MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL,AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
BOB FOSTERS RAIL GALLERY
2009
 
21.09.86 IT WAS'NT UNTIL YEARS AFTER TAKING THIS SHOT THAT WHILST FREQUENTING THE NEARBY PUB, AFTER A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP,I NOTICED THE BILL STATED CLARKEN GREEN AS THE LOCATION,DESPITE THE LACK OF ANY ROADSIGN'S TO INDICATE THE FACT.ANYWAY I WAS OBLIVIOUS TO THIS FACT WHEN 33103 PASSED HAULING EMU STOCK ON A WATERLOO TO WEYMOUTH SERVICE,DIVERTED VIA ANDOVER DUE TO WEEKEND ENGINEERING. A STONES THROW BEHIND IS THE DISSUSED OAKLEY STATION.
Mon 7th Dec 2009
UNSEEN SCANNED IMAGES 		10.09.02..CORUS LIVERIED 60006 Scunthorpe Ironmaster, PASSES BURTON ON TRENT WITH A LACKENBY TO LLANWERN SLAB WORKING.
Tue 1st Dec 2009
RECENT ADDITIONS DURING DECEMBER 		26.03.05..JUST PRIOR TO ITS REPAINT INTO GREEN,37411 The Scottish Railway Preservation Society,LOOKS PRETTY GOOD,PAINTWISE,AS IT AWAITS THE DEPARTURE FROM CAERPHILLY STATION,WHILST WORKING THE 10.15 RHYMNEY TO CARDIFF SERVICE. ALTHOUGH HAVING THE PLATFORM TO ONESELF,THIS WAS TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY A FEW WEEKS LATER AS A SATURDAY VALLEY INVASION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS WOULD OCCUR,FOR SHOTS OF THE TWO REPAINTED TRACTORS,WITH UPWARDS OF 20 PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM/FOOTBRIDGE HOPING TO GET A DECENT SHOT.
Sun 1st Nov 2009
RECENT ADDITIONS DURING NOVEMBER.
 
22.10.09..WITH A VERY LUCKY SPLASH OF WATERY SUN,47805 Talisman+EX.VIRGIN 47769 Resolve,PASS HINKSEY WITH 6Z48,BURTON ON TRENT TO DOLLANDS MOOR STEEL EMPTIES.
Wed 30th Sep 2009
RECENT ADDITIONS DURING OCTOBER. 		12.09.09..GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY'S DIESEL GALA....WOODTHORPE..50007 Sir Edward Elgar,2A10 ..11.00 LOUGHBOROUGH TO LEICESTER NORTH.
Mon 14th Sep 2009
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY'S DIESEL GALA..12.SEPT.09 		24.09.09..BANBURY..47805 Talisman+47839 Pegasus,6z48 BURTON ON TRENT TO DOLLANDS MOOR STEEL EMPTIES.
Tue 1st Sep 2009
RECENT ADDITIONS DURING SEPTEMBER.
 
14.06.09..WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY'S MIXED TRAFFIC WEEKEND....HYMEK D7017 PASSES THROUGH WATCHET STATION ,HEADING FOR MINEHEAD WITH THE 12.05 NON STOP SERVICE FRON NORTON FITZWARREN.
Mon 15th Jun 2009
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY'S MIXED TRAFFIC WEEKEND..SUNDAY 14th JUNE 2009 		31.05.09..MID-HANTS RAILWAYS DIESEL GALA,NORTH STREET..59098+33053...10.30 ALTON TO ALRESFORD
Tue 2nd Jun 2009
MID-HANTS DIESEL GALA 31.JUNE.09
Mon 25th May 2009
EASTLEIGH 100 1909-2009
 
10.05.09..SWANAGE RAILWAY'S DIESEL GALA..TOWN END,CORFE...45060 Sherwood Forester,09.45 NORDEN TO SWANAGE,WITH THE 11th CENTURY CORFE CASTLE DOMINATING THE PURBECK HILLS.
Mon 11th May 2009
SWANAGE RAILWAY'S DIESEL GALA.10th May 2009 		22.04.84..EASTFIELD DEPOT 20099+20108 READY FOR SNOW DUTIES
Sun 25th Jan 2009
CLASS 20 		22.04.84..GLASGOW WORKS..26046
Sun 25th Jan 2009
CLASS 24,25,26,27
 
13.07.04..AFTER A CUT ACROSS COUNTRY,ANOTHER SHOT OF 31454 ON THE 08.28 BRISTOL TO WEYMOUTH WAS ACHEIVED,AS IT DEPARTS THE FROME STOP
Sun 25th Jan 2009
CLASS 31 		06.09.08..BATTLEDOWN.33025
Sun 25th Jan 2009
CLASS 33 		15.11.08..TRACTORS 37401+37417 ARRIVE AT READING WITH THE 1Z74..13.01 ROUND OAK TO READING ,AFTER A SHORT WHILE THEY TOOK THE ECS TO OLD OAK MAKING NOISE THAT ONLY A PAIR OF TRACTORS CAN MAKE...NICE
Sun 25th Jan 2009
CLASS 37
 
20.09.08..STRUGGLING TO FIND A FOG FREE LOCATION WITH A SUITABLE ANGLE ON THE ENGLISH SIDE A TRIP OVER THE SEVERN BRIDGE WAS UNDERTAKEN AND WAS REWARDED WITH SUNSHINE AS WHISTLER 40145
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 40 		18.06.86.PASSING FINDON ROAD BOX IS PEAK 45138 WITH A UNKNOWN MGR DESTINATION,POSSIBLY NORTHFLEET CEMENT WORKS
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 45,46 		09.10.08 WITH THE SUN JUST ABOUT HANGING ON,47237 TRAVELS PAINFULLY SLOW DOWN THE LOOP AT ELFORD ON 6V95 STOCKTON TO CARDIFF TIDAL SCRAP METAL
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 47
 
04.07.89 WALTHAM ST.LAWRENCE..50036
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 50 		22.11.08..PASSING A CLOUDY CATHOLME,56311+56312 MAKE LIGHT WORK OF THE 6Z57 NORDIC TERMINAL AT IMMINGHAM TO THE OLD ALSTOM SITE AT WASHWOOD HEATH CONVEYING IMPORTED STEEL .THIS WAS THE 3rd LOADED RUN ON A 3/4 WEEK TRIAL
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 56 		15.11.08...THE 1A40..22.00(FRI) PENZANCE TO PADDINGTON SLEEPER PAUSES AT READING WITH 57603
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 57
 
11.03.87..AS BUILT,RED STRIPE 58026 PASSES COSSINGTON WITH THE RATCLIFFE P.S. TO FLETTON FLY ASH
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 58 		26.09.08 ROUNDING THE CURVE AT CROFTON IS YEOMAN LIVERIED 59004
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 59 		25.06.08...AFTER SITTING IN ONE OF THE AREAS LIMITED SUNNY PATCH FOR 20 MINUTES,THE CLOUD MOVED IN AS 60040
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 60
 
25.06.08..BY THE TIME 66589 PASSED CLOUDLESS KINGS SUTTON ON THE 4M99 SOUTHAMPTON TO TRAFFORD PARK LINER,THE CHURCH SPIRE IN THE BACKGROUND WAS PERFECTLY LIT
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 66 		08.11.08 WITH THE LOCOs NOW ON THE LONDON END ONLY 67015
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 67 		13.09.08...EDs 73205
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 73 ELECTRO DIESEL
 
14.12.85..EUSTON STATION..81003
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS 81-87 ELECTRICS 		08.11.08..NATIONAL EXPRESS 91120 ABOUT TO DEPART KINGS CROSS WITH THE 10.40 TO NEWCASTLE
Sat 24th Jan 2009
CLASS..90,CLASS 91,CLASS 92 		18.07.84 POOLE DOCKS..RUSTON AND HORNSBY SHUNTER DS88,WHICH IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY WAS ALREADY OUT OF USE AT THE TIME OF TAKING THE PICTURE
Sat 24th Jan 2009
SHUNTERS
 
07.06.08..HAVING BEEN CAPED ON 6X12 AT DIDCOT,37406+37410+37416 HITCHED A RIDE ON 6026 HINKSEY TO EASTLEIGH AS A WAY OF GETTING TO EASTLEIGH DEPOT.THE ASSEMBLY PASSES PURLEY ON THAMES WITH 66199 IN CHARGE
Sat 24th Jan 2009
MIXED PAIRS 		27.07.03..SOUTHAMPTON..D1015 Sir Misha Black ON THE SALISBURY TO BOURNEMOUTH SECTION OF A VSOE FROM LONDON VICTORIA
Sat 24th Jan 2009
DELTICS,WESTERNS,WARSHIPS,HYMEKS, 		12.01.08 NR.WOOLHAMPTON 165135..11.11 READING TO NEWBURY
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
DIESEL MULTIPLE UNITS
 
12.02.08 MILLBROOK STATION 450020 ON THE 13.15 SOUTHAMPTON TO WEYMOUTH
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNITS
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
HSTs 		15.10.95.BASINGSTOKE. 35028+47725 ON A WATERLOO TO SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS TOUR
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
STEAM
 
MID-HANTS DIESEL EVENT 15.05.05...47358+31128 NR.FOUR MARKS ON THE 15.25 ALTON TO ALRESFORD
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
PRESERVED DIESEL LINES 		08.06.08.LONG MARSTON OPEN DAY.CABSIDE VEIWS OF EX VIRGIN 87032 AND ANGLIA 86242
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
OPEN DAYS 		16.06.85 TINSLEY DEPOT.25254
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
WORKS AND DEPOT VISITS,incl. stable points
 
25.09.88 ANDOVER 73004
Fri 23rd Jan 2009
NAMEPLATES
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2008
 
16.08.02 WITH THE CLASS 66 RULING THE QUIDHAMPTON/EASTLEIGH CIRCUIT AND CLASS 58s GETTING EVER INCREASINGLY RARE I CONSIDER MY SELF FORTUNATE AS 58045 PASSES BY AT SALISBURY RETURNING TO EASTLEIGH,MAKING THIS,SO IT WOULD NOW SEEM, MY LAST EVER SHOT OF THE QUIDHAMPTON TANKS.
Wed 31st Dec 2008
THE QUIDHAMPTON FLOW
Sun 17th Aug 2008
ZAKOPANE ,POLAND 		11.08.08..TRAM 1454 RUNS ALONGSIDE THE RIVER DANUBE ON THE BUDA SIDE OF BUDAPEST WITH A BATTHYANYTER TO IFJUSAGI PARK SERVICE.THE CHAIN BRIDGE SPANNING THE DANUBE CAN BE SEEN IN THE R.H. BACKGROUND
Sun 17th Aug 2008
EAST EUROPEAN TRAMS
 
17.01.89..RARITY AT READING IN THE FORM OF 33203 ON THE 17.18 FOLKESTONE CENTRAL TO LIVERPOOL LIME ST.THE CROMPTON WAS REMOVED AT READING AND PROBABLY RETURNED ON THE MANCHESTER TO DOVER MAIL TRAIN IN THE EARLY HOURS
Sat 21st Jun 2008
SCANNED PHOTOGRAPHS 		22.04.84 EASTFIELD DEPOT..WOULD NOT THINK THAT HAYMARKETS 20099 AND EASTFIELDS 20108 WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SNOW DUTIES IN LATE APRIL BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
Sun 4th May 2008
SCOTLAND incl. BREL Works and Depot visits 		16.06.85 HUDDERSFIELD.45004 ON A LIVERPOOL TO SCARBOROUGH SERVICE
Sun 20th Apr 2008
YORKSHIRE
 
09.06.06 I WAS LOOKING FOR THE USUAL GRENDON SHOT AND TIME WAS GETTING NEAR TO THE ARRIVAL OF 4L46,SO I ENDED UP HERE AFTER CRAWLING THROUGH A HEDGE AND FALLING IN A DITCH ,BUT I WAS REASONABLY HAPPY AS 37612+37608 PAST WITH THE DITTON TO PURFLEET INTERMODEL
Sun 13th Apr 2008
UNDER THE WIRES 		19.04.91 ARPLEY JNCT.20106+20113 HEADING FOR FIDDLERS FERRY P.S. WITH A MGR
Sat 22nd Mar 2008
NORTH WEST ENGLAND 		15.08.92 NORWICH. HAVING RELATIVES IN NORWICH DURING THE 1950s and 60s MANY SPOTTING DAYS WERE HAD AT THORPE, YEARS LATER IT WAS A BIT QUIETER , EVEN WITH SUMMER SATURDAYS TO GT.YARMOUTH ,INCLUDING 31190 WAITING TO DEPART WITH THE 13.30 NORWICH TO GT.YARMOUTH
Fri 29th Feb 2008
EASTERN COUNTIES
 
08.09.87 SOUTH OTTERINGTON 56134 MGR
Fri 15th Feb 2008
NORTH EAST ENGLAND 		02.03.90 COEDKERNEW 37519+37509
Sun 3rd Feb 2008
SOUTH WALES 1990s 		10.07.91 CODNOR PARK 37681 EARLES TO HANDSWORTH CEMENT
Sun 20th Jan 2008
EAST MIDLANDS 1991-2006
 
18.06.86 FINEDON RD.45138 MGR, NO IDEA WHERE TOO
Sun 13th Jan 2008
EAST MIDLANDS 1985-1990 		14.12.85 PADDINGTON D200 ABOUT TO DEPART ON THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER RAILTOUR TO PRESTON
Sat 5th Jan 2008
MIXED BAG 		09.09.85 NEWPORT..JUST BEEN FOR A SLASH ,SO WAS OUT OF POSITION FOR 25205 AS IT THUNDERED THROUGH WITH EMPTY RAIL FLATS
Thu 3rd Jan 2008
SOUTH WALES IN THE 1980s
 
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2007
 
23.04.03 WRAWBY JNCT. 56083 IMMINGHAM TO SWANSEA BURROWS COAL
Thu 20th Dec 2007
BARNETBY AREA 		27.02.05 BADGEWORTH 47584..1Z77..08.34 LIVERPOOL TO CARDIFF CARLING CUP FOOTEX
Wed 5th Dec 2007
GLOUCESTER AREA 		16.08.98 ORIGINALY WAITING AT BRADFORD ON AVON FOR 37403 ON THE 07.45 CARDIFF TO WEYMOUTH,SUSPICIONS WERE AROUSED WHEN A UNIT PASSED.AFTER A DELAY THE BRAIN KICKED IN AND SHOT OF TO FROME STATION WHERE THE TRACTOR WAS WAITING AFTER TAKING OVER AT WESTBURY..NEARLY A WASTED TRIP .WELL DONE T.C. AND M.F.
Thu 22nd Nov 2007
TEMPLE MEADS TO WEYMOUTH
 
04.05.01 NEWPORT 37428 A.D.JNCT TO EAST USK YARD !!! THE HST
Sat 10th Nov 2007
SOUTH WALES 2000 ONWARDS 		14.04.06 PONTHIR 50049..1Z47..16.20 CARDIFF TO CREWE
Sat 27th Oct 2007
SHREWSBURY TO SOUTH WALES 		06.11.99 YSTRAD MYNAC 47712..13.15 BARGOED TO CARDIFF
Sun 14th Oct 2007
LOCOHAULED ON THE RHYMNEYS
 
13.09.03 WHITACRE JNCT. 60065..6F64 WASHWOOD HEATH TO BARDON HILL EMPTIES
Thu 4th Oct 2007
BIRMINGHAM AREA 		17.07.98 NORTON BAVANT 37798 FAWLEY TO TAVISTOCK JNCT.
Mon 24th Sep 2007
WESTBURY AREA 		21.06.97 ST.DENYS 31466+37606 THE LONGEST DAY RAILTOUR FROM PRESTON
Fri 7th Sep 2007
SOUTHAMPTON AND EASTLEIGH AREAS
 
22.10.83 KINGS CROSS 37180 NUCLEAR PROTESTERS CHARTER
Sat 1st Sep 2007
SOUTH EAST 		10.10.02 BASINGSTOKE 56041 MARCHWOOD TO DIDCOT MOD.THERE HAD BEEN A COUPLE OF 56s THAT CAME SOUTH BUT AFTER THIS SHOT NO MORE
Sat 1st Sep 2007
BASINGSTOKE AREA 2000 ONWARDS 		07.10.90.BASINGSTOKE 73205+83301+4TG TEST TRAIN
Mon 27th Aug 2007
BASINGSTOKE AND ANDOVER AREA 1990s
 
05.09.89 WORTING JNCT.56051 WHATLEY TO WOKING
Sat 18th Aug 2007
BASINGSTOKE AND ANDOVER AREA 1980s 		18.07.90 CROFTON 56043
Sat 18th Aug 2007
HANTS AND BERKS 		03.06.07 SHOTTESBROOKE 60100.6V70 DIDCOT TO COLNBROOK
Sun 12th Aug 2007
READING AREA
 
23.04.02 SOUTH STOKE 57601 . 06.20 PLYMOUTH TO PADDINGTON
Sat 28th Jul 2007
THAMES VALLEY (Reading to Didcot) 		02.06.07 SHRIVENHAM 60025.6B33 THEALE TO ROBESTON
Wed 18th Jul 2007
OXFORD TO SWINDON 		24.08.90 BURNGULLOW 47605 CLAY
Thu 12th Jul 2007
WEST COUNTRY
 
05.08.98 BRENT KNOLL 37058 NEWPORT TO ST.BLAZEY ENTERPRISE
Sat 7th Jul 2007
BRISTOL AREA 		29.05.97 DOVE HOLES 37419+37146 NORTHWICH TO TUNSTEAD
Thu 21st Jun 2007
PEAK FOREST AREA 		05.08.95 PENMAENMAWR. 37429. 10.15 BLACKPOOL TO HOLYHEAD
Tue 19th Jun 2007
NORTH WALES COAST ROUTE
 
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