Colas Rail Freight #Class37 37116 plus stablemate #Class43 43277 ‘Safety Task Force’ and ROG classmate 37611 'Denise' - Rail Technical Centre

Colas Rail Freight #Class37 37057 ‘Barbara Arbon’ and privately owned, BR Railfreight-liveried #LargeLogo , 37508 at the Rail Technical Centre Yard

Bombardier #Class222 222004, which bore the name ‘CITY OF SHEFFIELD’ under National Express-operated #MidlandMainline , stands ready to work EMR InterCity 1C17 0700 Sheffield > London St Pancras International #MML

GBRf #Class69 69001 ‘Mayflower’ hauling 7M18 0720 Doncaster Up Decoy > Toton North Yard through Derby #MML

387m long GEC-Alstom #E300 stands ready at P10 to work Eurostar 9I32 1301 London St Pancras International > Bruxelles Midi #HS1 #CTRL

Hitachi 140mph #Class395 395019 ‘Jessica Ennis’ working Southeastern High-Speed 1129 1050 Margate > London St Pancras International arrives at P12 #HS1

Freightliner #Class90 90042+90043 powering 4M63 0912 Felixstowe North Terminal > Manchester Trafford Park Terminal through Camden Town

Journeys end for Hitachi #Class805 805009, on 5Q90 0913 Liverpool Edge Hill InterCity Depot > London Euston, as it heads to Middle Siding No.2 #WCML

DC Rail Freight #Class60 60055 ‘Thomas Barnardo’ hauls 6Z82 1120 Peak Forest Cemex Sidings > Brandon Down Sidings under GNRs 1878 Grade-II listed Bennerley Viaduct at Ilkeston #ErewashValleyLine

East Midlands Railway Regional #Turbostar working 2W21 1625 Nottingham > Worksop at Nottingham West Jn #MML

Network Rail Measurement #HST , 1Q17 1022 Derby Rail Technical Centre > York Holgate Loop, passes the not-so-common sight of a diverted XC #SuperVoyager on Line D at Derby #MML

GBRf #Class69 69008 ‘Richard Howe’, running as 0Z69 0745 Matlock (Peak Rail) > Leicester Locomotive Inspection Point, approaching Derby #MML

Chiltern Railways, hydrotreated vegetable oil-powered, #Class68 68014 leads 1R29 1202 London Marylebone > Birmingham Moor Street off Bordesley Viaduct to its destination #ChilternMainline

DB Cargo #Class67 67006 ‘Royal Sovereign’ powering Belmond British Pullman, 1Z39 0750 London Victoria > Liverpool South Parkway, ‘Grand National’ through Lichfield Trent Valley #WCML

The familiar tones of Paxman VP185s once again reverberate on the #MML as Midland Pullman, 1Z62 0742 Berwick-upon-Tweed > Penzance, ‘Cornish Riviera Pullman’ #HST races through Milford

East Midlands Railway InterCity #Class222 222103 at ease, on the Up & Down Slow (originally the Down Fast of the #MML ), after working 5D99 1724 London St Pancras International > Kentish Town

General Electric ‘PowerHaul’ #Class70 70011 hauls Freightliner 6G65 0919 Hope Earles Sidings > Walsall Middle Yard across recently renewed Stenson Jn

GBRf #Class73 ‘Jeanette’ & 73961 ‘Alison’, running as Colas Rail Freight 0Z30 1112 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Stoke-on-Trent, pass through Willington

DB Cargo #Class66 66155 hauls 6M00 1430 Immingham Humber Oil Refinery > Kingsbury Oil Sidings past GNRs (former) Nottingham London Road Station

Changes since this photo was taken #OnThisDate five years ago:

> East Midlands Trains gone
> #MML #HST services gone
> Cricklewood North Sidings gone
> Great Northern #Class717 plying the ECML
> #Class43 43049 ‘Neville Hill’ now in Nanking Blue