#MeridianMonday
#MeridianMonday A shot from Barrow upon Soar one Saturday lunchtime earlier this month. #EMR 222023 heading south working 1B49 12.50 Nottingham to London St.Pancras. #MML #MidlandMainlineMonday 5/9/26
September 28, 2026 at 4:49 AM
#MeridianMonday 222003 in the early evening sunshine approaching Kettering last week working 1D61 17.05 St.Pancras-Nottingham. #EMR #MML 28/5/25
June 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#MeridianMonday 222009 sweeps past Wellingborough yard on sunny Easter Monday working 1C35 10.00 Sheffield to London St.Pancras. #EMR #MML 6/4/26
April 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM
#MeridianMonday 222022 sweeps by Barrow upon Soar on 1B46 Nottingham- St Pancras International. 66778 approaches with 6M01 Tinsley Yard to Bardon Hill . 11.02.25
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#MeridianMonday Under the #MML wires south of Kettering, #EMR 222013 is heading south on the rear of a 10car set working 1C65 Sheffield-St.Pancras past Isham footbridge. 25/1/25
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#MeridianMonday 222022 at Nottingham 20/07/2024
October 21, 2024 at 9:50 AM
#MeridianMonday
Bright crisp frosty morning as 222002 glides in to Wellingborough, stopping due to multiple cancellations on the Connect service.
📷 11/01/2025
January 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#MeridianMonday Leicester. Special Agent 222007 waits for departure with the morning's mission being 1D26 to Nottingham as stormy clouds gather over the East Midlands. #EMR #MML 24/6/25
July 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#MeridianMonday returns with a shot taken on Saturday afternoon at Isham, south of Kettering. East Midlands Railway 222019 heads south away from the camera working 1F65 15.01 Sheffield-St.Pancras. #MML #EMR 26/4/25
April 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#MeridianMonday with the #EastMidlandsRailway #PurpleOne 🍆 approaching Kettering yesterday with a new #Aurora #Class810 unit 810011 just visible in the siding on the left. 222104 was working 1D11 11.30 St.Pancras-Nottingham. #MML #EMR 8/3/26
March 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
#MeridianMonday 222013 heads south up the #MML towards Wellingborough and away from the camera, working East Midlands Railway 1C71 16.00 Sheffield-St.Pancras last Friday. Seen passing Isham between Kettering South Jn & Harrowden Jn. #EMR 29/5/26
June 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
#MeridianMonday posting... 222103 at Chesterfield on the last 10 miles to Sheffield. The classic shot featuring the Crooked Spire of course.

#EastMidlandsRailway #Class222 #trains #Chesterfield
December 2, 2024 at 9:33 PM
#MeridianMonday 222020 on 1D21 London St Pancras International to Nottingham is looped at Kilby Bridge. This to allow a late running Sheffield (eventually Chesterfield ) to pass.
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
#MeridianMonday Some different angles from Leicester last Tuesday morning. East Midlands Railway 222023 waits to depart with 1D23 09.35 St.Pancras-Nottingham. #EMR #MML 24/6/25
June 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#MeridianMonday Farewell to set No.1 this week as 222001 makes her way north to Alstom at Widnes today in preparation for a new life with #Lumo. Here's a few pics of her with #EMR on the #MML in the last couple of years, taken at Kettering & London St.Pancras.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#MeridianMonday 222019 is 1C53 Sheffield to London St Pancras International,passing Syston 17.11,24
(47810&593 are 0Z21 Peterborough Maintenance Shed to Crewe HS)
December 23, 2024 at 8:15 AM
A look back in time for #MeridianMonday with 2 units that have now served their time on the #MML, 222005 has left for Scotland & #Lumo while i believe 222001 is one of the next to go off lease if not already? Seen here on up & down services at ☀️ Market Harborough on 7/5/21
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#MeridianMonday An East Midlands Railway #MML service heading away from the camera past Isham, south of Kettering. The River Ise flows alongside the line here, just out of shot in the foreground. 222018 was working #EMR 1C53 13.00 Sheffield to London St.Pancras. 11/4/26
April 20, 2026 at 8:18 AM
#MeridianMonday Signalling issues at Kettering North on Saturday morning meant that down services were briefly put onto the slow line and crossed back over at North Jn. East Midlands Railway 222017 arrives into P2 with 1D11 07.05 St.Pancras to Nottingham. #EMR #MML 23/5/26
May 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
#meridianmonday at Kettering 222017 1B55 1350 Nottingham to St Pancras International and 222023 1D43 1335 St Pancras International to Nottingham.
December 2, 2024 at 7:01 AM
#MeridianMonday 222005 5Q40 Barton Under Needwood RSMD to Stafford passes Burton on Trent 23.2.26
Another week of crew training for @lumotravel.bsky.social
February 23, 2026 at 10:45 AM
#MeridianMonday from Isham, just south of Kettering on the #MML, on the recent Bank Holiday morning. East Midlands Railway 222103 heads north under the array of overhead gantries, signals & wires with 1D21 09.05 St.Pancras-Nottingham. #EMR 5/5/25
May 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#MeridianMonday Just a matter of seconds after the 50-hauled ECS had passed & having averted bowlage by the narrowest of margins, #EMR 222102 departs from Kettering with 1B12 11.10 Nottingham to St.Pancras on Sunday lunchtime a couple of weeks ago. #MML 26/10/25
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Haven't done many #MeridianMonday tweets in a while & whilst this isn't the best shot ever, I like the effect of all the lines and framing from the rails & OHLE. East Midlands Railway 222001 passes Isham on Saturday afternoon working 1F50 15.02 St.Pancras-Sheffield. #MML #EMR 22/3/25
March 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The clock is slowly ticking on the 222s MML Career, as 222022 arrives into Chesterfield with a service for St Pancras International.

More and more Auroras are arriving, and one by one the Meridians fall by the wayside.

#MidlandMainlineMonday #MeridianMonday #SteelCityDoggoPhotography
June 1, 2026 at 6:54 AM