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Driving trains from here to there... (and back again)


Derby, UK
Locomotive Services Limited #Class47 47593 ‘Galloway Princess’ poised to power Steam Dreams, 1Z50 0915 London Victoria > Willesden Signal WN7 via North Pole Jn, ‘Morning Santa Steam Express’

(“Steam”? The Kettle’s at the rear…)
December 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
BREL #Class158 158837+158834 #ExpressSprinter #DMU, working TfW 1I04 0517 Aberystwyth/Crewe > Birmingham International, waits time at P1 Birmingham New Street
December 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
BREL #Class158 158137+158834 #ExpressSprinter #DMU, working TfW 1I04 0517 Aberystwyth/Crewe > Birmingham International, waits time at P1 Birmingham New Street
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
GBRf #Class60 60026 ‘Helvellyn’, on-hire to DC Rail, hauling #SandTrain 6M89 0901 Kings Lynn Middleton Towers > Derby Chaddesden Sidings through Derby #MML
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
EuroPhoenix retro BR Railfreight #LargeLogo #Class37 37512 - Derby Rail Technical Centre
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
EuroPhoenix #Class37 37501 ‘Teesside Steelmaster’, plus Siemens #Class350 350406 #Desiro in-tow, working Rail Operations Group 5Q57 1045 Northampton Electric Maintenance Depot > Derby Litchurch Lane across London Road Jn
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
EuroPhoenix #Class37 37884 ‘Cepheus’, plus York-built BREL #Class455 455734+455863, working ROG 5Q57 1017 Wimbledon Depot Sidings > Derby Litchurch Lane past the Rail Technical Centre #MML
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Haunted”, de-branded, Bombardier #Class222 222002 - Derby Etches Park Depot #IfYouKnowYouKnow
December 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Network Rail NMT #HST, 1Z31 0946 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Colton Jn, passes Etches Park Depot as it heads north along the #MML
December 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
HNRC Swietelsky #Class20 20302+20311, running as RailAdventure 0Z20 1058 Newark Northgate Shunt Siding > Burton-on-Trent Wetmore Sidings, at P4 Derby
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Bombardier #Class222 222003 rostered to EMR #InterCity 5C32 0742 Derby Etches Park Depot > Sheffield via Toton
December 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Colas Rail Freight-operated, HNRC Swietelsky #Class37 powered, Network Rail infrastructure structure monitoring service, 3Q06 1103 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Stockport, on the approach to Derby L&NW Jn
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Network Rail NMT #HST, 1Z19 0700 Reading Triangle Sidings > Derby Rail Technical Centre, passes through P3 Derby
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Colas Rail Freight #Class37 37175 & Network Rail #Class97 97304 ‘Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway’ working, 0Z37 0926 Shrewsbury Coleman Light Maintenance Depot > Barrow Hill Depot, towards Stenson Jn
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Locomotive Services Limited #Class90 90026 & 90001 ‘Royal Scot’ - Crewe
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DC Rail #Class56 56045+56103 doublehead 6Z20 0951 Cliffe Brett Marine > Chessington South Sidings through Battersea
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#NetworkSouthEast #Class465 Kent Link #Networker 465908 ‘Chris Green OBE’ stands ready to work Southeastern 2S22 0931 London Charing Cross > Sevenoaks #SEML
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Colas Rail Freight #Class55 56113+56302 ‘PECO’ working 0Z57 1002 Norwich Royal Dock > Wolverton Centre Sidings through Camden Road #MildmayLine
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
General Electric ‘PowerHaul’ #Class70 70015 powers Freightliner 4O99 1114 Leeds Freightliner Terminal > Southampton Maritime Container Terminal across Stenson Jn
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#Trains - Derby Etches Park
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Freightliner loco lash-up comprising of #Class66 66607+66604 & #Class70 70005+70020+70017 working, 6E01 0640 (Hope) Earles Sidings > Leeds Balm Road Depot, through Sheffield
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Rail Operations Group #Class93 93010 powering 5E23 0914 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Doncaster Wabtec Works along P3 Derby
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Colas Rail Freight #Class43 43257+43274 - Derby Rail Technical Centre
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
EuroPhoenix #Class37 37611 - Derby Rail Technical Centre
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM