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55018 Ballymoss races south between the two Welwyn tunnels with the 12.15 York-king’s Cross on April 4, 1980.
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76021 and 76026 approach Penistone with a mixed freight for Ashburys on June 18, 1981, just one month before the Woodhead route closed.
25206 passes under the Tamar Road Bridge with a trip freight from the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Ernesettle on June 12, 1980.
37178 sets back into the colliery sidings on April 15, 1982, with the winding gear of Wyndham visible behind the brake van.
A Class 104 DMU comprising cars 53437 and 53479 arrives at Leytonstone High Road with a Gospel Oak-barking train on October 28, 1987.
Direct Rail Services 20302 and 20301 pass Coppenhall, just north of Crewe, with a trial movement of milk from Penrith to Cricklewood on July 4, 1997.
92010 Molière and 92012 Handel with a train of vans bound for France, while 92043 Debussy awaits its next duty, at Dollands Moor on May 31, 2001.
66734 Platinum Jubilee passes Eastwood, between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, with the 09.54 Drax-liverpool Biomass Terminal empties, on March 18, 2025.
Painted in Transport for Wales black livery, 67020 crosses the Ceiriog valley just south of Chirk with the 05.30 Holyhead-cardiff on May 24, 2024.
DB Cargo 66078 drifts down Ashwood Dale on the freight-only line from Buxton to Great Rocks Junction with the 12.06 DowlowAshburys stone train on May 9, 2025.
66734 Platinum Jubilee passes Eastwood, between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, with the 09.54 Drax-liverpool Biomass Terminal empties, on March 18, 2025.
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