In Edinburgh today without the big camera to find a pair of HST power cars fresh from Scrapheap Challenge, a Spamcan and a 57 knocking about!

It works!!

37409+37403 climbing towards Culloden Moor at Balloch with 1Z39/1642 Inverness-Carlisle 'Capital Highlander' yesterday

37403+37409 at Moy with yesterdays 1Z37/0658 Carlisle- Inverness 'Capital Highlander'

83301 pretty much ready...it's the powered vehicle (!), based on a bought converted chassis, body work and repaint by a very good friend.
A Kadee #18 on the ED and a #143 on the 33/1, with all buffers retracted as per prototype. Might try a #17 on the ED to close the gap....

Finally got a spare minute or two to carry on with the Westhill/Lima ED conversion work on 73205.
Using a Lima body on an unpowered Dapol chassis.
A bit more fettling needed yet - the phone camera is very unforgiving!

The curse of buddleia and it's uncontrolled spread at Crewe.

Lurking in the bushes are a pair of 20s, a 57 and a37 belonging to LSL.

Yesterday I had the great honour of being at Freightliner Crewe for the rededication and naming of 90010 '275 Railway Squadron' with many former members of the Squadron.
Thank you to Freightliner and the efforts of Jez Fordham for enabling this to happen

And then this turned up to distract me!
Rather fine I'd say. Will have to hang on before giving it the once over properly as a week of sunshine beckons 🏖

I feel a project coming on...
Crompton..... tick
TC set in RTC livery.... tick
Two TCKs in NSE livery.... tick
Lima (yes Lima) ED.... tick
Nameplates.... tick
SWMBO away for the weekend.... tick
More updates later!

A rare visit to platform 3 at Inverness for 08648 to rescue a failed Inter7City set on 9th October