A.DECAL AND NAMEPLATE

03.05.08 EXPECTING TO HUNT DOWN LOADHALL 60007 ON ENGINEERING DUTIES ,WE LANDED ON OUR FEET WITH A VISIT TO SHAWFORD AS LOADING SPENT BALLAST WAS TAKING PLACE AND THE SUN POPPED OUT AT THE RIGHT TIME .THIS WORKING WAS BOOKED TO LEAVE THE SITE AT 0005 HRS AS 6N04 TO EASTLEIGH,AND NO I WAS NOT GOING TO HANG AROUND FOR A NIGHT SHOT

12.04.08 ..I DID NOT REALISE AT THE TIME,BUT THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY SUNNY SHOT I WOULD GET OF 60007 TODAY,AS IT SITS OUTSIDE THEALE MURCO DISTRIBUTION TERMINAL AWAITING TO WORK 6B33

03.04.08 RARITY ON 6Y42 HOO JNCT.TO EASTLEIGH DEPARTMENTAL IN THE FORM OF 60031 AS IT PASSES WORTING JNCT.IN FULL CRAP OR A CLOUDY HIGH ACCORDING TO THE BBC FORCAST.NB. THE DRAMATIC CHANGE TO THE VEIW AS DEVOLPMENT MARCHES ON

21.03.08.AFTER TRAVELLING IN SUNSHINE TO PHOT 60079 APPROACHING WOOLHAMPTON ON 6C77 ACTON TO MEREHEAD EMPTY HANSON HOPPERS,I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE SUN WOULD NOT LAST.

01.03.08 ..WITH THE METER READING UP AND DOWN LIKE A TARTS KNICKERS I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO GET 60007 IN THE SUN AS IT PASSED BY AT GT.CHEVERELL,ON THE H&B ROUTE, WITH THE DIVERTED 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTY TANKS

16.02.08 DIVERSIONS DOWN THE H+B AGAIN ALLOWED A SHOT OF A VERY DIRTY 60059 ABOUT TO ENTER THE LOOP AT WOODBOROUGH WITH A DIVERTED 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

12.02.08 MILLBROOK 60090 ON 6M57 WOOL TO WATFORD LOADED SAND

09.02.08 WOOTON RIVERS 60043 WITH THE DIVERTED 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

26.01.08 NR. WOOLHAMPTON 60020 DIVERTED 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES, IN THE SUN THIS ATTEMPT

18.10.07 AFTER A DASH BACK TO SHRIVENHAM AFTER CLOUD FURTHER WEST I GOT 60059 ON 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

18.09.07 LEFT BULGARIA AT 02.50 CET, ARRIVED HOME VIA GATWICK AT 07.00 BST WENT TO WICKWAR AND GOT SHAFTED ON THE MURCO TO WESTERLEIGH BY 12.00, BUT GOT 60071 AT BADGEWORTH ON 6V92 CORBY TO MARGAM COIL EMPTIES,BARMY OR WOT

03.06.07 SHOTTESBROOKE..60100"PRIDE OF ACTON" 6V70 DIDCOT TO COLNBROOK TANKS {OVERNIGHT FROM LINDSEY}

02.06.07..SHRIVENHAM..60025"CALEDONIAN PAPER" 6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES

28.04.07..PEAK FOREST..60021 Star Of The East..REVERSING 6H55,THE BLETCHLEY RMC EMPTIES INTO DOVE HOLES QUARRY.

29.04.07..CHAPEL EN LE FRITH...60015 Bow Fell,6F05 TUNSTEAD TO OAKLEIGH LOAED LIMESTONE.

28.04.07..CHINLEY..60018..6H60 HOPE ST. TO PEAK FOREST RMC EMPTIES.

28.04.07 CHINLEY..60015 Bow Fell,6H03 OAKLEIGH TO TUNSTEAD LIMESTONE EMPTIES.

28.04.07..CHINLEY..60074..6H23 PENDLETON TO TUNSTEAD EMPTIES.

18.04.07..PEAK FOREST..60014 Alexander Fleming,LOADED RMC HOPPERS,WITH 60095 EX.6H55 FROM BLETCHLEY.

18.04.07..BUXWORTH..60071 Ribblehead Viaduct,..6F06 TUNSTEAD TO OAKLEIGH LIMESTONE.

18.04.07..BUXWORTH..60095..6H55 BLETCHLEY TO PEAK FOREST RMC EMPTIES.

18.04.07..BUXWORTH..60082 Mam Tor,6H96 TUNSTEAD TO BREDBURY

18.04.07..TUNSTEAD..60018..6H21 HINDLOW TO TUNSTEAD EMPTIES.

17.03.07..BOURTON..60054 Charles Babbage,6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

10.03.07..SWINDON..60060 James Watt,6C23 HAYES TO EAST USK EMPTIES.

03.02.07..SHRIVENHAM..60034..6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

03.02.07 WOODBOROUGH..60021 Star Of The East,DIVERTED 6C23 HAYES TO EAST USK EMPTIES.

20.01.07..MANNINGFORD..60019 Pathfinder Tours,6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES,DIVERTED VIA THE B&H DUE TO ENGINEERING WORK IN THE SWINDON AREA.

02.12.06..DENCHWORTH..60060 James Watt,6C23 HAYES TO EAST USK EMPTIES.

18.11.06..DENCHWORTH..60059..6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

04.11.06..DENCHWORTH..60047..6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

21.10.06 WITH A THREATNING SKY 60092"REGINALN MUNNS" PASS DENCHWORTH WITH THE DIVERTED 6V40 LACKENBY TO LLANWERN STEEL SLAB

21.10.06..SHRIVENHAM..60052 Tower Colliery,6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON MURCO EMPTIES.

16.07.06..RUSCOMBE..60096..6Z79 DIDCOT YARD TO COLNBROOK LOADED FUEL TANKS,EX.OVERNIGHT FROM LINDSEY.

02.07.06..SONNING CUTTING..60002 High Peak,6Z79 DIDCOT YARD TO COLNBROOK LOADED FUEL TANKS,EX.OVERNIGHT FROM LINDSEY.

01.06.06..ACTON TURVILLE..60023 ON 6C23 HAYES TO EAST USK EMPTY GUNNELS

25.05.06 YET MORE MAYFLOWER,THIS TIME AT ULCEBY,WITH 60084 PASSING ON 6V19,THE IMMINGHAM TO MARGAM ENTERPRISE.

25.05.06 RECENTLY PAINTED AND NAMED 60008 Sir Alfred McAlpine ..6D66 IMMINGHAM TO DONCASTER ENTERPRISE

25.05.06..SCUNTHORPE 60054 Charles Babbage ..6N30 SCUNTHORPE TO TEES SLAB

25.05.06 AN ABUNDANCE OF MAYFLOWER COMBINING WITH A FIELD OFF OIL SEED RAPE MAKE A COULERFULL SCENE AT THE ROADBRIDGE NEAR THE LIME WORKS AT CROXTON,NOT FORGETTING 60060 James Watt WHICH HAPPENED TO BE PASSING ON A SCUNTHORPE TO IMMINGHAM IRON ORE EMPTY SERVICE

11.05.06 PEAK FOREST STABLE POINT..60059 Swinden Dalesman.

11.05.06 PEAK FOREST..60041 ELY TO PEAK FOREST RMC EMPTIES,ABOUT TO REVERSE INTO DOVE HOLES QUARRY.

11.05.06 PEAK FOREST STABLE POINT..60014 Alexander Fleming.

11.05.06 PEAK FOREST STABLE POINT...60025 Caledonian Paper.

11.05.06..NEW MILLS SOUTH JNCT. 60059 Swinden Dalesman,6H55 BLETCHLEY TO PEAK FOREST RMC EMPTIES.

11.05.06..NEW MILLS SOUTH JNCT..60097 Port Of Grimsby and Immingham,6H57 ASHBURY TO DOWLOW EMPTIES.

11.05.06 NEARING ITS PEAK FOREST DESTINATION,60063 James Murray TRAVELS THROUGH DOVE HOLES CUTTING WITH 6M17,RMC EMPTIES FROM LEEDS

11.05.06..PEAK FOREST 60094 Rugby Flyer.

11.05.06.GREAT ROCKS JNCT. 60014 Alexander Fleming..6H03 OAKLEIGH TO TUNSTEAD EMPTIES

11.05.06..AFTER THE USUAL RUN ROUND ,60025 Caledonian Paper HEADS FOR THE TUNSTEAD QUARRY WITH THE 6H21 EMPTIES FROM HINDLOW

05.05.06 PASSING EAST USK YARD 60010 PASSES ON A PARC SLIP TO WESTBURY ,CONVEYING COAL FOR THE CEMENT WORKS