2024 - Sweden part 5
20 photos
Check out day at Hallsberg, only short session then back to Stockholm for the return flight to London. End of a good first trip to Sweden
2024 - Sweden part 4
48 photos
A morning spent around Kil, which tends to be a bit quite at times, but produces some interesting timber working.Then did an interesting stop off at Kristinehamn before returning to Hallsberg for our...
2024 - Sweden part 3
31 photos
Starting the day again at Hallsberg, then later moving on the Kil closer to the border with Norway. Once again a good selection of record shots from what Sweden has to offer
2024 - Sweden part 2
34 photos
Hallsberg AM then up to Orebro for part of the PM. Very changeable weather especially in the PM, so needed to keep near cover. Finished the day with another night session
2024 - Summer out and about in Britain
15 photos
Mainly once again taken on the former Western Region from the beginning of June
2024- Sweden part 1
27 photos
Starting on 15/04/24 my first ever trip to Sweden. Arriving in Stockholm then travel by loco hauled IC639 to Hallsberg, our main base for the trip. Hallsberg is a busy yard and junction, which also...
2024 - Springtime in Britain, out and about
38 photos
Kicking off with one of my favourite locations on the Berks and Hants route.
2024 - February visit to Switzerland - part 3
41 photos
Another day, this time north of Thun as weather closing in around the mountains
2024 -February visit to Switzerland - part 2
25 photos
We started the day with another hour a Mulenen, then up to Kandersteg to see the auto carriers through the tunnel . Still mainly in the hands of Brownie Re4/4 locos, but one set powered by BLS465, so...
2024- February visit to Switzerland- part 1
35 photos
Centered at Spiez for the visit.
2024- Early Season out and about locally for me
21 photos
Winter sun in January tempted me out, often with my friends Dave Warwick, or Bob Foster.
2023 - October trip, return to Bremen
38 photos
Some night shots, then on Friday 20/10/23 which was my last day during a named storm and very heavy rain. Kept taking from positions of cover under very adverse conditions.
2023 October visit to Hannover- 2
55 photos
Dreadful weather forecast so decided to sit out at Hannover-Linden, under cover and not worried about the light angle., because there wasn't any! Lindon is a busy place top visit , but if bright or...
2023- October visit to Hannover-1
52 photos
Travelled by RE service to Hannover Hbf, then S-Bahn to Misburg. After that another return visit to Ahlten. Finally back across Hannover for a short but busy session at Dedensen-Gummer. Meeting up...
Deltics in the final years- early 1980's
35 photos
I did bother to go out a bit, especially with my friend Mick Barstow who took me to this location. He had been a signalman along here, and after that joined the footplate at Kings Cross so worked on...
Deltics in the final years - late 1970's.
57 photos
A selection of scans of those fine locos from my slides of the late1970's period . Most pictures were taken on either Agfa or Ektachrome film, neither of which stands the test of time that well
2023- October visit to Bremen
56 photos
Arrived late afternoon on Monday 16/10/23 and popped across the road from my hotel for a few shot in full dull. I also tried some night shots after dark at Bremen Hbf.
Tues 17/10/23 my main target...
2023- Later season out and about on the Western
30 photos
Firstly a day in late August, then October -December for a few little visits to my local WR routes
2023 - August on the Southern lines
25 photos
Not much locally this season, just a few shots in favourite locations
2023- Last day odds and ends
17 photos
Starting with a few around Ostrava , then an hour at Gliwice on the way to Krakow Airpotrt and the flight home
2007-Local workings.
46 photos
A selection from my first year using the D200 with my Sigma 24-70 f2.8 zoom. Taken on my local Southern lines and nearby Western routes.
2023- July trip to Eastern Chechia - day 3
63 photos
Forecast for a decent day so back to Lipnik and Dragnotuse for the morning before heading east to the Ostrava area for the afternoon
2023- July trip to Eastern Czechia day 2
50 photos
A grim forecast for rain all day spreading in from the West. So head east and keep to locations with shelter is the name of the game
2023- July trip to Eastern Czechia-day 1
72 photos
After flying to Krakow we drove to Hranice for our hotel. Tuesday 25/07/23 became our first day on the lineside at Draghotuse, which is nearby to our hotel. The morning started quite clear, but then...
2023- A tourist trip to Scotland
25 photos
We travelled to Glasgow on the WCML ,then stasyed two nights before moving on the Malliag and the Isle of Skye. Returning for a second week based at Inverness before travelling all the way to Kings...
2023-A short trip to Paris - 2 North of the Seine
64 photos
Paris Nord, Est, Lyon and St Lazare are the main stations north of the river. Nord has most to offer for loco hauled services with TER Regional BB-15000, and Corail stock worked by BB-22220. St...
2023- Short trip to Paris -1 South of the Seine
44 photos
A short visit starting during the afternoon of Wednesday 3/05/23 with two nights away and returning on Friday 5/05/23. Main target being the route from Paris Austerlitz to Orleans and beyond. The...
2023- Last shots of the trip with a few hours at...
38 photos
We travelled back to Prague and had some reasonable sun to begin with. About 1100 we went o Praha-Liben for a few hours to finish the visit before leaving for our flight. Mega dull cloud came over...
2023 - Third full day on the main line Table...
51 photos
Kicking off with a busy AM at Dobrivkov u. Chocen then later to Partnik.
2023 Czech visit- Second full day around Kolin
44 photos
Starting with a required morning shot at Ceska Trebova, then Lhota for a session. Mainly Kolin area targeted, firstly Stary Kolin then up to Velky-Osek to finish with a PM session
2023- Mid Summer on the Western
19 photos
A few shots taken with my vintage D200 to begin with, then the D700 later
2023 Czech visit day 2 - First full day around...
55 photos
Kicking off around Ceska Trebova we travelled to Pardubice for a change of trains and arrival at my first 'target' shot around Opocinek. After a lucky spell of sun the weather closed in again, so we...
2023 Czech visit day 1 - Prague afternoon
12 photos
We arrived lightly early at Prague Airport got straight through Passport stamping and collected our luggage almost at once. Well done the Airport staff. Caught the Airport bus in for 100Kc and took...
2007-2010 Heading West
48 photos
A re-processed collection of mainly D200 material taken on family, domestic or work visits, so just grab shots as it fitted with commitments
2010- mid summer in South Humberside
34 photos
The second day of a short trip away. High Summer sunshine most of the day on the busy lines around Barnetby
2010 - Mid Summer in the East Midlands
33 photos
We started off on the Derby to Birmingham route, then across the Midland mainline. Very hot sunny weather, but not many freight trains
2023 - Early season on the Western
52 photos
A decent day out around Westbury on 13/02/23 to start the album off
2010- day 4 - Berlin Area visit
52 photos
Once again a visit to Berlin when travelling home later that evening from Schonafeld. My old favourite positions covered.
2010- day 3 - Along the Rhine and overnight...
42 photos
2010- Day 2- Main Valley- a very mixed day indeed
71 photos
Based at Gemunden, a day in full gloom and hard rain mainly around Himmelstadt , Later the rain cleared as I moved north to Karlstadt and finally Wernfeld. It turned into a very mixed day for weather!
2010- Day 1- September German visit to Hessen
56 photos
Landing at Memmingen, then travelling across to Gemunden where based for the week. 13/09/10 dull conditions so a day exploring the lines in Hessen centered on Frankfurt (M). Target class the...
2010- Out and about in the late season
30 photos
A small album of odd days out from September to December 2010
Class 37's on the Cambrian Railway
70 photos
A collection of scanned slide over the years from 1985 when class 37's worked the Summer Saturday loco hauled services from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. A favourite route of mine...
2022- Late Season out and about
37 photos
Not much done during the late season. A few local shots, then a visit to London
2010 - October visit to South East Bavarian...
51 photos
A return visit to the lines around Muhldorf. At this time the 217's had gone and the dreaded ECR sheds were starting to arrive.
2010- October visit to the Munchen Area
78 photos
This Album is centered around the electrified routes seen on my October 2010 trip. Each day started and finished at Muchen Hbf as my hotel was just a couple of streets away.
2022- Out and about in the Summer
27 photos
Album of mainly local shots on my Southern and Western lines during the heat wave
2010 October visit Bavaria diesel lines -1
57 photos
Allgrau first part of this trip then Munchen . Solidly diesel worked lines to the South West of Munich, where up to four loco hauled services per hour could be seen. This collection was formally on...
2022- Germany-River Main Valley- 4
39 photos
Friday 8//04/22 a bonus day because our return flight was cancelled and our booked changed to the following day by BA. Poor weather that got so bad it was only possible to sit in the car and shoot of...
2022 West Ealing Interlude
27 photos
17/06/22 I returned to one of my old favourite spots. I have been photographing from this footbridge on the odd day for 40 years. Clearly the OHL makes things harder but the variation and quantity of...
Late Spring-early Summer 2022 out on my local...
56 photos
Great Western Mainline location at South Marston has been on my bucket list for a long time, then a few other favourites from my well tired locations
2022 Germany- River Main Valley- 3
61 photos
After a gloomy start around Harrbach, we managed to get a few brighter shots at various locations closer to Karlstadt
12 May 2022 Windsor Great Park
14 photos
Thursday 12/05/22 the first of four Platinum Jubilee events held in Windsor Great Park, located in the grounds of Windsor Castle. This has been the seat of the English, then British monarch for...
2022 Germany- River Main Valley-2
56 photos
My second full day starting with hard rain, then light rain after which it was dry but very dull. Freight trains every 10 minutes or less at this very busy spot
Interlude at Brough
6 photos
Just 45 minutes at Brough produced an interesting mix for trains serving East Yorkshire
2022 Germany- River Main Valley- 1
47 photos
Kicking off with an unexpected session on Sunday 3/04/22 with 13 freights in about an hour. Then Monday 4/04/22 the first full day of the visit.
THE WOODHEAD ELECTRICS
23 photos
A collection of poor quality but historical shot from the Woodhead Route. The weather was always awful when ever we visited with one of one exceptions. All the material was shot of Ektachrome film...
2022- Out and about in the earty season locally
65 photos
Kicking off with a few shots around Southampton for about 90 minutes while on other business, then returning to my favourite Berks and Hants
1970's-1980's - A random selection of class 37...
27 photos
The beginning of a major project to scan large numbers of my slide collection. Commercially done by The Slide Converter based in Shoeburyness at a very reasonable rate to high quality standards. I...
1981- A random collection of Class 47 material
35 photos
I just grabbed one of my many slide boxes with class 47 from the loft at random.
2022 January Winter visit to the North- part 2
27 photos
Day three of our trip still around Barnetby, then day four around Drax
2022 - January Winter visit to the North - part 1
45 photos
First two days of a four day visit. Centered in Barnetby and covering the main traffic flows, with special attention to the current short term coal from Immingham to Ratcliffe
Southern Region class HA and HB locos
34 photos
HA were built for the Kent Electrification scheme in the late 1950's. They also worked on the Central Division in the 1960's. 24 examples were built. The class HB was a rebuilt version including a...
MID HANTS RAILWAY- Xmas and New Year services
4 photos
A small selection of New Year services as well as Santa Specials covering the whole festive season over the years from 2007
2021- Winter on the Western
17 photos
A November visit to Didcot and Hinksey
2021- A November day out on the former Southern...
42 photos
An early start for a session at a very busy Wimbledon, then around the Kingston loop in the morning. The PM plan to visit Tonbridge, mainly for GBRf action
2021- North Essex revisited and updated
32 photos
Since my last visit two years ago there has been a massive influx of brand new units. Some of the remaining 321 units have been supplemented by 321 and 322 units from other areas to cover the...
SR 1957 EMU stock- 1
70 photos
This Album consists of various class of Southern Region 1957 stock seen on all three SR Divisions. A random collection of home scanned slides taken of several different films and cameras over the...
2021 - October out and about
88 photos
Starting the month with a visit to my local Mid Hants Railway on a Gala day
2021- September out and about
115 photos
Starting off September with the Western Region once again. Westbury, Berks and Hants. Then throw in a few local Southern shots. Final a visit to Headstone Lane in North West London
2021- Summer on the Western
95 photos
Mainly shots around the Westbury end of the Berks and Hants. on decent days
2021- Summer on the Southern
79 photos
Local stuff to me when the weather is supposed to be right. Mainly taken between Basingstoke and Southampton
2021- April/May season material post lock-down
103 photos
Mainly Berks and Hants, but a bit of more local stuff as well. Also a day on the MML at Harrowden.
The Isle of Wight electric services
56 photos
A collection showing the different liveries used from BR blue , through to the NSE period.
2004/2006 Swiss meter gauge travels
60 photos
During both 2004 and 2006 my travels included a number of meter gauge lines. The only meter gauge route operated had to be done as a priority. Several other railways were seen during my Swiss trips....
1970's final years of the Western D1000 class
36 photos
I small selection of not very good slides, many suffering from age related problems. Home scanned slides, with a few monachrome slides included. I tried a roll or two of Agfa B&W slide film...
1976- Southern Poland- Steam and snow
49 photos
March 1976 TEFS visit to Communist Poland when photography was not easy due to the security police. Early days with cheap and basic equipment and using Agfa film in the main, with some high Speed...
SOUTHERN ELECTRIC- Departmental units
30 photos
The SR always used a variation of elderly units converted as De-Icer, and later Sandite as well ( known by others as RHTT trains) Just a small select of thosse units, many of which I have driven over...
SOUTHERN ELECTRIC- Suburban service
87 photos
A selection of scanned slides taken of Southern Region EMUT at random locations during my travels Mid 1970's to early 1980's. Slides scanned by my Epson V700
2003 - Busy Luxembourg in May- Scans
70 photos
During May 2003 I had a few days centered in Luxembourg, really just to view the system and get record shots of the four different countries that operate from the main station, so no master shots....
2010 - May in the Balkans - 2 North West Croatia
88 photos
After crossing into Croatia ar Cakovec, I was based a Varazdin for this visit. Again mixed weather ranging from full sun to heavy rain. Mainly covering Table 12 Zagreb-Varazdin services which were...
2010 - May in the Balkans- 1 - Northern Slovenia
56 photos
Arriving at Graz, my first session was actually in Austria for a few hours en-route to Maribor and Ptuj where I has my hotel for covering parts of the Hodos Route. All of this was ear-marked for...
2010- Naples family holiday
19 photos
A small collection of record shots mainly around Napoli Centrale main station where I managed to grab an hour. Knowing Italian Railways can be sensitive at principle stations I kept a low profile....
2010 - Day out in South Wales - 9/04/10
38 photos
I set out to return after quite a few years. Traffic has gone down a lot but the three loco hauled passenger diagrams encouraged me to take another look.
2010 - April in tht Balkans- 2 South Western...
51 photos
The second half of my late April trip. Crossing from Southern Slovenia into South Western Croatia. My main target being the remaining 3000v DC route to Rijeka.
2010 - April in the Balkans-1 Southern Slovenia
52 photos
Flying out on Sunday 25/04/10 to Ljubljana . Kicking off the trip on the mainlines around the capital, then heading to Divaca.
2010- The MID HANTS RAILWAY
12 photos
A selection of shots from the MHR during 2010. Starting with an excellent day covering the Spring Gala in March.
2010- Southern Poland in snow-2
55 photos
Visit to Oscwiecim then on to Giliwice. Kicking off in the most dreadful weather of mega dull freezing fog, By the afternoon the sun came out for a busy session
2020- Late season
57 photos
Kicking off in October with local stuff and the B &H route
2020 September after lockdown
98 photos
Mainly local or Berks and Hants material
2020 part 2 Out and about post lockdown
65 photos
My fairly local Southern and Western locations starting with a few days towards the end of July
2010- Southern Poland in the Snow-1
78 photos
A week rail based in Krakow.
2010- Out and About in the Early Season on UK...
35 photos
Early season visits to my favourite local spots and a few others to kick off 2010 material from Britain
2020- part 1 Out and about in the Summer after...
53 photos
My first short trip out to Worting on 22/06/20 , followed by a day out on 25/06/20 to kick off this post lock-down collection. I followed Government advice and didn't go anywhere between early March...
2010- Slovakia in Winter- 3 Scanned slides
33 photos
A small selection of scanned slides from three days of my visit 27/28/29 Jan 2010. All shots taken with my Nikon F-801 using Fuji 100F slide fil , processed at 200 asa. Scanned by my friend Murray...
2010- Slovakia in Winter- 2 Tatra region
31 photos
A visit to the meter gauge TEZ, then more mainline subjects in Winter snow.
2010- Winter in Slovakia- 1 the Tatra region
39 photos
Kicking off with a few night shots, then my first full day Monday 25/01/10 based around Strba for the Rack-line up to Strbseke-Pleso and the famous location around the curves east of Strba. Cold day...
2010- Early Season on the MHR and BLUEBELL
27 photos
Kicking off with first three days of the New Year. Then MHR and Bluebell Railway early Gala's
Winter 2009/10 Snow in the South of England
35 photos
19/12/09 a VSOE Surrey Hills Pullman Lunch, with some snow on the North Downs. 20/12/09 a visit to the Bluebell Railway in full snow conditions, which are rarely seen in Sussex.
Winter 2009- Around Lincoln
16 photos
Two days around Lincoln Central in November/December 2009
2009- November in the Anglia Region
47 photos
Two short days on 9th and 17th of November to record the regular passenger services and many freightliners. Additionally to grab any special working and the seasonal RHTT resourced by DRS each year
2009- October in the Czech Republic-2
75 photos
2009- October in the Czech Republic- 1
46 photos
Late season trip to Czechia. Traveled from Prague to Table 292 based at Ostruzna for a few days. Also a visit to Table 298 for the last remaining CD operated narrow gauge line. The seasonal colour in...
2009- September in the Czech Republic- 3
41 photos
Having stay at Trebic overnight, I was positioned to cover a few shots on the Jihlava end of Table 240 on Wednesday 16/09/09. Returning to Brno in pouring rain, but got a fine selection of subjects
2009- October Gala visit to West Somerset
11 photos
A rare visit for me to the West Somerset Railway to view their October Gala. Very much a GWR event as you would expect.
2020- March in Poland- Part 3
55 photos
Kicked off in superb light. The best weather of the week. Set off to Wolaztyn for the regular steam working. About 1 hour 40 minutes in each direction in lovely sun and all for nothing as discovered...
2020- March in Poland - Part 2
45 photos
Kicking off with most of them day around Dopiewo, a favourite spot of mine. On Wednesday 4/03/20 the weather was generally sunny all day, with just the odd cloud to kill a shot at the wrong time ( as...
2020- March in Poland - Part 1
47 photos
Having arrived on Monday 2/03/20 we managed to get a few hours at Poznan-Staroleka to kick off the trip on our first day. Tuesday 3/03/20 was always forecasted to be a poor day, and indeed we had to...
2020- A February day out in London
40 photos
spent the morning for about three hours at the very Stratford, in East London. I well recommended place to visit if visiting the UK for a decent selection of traffic. Planned to spend the afternoon...
2020- Local shots
18 photos
A few sessions in February to kick off the year locally. Due to the national lockdown it will be quite a long time before any more are added.
2020- February in Switzerland -3
82 photos
Friday 7/02/20 . A short day in Basel before flying home. Mainly a visit to the very busy Pratteln, where 82 loco hauled movements were noted in a five hour period. All could not be photographed of...
2020- February in Switzerland- 2
79 photos
Wednesday 5/02/20 and the morning spent in the fresh snow south of Spiez. The afternoon north of Spiez at Langmaad.
Thursday 6/02/20 starting with a session at Spiez waiting for the cloud to clear....
2020- February visit to Switzerland- 1
54 photos
Monday 3/02/20 with a session at Kiesen on the mainline. Then to Reichenbach im Kandertal, my base for the visit. Tuesday 4/02/20 travel through the Lotchberg Tunnel to Visp for a visit on the MGB...
2009- September in the Czech Republic-2
32 photos
The second full day of my trip. Morning on Table 240/244 diesel routes west of Brno. The afternoon on Table 340 diesel lines South East of Brno
2009- September in the Czech Republic- 1
48 photos
This covers my arrival day with a short session at Brno of about one hour. Still worthwhile at such an interesting place. The Day 1 of the trip involving visiting Table 301 for the remaining class...
2009- Return to Swiss Summer- Part 2
69 photos
After a minor electrical failure with my digital camera, this album is a selection of low res scans, done for me by kindly Dave Warwick. All results were taken on a Nikon F-801 using Fuji 100 slide...
2009-Return to the Swiss Summer- 1
40 photos
2009- September Gala on the MHR
12 photos
Some good weather, combined with a good selection of visiting steam engines made for a set of shots on my local steam railway
2009 - Late Season UK material
50 photos
Commencing 1/09/09 to the end of the year. Out and about in many of my favourite places.
2009- Swiss trams in June
18 photos
A few shots from Bern and a better selection from Basel shoot during a family hoilday visit in June 2009
2019- The Winter nights draw in.
16 photos
Just about the only time of year a take night shots those days.
2009 Summer based on Berner Oberland- Private...
46 photos
A look at a number of meter gauge private railways. Also includes the Gordergrat and MGB systems as well Berner Oberland mountain lines.
2009- Summer based at the Berner Oberland-...
57 photos
Returned to Switzerland for the third time in 2009. This time a rail based family Summer holiday based at Spiez. This first album shows mainline railway travels in June 2009. Lot of shots taken...
2009 - Mid season local shots
49 photos
Album that includes my local are during mid 2009 when still using my trusty Nikon D200 often fitted with an excellent Sigma 24-70 f2.8 zoom lens. Many in this selection are from RAW files shot at...
2019 An October day in the Anglia Region
29 photos
2019- October in Poland
93 photos
Visited based at Inowroclaw for three days to catch trains running in all four directions around this busy crossroads of freight traffic. There very very mixed weather conditions from full light to...
2019- Late Season on the Southern Region
36 photos
A visit to Tonbridge and a few local odds and ends.
2019 - Konstanz and the Bodensee
21 photos
A late September early October visit centered Konstanz, but including most of the Western half of the Bodensee and adjoining areas in both Germany and Switzerland
2019- July in the Czech Republic- day 4
39 photos
2019- Summer on the Western Region
116 photos
A few visits for stone traffic and other flows.
2019- A day on the Island in August
12 photos
29/08/19. A visit to the Isle of Wight railways, having been invited by my old friend Alan Brindley for a day on the engine. WD198 gave me a first chance to experience a J94. The 81 year 1938 former...
2019 - July in the Czech Republic- day 3
92 photos
A very busy day on the lineside around Kolin in three directions. Turned into a near turned into a near record number of train shots, all in full sun
2019- July in the Czech Republic ( and Germany) -...
39 photos
Wednesday 3/07/19 and we travelled 200 Km from Kolin to see CD traction working international traffic into Germany. This gave me a chance to see both types of Vectron used by CD in action, a main...
2019- Out and about in the British Summer
70 photos
2019- April in Slovenia- day 5
19 photos
2019- July in the Czech Republic- day 1
71 photos
Meeting up with my friend Pedro, who lives in Kolin. This day was spent mainly on Route 010, the busy mainline across the country. We also visited Route 072 which is busy for freight avoiding Prague
2019 - May in Madrid
21 photos
A two week family holiday based in Madrid during early May. Spain is not easy to photograph railways around cities or big stations due to security. Madrid has almost no tram systems, having converted...
2019 - April in Slovenia-day 4
29 photos
Thursday 11 April started very wet indeed with hard rain. So bail out position under the motorway bridge by the entrance to Koper Yard. As things dried up and AM gloom agave way to PM brightness we...
2019- April in Slovenia- day 3
14 photos
A different day, firstly heading towards Sezana, then Nova Gricer. This to include a shot of the Autovak at Postaja. Travelled a lot of miles for not that much traffic.
2019- April in Slovenia- day 2
26 photos
2019- March trip to Hungary- day 3
41 photos
Our last day was shortened by the need to leave for the Airport at 1600. My main target for this day was the class 432 worked Suburban services on Route 100a. All such services are loco hauled on...
2009-Springtime in Graubunden-5
42 photos
My last day travelling , so set off in freezing fog, but soon dropped into decent weather. Main 'target' shots around Ems-Werk as a required location both very busy and easy for luggage I had with me
2009-Springtime in Grubunden- 4
41 photos
Another early start for Zizers, then up the valley from Landquart for the main target shots of the day. Swiss Spring weather at it's best!
2019- March trip to Hungary- day 2
49 photos
Szar cutting was my main target for the day. Vwery clear light, although very strong winds enabled the desired results
2019- April in Slovenia- day 1
21 photos
Stayed at Divaca for the Koper line. No trains at all using that route until after 1800 due to an all day engineering block. So bailed out east of Ljubjlana on the mainline. Through the mega gloom...
2019- March trip to Hungary- day 1
48 photos
Monday 25 March 2019 my first day based in Budapest. Main target Table 1 in the area near Budaors. Hourly GYSEV/MAV jointly resourced express trains to Sopron, with another service to/from Wien...
2009- Springtime in Graubunden-3
43 photos
Another long day out on required routes of the RhB
2019-Winter in Slovakia- day 3
30 photos
Again kicking off around Poprad before teaming up with Nige Pain and heading towards the mountains. Target shots for the day being around Vazec. Unexpected sun gave a bonus to finish off a short but...
2019-Winter in Slovakia- day 2
25 photos
Kicking off at Poprad waiting to meet up with my local friend Nige Pain. We then covered the Strba shot, a classic location even if the mountains are in cloud. Main target in the bag, so grab a few...
2019- Winter in Slovakia - day 1
23 photos
Up early for the 0613 from Bratislava, then a stop off at Vurtky, before getting to my main target location for the day at Turany. Later travelling on to Poprad
2009-Springtime in Graubunden-2
36 photos
2009-Springtime in Graubunden-1
21 photos
Kicking off from Zurich then travelling to Landquart, centre of the RhB with the main depot and works. A busy transfer yard for freight traffic makings this an interesting place to visit. Then up to...
2009- Travels across Andalusia
16 photos
We split a holiday into two centres, firstly Malaga then Granada and used RENFE conventional services to travel between the two. I small selection taken with my Fuji 'happy-snappy' camera in March...
2019- Early Season on the Western Region
83 photos
Kicking off with a New Year visit to my favourite Kennet and Avon Canal
2019- Early Season on the Southern Region
67 photos
Kicking off the New Year around Southampton for a few required shots.
2009- Spring on the SR
61 photos
Starting the New Year on 17-01-09 this collection has a mixture of Southern Region subjects, mainly either local to me or London.
2009 EARLY SEASON on the Mid Hants
11 photos
A selection of MHR shots from Jan 2009 onwards
2006-Gotthard Route- basic scans
58 photos
June 2006 visit to the Gotthard centred at Erstfeld. Rail and bus based visit. Fuji 100 slides scanned by my friend Dave Warwick in low res. Trusty Nikon FM2 plus F series prime lens, all stone age...
2017 - Trams of Padova
14 photos
A look at the uncommon system used in Padova in October 2018
2018- October in the Veneto Region of Italy- 2018
30 photos
A small set of pictures from across the Veneto Region of Northern Italy
2018 - Hungarian Trip- Part 2 September 2018...
74 photos
We based at Gyor for a few days to cover mainly Table 1 services
2018 - Late Season on the Southern -2018
64 photos
A look at seasonal colours on the former Southern Region lines
Footplate ways and bye ways- life on the railway
36 photos
A small collection or myself or footplate friends over many years of my 45 years railway service. All forms of traction worked on either on the mainline or private railways
2018 - Late season on the Western-2018
74 photos
A selection of shots from the Berks and Hants, plus a look at Denchworth
2018- October on the Mid Hants seasonal colours
39 photos
Starting with 7/10/18 and a couple of 'off peak' Sunday shots. Then most of the album covering three days of the October Gala, mainly in very nice light. A very well run, it complex at times service.
2018 GWML - Return to Ealing- 29/06/18
29 photos
Another look at West Ealing, after many years not bothering due to the wires. The sheer amount of traffic, good freight levels, Heathrow Express and new Cross-rail units made it worth the visit.
2018 - Hungarian Trip- Part 1 September 2018
51 photos
Flying into Budapest a car was rented then setting off to Szekesfehervar for the first part of our trip. A quick stop off at Szarliget on day one, then day two was a full day mainly on the diesel...
2018- June in Slovakia day 6- the final fling...
31 photos
Up and out early on Saturday 9/06/18 to catch the sleepers among other AM traffic. Then out of the linesside at Svit before heading the Airport at about 1500 ending a very good week, even with mixed...
2018 - A day out around Westbury- June 2018
18 photos
Tuesday 26/06/18 another fine day , so get a few Mendip stone train shots around the Westbury area.
2018 June in Slovakia - day 5 east to Kosice
42 photos
My last full day involved a very early start from Poprad to hit Kysak for a few nice shots before spending most of the day at Kosice. I required the ECS pilots there and a decent look at the tram...
2018 ECML/MML - A day out in Hertfordshire and...
28 photos
A day out with my old friend who is local to those areas . Mainly Cambridge branch and MML at Ampthill covered. Thwe new re-jigged Thameslink service on both routes was a complete shambles
2018- June in Slovakia day 4 , moving east
30 photos
Along the mainline between Zilana and Poprad
2018 - June in Slovakia day 3
36 photos
Early start , then a trip down Line 170 for a few shots. The weather really turned, with heavy rain clouds building up early over the mountains then rolling in. Wednesday 6/06 turned out to be the...
2017- A quick look at Slovenia
25 photos
One family holiday so not much chance to see many trains, but still managed a few record shots of what is currently running on SZ metals Taken during a visit in July 2017
2018- June in Slovakia day 2
64 photos
2018- May on the Budapest tram system
22 photos
Saturday morning set aside to explore the main points either side of the Dunube and revisit a few old favourite tourist spots. Budapest ranks a close second to Prague in my view as Europe's best city
2018 June in Slovakia- day 1
34 photos
A good afternoon session at Bratislava to kick off the week
2018 Hungarian trip in May - Routes from Budapest...
82 photos
Two days of visiting Table 100 locations, which is a busy lines with plenty of variation in freight, as well as many hauled passenger working
2018- March in Hannover trip day 4
84 photos
Poor weatherforecast so sit it out at Ahlten for passing traffic. Over 60 subjects passed in 7 hours, making this frieght route probably the most busy in Europe
2018 Hungarian trip in May- Routes fro Budepest...
72 photos
Albums includes all travels from Szekesfehervar on Tables 30a, 20, 29,30, and 45. The very busy yard and depot is included with a very good variation of both traction and operators. Rail based visit...
2018 - March in Hannover trip day 3
20 photos
Thursday 8/03/18 was forecasted dull and rain for the whole day throughout North Germany. We decided to use a Lander ticket and head to Bremen where we could shelter if required and see interesting...
2018 - British Spring and Summer selection-2018
40 photos
Kicking off at my favourite local shots near Worting Junction. Dusted off my old D200 , charged up a battery and there you go. 15 year old kit about four generations behind todays modals, but still...
2009-British Spring and Summer - 2009
56 photos
A selection of UK material taken during the Spring and Summer months of 2009 while I was still using my D200
2018- March in Hannover day 2
78 photos
Kicking off at Hannover-Linden, a S-Bahn station located on the south ring line, very much used by freight services. The disadvantage is the platform is due north of the freight lines, so looking...
2018- Feb on the Brenner route -day 5
18 photos
Really just a morning session, as we had to leave at midday for the Airport. Prefect sun and snow for the classic St Jodak positions, we that was settled producing a very suitable end to a good week.
2018 - Santa Cruz trams.- Easter 2018
9 photos
A family holiday to the Canary Islands enabled me to view the tram system around Santa Cruz.
2018 Feb on the Brennero Routes- day 4
33 photos
Heading to Italy again, this time a set of locations at the northern end of Trentino
2009 on the Thames Valley
32 photos
Thames Valley with a little snow to kick off this Album, then a few visits through the year to one of my favourite lines.
2018 March in Hannover trip- day 1
46 photos
Having flown to Hannover, we were in action at our first 'target' location within two hours of landing. Cold hazy sun was not forecasted, so a real bonus. The freight lines past Ahlten normally get...
2018- Day 3 the Brennero Routes in Italy
33 photos
Wednesday 7/02/18. A poor forecast everywhere, so we headed into Italy.
2008 - Late Season on the WR routes
8 photos
Firstly seasonal colour at Ruscombe and the Thames Valley
2018- Feb on the Brenner routes - day 2
40 photos
Kicking off at St Jodok, we then hit Brennero on the Italian side and got a full set of shots both before and after the sun got over the mountains. We then returned to Austria for several locations...
2018 Winter on the Brenner routes-day 1
19 photos
We flew to Innesbruck and rented a car, which got us on site within the hour. We then covered three required locations that midday to afternoon. Good traffic levels and decent weather made a good...
2008/9 Winter on the Southern Region
31 photos
Album of mainly local material, including some rare snow in Hampshire
2009 Winter in Switzerland- day 4 Baselland
21 photos
13/02/09 Proved to be such adverse conditions on the Gotthard, that I bailed out and headed north to Basel. I was flying home from there anyway that evening. Once again Low Res scanning by Dave...
2008- Mid Season shots on the SR
67 photos
June 2008 onwards album of mainly local trains , but some from other SR locations. D200 Picture Project process period, but some re-done through photoshop more recently
2008 Mid Hants odd shots
18 photos
Just a small album of a few subjects taken on my local MHR during 2008
2008 - Early Season local shots on the SR- 2008
30 photos
An album of local trains to me, using me D200 and still early days for my digital material. I have a number of local spots that are visited each year.
2017- Emila Romagna Region of Italy in October...
24 photos
A family holiday based at Florence
2009 - RhB- Winter in Switzerland Feb 2009-...
66 photos
Following the failure of my D200 on the first day and emergency backup was required . This in the form of Nikon F-801 using Fuji 100 slide film. Starting with Table 920 shots on 10/02/09 The next...
2009- RhB-Winter in Switzerland Feb 2009- day 1
14 photos
Arrival once again in Zurich by Easyjet. Travelling down to Landquart, before accessing the RhB travelling across by Klosters and Davos to my hotel at Filisur.
2017/18 Winter on the SR
59 photos
A small album of brief local visits during the Winter period. Including a bit of MHR steam
2017/18 Winter on the WR
57 photos
A small album of mainly stone trains seen on the former WR. B &H, Denchworth and Hinksey feature
2014 - Vienna Transport - September 2014
37 photos
This Albums consists mainly of the trams used extensively through Wiem
2017 - September in Eastern Slovakia - day 4
21 photos
Based around Strba
2017- September in Eastern Slovakia - day 3
45 photos
After a clear night we got out into full fog! Not the best conditions, but keep with the plan, and work our way west again. After 10 miles we came into full 'bing' again, which lasted the full day.
2017 - September in Eastern Slovakia- day 2
36 photos
Driving east to Ruskov, beyond Kosice, where the Standard and Russian Gauge routes run side by side and all services to the east of Slovakia can be viewed.
2017 September in Eastern Slovakia- day 1
28 photos
We flew to Poprad International Airport, which has all of three return commercial flights per week! Kicking off day 1 we headed west to Besenova, then back to Liptovsky Mikulas. Weather nothing...
2017 August in Prague
64 photos
A tourist visit to one of the best historical cities in Europe. Mainly a album of trams in action during our 12 day visit, but also some of the sights of this lovely city.
2017 Summer visit to the Rhine Valley-part 3
55 photos
A much better last full day, but traffic on the east bank still a bit disrupted. Time to knock off a few location on our bucket list.
2017 Summer visit to the Rhine Valley part-2
59 photos
Wednesday 5/07 with Assmanshausen as the main target shot. Many other locations also covered
2017 Summer visit to the Rhine Valley-part 1
49 photos
We flew to Frankfurt then rented a car for this trip to the Rhine Valley, basically locations south of Koblenz, although we did venture north one or twice. Lucky with the weather but very hot every...
2017 - Two days out in Anglia-summer 2017
33 photos
On 14 June 2017 I travelled out by train to Norfolk, there meeting up with my old friend and fellow photographer Mick Barstow. We covered both sets all day and retained the sun for all but one shot-...
SOUTH WEST LONDON railways
129 photos
This album is centred on the former LSWR lines from Waterloo, now the main operator is SWR
NORTH WEST LONDON railways
199 photos
London end of the WCML and CHILTERNS
WEST LONDON railways
157 photos
Mostly former GWR routes and lines out of Paddington. Currently operated by FGW, Heathrow trains and Chiltern Trains ( from Marylebone ) There is a significant freight operation centred on Acton,...
NORTH LONDON railways
104 photos
This Album includes parts of the former NLR along with the Midland Railway and GNR lines that run north of London on the southern section of the LNER and Cambridge routes
EAST LONDON railways
105 photos
This album covers the former GER, LTSR , and eastern section of the NLR.
SOUTH EAST LONDON railways
71 photos
This Album mainly covers the former SECR lines, where South Eastern is the principle operator. Other traffic in the same area is also covered.
SOUTH LONDON railways
123 photos
This album is to is mainly include railway routes of the former LBSCR, but including more modern developments such as Thameslink which uses the same lines, and of course, London's only tram lines...
2017 - Afternoon visit to Kings Sutton - 22/05/17
15 photos
Near both the Cherwell Valley and the Oxford Canal , Kings Sutton is a lovely little town that sees XC, FGW and Chiltern services passing en-route Banbury, Birmingham and beyond. Not much freight...
2017- Praha area interlude- June 2017
47 photos
Our final day was a move to Praha to dump luggage, then out to Liben for a busy session at a two way shot, before finishing the day at Kyje. Then head back to the main station for dinner before...
2017- South London Morning around Norwood ...
29 photos
A fine morning visit to another of the very busy routes into London. Mainly Southern Trains, but also some London Overground services and Thameslink trains. Focus on the Class 171 formations of DMU...
2017 - Southern Bohemia- 2017
54 photos
A short visit based around Ceske Budjovice, Still a few 210 centre cab working to go for in that area. This area is generally not as busy as soon in the Czech Republic, but notable for almost all...
2017 - May Czech trip 2017-1 towards Plzen and...
25 photos
We flew to Prague then headed out on Line 170 towards Plzen. A quick overnight at the splendid Hotel Victoria then on the road again. My first trip to the AC lines in Bohemia. Those were the first 25...
2017 - Local freight collection -2017
28 photos
A few odd shots round the area local to me.
2017 - A long day out in London- May 2017
55 photos
An early start then a session at Wimbledon, followed by Stratford, then finishing at South Ruislip. A very busy day mainly for unit updating.
2017- Bluebell Railway Branch Line event 14 May...
12 photos
The Bluebell held their traditional Branch Line weekend a few months later this year. Star of the show was visiting LNWR 1054 Coal Tank
2017- Day 2 and 3 Hamburg Area revisited
39 photos
We kicked off with a set of night shots, as our hotel was located a few minutes from Hamburg Hbf. The Wednesday was a complete change of weather to mega dull and full rain. Never say die, head for...
MAYDAY running around Winchester for vintage buses
37 photos
Now Mayday is the running day for the friends of King Alfred Buses. A surprising number of vintage buses are saved and in operation condition. King Alfred Bus Services were only a small company...
2017 March in Bremen Area-day
40 photos
Another great day for weather, BUT the trains were all mucked up by several serious track failures. The PM one resulted in ICE services being diverted through Bremen on the middle roads. Once again...
2017-A day out in Bedfordshire.
46 photos
Morning on the Midland Mainline and then over the Sandy on the ECML in the afternoon. Malcolm and I met up with Mick Barstow, an old friend who lives locally.
2017- March in Bremen Area -day 1
22 photos
Early flight Stansted to Bremen, then out to Mahndorf. However no freight using that route so return to Bremen Hbf for the classic shots, mainly on the through roads. Traffic not quite as busy as...
2017- Short visit to Yorks and Humber- March 2017
42 photos
Domestic commitments constrained my visit to Wednesday afternoon on the ECML, then Thursday morning at Barnetby. All in decent light and although not very busy, about average flows for 2017 in those...
2017- Early season local shots
18 photos
Local odds and ends, mainly using my new D810 camera.
2008- A visit to Belgium
26 photos
A small album of SNCB subject taken during a family holiday
2008-Hamburg Area late season -day 3
44 photos
My third and final day in the Hamburg Area , again Harburg and a quick trip towards Cruxhaven, then north towards Itzehoe. Once again a generally poor day for weather, but with a few sunny breaks in...
2008- Hamburg Area visit late season 2008 - day 2
58 photos
Awful weather to start day as predicted, so headed for a few shots available from cover where the mainlines can be seen from S-Bahn stations. D200 and prime lenses used due to very poor light.
2008 - Hamburg Area visit late season 2008-day 1
39 photos
I last look at the Lubeck-Hamburg route with diesel traction, and a general look at the Hamburg area for the great variation of traffic available. The weather forecast was very poor, so it was a real...
2017 sightings, kicking off the New Year with all...
41 photos
The New Year Bank Holiday on 2/01/17 saw a brief visit to the MHR, THEN Thursday 5/01/17 to capture a set of my favourite shots around Battledown Viaduct with the best Winter light angle.
2016 December Steam and Electric sightings.
24 photos
The 4 Dec was the one time I managed to get a Santa Special on the MHR in sun. They ran those specials for the Festive Season right up until Xmas Eve, but there was almost no decent weather for the...
2008- Swiss Gotthard Route trip. September 2008 -...
43 photos
Given poor weather over most of Switzerland, and being my last day I headed straight for Pratteln on an early departure from Erstfeld. My luck held as about 10KM south of my target location the sky...
2008 - Swiss Gotthard route trip September 2008 -...
51 photos
Another day to kick off at Altdorf, but poor weather over the mountains pushed me north.
2016 - Late Season YORKS and LINCS trip- November...
44 photos
Starting off in South Humberside and the Aire Valley, with the last few shots taken at Kings Sutton on the way home
2011 Winter Season selection
20 photos
Odd shots of Charters and GWML for the season
2016 - Late Season YORKS and LINCS trip- November...
33 photos
Dave Warwick and I set out on our now regular visit to the north on Sunday 6/11/16 A quite drive north, then an hour at Burn on the ECML to catch some totally unpredicted sunny spells. On Monday we...
2016 - November seasonal colours on my local...
53 photos
A quick visit to Eastleigh, then two days later Battledown and Burghfield Bridge for 'target' shots, plus anything that came. Mainly November shots at my local spots, which includes some of the GWML....
2008 - Swiss Gotthard Route trip September 2008...
41 photos
My second day out from Erstfeld. Kicking off at Altdorf, then moving to Amsteg-Silenen, then up to the classic Wassen shots. The day was finished off with a few shots at Erstfeld Depot in the last...
2016- MHR October Gala
24 photos
Saturday and Sunday 22/23 October on the MHR. My local railway, where I worked for a while in the past, and before that over the Winchester to Alton route during the final days of BR
2008 - Swiss Gotthard Route trip September 2008-...
25 photos
September 16/09/08 and the first day of my Erstfeld based trip to SBB Table 600. Heading south before the light was up to Billenzona, centre of the Italian speaking Canton. Then down to the junction...
2008-Interlude on Thameslink
10 photos
On 15/09/08 I travelled to Luton Airport for a midday flight to Switzerland. I took advantage top grab a few Themeslink record shots en-route, as the MML isn't one of my normal routes to visit.
2008 - A long day in the north- September 2008
33 photos
On 10-09-08 I travelled out by train to Hatfield and Stainforth to meet up with Dave Warwick on his last day of a trip to Humberside. We covered a selection of old favourite shots between Stainforth...
2008 - Three Hours at Stratford
17 photos
Stratford is a well known pinch point for freight traffic crossing London towards the Eastern Counties. Add the regular loco hauled Anglia Express trains and any visitor should get a fist full of...
EASTLEIGH WORKS
77 photos
Arlington Fleet Services is one of the big success stories to rise out of the ashes from BR. From small beginnings, they have gone from strength to strength under the ownership of Barry Stephens. I...
2016 - August short day in Anglia- 2016
8 photos
On 9 August I travelled out by rail via London to meet up with my old friend Mick Barstow. Late running from Liverpool Street amend our plan slightly. However the main problem came at Brundle where...
2016 - Split Sunrise HZ interlude - September 2016
5 photos
On the last day of our family holiday in Split I managed an early visit to the main station, which is located right alongside the very busy harbour. The Zagreb sleeper is the only loco hauled service...
2016 - Sonning Cutting in May and July 2016
28 photos
Sonning cutting has been cleared out of most trees, therefore better than many years for photography. I visited in May and again in July to record traffic before the dreaded OHL rubbish fills in this...
2016 - Springtime at Worting Junction - April/May...
15 photos
A collection of material over three Spring visits, using all three of my Nikon cameras at one time or the other. Probably my best local shot to Winchester, where I live.
2016-Southern Bavarian visit - day 4
27 photos
Saturday morning and the rain had gone overnight. Good start but cloud building up so a mixed day forecasted. Again I headed for the non-electrified lines, and Kaufering was the main target location....
2016-Southern Bavarian visit - day 3
44 photos
A complete change in the weather, with full rain and gloom all day. Plan B activated, travel out to Regensburg to get interesting flows from positions near cover. Also new stuff for Malcolm, who last...
2016-Southern Bavarian visit -day 2
34 photos
Forecasted very hot and sunny, this was my day for the non-electrified routes around Sontheim and Buckloe. The day produced and 33'c highs, the problem being I didn't have enough drink and got a bit...
2016-Southern Bavarian visit- day 1
21 photos
Just a quick look at Munchen Ost with a 75' session before heading to our hotel located near Munchen Hbf. A good variation of trains is available at Munchen Ost.
2016 - BDZ in Bulgaria in July 2016
61 photos
A collection of BDZ subjects, nearly all passenger trains taken at times during our travels right across Bulgaria. BDZ Cargo appeared almost not existing during our observation of those lines....
2016 - Private Operators in Bulgaria- July 2016
37 photos
BZK , DB (Bulgaria) Bullmark and several new entries to the coal market form the back bone of open access operators in Bulgaria. BZK has a mix of former BR and former Romanian traction. DB uses...
2016 - Return to Scotland- day 5
12 photos
Friday and cold with rain and mega gloom. Just a few hours in the Edinburgh area, before returning south after a very successful week with Peter Kellet. May 2016
2016 - Return to Scotland - day 4
28 photos
Thursday , our Highland day, as four interesting shots can be got in just over 2 hours, then head south again, as nothing else of interest all day. Drove 70 miles in clear skies to hit low cloud...
2016 - June in Northern Italy 2016
40 photos
A few railway shots grabbed during a family holiday centred on Verona.
2016 - Return to Scotland - day 3
28 photos
Wednesday 11/05/16 and planned to visit the WCML from Beattock to the Upper Cylde area. However, we covered a return West Highland overnight ballast train en-route to our first target positions.
2016 - Local shots in April 16
15 photos
A few short sessions, including a 'Dust-off' for my old Nikon D200!
2016 - Return to Scotland - day 2
29 photos
Day centred around Fife and the Lowlands. Main target being the Fife circle hauled trains
2016 - Return to Scotland-day 1
17 photos
Having travelled north on the 0730 from Kings Cross, a got my first Scottish shot before meeting up with my old friend Peter Kellet, who lives in Fife those days. We did a few shots on the River Tay...
2016 - Czech trip to Labem Valley- day 5
37 photos
Friday 22/04/16 and the first part of the day on Line 072. We travelled to Prague, and finished the trip with a PM session in the Praha area. Good result all around.
2016 - Czech trip to Labem Valley - day 4
43 photos
Promised to be the best day of our week for weather with a wall to wall sun forecast. Started off at Strekov, then up to Techlovice. (Nothing came southbound for our time there) Returned down to...
2016 - Czech Trip day- 3 the Elbe Valley in...
45 photos
Wednesday20/04/16 was planned for a drive across the border to Rathen and Konigstein in the Elbe Valley, which of course is the same river as the Labem but in Germany. Day started off grey once again...
2016 - Czech trip to Labem Valley- day 2
24 photos
We started off intending to look north towards Line 073. But the weather was really grim and getting worse. There also appeared to be some possession work going on during the four hour gap in...
2016 - Czech trip to Labem Valley - day 1
11 photos
The old gang of Malcolm, Chris and I flew to Prague, then rented a car for the week. We stayed at Usti-nad-Labem and had various locations in mind. However the weather was not kind in the valley with...
2016 - Yorks and Lincs visit - day 4
15 photos
Kicked off the last day in a gloomy Barnetby. Got a few shots near the new signals then along to Brocklesby Junction to finish by noon, for an easy drive home.
2016 - Yorks and Lincs visit - Day 3
19 photos
Thursday 31/03 dawned clear with a bit of mist which soon cleared, so over to the Aire Valley again for [power station flows, then lunchtime travel north for shots on the ECML north of York for the...
2016 - Yorks and Lincs visit - day 2
25 photos
Kicking off on the Whitley Bridge to Heck section, the light wasn't round enough to begin with, but once again much more cloud developed than the forecast. Later PM we travelled up to Colton Bridge...
2016 - Yorks and Lincs visit - day 1
26 photos
On Tuesday 29/03/16 I set off by early train to join up with Dave Warwick at Barnetby. This is my first return since the famous signals have gone, and with the reductions in coal flows expected to...
2016 - day out with the old team at Ruscombe
22 photos
On 24/02/16 Malcolm Collop and I met up with Chris Perkins at Ruscombe on the GWML. The high bridge gives a decent view both ways, so we sat it out for the day. It proved to be a busy one, as well...
2008 - Eastern Germany day 5, Berlin revisited
25 photos
It is often my practise to fly back from Berlin if visiting eastern Germany. I have never stayed there, so plan my final day with an early arrival and later flight home. I first visited East Berlin...
2008 - Summer in Eastern Germany -Day 4 The Elbe...
46 photos
Another very early start for a selection of hauled subjects at Leipzig. Then off the Dresden for another day at Konigstein and working north towards Dresden. Once more a selection of DB180 seen, as...
2008 - Summer in Eastern Germany- day 3
32 photos
July visit based at Ltepzig and heading for Dresden and the Eble Valley
2016 - SWISS WINTER TRIP- day 5
23 photos
Still snowing on Friday 5/02/16 over the high ground. We heard even the MGB had to suspend services until midday. Goschenen had three days worth, so we guessed Wassen would be worth a session. AM...
2016 - SWISS WINTER TRIP- day 4
22 photos
Thursday 4/02/16 was our South Ramp day as the weather looked best in that direction. Starting at Airolo, then bus to Quinto for me to bag a few new shots at a 'target' location I hadn't managed in...
2016 - February Session at Denchworth just...
12 photos
The OHL poles are due to be installed along here next week, so a real last chance to get the traditional view, before they are lost for ever. Such is progress!!! I fine day on 16/02/16 just before...
2016 - SWISS WINTER TRIP 2016 - day 3
12 photos
Wednesday was full rain in most places except the highest mountains, which expected full snow blizzards. So a trip across the MGB once again for very Wintery shots! Used my D700 as proven to be...
2016 - SWISS WINTER TRIP Feb 2016 -day 2
22 photos
The weather looked best of the mountains, so we went for the Oberalppass Summit of the MGB route at 2033 meters. Great selection in full sun and deep snow.
2016 - SWISS WINTER TRIP Feb 2016 - day 1
12 photos
Early flight to Zurich with Easy-jet. Kicked off at the splendid Zurich HB area for a few tram shots before setting off to Airolo. With only time for a set PM shots to begin my winter trip to the...
2008 - Summer in Eastern Germany- day 2
57 photos
A very early start to catch the AM side at Grosskorbetha. ( this area tends to run north to south, so AM/PM is best). The very busy traffic levels are generated by the massive Leuna Werk...
2008 - Summer in Eastern Germany- day 1
26 photos
Flying with Ryanair to the former Soviet air base at Altenburg. I Spent my first afternoon close to Leipzig. The target being the many class 143 workings plus a few freights. The cloud built up and...
2008 - West Country late Spring 2008
17 photos
Firstly a visit for work, so using my happy-snappy Fuji D5700, then some taken during a domestic visit to Torquay, in prestine conditions at some of my old favourite spots.
2008 - Tourist visit to Egypt in March 2008-...
10 photos
We did a River Nile Cruise in March 2008, then an additional week at Luxor. A family visit to take in the heritage of Egypt, I did manage to grab a few ENR shot in the Luxor Station and Depot area....
2015 - Mince Pies on the Mid Hants-2015
9 photos
Two quick morning visits after Christmas for the record on my local railway.
2008 - May in the Lowlands of Scotland
14 photos
Starting off at Greenhill Lower Junction, near Falkirk to meet up with Peter Kellet. We spent the next very dull wet day on the newly opened Alloa Branch, with a special SRPS set running a shuttle....
2012 - Greater London area odds and ends- Summer...
1 photo
2008 - Visit to North West England in May 2008
42 photos
Domestic reasons took me north in May 2008, so I took advantage to re-visit a few of my old favourite locations en-route.
2008 - May visit to the West Midlands-2008
31 photos
A nice day out to cover some of my favourite spots on the Derby line from Birmingham. Still a fair amount of traffic running in 2008, especially on a good day. The game-plan to hit Washwood Heath,...
2008 - Early Spring-time in Anglia- April 2008
12 photos
On 9/04/08 I set off for a visit to Anglia with my old friend Dave Cobbe. We really focused on a small area to concentrate the return of classic shots.
2008 - A day out on the Berks and Hants- April...
8 photos
I short day out on the B &H to catch a few of the Mendip stone workings at some of my old favourite positions. I had spent quite a time on the route in the late 1980's so have always been pleased...
2015 - September Weekend on the Western- 2015
9 photos
A short day out on Saturday 19/09/15 to see the Rugby Charter trains running from Paddington to Cardiff for Rugby World Cup events. Took one last advantage to get my favourite spots before the poles...
2015-Trip to Northern Germany- day 4.
16 photos
Friday and the end of four days of solid diesel traction, which is not often the case in Europe those days! A number of limited locations heading south, before driving towards Hamburg and home.
2015 - A small collection from the Bluebell Gala-...
8 photos
The 'big' engine gala with visiting A4 and Schools. Only one shot of each of the eight trains seen during our visit.
2015 - Northern Germany July 2015 -day3
34 photos
Thursday 23/07/15 we had an easy start with a few NEG shots and Niebull, before setting off the towards the Sylt for midday, then south on the mainline for the PM.
2015 - Northern Germany- day 2 a visit to Denmark
23 photos
Wednesday 22 July we headed off north for a day in Denmark, mainly around Tjaerborg. This enabled seeing both in and out working from Esbjerg reversals. My first ever visit to Denmark, so a new...
2015 - SWISS MOUNTAIN TRIP- Summer 2015 day 5
30 photos
Our last day, we decided to head north and cover Oberruti, before trying Immensee again, hopefully for better light than day 1. We spit up at Arth Gouldau, as Chris had an earlier return flight than...
2015 - Rails on Mallorca in September 2015
22 photos
A few shots taking during a family holiday in Mallorca. There are three meter gauge systems operate. Firstly the modernised 'Metro' using a large fleet of modern DMU sets, with dark windows and air...
2015 - SWISS MOUNTAIN TRIP Summer 2015- day 4
40 photos
Yet another full sun day. Kicked off around Amsteg-Silenen, the well worn classic positions for Chris, as his first ever visit to the area. Then progressed up to Intschiress Brucke, then a session...
August Summer Saturdays-2015
15 photos
Two Saturdays out for fairly local stuff.
Czech trip May 2015 -day 5
40 photos
Our last day included travel back to Prague for the flight home. Therefore only one target position was possible in the timescale. A complete set of shots at Dobrikov-u-Chocen, with a few others...
Trip to Netherlands - May 2015 day 3
22 photos
My third and last day dawned very clear, but a massive track failure caused lots of cancellations. By the time I got to my planned shots the cloud was building up. I ailed at Brussels Noord for a...
Czech trip May 2015 day 4
57 photos
SWISS MOUNTAIN TRIP- Summer 2015 day 3
25 photos
Starting our second full day in the mountains with a visit to the MGB, then in the afternoon visiting two lineside positions on the North Ramp of the Gotthard route
SWISS MOUNTAIN TRIP-Summer 2015 day 2
37 photos
We kicked off our first full day in superb mountain light at the classic Wassen locations. Starting at the highest spot then finishing on the Walttinger curve. After that finishing the day at...
Trip to Northern Germany July 2015-day 1
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I had to travel overland by rail, so didn't arrival at Niebull until 1145 on Tuesday 21/07/15 Met up with the 'old team' and headed across to Klanxbull, before returning to the mainline later as the...
Trip to Netherlands May 2015- day 2
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Second day of my very brief visit to the Netherlands. Met up with Derk for a few hours, then just kept going,towards Rotterdam and back to Dordtrect as the sun angle moved. Finishing at Rotterdam for...
Czech Trip May 2015 -day 3
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Our very wet and gloomy day. Hard rain for about 6 hours, so sat it out at Zamrsk under cover of the old goods shed, got a bit of dry weather right at the end of this day. Took everything for the...
2015-Visit to the Bed-Pan line 30/04/15
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Whilst in London on business, I decided to have a brief look at the Bedford-St Pancras route, always known as the Bed-Pan line. This is the former Midland Railway route north to Nottingham, Derby and...
SWISS MOUNTAINS TRIP- Summer 2015- day 1
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Setting out on Monday 29 June, our first targets were around Immensee and Steinen. This proved to be the only cloud of the trip. Our next four days were basically wall to wall full sun, but with a...
Anglia day out in April 2015
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Murray Lewis and I joined my old friend Dave Cobbe for a look at GE mainline traffic on a fine sunny day around Belstead Bank.
Trip to Germany March 2015- day 5
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Our last day in Germany dawned wet and gloomy. Starting off at Bremen Hbf to view the constant stream of interesting traffic. Then return to Mahndorf for another busy session.
Krakow city trams in June 2015
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There appears to be a good selection of trams still in use, and most lines since have a mixture of types from old to most recent. The streets of the city are quite wide, but trams share the roads...
Long day out, June 2015
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I left home at 0400 and got on site by 0545 at Linslade, my prime targets were the overnight sleepers from Scotland to London Euston. There are a number of freight trains in the same early period to...
Tuscany in April 2015
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A limited selection of railway subjects taken during a family holiday to the region, which was main rail based for Italian cultural locations.
Trip to Germany March 2015- day 4
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Thursday 5/03/15 kicked off very sunny at Bremen Hbf, but the angle was wrong for the best results. We headed to Rotenburg for a few shots, before returning to Bremen, then onward to Mahndorf, the...
Trip to Netherlands- May 2015 day 1
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On Tuesday 19 May I set off from Croydon at 0440, to travel on the first Eurostar to Brussels, then Benelux to Roosendaal for two nights at my hotel. Then decided to hit Tilburg that afternoon,...
Czech trip-May 2015 day 2
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Our second day kicked off from Ceska Trebova, our base for the week. Major bonus of class 771 drags due to a short OHL isolation at Brady's nad Orlici. Firstly a 8Km walk from Chocen to Brady's along...
Czech trip-May 2015 day 1
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We travelled to Prague and hit a few tram shots before setting off from Masarykovo Station for a few PM shots on Line 120 to Kladno. This diesel route is mainly operated by DMU's with the odd loco...
North West London early 2015
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A visit on 25 Feb to catch some diverted traffic on the WCML due to the block at Horbury Cutting. My old favourite Headstone Lane, for this set. Then return to my other favoured spot at Kenton Park...
March 2015 on the GWML.
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A visit to Shottersbrook near Maidenhead, then a changing scene at Lower Basildon during March to record services on those interesting routes.
South London interlude -early 2015
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A few shots from my South London travels in Feb and March. Including my very first try out for moving night shots using my Nikon D750. generally satisfactory results, but extra care required in...
Trip to Germany March 2015 -day3
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Our second day at Hannover kicked off very gloomy with rain forecasted again. So a few low light records from the Hbf before setting off once again to Ahlten. Another busy session, and just a short...
Mar 2015-Two days on the Island
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Friday and Saturday 27/28 March 2015, I visited one of my favourite places for a two day charter. W24 was built in 1891 as a member of LSWR class 02 which were introduced from 1889 to 1894. The...
Trip to Germany March 2015- day2
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Having eventually got to Hannover at 2200,we kicked off Tuesday 3/03/15 with a few Hannover Hbf record shots before hitting our main target location for the are at Ahlten. This highly recommended...
Trip to Germany March 2015- day1
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Monday March 2 we set off on the first train from Winchester, with a rather too tight time connection for check-in at Gatwick. I have done this many times and got away with it, but 10-15 delay East...
Feb 2008 final day in Austria
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The last day of my Feb 2008 trip to Slovenia included a day around Graz, as this fitted in well with my return flight. First a quick visit to Graz GKB for a few record shots. Then a ruin up line 530...
Feb 2008-Trip to Slovenia day 4
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Booked out of hotel at Celji, then headed south to Lasko for a few shots before heading north to Maribor. Then a few spots slightly south again as the PM light improved the angle.
2008-Trip to Slovenia day 3
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My second full day in Slovenia kicked off in Mega dull conditions, but soon produced the required weather.
Feb 2008-Trip to Slovenia via OBB-day 1/2
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My third Winter 2008 trip, back to back. Fly to Graz and enter Slovenia via Maribor. My hotel was at Celje for the during of my SZ visit. Main targets included the excellent class 363 Co-Co, an...
East of Reading-Feb 2015
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This album will be added to after short sessions on the GWML east of Reading when the weather is suitable. There is a good increase is traffic currently due to diversions from the line via Banbury....
Swiss Feb 2008 day 5/6
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My last full day in Grubunden, and a good forecast so back to Bever for another set of shots. Than back to Samedan for a few required shots. The next day was my travelling home move, so just a few...
Swiss Feb 2008 day 4
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The weather was closing in on the mountains, so made this my day for the Vorderrhein Valley mainly between Castrisch and Ilanz. There are nice spots around there, and the curve of the route enables...
Swiss Feb 2008 day 3
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I kicked off by travelling to Davos, plan A to hit the area around the Wolfgang Pass for most of the day. Weather looked promising first thing, so hired snow shoes for the Pass, which had drifts 5...
Swiss Feb 2008 day1/2
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I returned to Switzerland, only just over a week after my trip to Austria. The main objective was snow shots on the RhB system, based at Filisur. My travelling day produced little apart from a short...
Austria in Jan 2008- day 3
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Early start from Villach for a long day, mainly based around Salzburg. Once again the 1163 workings in that area were a main target. Grabbed a passing shot whilst my IC693 was held at Bad Gastein. ...
Austria in Jan.2008 -day 2
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Kicked off cold a frosty. Round to Villach West early before heading towards Foderlach on Table 601 and a meet up with Murray Lewis.
Austria in Jan.2008 -day 1
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I flew into Salzburg and got the train to Villach, which was my base for most of the trip. I included a first look at Solvenia, with a quick journey across the Jesenice. Finally returned for a quick...
December 2014 times of change on the GWML
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Wednesday 3/12/14 for a met up with my old friend Mick Barstow, and cover two of my old favourite spots. Saturday 6/12/14 saw me returning, this time with Dave Warwick. A rare sunny Winter Saturday...
Nov-Dec 2007 Winter on the Thames Valley
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A few short days in nice Winter light. Two sunny days in November , then a visit on Mid-Winter Day 21-12-07, which is the shortest day of the year.
Late Season 2007- Mendip stone
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A small selection of stone traffic, and other stuff using the same GWR routes late in 2007.
October 2007 York/Humberside
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A trip to York with the VSOE, followed by a bit of photography. After a few station shots, get the local to Poppleton and walk to one of my old favourite spots north of York. The next day I travelled...
October 2007-GWML
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A selection of my first digital year, at some of my favourite locations late in the season. Interesting to see what has changed in last few years. Traction, operators and of course the famous...
2014 season aound my area .
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A small selection of odds and ends taken around my local area, or at work.
Germany in Sept.2014- day 5
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So to our last day. Check out with luggage all loaded up and head back south to Himmelstadt for another attempt to crack that location, having got fogged off on day 3. Part success with clear light...
Germany in Sept.2014 - day 4
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Thursday 25/09/14 was always forecasted to be almost a total loss for weather, certainly the worst day of the week. We kicked off from Gemunded to check out a few spots north in the wooded hills. All...
Germany in Sept. 2014- day 3
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We kicked off on Wednesday 24/09/14 at my 'target' shot of Himmelstadt, south of Karlstadt in the River Main Valley. Our reward was full fog, lifting slightly to heavy mist all of a very busy...
Germany in Sept. 2014- day 2
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Tuesday 23/09/14 started off a bit misty but soon cleared to lovely sun for most of the AM period. The reason for staying at Bad Hersfeld for our first night was to try and get a decent session at...
Germany in Sept. 2014- day 1
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We set out on Monday 22/09/14 flying from Heathrow to Frankfurt. The plan being to rent a car, then driver to Bad Hersfeld for our first night. After booking into the hotel, the sky started to...
British Trams in 2014
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It is surprising that I have so little material of UK trams, given that I photograph them in most other countries that I visit. Mainly the Croydon Tram Links features, as I have to use that quite...
Summer 2014-Vienna transport
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Our main family holiday of 2014 was two weeks in historic Vienna. Wien Linien GmbH has a large fleet of trams providing what is acknowledged as the largest city urban tramway system in Europe. My...
SWISS August 2014-day 5
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Friday 8/08/14 again dawned clear, with a decent forecast. Due to constraints of travelling home this day we elected yet another visit to Amsteg-Silenen, finishing early afternoon for a dash to...
SWISS August 2014-day 4
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Thursday 7/08/14 was always the worst forecast of our visit. Very poor weather from the north with heavy rain. So kicked off at Erstfeld to record a very busy 45 minutes with 10 loco hauled...
SWISS August 2014-day 3
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Wednesday 6/08/14 kicked off completely blue sky, so we headed directly to Wassen for the day. The plan being to hit the higher location in the AM then walk across to the classic lower location in...
SWISS August 2014- day 2
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Tuesday 5/08/14 and our first full day. The plan to travel to Goschenen for a few shots, then up to Andermatt and the MGB. My main target shots were at Oberalpass for this day. The weather can be...
SWISS August 2014- day 1
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We set off at 0400 on Monday 4/08/14 for an early 0710 flight from Gatwick to Zurich. First stop was Arth-Goldau, as the angle of light is right there, if you catch the sun. We found cloud hung...
Engineering work-Summer 2014
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A selection of stuff taken at work, but not only possession trains, if other are running around the job. Really only a railwayman on those sites for work is realistically able to record such events....
2014-Mid Summer local shots
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A small section of my local Hampshire and close to county location in this very hot and bright summer, ( but not on 13/07 at Farnham)
July 2014-Return to Warwickshire
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Friday 18/07/14 Malcolm Collop and I returned to Leamington Spa, then onward to Hatton to try and get the later trains I miss for the sun with my previous visit. Thus ended another successful visit,...
Sussex by the Sea-2014
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A collection of Sussex West Coast material, showing the recent 313/2 class and conventional signals where still in operation. This album will give a decent spread of the Sussex West Coast services...
July 2014-Warwickshire visit
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On Tuesday 1/07/14 I decided to do a PM visit to Leamington and Hatton. The main object being to get the Hatton North Junction shots as recommended by my friend Murray Lewis. I hadn't been to any of...
July 2014-Early start for the WCML
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On Wednesday 2/07/14 I left home just after 0400 and drove to Old Linslade on the WCML for anm early set of shots, including the overnight sleeper, which was my main target. My second session of the...
SNCF in Sept 2007-4 the return
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Saturday 22/09/07 proved to be a very different day for weather. Heavy rain from heat generated thunder storms hit Western France on the day of my departure. I had my luggage with me so was a bit...
SNCF in Sept 2007-3 Nantes based
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Friday 21/09/07 and an early start from Tours, connecting at Nantes for a session at La Roche sur Yon. This nice little junction on the coastal route to La Rochelle and Bordeaux. A fine selection of...
June 2014-London North Western-Summer
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A series of shots taken at Kenton on 10/06/14 and then again at nearby Headstone Lane on 17/06/14. This line is recommended for visitors to London, as just over two hours produces a selection of what...
THE BEST OF BRITISH
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My first non-railway album has been inspired by two events attended last week. D-Day Concert at Southsea Common and Beating the Retreat at Horseguards Parade, Whitehall, London. The informal concert...
D6515 returns and named.
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On Wednesday 4/06/14 33012 as D6515 returned to service hauling the RTC Swanage to Waterloo as far as Southampton. Then on Thursday 12/06/14 a naming event was held at Swanage, with the full support...
SNCF in Sept 2007-2 Tours based
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I travelled on an early TGV from Bordeaux, to book in at my next hotel and get the best of the day from mid-morning at Tours, then out to St Pierre des Corps, before returning to Tours for the PM...
SNCF in Sept 2007-1 Bordeaux based
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I did a rail based bash around South West France for a few days staying in Bordeaux. The diesel hauled lines to Rochelle and Lyon still having 67400 hauled trains and the BB-9300 being of special...
PTO Progress
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My first months re-employed by DBS as a charter guard in August-September 2007 Various subjects from around the area of my operations over the years.
Mid May sunny days- 2014
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We have had some really good weather during May, but generally I wasn't able to get out with the camera. However on Wednesday 14/05 I tried a session at Battledown, but got done by heavy cloud...
2007- Swiss July trip-3
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Very clear once again on Friday 20/07/07 for early shots Spiez and Interlaken. The travelling to Bern and around some other lines in the hinterland, before return to Ostetrmundigen for a busy two...
March 2014-Southampton PM interlude
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On 13/03/14 I combined a morning visit with a few hours photography in the afternoon at some of my long standing favourite spots around Southampton.
April 2014- Latvia day 5- final grab shots
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Friday 11./04/14 commenced booking out of our hotel in zero light once again. A quick look at a local level crossing, before setting off around the outer ring road to avoid the horrendous Riga peak...
April 2014- Latvia day 4 Let there be sun!
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After days of gloom and rain we got a decent day at last on Thursday 10/04/14. My basecamp advised this weather was coming, and Dave proved to be right. This was our day to return north towards Riga,...
April 2014- Latvia day 3- towards Belarus
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Wednesday 9/04/14 was the worst day so far. It rained all night and was still heavy rain with zero light when we set out towards the East. Our main target shot was Skaista, about 40 Km east of...
April 2014-Latvia day 2 heading S.E.
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Tuesday 8/04/14 dawned wet after very heavy rain all night. We set out towards the South East via the A6 trunk road which runs near the main line to Daugavpils for nearly all the way from Riga. First...
April 2014-Latvia day 1 Riga Area
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We flew into a damp misty gloomy Riga at midday Monday 7/04/14 by Wizzair from Luton. Once the car hire was sorted headed for the mainline in the Riga suburban area. Heading due S.E. from Riga, there...
Poland in March 2014 - Day 5
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Friday 7/03/14 followed our established plan of covering the east to west route at Dopiewo again in the AM, then the north to south route to Leszno in the PM. This being for best light angles. There...
Poland in March 2014 Day 3/4
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Wednesday 5/03/14 kicked off cold and grey once again, but brightened at midday around Dopiewo before dropping back into the gloom once again. Of note was the big change over to 189 or EU45 traction...
March 2014-Poland in March Day1/2
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We travelled to Poznan by Wizzair on Monday 3/03/14. Based at the excellent Sheraton Hotel 700 yards from the main station. The first location visited that afternoon was Poznan-Staroleka, which I...
2014 - North Western London interlude
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I grabbed a few hours in London, after other business on Wednesday 26/02/14. I little interlude to show what is on offer on the mainlines out of Euston. It is of note that several hours in the early...
Swiss July 2007 trip-2
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Thursday 19/07/07 kicked off once again very clear, so I was out by 0600 amid the very deep shadows at Kandersteg. Then took the hourly Post-Bus down to Blausee-Mitholz for a couple of North Ramp...
Swiss July 2007 trip-1
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Travelling out on Monday 16/07, this set shows the variation of traffic on the BLS before the dreaded base tunnel, Tuesday 17/07 started very clear, but soon clagged up from the North. After a few...
Southern and Western Summer 2007
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A look at Ascot Race specials and other stuff.
Czech Winter 2013-5 Prague by night and day
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So on to my final planned shots. Prague at night on Friday 17/01 and by day on the morning of Saturday 18/01 before my return to the Airport. Following my arrival in Prague it was still raining quite...
2014-Gloomy Czech Winter -4
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We kicked off our last day by a few Ceska Trebova shots before moving to Dlouha Trebova-Prnik again, but this time for the AM side shots. Not that it mattered as the gloom turned to dull rain. We...
2014 - Gloomy Czech Winter-3
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Thursday 16/01/14 was forecasted a little brightness, and indeed we did get the first hour or so, before the normal mega gloom returned for the day. I had planned several shots for the day, so we...
2014 - Gloomy Czech Winter-2
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Wednesday 15/01/14 and mega gloom, with added rain to start off the day well.After our normal change of trains at Chocen, we proceeded to Uhersko. The light got even worse, but at least the rain...
Jan 2013- Gloomy Czech Winter-1
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I set out on Monday 13/01/14, arriving in Prague with lovely sunshine. My plan was to bail at the first available spot on Line 010 to catch the last hour or so of light. Then I proceeded to Ceska...
A day around Westbury 2007
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Mid-Summer, 20 June 2007 saw me heading for the Glastonbury extra shuttles. This year they worked Swindon to Castle Cary, then returned ECS for another load of festival goers. It also proved an...
Festive periods on the MHR
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A small collection of Mid Hants Railway Christmas/New Years Day festive services over the years
Summer on Cote d'Azur 2007
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We had a family holiday based at Nice for two weeks on the wonderful Cote de Azur. Our travelling around was by public transport, and the rent apartment a short walk from the attractive Nice Ville...
Early May 2007- Busy DB
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On 8 May 2007 I set off with Chris Wilkinson and Murray Lewis to Frankfurt, then a week by car around the Main Valley. This area is very busy for DB freight, and in 2007 about 90 such trains could be...
Swiss May 2007 trip.
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Set out from Basel with Phil Wormald. Centred many at Kandersteg for traffic 'over the top' before the BLS base tunnel was introduced. Very mixed weather changing from lovely warm sunshine to cold...
Southampton Area - November 2013
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Friday November 22 I needed to visit Eastleigh for work purposes. Following that had business in Southampton. This opened a couple of hours window to do a bit at Mount Pleasant. I built this around...
Nov 2011- Winter in the Valley-1
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Tuesday 19/11/13 and another Thames Valley day. Kicking off at Purley-on-Thames then on to Lower Basildon. Unfortunately, neither the weather or trains played ball, so we lost about 50% of our target...
Final bash at West Drayton- Nov.2013
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On Friday 15/11/13 I set out to cover a few shots from the new mega bridge at West Drayton. This massive structure has replaced that nice brick arch bridge that dated from GWR times. For only the...
November 2013 in the Didcot area.
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Wednesday 13/11/13 looked OK for weather, so Dave Warwick and I set out on a quick visit to Didcot and Cholsey, with only weeks to go before the dreaded electrification works commence. Will this be...
2013 - Branch Line Milk train.
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I attended a charter to represent a S.R. branch line milk service. LSWR class M7, built 1897-1911 were a very long lived design. The final examples still in passenger service until withdrawn in 1964....
2013 - Last Winter at Cholsey - 5/11/13
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Domestic commitments only gave me two or three hours potential light at Cholsey. It was worth a go, as winter angle of sun gives the best side light at this position for the busy period. I spent two...
Jan. 2007- first digital period
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A small collection from my very early digital days, all taken during the first month of using my D200. I got my Nikon D200 @ Christmas 2006, and shot my first ever digital frames visiting the MHR on...
2013 - Romania-4 Friday
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We checked out of the excellent and highly recommended Hotel Sud and grabbed a few shots across the road at Ploiesti Sud station before heading south. Although the weather was poor, we got lucky on...
2013 - Romania-3 Thursday
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Thursday 26 was our fourth full day, and the forecast was best for the mountains, so we got out early after breakfast and headed north on Highway 1 with best speed. Several AM location were on our...
2013 - Romania-2 Wednesday
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We set off for the mountains towards Brasov. It was quite clear at the lower reaches, then got 10'c colder and rather cloudy while we looked at a few required spots. The mega grey cloud formed in...
2013 - Romania-1 Monday PM and Tuesday
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Three of us picked up a hired Astra from Herz and drove to Buftea for kick-off shots during the afternoon of Monday 23/09/13. Then travelling on to Ploieti, having booked four days at the excellent...
A few hours on the GWML 20/09/13
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Malcolm Collop and I set out to visit the bridge at Waltham St Lawrence, however the road is closed for extensive rebuilding due to electrification. So, fall back to plan B, and move up to Waltham St...
BR a/c electric loco's.
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A small selection of the extensive collection of AL1-7 plus class 90 shots that I have on slides. Once again scanned by Dave Warwick for our first joint fotopic site 6 years ago.
Scotland in the 1980's
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A selection of scans done by my friend Dave Warwick quite sometime ago. This reflects the Scottish railway scene during the early to late 1980's. Once again I have quite a large collection of ScR...
2013 - Mainline from the Bluebell
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On Tuesday 10 September I was rostered to work 1Z84 1725 Sheffield Park to Victoria, via reversal at South Croydon, and returning over the North Downs.
2013 - Going West ( Somerset)
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On Thursday 5 September I was invited for a footplate day on the West Somerset Railway. At 22 miles , the WSR is one of the longest private/preserved lines in England. My friend Tim Stedman, DBS and...
WCML @ Chelmcote 20/08/13
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Murray Lewis drove Malcolm Collop and myself over to Chelmscote on Tuesday 20 August 2013. The forecast was solid sun, but in fact we got 70% cloud whilst on location. There were some losses because...
2013 - Western east of Reading
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This set consists of attempts to record a few locations Paddington side of Reading before the dreaded OHL get put at. First batch taken over three visits in August.
Local freight- 2013
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Workings around Hampshire during 2013
TLF on the Southern
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A set of scanned slides, mainly from the early 1990's.Scanned by Dave Warwick, originally for my long gone fotopic site. Lot of stuff taken at work. We had a great job in those days. Driving...
2013 - A day out in South Wales
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On Monday 22 July 2013 I travelled to Bristol, then met up with my friend and fellow European traveller, Chris Perkins. We arranged to plan our forthcoming Romanian trip in September, and take a few...
Summer return to Anglia -2013
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On Monday 15 July I set off by rail for a day out in one of my favourite parts of UK railways. Greater Anglia still run a loco hauled set every 30 minutes in push-pull mode, using the well liked but...
30 years apart!!!
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I have only been to Portugal twice. Firstly in April 1975 when CP was one of the most interesting systems in Europe. Secondly, during a family holiday to Lisbon in March 2005. So 30 years apart! On...
Warsaw in June 2013
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During a family holiday I managed to see a selection of traction at Warszawa Wschodnia, and various trams operation near the city centre.
Chiltern Railways at the ends.
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Chiltern Railways subjects taken at Neasden and Kings Sutton. Attempt is made to show examples of trhe different classes used, as well as the now famous 'quality' express hauled services.
2013 - Summer on the GWML
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A selection of shots taken between the Challow loops and Twyford over the Summer period. Including a few at Kings Sutton on the Banbury route.
2013 - Purley on Thames and Tilehurst
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We did a few shots around Purley-on-Thames on 31 May but got done by the sun, and a few cancelled trains. So I went back on the following week to do it again, mainly on the footbridge west of...
2013 - Humberside and North Lincolnshire 27-28 May
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Our now annual return to Humberside and surrounding areas, normally based at the very handy Scunthorpe Travel Lodge. Monday 27 gave good traffic levels, even for a bank holiday, so we kept to our...
Hungary- 5 Friday
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Setting off with our cases restricted us somewhat. Kicking off once again at Gyor before a return to slightly different positions at Szony. Finally returning to Budapest for a train to the Airport...
Hungary-4 Thursday
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Start of another cracking day for weather. Starting off with a few at Gyor, before returning to Tatbanya for a two hour session, then moving to the line-side south of Szony for most of the day,....
Hungary-3 Wednesday
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We kicked off heading down Line 10, and were lucky to get the very active tripper at Papa, then on to Vinar and Celldomolk for a mid afternoon session, before heading to GySEV at Szombathely to...
2013 - Hungary-2. Tuesday
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We set off early from Gyor to cover shots on the mainline towards Budapest on Tuesday 23/05. Our first move was to Tata then Tatabanya. We then came but to the wide loops and crossings at Acs. Our...
2013 - Hungary-1 Sunday/Monday
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We flew Wizzair from Luton to Budapest, the Bus 200E to Metro Line 1 for City. Booked into Golden Park Hotel, just across the road from Keleti. Then a few night shots to kick the trip off, before...
Blue Cromptons in BR days
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A series of shots from my former fotopic site, recovered recently with original scans done by Dave Warwick. A small selection of the many thousands of class 33 shots taken from the early 1970's until...
2012 - Busy day on the Thames Valley-early April
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On Tuesday 2 Apr I decided to do a complete set of shots around Purley-on-Thames before any electrication work appears there. This is part of my ongoing self set task to visit all my favourite...
2013 - North Hampashire passenger trains
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On Sunday 7 Apr I managed to get out for the monrning to shoot the final day of the FGW diversions via the SWT mainline to Waterloo. I was able to get a fine set of SWT's own class 159 fleet at the...
2013 - Mid March on the Thames Valley
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Thursday 14/03/13 looked a promising start, clouding up later. My old friend Malcolm Collop came along for the ride and to use his new toy ( Nikon D7000). Kicked off at Didcot, then Hinksey,...
March-2013 Brief spell of Spring in Hants.
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Tuesday 5/03/13 continued to be nice, during a brief spell of Spring-like weather before returning to the normal English cloud and rain! I grabbed a few shots between shopping and other things....
2013- Kenton, North West London
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Between business in London, I managed a few hours at Kenton, near Northwick Park in north west London on the WCML. There is a good selection of what is on offer in the early afternoon period.
2013-Up the Junction!
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Clapham Junction is by far the most busy station in the UK. In excess of 2000 trains pass here each day, and during the 'Peak' hours 180 trains per hour using all lines. A selection taken of a short...
2013- OBB-Westbahn visit. 15/02/13
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The last set of my Slovakian week involves a half day on the Westbahn from Vienna. The weather was much better just across the border n Austria. At least there was no falling snow, and even a little...
2012 - Back to Bratislava
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Upon my return to Bratislava I took advantage of the good lighting to take a selection of night shots, all hand-held at about 1600asa. After another night at the IBIS ZENTRUM I returned the next...
Winter in Slovakia-Part 2
41 photos
Kicking off once again in falling snow at Poprad, the weather looked slightly more promising towards the east. On Wednesday 13/02/13 I headed from Krompachy and Markusovce for the afternoon. Thursday...
Feb 2012- Winter in Slovakia-Part 1
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Having flown into Bratislava on Sunday night, I set off on IC501 0533 Bratislava to Kosice, as far as Poprad arriving at 0924. Then shots commenced into a very brief sunny spell, before the ever...
2013 - February on the Thames Valley
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Tuesday 19/02/13 allowed a few hours and two of my favourite spots. Both with the cooling towers of Didcot showing white exhaust. Probably the end is near, with the power station due to shut down...
2013 - Sudbahn trip in Austria- part 2
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This set covers the Thursday and Friday of my trip, and was mainly centered on the Semmering Pass. Intersting to note there were still good levels of snow from Murzzuschlag to Semmering and...
2013 - January trip to the Sudbahn in Austria -...
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The first of my planned Winter trips. I wanted to get snow shots, and certainly did. Although the week was very mixed for weather and snow conditions. Starting out on Monday with falling snow in...
Czech Republic Feb 2007 -Part 3 final fling
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At last, a decent day after a week of crap weather, slight frost followed by a warn and sunny day. My last chance to grap a set of shots on Line 010, before my return to Brno and flight home. Good...
Winter season -2012
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Firstly,on 28/11 a start at Didcot, but then a session at Lower Basildon to get away from the cloud being created by Didcot Power Station. Then on 5/12 a few shots at Moreton before a session up at...
Hinksey Interlude- November 2012
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During a three hour period at Hinksey South I saw no less than 12 frieght workings, and plenty of passenger interest as well, all in nice late November light. When I arrived nobody else was there, by...
November 2012- Bluebell
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A rare decent day on 18 November tempted me to re-visit the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. This line was the first to run preserved steam passenger services in 1960. Their collection of locomotives and...
2012 - Brussels Midi updated
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There has been a total change in traction since my last visit. All the older classes of loco have gone, and the quite modern types are reduced to peak hour or fill-in diagrams. A massive fleet of...
Sept 2012 St-Denis, a few miles out of Paris Nord
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It has been five or six years since I've managed a few hours at Saint-Denis, three stations out of Paris Nord on the RER. This visit was on Sunday 30/09/12 my first on a weekend. Former visits have...
Oct-2012 Late season at Moreton
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Tuesday 30/10/12 saw a slight improvement in the changable weather. I strong westerly wind moved the grey clouds at speed. Target shots seen in sun, but several trains were missed completely due to...
September in Aire Valley, Yorks-2012
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Dave and I once again set off for a three day bash around South Yorkshire, Aire Valley coal flows and North Lincs. We used our preferred base at Scunthorpe and mainly headed west, except for one trip...
Former Jugoslavian EMD classes on SZ
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Slovenian Railways set of former JZ big EMD designed diesel locos. Still liveried in a green similar to the orignal JZ colours. Including the remaining 661 which is still basically in original...
Former Jugoslavian EMD classes on HZ
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Croatian Railways (HZ) have several big diesel classes, EMD designed, but mainly Jugoslav built.
This set contains mainly 2044, but some 2062, 2063 and one 2043. Originally liveried in the drab green...
Strasbourg Trams-a very modern service. September...
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This set comprises of a selection taken around Strasbourg on most Tram routes. There are two types in use, the shorter 10xx series, and the longer 20xx. Both multi section unitsto get around the...
Strasbourg-Alsace Region SNCF September 2012
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This collection is taken during a recent family holiday centered on Strasbourg. My time to photograph trains was limited to a couple of evening sessions at the main station, plus a few odds and ends....
Czech Republic Feb 2007- Part 2 DC lines
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I transferred from Tisnov to Ceska Trebova for the DC section of my trip. My intention to cover Line 010, 024 and a visit to Ostrava also the Polish border at Petrovice. The weather continued to be...
Prague Summer-June 2012
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I set out by EASYJET on Sunday 10/06, arriving at Prague just in time to see the JR210 SuO Grumpy diagrams. Weather was awful, but target shots were achieved. Monday 11/06 Plan A, was up to Usti nad...
2012 - April in the Czech Republic- days 4/5
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Thursday 19/04 marked the weather going very downhill. Once again a reasonable start at Tisnov, but rain moving in from the West, so we headed East to keep away, at least from the rain. First move to...
2012 - April in the Czech Republic- day 3
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Wednesday 18/04/12 turned out to be a rare very good day, with wall to wall sunshine. Kicking off from Tisnov, we hjeaded for Brno and Strelice, for a quick express diesel shot. The the main event of...
2012 - April in the Czech Republic- Days 1/2
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We set off from Stanstead to Brno on Monday 16/04. Arriving at 1130 so time for a PM bash at Breclav in full gloom and rain. Plently of interest ,as always there. The southbound yard was empty which...
Baltic States July 2011
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Anna and I did a week in Tallin, followed by a long rail journey to Riga for another week there. What a contrast between the two! Passenger services on EVR from Tallinn certainly have a run down...
Polish diesels in June 2011
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20-25 June I travelled to Poland, firstly to Poznan, mainly for electrics, then via a brief stop at Krzyz to the north. Based at Gydnia I mainly covered the first Summer Peak friday of the season on...
2012-Winter in Germany
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I flew to Munich on Sunday 5/02/12 to cover four days photography in Winter conditions. Each day was allocated to a different area from Muchen. Monday 6/02 kicked off clear and cold at -8'c for KBS...
2012 - Winter on the West Coast Main Line
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A small set representative of the intersting traffic on the WCML. Taken in December and January. Unfortunately te Virgin WC hauled set wasn't out, but plently of old Class 86 action from FLT and...
ZSSK-Liptovska Region- May 2011
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My main target for this May trip to ZSSK was to visit the shots around the reverse curves in the Liptovska Region. Tuesday 17/05/11 kicked off with Strba, with me travelling late morning to...
Nov 2011-Winter on the Great Western Zone
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A representative set from my latest day out in the UK. A full selection from the day can be viewed on my new secondary web-site linesidephotos-europe.weebly.com
September 2011 on BDZ
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My first visit to Bulgaria produced an interesting selection of shots, which covered most types still operating in Bulgaria. Special interest was the 760mm gauge line to the Bansko mountains. Diesel...
Poland in June 2011
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Travelled to Poznan by Ryanair, then three days at Hotel MGM very close to station and old city. Covered routes in most directions, but mainly Tables 300,330 and 360.
Then to Krzyz and Szcz, before...
A few days on SNCF- June 2011
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COLLECTION UPDATED I flew to Toulouse on Monday 6/06/11 for a two day visit, returning on Wednesday 8/06/11. Main target being the swan-song of the BB-9300 class. I managed to get a decent sunny...
Return to Slovakia May 2011
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This time flying out to Bratislava on Sunday 15/05/11 and travelling overnight with R801 sleeper to Kosice, from then on 3 days covering Line 180 in the Tatra Region, before returning on Thursday...
Slovakia April 2011
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A selection of my First trip in 2011 to Slovakia. I flew Ryanair to Brno on Sunday17/04/11, arriving in Bratislava late evening. See night shots. Monday 18/04 to Wednesday 20/04 was centered at...
2011 - Austrian visit - Part 1
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Flying to Innesbruck a cheap Easyjet on 28/02. Stayed at Jenbach with Murray Lewis, before returning from Salzburg with an even better deal from Ryanair. Target shots were St.Jodak and other...
Linesidephotos-Europe. DB trip Summer 2008
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This collection is centered on Liepzig and covers former Eastern German subjects around Saxony. The trip finished at Berlin.
Linesidephotos-europe. DDR scanned 1970's
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This collection has a number of basic scans from slides taken between 1975 and 1978 in East Germany on the main DR system
Czech Republic Feb. 2007 Part 1 AC lines
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My first collection taken on digital with my Nikon D200 invoved a trip to the Czech Republic, based at Tisnov ( Part 1 AC routes) and Ceska Trebova ( Part 2 DC routes). I am currently revamping the...