September 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
43251 & 43272 pass through Wolverhampton on a run from Northampton to Derby RTC 🔥
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail #networkrail
43251 & 43272 pass through Wolverhampton on a run from Northampton to Derby RTC 🔥
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail #networkrail
January 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
43251 & 43272 pass through Wolverhampton on a run from Northampton to Derby RTC 🔥
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail #networkrail
43251 & 43272 pass through Wolverhampton on a run from Northampton to Derby RTC 🔥
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail #networkrail
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
The Flying Banana makes it a good start to the shift with a full yellow consist formed of 43013 & 43062 🟡
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #flyingbanana #colasrail #HST #networkrail
The Flying Banana makes it a good start to the shift with a full yellow consist formed of 43013 & 43062 🟡
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #flyingbanana #colasrail #HST #networkrail
March 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
The Flying Banana makes it a good start to the shift with a full yellow consist formed of 43013 & 43062 🟡
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #flyingbanana #colasrail #HST #networkrail
The Flying Banana makes it a good start to the shift with a full yellow consist formed of 43013 & 43062 🟡
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #flyingbanana #colasrail #HST #networkrail
Today's Photo From The Stour 📸
43257 & 43301 arrive into Wolverhampton with the monthly 1Q55 on this spooky #HighSpeedHalloween 👻
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail
43257 & 43301 arrive into Wolverhampton with the monthly 1Q55 on this spooky #HighSpeedHalloween 👻
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today's Photo From The Stour 📸
43257 & 43301 arrive into Wolverhampton with the monthly 1Q55 on this spooky #HighSpeedHalloween 👻
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail
43257 & 43301 arrive into Wolverhampton with the monthly 1Q55 on this spooky #HighSpeedHalloween 👻
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail
#TestTrainTuesday The 1st of two places that we saw 1Q86 on Saturday evening. Passing Foxcovert Road footbridge at Glinton, near Peterborough, 37057 'Barbara Arbon' leading in the low sunshine on the long March Down R.S. to Derby RTC #ColasRail working. 15/8/26
August 18, 2026 at 8:25 AM
#TestTrainTuesday The 1st of two places that we saw 1Q86 on Saturday evening. Passing Foxcovert Road footbridge at Glinton, near Peterborough, 37057 'Barbara Arbon' leading in the low sunshine on the long March Down R.S. to Derby RTC #ColasRail working. 15/8/26
Today's Photo From the Stour 📸
The Flying Banana has graced us with its monthly visit. 43014 & 43062 are the motive power on this month's run 🙌😀
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #HST #flyingbanana #networkrail #colasrail
The Flying Banana has graced us with its monthly visit. 43014 & 43062 are the motive power on this month's run 🙌😀
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #HST #flyingbanana #networkrail #colasrail
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today's Photo From the Stour 📸
The Flying Banana has graced us with its monthly visit. 43014 & 43062 are the motive power on this month's run 🙌😀
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #HST #flyingbanana #networkrail #colasrail
The Flying Banana has graced us with its monthly visit. 43014 & 43062 are the motive power on this month's run 🙌😀
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #HST #flyingbanana #networkrail #colasrail
Today's Photo From the Stour 📸
The Jacobs Cracker appears with 43257 & 43251 on the monthly test train run to Wrexham General 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
The Jacobs Cracker appears with 43257 & 43251 on the monthly test train run to Wrexham General 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
June 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today's Photo From the Stour 📸
The Jacobs Cracker appears with 43257 & 43251 on the monthly test train run to Wrexham General 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
The Jacobs Cracker appears with 43257 & 43251 on the monthly test train run to Wrexham General 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Plenty of local tractor action this weekend. Saturday afternoon saw #Swietelsky 37405 heading up the #MML & looking great in the summer sunshine through Kettering. #ColasRail operated 0Z37 Derby RTC to Reading Triangle Sidings. #Colas 15/8/26
August 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Plenty of local tractor action this weekend. Saturday afternoon saw #Swietelsky 37405 heading up the #MML & looking great in the summer sunshine through Kettering. #ColasRail operated 0Z37 Derby RTC to Reading Triangle Sidings. #Colas 15/8/26
Today's Second Photo from the Stour 📸
37667 'Flopsie' & 37610 power through Platform 2 with a Test Train bound for Derby RTC 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class37 #LSL #tractor #hellfire #colasrail
37667 'Flopsie' & 37610 power through Platform 2 with a Test Train bound for Derby RTC 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class37 #LSL #tractor #hellfire #colasrail
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today's Second Photo from the Stour 📸
37667 'Flopsie' & 37610 power through Platform 2 with a Test Train bound for Derby RTC 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class37 #LSL #tractor #hellfire #colasrail
37667 'Flopsie' & 37610 power through Platform 2 with a Test Train bound for Derby RTC 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class37 #LSL #tractor #hellfire #colasrail
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
The Flying Banana makes it monthly visit to Wolverhampton. 43062 & 43277 power through back to Derby RTC 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #flyingbanana #colasrail
The Flying Banana makes it monthly visit to Wolverhampton. 43062 & 43277 power through back to Derby RTC 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #flyingbanana #colasrail
April 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
The Flying Banana makes it monthly visit to Wolverhampton. 43062 & 43277 power through back to Derby RTC 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #flyingbanana #colasrail
The Flying Banana makes it monthly visit to Wolverhampton. 43062 & 43277 power through back to Derby RTC 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #flyingbanana #colasrail
A late entry into #FrontEndFriday as #Freightliner 70009, still on long term hire to #ColasRail, storms through Chesterfield on 0Z02 Bescot Up Engineers Sidings - Doncaster West Yard. #Class70
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A late entry into #FrontEndFriday as #Freightliner 70009, still on long term hire to #ColasRail, storms through Chesterfield on 0Z02 Bescot Up Engineers Sidings - Doncaster West Yard. #Class70
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
Surprise HST is the best HST. The Jacob cracker pair of 43257/277 sit at Wolves on a run from Blackpool back to the RTC 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Surprise HST is the best HST. The Jacob cracker pair of 43257/277 sit at Wolves on a run from Blackpool back to the RTC 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
December 23, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
Surprise HST is the best HST. The Jacob cracker pair of 43257/277 sit at Wolves on a run from Blackpool back to the RTC 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Surprise HST is the best HST. The Jacob cracker pair of 43257/277 sit at Wolves on a run from Blackpool back to the RTC 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
July 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today's First Photo from the Stour 📸
Busy day with movements today starting with hellfire traction in 56302 on a move from Leeds to Coleham LMD 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class56 #grid #hellfire #colasrail
Busy day with movements today starting with hellfire traction in 56302 on a move from Leeds to Coleham LMD 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class56 #grid #hellfire #colasrail
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today's First Photo from the Stour 📸
Busy day with movements today starting with hellfire traction in 56302 on a move from Leeds to Coleham LMD 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class56 #grid #hellfire #colasrail
Busy day with movements today starting with hellfire traction in 56302 on a move from Leeds to Coleham LMD 🙌
#DOTS #trainphotography #railwayphotography #class56 #grid #hellfire #colasrail
Topical #FreightFriday as the last tanks went for storage this week. My only shot of this working was 2 years ago at Hebden Bridge & I was fortunate to catch stand-in grid 56091 'Driver Wayne Gaskell' powering #ColasRail 6M44 Ribble Rail-Haverton bitumen tanks. 29/6/23
March 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Topical #FreightFriday as the last tanks went for storage this week. My only shot of this working was 2 years ago at Hebden Bridge & I was fortunate to catch stand-in grid 56091 'Driver Wayne Gaskell' powering #ColasRail 6M44 Ribble Rail-Haverton bitumen tanks. 29/6/23
It returns 🔥
43257 leads 43251 on its run back to Derby after its jolly up to Wrexham General. Would have preferred a pair of tractors but it will do 😂
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
43257 leads 43251 on its run back to Derby after its jolly up to Wrexham General. Would have preferred a pair of tractors but it will do 😂
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
April 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It returns 🔥
43257 leads 43251 on its run back to Derby after its jolly up to Wrexham General. Would have preferred a pair of tractors but it will do 😂
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
43257 leads 43251 on its run back to Derby after its jolly up to Wrexham General. Would have preferred a pair of tractors but it will do 😂
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
A ropey sounding 37099 "Merl Evans 1947 - 2016" arrives into Derby with DBSO 9814 on 3Z01 from Doncaster West Yard.
#Class37 #NetworkRail #ColasRail #ThrashMonster
#Class37 #NetworkRail #ColasRail #ThrashMonster
March 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A ropey sounding 37099 "Merl Evans 1947 - 2016" arrives into Derby with DBSO 9814 on 3Z01 from Doncaster West Yard.
#Class37 #NetworkRail #ColasRail #ThrashMonster
#Class37 #NetworkRail #ColasRail #ThrashMonster
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
It's been a while since I saw a Grid but then two come along at once! 56090 & 56094 power through enroute to Coleham for I'm assuming the RHTT 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #grid #class56 #colasrail #hellfire
It's been a while since I saw a Grid but then two come along at once! 56090 & 56094 power through enroute to Coleham for I'm assuming the RHTT 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #grid #class56 #colasrail #hellfire
September 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
It's been a while since I saw a Grid but then two come along at once! 56090 & 56094 power through enroute to Coleham for I'm assuming the RHTT 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #grid #class56 #colasrail #hellfire
It's been a while since I saw a Grid but then two come along at once! 56090 & 56094 power through enroute to Coleham for I'm assuming the RHTT 🙌
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #grid #class56 #colasrail #hellfire
Today was supposed to be movements galore however in typical railway fashion it's all fallen apart 🤣
So have the only move I've managed to get today formed of 43274 & 43277 on 0Z43 😅
#DOTS #railphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
So have the only move I've managed to get today formed of 43274 & 43277 on 0Z43 😅
#DOTS #railphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
June 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today was supposed to be movements galore however in typical railway fashion it's all fallen apart 🤣
So have the only move I've managed to get today formed of 43274 & 43277 on 0Z43 😅
#DOTS #railphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
So have the only move I've managed to get today formed of 43274 & 43277 on 0Z43 😅
#DOTS #railphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #intercity125 #colasrail
Nights complete ✅
Finished well with 43357 & 43251 passing through to Derby RTC 👏
Night all 💤
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Finished well with 43357 & 43251 passing through to Derby RTC 👏
Night all 💤
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
November 1, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Nights complete ✅
Finished well with 43357 & 43251 passing through to Derby RTC 👏
Night all 💤
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Finished well with 43357 & 43251 passing through to Derby RTC 👏
Night all 💤
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Some damp & dull January Sunday lunchtime #Dogbox action at The Shire today. #NetworkRail Video Inspection Unit 153383 briefly brightens up Kettering station running as #ColasRail operated 2Q14 Derby RTC to Derby RTC via Bedford. #MML #Class153 11/1/26
January 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Some damp & dull January Sunday lunchtime #Dogbox action at The Shire today. #NetworkRail Video Inspection Unit 153383 briefly brightens up Kettering station running as #ColasRail operated 2Q14 Derby RTC to Derby RTC via Bedford. #MML #Class153 11/1/26
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
Bit of HST action for us today with 43251 & 43303 passing through on the Monthly run through the area 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Bit of HST action for us today with 43251 & 43303 passing through on the Monthly run through the area 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
November 7, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Today's Photo from the Stour 📸
Bit of HST action for us today with 43251 & 43303 passing through on the Monthly run through the area 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
Bit of HST action for us today with 43251 & 43303 passing through on the Monthly run through the area 👏
#DOTS #railwayphotography #trainphotography #class43 #HST #colasrail #networkrail
#TractorTuesday More pics of #ColasRail 1Q86 March Down R.S to Derby RTC on Saturday evening. Certainly got my money's worth out of this working! 37099 'Merl Evans 1947-2016' & 37057 'Barbara Arbon' pull away after being held briefly at Uffington #Colas 15/8/26
August 18, 2026 at 9:42 AM
#TractorTuesday More pics of #ColasRail 1Q86 March Down R.S to Derby RTC on Saturday evening. Certainly got my money's worth out of this working! 37099 'Merl Evans 1947-2016' & 37057 'Barbara Arbon' pull away after being held briefly at Uffington #Colas 15/8/26
Shift 4/4 ✅ Here’s 43251 + 43303 Test Train paused on P12 at Crewe working 1Q30 Derby RTC to Crewe on my walk to work this afternoon 23/1/25 #Class43 #HST #TestTrain #RailwayPhotography #TrainPhotography #Crewe #ColasRail #NetworkRail
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Shift 4/4 ✅ Here’s 43251 + 43303 Test Train paused on P12 at Crewe working 1Q30 Derby RTC to Crewe on my walk to work this afternoon 23/1/25 #Class43 #HST #TestTrain #RailwayPhotography #TrainPhotography #Crewe #ColasRail #NetworkRail