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Haha! Yeah i almost certainly must've done! 😂😂

Another shot from my brief visit to Wing on Saturday. First working seen & my test shot for the following sand train was #GBRailfreight 66730 'Whitemoor' on 4M23 Felixstowe North #GBRF to Hams Hall. #ShedWatch #Rutland 7/3/26

#MeridianMonday with the #EastMidlandsRailway #PurpleOne 🍆 approaching Kettering yesterday with a new #Aurora #Class810 unit 810011 just visible in the siding on the left. 222104 was working 1D11 11.30 St.Pancras-Nottingham. #MML #EMR 8/3/26

#MidlandMainlineMonday I haven't seen an 810 this far down the hotbox siding at Kettering before. 810011 looked a bit out of place stabled here over the weekend, presumably awaiting more training runs this coming week. #EMR #MML 7/3/26

Making the headlines yesterday after being removed from this tour at Leicester with a fault, #HansonAndHall 50008 'Thunderer' was looking great at Kettering. It may not be a livery for the #Hoover purist but i think it suits well enough. 1Z43 'The East Lancashire Railway'. #MML 7/3/26

#SundayShed Hadn't planned to see this today but realised it was #GBRailfreight 66302, the only low numbered 66/3 i needed for a photo so here she is passing Kettering this lunchtime with 6G53 Wellingborough Up TC #GBRF to Small Heath Caledonia Yard. 📸✅️ #ShedWatch #MML 8/3/26

#SideOnSunday Two rare visitors to our patch of the #MidlandMainline first thing yesterday morning. 50008 'Thunderer' & 50049 'Defiance' double heading #UKRailtours 1Z43 Watford Junction to Castleton Hopwood GF 'The East Lancashire Railway' #MML 7/3/26

#SundayShed #GBRailfreight 66303 heading a late running 4L13 Hams Hall to Felixstowe North #GBRF intermodal past Wing, in #Rutland, yesterday afternoon. Last time i saw this one it was with GB but still in a plain blue livery (presume DRS?). #ShedWatch 7/3/26

Three views of the magnificent looking #LargeLogo livery 50049 'Defiance' at Kettering yesterday morning while jointly heading #UKRailtours 'The East Lancashire Railway' 1Z43 Watford Junction to Castleton Hopwood GF. Defiance worked the tour solo from Leicester due to a fault with 008. #MML 7/3/26

Cloudy skies meant the #SaturdaySandTrain shot at Wing was possible this weekend. Hired-in #GBRF tug 60095 'Whernside' made an impressive sight & sound hauling #DCRail 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings through the #Rutland countryside at lunchtime yesterday. 7/3/26

Well it looked & sounded good while it lasted.. Double vacs at cloudy Kettering yesterday morning, 50008 'Thunderer' & 50049 'Defiance' arrive with 1Z43 Watford Junction to Castleton Hopwood GF #UKRailtours 'The East Lancashire Railway' #MML #ELR #Hoover 7/3/26

It's a great livery to be fair

#SundayShed The dirt makes this livery look a bit of a mess but this is #GBRF 66718 'Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill' passing Whittlesea yesterday lunchtime in charge of 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall intermodal working. #ShedWatch #Fenland 28/2/26

I like this working as you get to see pics of them all week as people are catching them all over the area, then finally get my own shots on the Saturday!

No sand train this weekend but there was the final leg of the monthly Colas Anglia test train to see. A very colourful 1Q86 March Down Refuge Siding to Derby RTC with top & tail #Swietelsky locos 37419 'Agamemnon' & 37405 pass Whittlesea. #Colas #Fenland 28/2/26

#SignalboxSaturday The monthly Anglia test train making a colourful sight at cloudy Whittlesea this lunchtime. Colas operated 1Q86 March Down Refuge Siding to Derby RTC with #Sweitelsky 37419 'Agamemnon' leading & 37405 on the rear. #Colas #Fenland 28/2/26

There's a guy i often see at Uffington who follows the 91s quite keenly, I'm sure he said about 5 or 6 months since last out

I think she was out of traffic from something like late summer until just recently i think wasn't she?

#SundayShed Following just behind the sand train at Turves yesterday, GB Railfreight 66774 'Sue Coles' passes Three Horse Shoes signalbox & approaches Burnt House Road crossing with intermodal working 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall #GBRF #ShedWatch #Fenland 21/2/26

Yes, It's only paint.. 😂😂

It's a shame they can't use that fuel without that paint job but at least she's still out running in 2026..😉👍

Isn't it just! Raining by late afternoon but at least the morning & early afternoon were pleasant enough

Due to the slow speed pulling away from the signal & past the assembled gallery at Uffington, I was able to get some bonus #SideOnSaturday shots showing off 60099 in her fine new DC Rail & Cappagh Group livery. 6M89 Middleton Towers to Ravenhead Sidings. #SaturdaySandTrain #DCR 21/2/26

#SaturdaySandTrain Part 2.. so after snapping 6M89 at Three Horse Shoes it was a 40min drive across to Uffington to catch it again. DC Rail 60099 'Ben More Assynt' pulls away from a signal check while the XC stopper in front cleared the section to Ketton. #DCR 21/2/26

A rather special #SandTrainSaturday today as recently reintroduced to traffic DC Rail 60099 'Ben More Assynt' worked a loaded train solo. 6M89 Middleton Towers to Ravenhead Sidings is seen passing Three Horse Shoes at Turves in near perfect weather. #DCR #Fenland 21/2/26

Midweek #ShedWatch. Another one from Long Buckby last week, this time #DRS 66421 'Gresty Bridge TMD' on a lightly loaded 4M07 Tilbury2 Container Terminal to #DIRFT. There was some boxes further back, a Tesco reefer is just visible..🧐

#ShedWatch GB Railfreight 🌈 66773 'Pride of GB Railfreight' passes Nortoft Lane & the warehouses at #DIRFT on Saturday while working 4L13 Hams Hall to Felixstowe North routed via the #WCML rather than Leicester/Peterborough. One sunny day, was back to rain on Sunday.. #GBRF 14/2/26

I've had one or two like that at deliveries over the years. I'm paid by the hour, you just sit there in a strop 😂

#TangoTuesday A pair Freightlimer 90s heading through Long Buckby last week on an intermodal working. Thankfully the 🍊 one was leading as the weather was less than ideal for 📸. 4M94 Felixstowe North to #DIRFT with 90010 '275 Railway Squadron (Volunteers)' & 90045. #Freightliner

#BlueMonday DC Rail's 56045 heading north to Nottingham last week as part of a three loco convoy hauled by newly reintroduced 60099. Classmate 56103 completed the trio. 0Z60 Willesden DC Rail Sidings to Rectory Junction, Colwick at a rather wet Long Buckby. #DCR #GridWatch