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New photos added on Wednesday 10th January 2024. Specials at Hamstead...

New photos added on Sunday 19th November 2023. Oldies again...

New photos added on Saturday 18th November 2023. Oldies...

New photos added on Wednesday 11th August 2023. Trams at Wolverhampton station...

New photo added on Tuesday 3rd October 2023...

37884 at Bescot 37884 leads a 5Q08 Long Marston - Kilmarnock unit drag through Bescot at 12:29 on Tuesday 3rd October 2023. In tow is 769922, formerly 319422, converted to tri-mode (diesel, third-rail and overhead electric) for GWR but never used by them. Hence the green livery. This was the second such unit to make this move, the same loco took 769959 north on Monday 25th September. Both moves ran via Bromsgrove, New St and Bescot. Original image taken on Panasonic G80

New photos added on Tuesday 8th August 2023...

New photos added on Thursday 3rd August 2023...

New photos added on Wednesday 2nd August 2023...

New photo added on Monday 17th July 2023...

37405 at Bescot 37405 arrives at Bescot with crane DRK81612 and its three runner wagons. This was a 6Z32 working from Rugby, and was photographed at 15:47 on Monday 17th July 2023. The loco had earlier run light engine from Coleham to Rugby, and with the Trent Valley line blocked by engineering work it was booked to return to Bescot via Coventry and Aston. In the event it was 30L off Rugby and ran via Coventry, Nuneaton and Water Orton. The loco then returned light engine to Coleham a couple of hours later. This loco is owned by HNRL and was on hire to Colas in lieu of unavailable Class 97/3s, hence being based in Shrewsbury. HNRL's orange livery doesn't look out of place with the Colas-liveried wagons, and I much prefer this simpler colour scheme to Colas's own yellow/orange effort where the lines of the livery don't follow those of the loco. Original image taken on Panasonic G80

New photos added on Tuesday 6th June 2023. More 69s...

New photos added on Friday 2nd June 2023. More trams, and a 69...

New photos added on Sunday 28th May 2023. Some trams, and a bus...

New photos added on Wednesday 26th April 2023...

New photo added on Thursday 13th April 2023...

69003 and 69006 at Bescot 69003 and 69006 left Longport on the afternoon of Thursday 13th April 2023. 0G69 is seen here approaching Bescot at 15:00, somewhat earlier than booked. Original image taken on Panasonic G80

New photos added on Monday 10th April 2023...

New photos added on Sunday 9th April 2023...

New photo added on Tuesday 15th November 2022...

37418 at Bescot On Tuesday 1st November 2022 37418 ran light engine from Derby to Bescot, where it collected one vehicle from a new weedkiller train and took it back to the RTC. It returned on Tuesday 15th November, bringing that wagon back I presume because it ran as 6Z65. This time it returned to Derby RTC with several vehicles, running as 6Z66 and seen here leaving Bescot at 15:01. Original image taken on Panasonic G80

New photo added on Tuesday 8th November 2022...

D8096+D8107 at Bescot LSL's Class 20s, D8096 and D8107, took steam loco Mayflower from Crewe to Kidderminster on Saturday 29th October 2022. It spent a week at the SVR for tests before the same pair of 20s returned to take it back to Crewe. That 5Z61 return working took place on Tuesday 8th November, and is seen passing Bescot at 12:24. Original image taken on Panasonic G80

New photos added on Sunday 28th August 2022...