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37423 and 37606 are seen later on with 1Z38, the return leg of "The Paignton Pudden" climbing the Lickey incline.
[Photo by Matt Wilson 21/06/08]



 
37423 and 37606 are seen departing from Paignton with 1Z38, the 16.50 return leg of Spitfire Railtours "The Paignton Pudden" to Crewe.
[Photo by Tim Solomon 21/06/08]
 
47832 is seen at Brookmans Park on the ECML with the Stobart Pullman from London King's Cross to Berwick-upon-Tweed. 47802 was the tail engine.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 07/06/08]
 
47805 'Talisman' and 47839 'Pegasus' are seen at Aviemore with 1Z50 the 05.40 "Solway Highlander" from Workington to Inverness.
[Photo by Shaun C 07/06/08]
 
67023 is seen at Northampton, waiting to depart with 1Z65 to Maybole (Scotland). This is believed to have been a Northern Belle private charter. 67029 was the tail engine.
[Photo by Clive Norman 04/06/07]
 
37401 & 37417 'Richard Tevithick' are seen at Lea Marston with Kingfisher Railtours' 1Z37 leg of "The Welsh Mountaineer" from Peterborough to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 31/05/07
 
47805 'Talisman' and 47815 'Great Western' are seen at Preston waiting to depart with Compass Tours' 1Z24 "The Devonian" to Paignton. This was the first Compass Railtour that featured 47s this year.
[Photo by Shaun C 17/05/08]
 
50049 'Defiance' is seen at Poole with 1Z45 the return leg of Vintage Trains' "Purbeck and Weymouth Explorer" from Weymouth to Birmingham Moor Street.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 10/05/08]
 
D1015 'Western Champion' is seen at Carlisle with 1Z53, the return leg of "The Western Scot' railtour from Edinburgh to Tame Bridge Parkway. This was the first ever visit of a Western to Scotland.
[Photo by Ed 03/05/08
 
86259 'Les Ross' is seen at Dunston with 1Z57 the Cumbrian Explorer from Birmingham New Street to Carlisle. The tail loco was 47773 - both these locos are based at Tyseley Locomotive Works in between railtour duties..
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 03/05/08
 
20307 & 20310 are seen at Shrivenham with Spitfire Railtours' 1Z30 "The Wey-farer" from Crewe to Weymouth. 57601 was used as the tail engine.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 19/04/08]
 

40145 'East Lancashire Railway' is seen at Purley-on-Thames with Pathfinder Tours' 1Z40 "The East Anglian" from Birmingham New Street to Lowestoft.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 12/04/08]
 
D1015 'Western Champion' is seen at Crofton with Past-Time Rail's 1Z52 "The Royal Duchy" from London Paddington to Penzance.
[Photo by Paul Rerrie 05/04/08]
 
D1015 'Western Champion' is seen at Dawlish with Past-Time Rail's 1Z52 "The Royal Duchy" from London Paddington to Penzance.
[Photo by Ian Gould 05/04/08]
 
D1015 'Western Champion' is seen at Totnes with Past-Time Rail's 1Z52 "The Royal Duchy" from London Paddington to Penzance. The Western was renumbered D1068 and carried the name 'Western Reliance' for this tour.
[Photo by Glen Batten 05/04/08]
 
37401 & 37405 are seen at Wrenbury with Compass Tours' 1Z37 "The Pennine Fellsman" from Wolverhampton to York.
[Photo by Nigel Capelle 05/04/08]
 
55022 'Royal Scots Grey' is seen on the Lickey incline with 1Z47 "The Heart of Wales Explorer" from Cardiff Central to Llandrindod Wells.
[Photo by John Deeming 29/03/08]
 
55022 'Royal Scots Grey' is seen at Duffryn Curve with 1Z47 "The Heart of Wales Explorer" from Cardiff Central to Llandrindod Wells.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 29/03/08]
 
67025 is seen at Crofton with 1Z31, the 10:22 RUGEX from London Paddington to Cardiff Central. 67026 was the tail engine.
[Photo by Glen Batten 22/03/08]
 
92022 is seen at Brookmans Park on the East Coast Main Line with the 1Z54 leg of the "Choppington Changer" railtour which started from King's Cross and visited York and Newcastle.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 15/03/08]
 
47826 is seen at Dorrington Signal Box with 1Z57 from Barrow-in-Furness to Bath Spa. 47787 was the tail engine.
[Photo by John Deeming 15/03/08]
 
37688 & 37677 are seen at Penkridge with Spitfire Railtours 1Z70 "The Cumbrian Coast Explorer" from Birmingham International to Carlisle.
[Photo by John Deeming 08/03/08]
 
37667 & 37688 are seen at Acton Gate with Spitfire Railtours 1Z70 "The Cumbrian Coast Explorer" from Birmingham International to Carlisle. The railtour started at Birmingham New Street due to signalling problems caused by vandalism and was reported to be running about 70 minutes late at this point. The 1Z72 return leg worked via Workington on the Cumbrian Coast and used the Barrow avoiding line.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 15/03/08]
 
86259 'Les Ross' is seen at Acton Gate with Vintage Trains 1Z86 "Les Ross's Day Tripper" which started from Birmingham New Street and was hauled by the newly mainline certified 86 to Liverpool Lime Street. 47773 was at the other end of the train and worked the Liverpool Lime Street - Preston and Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street legs of the tour.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 01/03/08]
 
67005 'Queen's Messenger' is seen shortly after departing London Victoria with 1Z82 the 11.00 VSOE British Pullman luncheon charter for Paddock Wood. 67006 'Royal Sovereign' was the tail engine.
[Photo by Wayne Radford 02/03/08]
 
47802 'Pride of Cumbria' is seen at Millbrook with 1Z86 the Stobart Pullman which worked from Northampton to Weymouth. 47712 'Pride of Carlisle' was the tail engine.
[Photo by Brad Joyce 01/03/08]
 
D1015 'Western Champion' is seen on Leek Wootton viaduct between Leamington Spa and Coventry with 1Z15 the outward leg The Irish Mail which ran from Ealing Broadway to Holyhead.
[Photo by John Deeming 16/02/08]
 
D1015 'Western Champion' on 1Z15 the outward leg of The Irish Mail from Ealing Broadway to Holyhead is seen pasing Holmes Farm between Banbury and Leamington Spa. This railtour was organised by the Irish Traction Group in conjuction with the Diesel Traction Group, owners of D1015, and Pathfinder Tours.
[Photo by Steve Randall 16/02/08]
 
47804 is seen running through Kensington Olympia with 1Z14 from Doncaster to Portsmouth Harbour. 47826 was the tail engine.
[Photo by Wayne Radford 16/02/08]
 
73209 'Alison' and 73206 'Lisa' are seen at Four Marks on the Mid-Hants Railway with Hertfordshire Rail Tours 1Z96 "The Oozlum Bird Number Two" which ran from London Victoria to Alresford on the Mid-Hants Railway. 1Z97 - the return leg, ran back to London Wareloo.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 09/02/08]
 
67006 'Royal Sovereign' is seen arriving at Bristol Temple Meads with 1Z30 the 10.30 from Westbury to Cardiff Central. This was one of two extra RUGEX services laid on by FGW for the 6 Nations Rugby at Cardiff Millennium Stadium. 67005 'Queen's Messenger' was the tail loco,
[Photo by Ed 09/02/08]
 
37401 is seen on Oxted Viaduact with Pathfinder Tours 1Z38 leg of "The Buffer Puffer 6.0" which ran from Uckfield and reversed at East Grinstead. 37422 'Cardiff Canton' was the tail engine. 37401 had been repainted earlier in the week into EWS livery at Springs Branch depot, Wigan.
[Photo by Jamie Squibbs 02/02/08]
 
37401 is seen at Heysham Harbour with the 1Z67 leg of the "Preston Docker" which started from London Euston behind 67029 'Royal Diamond'. The EWS 37/4 was attached at Preston Docks and was used on the Morecambe to Heysham and Carnforth legs before being detached at Preston on the return leg.
[Photo by Andrew Naylor 19/01/08]
 
67029 'Royal Diamond' is seen on Slateford Viaduct near Edinburgh with 1Z57 "The Northern Belle" which departed Leeds at 05.30 for Edinburgh. 67014 was the tail locomotive. The Northern Belle coaching stock is maintained and serviced at Crewe in between railtour duties.
[Photo by Stephen Crozier 12/01/08]
 
 
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