A vintage effect for D123 'Leicestershire & Derbyshire Yeomanry' as she arrives into Quorn & Woodhouse station on the Great Central Railway today with 2B09 11.10 Leicester North to Loughborough. #GCRGala24 #Peak #Class45 6/9/24

More from the Great Central Railway #GCRGala24. Just had this pair of tractors from Loughborough to Rothley. 37714 'Cardiff Canton' & D6700 wait to depart for Leicester North this afternoon. #Class37 #Tractor 6/9/24

Too late for #FiftyFriday but it was taken yesterday.. 50017 'Royal Oak' passes Swithland Sidings with a Loughborough bound train on the Great Central Railway during day one of the autumn diesel gala. #Class50 #NSE #GCRGala24 6/9/24

One of several stars of the Great Central Railway autumn diesel gala yesterday was splitbox 37, D6700. Seen here on the interesting mixed set which comprised a couple of mk1s, a parcels van & a couple of wagons, at Rothley with 37714 waiting in the distance The Growler Group #GCRGala24 6/9/24

#SaturdaySixtyNine While her sister locos are delighting the large crowds at Nene Valley Railway today, GB Railfreight 69008 'Richard Howe' slipped quietly through Kettering as 0M69 Wembley H.S. to Leicester LIP. This loco formerly 56038 which was originally named 'Western Mail' C56G 7/9/24

The 1st working of the Great Central Railway diesel gala. We travelled behind D8001 & 31108 from Loughborough to Leicester. From the front coach window it sounded like the 20 was doing most of the work & the #goyle helping on the gradients but Bennybizzle disagreed..😉😂 #GCRGala24 6/9/24

Ready for the start of the Great Central Railway autumn diesel gala on Friday, the star attraction 😉 of the weekend D123 'Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry' at Loughborough with 37714 in the platform & 55019 behind, as well as D5185 which wasn't part of the event. #GCRGala24 6/9/24

#SignalBoxSunday Great Central Railway edition. Three of the lines boxes photographed at the autumn diesel gala. Swithland Sidings, a former #GWR box from Aylesbury South, grade II listed Loughborough Central & Rothley Cabin which is a #GCR box originally from Blind Lane Jn, Wembley. 6/9/24

#SideOnSunday 67 year old Class 20 Locomotive Society owned D8001 (TOPS 20001). Built in 1957 and new to Devons Rd depot, Bow. This loco was a star of the Great Central Railway diesel gala on Friday. We had her working with 31108 on the 0910 Loughborough to Leicester & solo return. 6/9/24

#MondayMorningBlues (& white, red & grey) This shot reminds me of late summers evenings in Devon as a days bashing was drawing to a close.. this scene was captured at Leicester North on the Great Central Railway diesel gala, 50017 'Royal Oak' waits to run round the beerex stock. #NSE 6/9/24

#MondayMorningBlues Taken from a moving train & with a slight claggy haze from the joint efforts of D8001 & 31108 up front, T1LC engine 1705 'Sparrowhawk' (TOPS 47117) awaits its turn for attention before a return to traffic at the Great Central Railway. #DuffWatch #Class47 #Class48 6/9/24

#TwentiesOnTuesday 🪓 Veteran chopper, D8001/20001 of 1957 vintage, heads away from Loughborough depot to take its place at the head of the first service of the 2024 Great Central Railway autumn diesel gala, the 0910 to Leicester North. #Class20LocomotiveSociety #GCRGala24 6/9/24

#TractorTuesday Strangely I hadn't managed to even see this 37 at the Great Central Railway before, yet alone have a bash. Fixed both those things last Friday at the gala. Looking fantastic in BR green, here is D6700 in the morning waiting for her first working. #GCR The Growler Group 6/9/24

It's #OneSeventyWednesday although I think the former #MidlandRailway station architecture is the actual star of the picture. Melton Station signal box can also be seen in the background. CrossCountry Trains 170639 calls with 1N47 08.27 Stansted Airport to Coleshill Parkway. 31/8/24

#ThirtyOneThursday Three views of 31108 last week at the Great Central Railway autumn diesel gala at Rothley, Leicester & Loughborough. The #Skinhead goyle looked amazing in railfreight livery with 3 piece ploughs & sounded even better. A highlight of the #GCRGala24 for me #Pedtastic 6/9/24

#ThreeSixtyThursday from Kettering last weekend. 360120 waits to depart south as the rear unit of 1H34 13.40 Corby-St.Pancras. My first pic of 120 since July 2023. #EMR #Connect #MML #LutonAirportExpress 7/9/24