Always a pleasant sight, 86501 heads 4M81 Felixstowe - Ditton through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of March 2011
86501 slowly works its way through Stoke Hammond with 4M88 Felixstowe - Crewe Basford Hall on the 24th of February 2011
Scruffy Freightliner veteran green pairing 86609 + 86604 pass Cranberry with 4L75 Crewe Basford Hall - Felixstowe on the 30th of September 2011, a pretty rare sight for this working is the fact that its fully loaded, normally the first 4 or so spaces are fresh air!
86609 + 86605 round the curve at Stoke Hammond with 4L75 Crewe - Felixstowe on the 31st of March 2011
86609 + 86604 glide through Stoke Hammond while working 4L75 Crewe Basford Hall - Felixstowe on the 24th of February 2011
Filthy can pairing 86610 leads 'Powerhaul' example 86637 as they scream South near Cranberry with 4L75 Crewe Basford Hall - Felixstowe on the 15th of September 2011
86610 + 86604 are seen passing through Crawford with the iconic 'IT' on the hillside in the background while working 4M74 Coatbridge - Crewe Basford Hall on the 28th of April 2011, to the left of the picture a handful of tups can be seen grazing happily
86610 + 86604 make a stunning sight as they pass Wandel on the 27th of April 2011 with the later timed Wednesday only 4M80 Coatbridge - Crewe Basford Hall
With the first signs of autumn in the air 86612 + 86639 pass South Kenton at the front of 4M54 Tilbury - Crewe on the 29th of October 2010
With Tewsgill Hill dominating the sky line 86632 + 90041 unusually pair up and are both powering while working a well loaded 4M74 Coatbridge - Crewe Basford Hall through Crawford on the 26th of April 2011, in the foreground is a cracking dry stone wall, so nice to see rather than the usual ugly palisade fencing
86632 + 86638 + 66564 treble up to form 4M54 Tilbury - Crewe through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of March 2011
86639 + 86612 pass Stoke Hammond on the 31st of March 2011 with 4M54 Tilbury - Crewe, luckily the dip in light occured towards the rear of the train!
86639 + 86604 pair up to head 4L75 Crewe Basford Hall - Felixstowe as they whine their way through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of March 2011
86639 + 86638 head the usually poorly loaded 4M54 Tilbury - Crewe Basford Hall through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of February 2011, Whats missing from the photo in the shape of boxes is certainly made up for by the classic traction
In some glorious morning light 90041 storms through Cranberry with 4L97 Trafford Park - Felixstowe on the 30th of September 2011, this working is currently booked for Class 70 haulage but of late anything from a 66 to a 90 can turn up on it
In probably the brightest sun of a day plagued by thin high cloud 90041 works 4M87 Felixstowe - Trafford Park through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of February 2011
Still in two tone grey 90044 heads 4M87 Felixstowe - Trafford Park as it heads north and out of London at South Kenton on the 29th of October 2010
'Powerhaul' 90045 heads 4M88 Felixstowe - Crewe through Stoke Hammond on the 31st of March 2011
During a period of maintainance for the Pendolino fleet Virgin hired a 90 from Freightliner to work the 'Pretendalino' set pictured passing Stoke Hammond on the 24th of February 2011 is 90045 at the head of 1G27 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
90047 makes light work of 4M87 Felixstowe - Trafford Park on the 24th of March 2011 as it passes Stoke Hammond with a very enthusiast driver who was tooting his horn vigorously!
90047 passes South Kenton on the 29th of October 2010 with 4M88 Felixstowe - Crewe
Still showing off its simple but striking two tone grey 90048 hauls a very well loaded 4M81 Felixstowe - Ditton through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of February 2011