#ThrowbackThursday The former Glendon Junction, #MML north of Kettering, not long after the slow lines & the junction had been lifted here. #GWR green 47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' southbound with what i recorded as being the final hauled 1C22 SuO 12.15 Derby-StPancras. 15/8/88

#MidWeekPeak #MidWeekMono D123 'Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry' and her crew await the next departure from Loughborough station. Great Central Railway

#TwoShadeTuesday those being black and white...
Viewed from the ventilation window of a mark 1 coach 31108 uses platform 2 of Loughborough station to run around it's train ready for the next departure to Leicester North. Great Central Railway

#MondayMorningBlues 55013 'The Black Watch' (or is it?) powers out from underneath Kinchley lane bridge with a mixed freight and passenger set. Adorned with some anti corrosive paint on the body sides, the DELSLICK was certainly popular 📐

Doncaster, 1985

31403 pauses in Platform 8 at Doncaster in the small hours with the King’s Cross to Leeds newspaper train

#Doncaster #Yorkshire

📷 A Nicholls

Brush type 2 (British Rail class 31) 31108 pictured at Beeches Road Loughborough, approaching Quorn, Fielding Road foot crossing Birstall and Woodthorpe Lane Loughborough taken on days 1 & 2 of the Great Central Railway diesel gala on the 26th & 27th April 2024. #class31

#SemaphoreSunday the glorious 31108 approaches Loughborough platform one yesterday at the Great Central Railway spring diesel gala. As you might imagine my visit was centred around this loco. My content might be more ped heavy than usual for a few days!!

Oh my 😍
31108 looking amazing in Railfreight Grey as it approaches Rothley earlier

Brush type 2 (British Rail class 31) 31108 with Brush type 4 (British Rail class 47) D1705 in the background at Quorn & Woodhouse station on day 1 of the Great Central Railway diesel gala on the 26th April 2024. #class31 #class47

You wanted PEDs here are your PEDs 👏

The sublime looking 31108 takes me for a bash towards Loughborough Central 😎

#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class31 #PED #hellfire

#OnThisDay #ThrowbackThursday 3 years ago today #EMR were still using the ex.LNER #HST sets. 1C61 14.34 Leeds-StPancras is seen arriving into Kettering with 43272 leading. The HSTs had only 3 weeks left on #MML passenger work by this time. 272 is still in use with Colas. 25/4/21

#ThreeSixtyThursday .......
Only joking, have a ped instead! 31289 'Phoenix' looking good after a wash and brush up for the N & L Railway Boughton station opening.
#ThursdayThirttOne

#Shedwatch 66718 'Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill' cruises through Kettering, the station of many nameboards. GB Railfreight

#throwback to Friday, 19 July 2019

43468/43465 arrive at Kettering with 1M40 1650 EMT service from St Pancras International to Corby.

📸 Finbarr O'Neill

#railways #trains #travel #intercity125

#MondayMorningBlues former N & L Railway resident 56098 is currently GB Railfreight's Wellingborough yard pet. Here is the large logo beast shortly after arriving in Wellingborough. C56G

56049 + 56113 head past Lazonby on the 6C37 1030 Chirk Kronospan - Carlisle Yard, 21st April 2024. A rare opportunity to photograph the northbound working over the S&C.

A new location for me for this #Shedwatch . GB Railfreight 66727 at the head of 6G37, an engineering train from Toton to Manton junction. Gretton viaduct is one to keep in my arsenal.

#FrontEndFriday 33063 is currently stopped for bodywork attention at the SpaValleyRailway, currently in triple grey with mainline branding still visible, wondering whether it shall be repainted as part of the work going on?

31444 exits the single line chord from Sleaford station at Sleaford North Junction with a Skegness to Sheffield service, 25th July 1987 #ThirtyOnesOnThursday

📸 John Dewhurst

Andy H Bennybizzle Andrew Murdin Darren Wetherall tom brown Tony Wilson Shawn Collier kingy69beard A bit closer to home... 31410 1C15 18/7/88 struggling to top Desborough Summit (normally a pair of Peaks!)