#SideOnSunday Two rare visitors to our patch of the #MidlandMainline first thing yesterday morning. 50008 'Thunderer' & 50049 'Defiance' double heading #UKRailtours 1Z43 Watford Junction to Castleton Hopwood GF 'The East Lancashire Railway' #MML 7/3/26

Three views of the magnificent looking #LargeLogo livery 50049 'Defiance' at Kettering yesterday morning while jointly heading #UKRailtours 'The East Lancashire Railway' 1Z43 Watford Junction to Castleton Hopwood GF. Defiance worked the tour solo from Leicester due to a fault with 008. #MML 7/3/26

Well it looked & sounded good while it lasted.. Double vacs at cloudy Kettering yesterday morning, 50008 'Thunderer' & 50049 'Defiance' arrive with 1Z43 Watford Junction to Castleton Hopwood GF #UKRailtours 'The East Lancashire Railway' #MML #ELR #Hoover 7/3/26

#MidweekPeak This was a very awkward one shooting head-on into the low winter sun. I've played with it in Lightroom to get some sort of result. Locomotive Services Group 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' 1Z13 'The Peak Blinder' #UKRailtours Norwich-Chesterfield at Kettering #MML #LSL 24/1/26

Had another chance to see the Locomotive Services Group railtour set on Sunday. 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' heading #UKRailtours one way 'Peak Broadsman' positioning move 1Z14 from Norwich back to Crewe. 47593 'Galloway Princess' on the rear passing a wet & gloomy Uffington #LSL 25/1/26

Popped over to Peterborough Saturday evening with @bennybizzle1.bsky.social to see #UKRailtours 'Peak Blinder' returning to East Anglia. Loco Services Group's immaculate #Peak 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' up front was an aweaome sight & sound under the lights. #LSL #ECML 24/1/26

And the prize... Today's 1Z10 Norwich - Chesterfield via Stratford (London) and the Midland Main Line...

45118 "The Royal Artilleryman" storms past Poetry Bridge en route to the land of the Crooked Spire, with 47593 bringing up the rear.

#SteelCityDoggoPhotography #UKRailTours #Class45

A steam train in the distance, moving towards the viewer. It is misty.

34046 'Braunton' approaching Kemble (near Newbury) through morning mist... 16th September 2023.

📸Nikon D3300 + 55-200mm
#trains #uktrains #trainspotting #railways #ukrailways #ukrailtours #steam #photography #nikon #scape

Alstom welcomes first passenger service to Cheshire site On Saturday 6 September, Alstom welcomed the first-ever passenger service to its modernisation facility in Widnes in Cheshire.

Alstom welcomes first passenger service to Cheshire site www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/09/alstom-welcomes-... #alstom #cheshire #Class_390Pendolino #class_458 #GbRailfreight #UkRailtours

Off to #TheGreatestGathering with #UKRailtours

It's early!!!!

43089 leads the 125 Group's HST into Gloucester for #UKRailtours tour to Tenby and Pembroke Dock.

Final three pics from yesterday morning's railtour. #UKRailtours 'The Kent Coaster' at Kettering with #westcoastrailways 47812 on the first leg of 1Z33 East Midlands Parkway to Faversham which she hauled as far as Acton from where the 33s took over. #SulzerSunday #MML #WCR 7/6/25

#SulzerSunday from early yesterday morning as West Coast Railways 47812 departs from Kettering working 1Z33 05.55 East Midlands Parkway to Faversham #UKRailtours 'The Kent Coaster' #MML #WCR 7/6/25

On my way to Stanhope with #UKRailtours Classic traction!

#SignalboxSunday Pitsford & Brampton station box on the Northampton & Lamport Railway. Seen on a Saturday, not a public running day but instead a private charter by #UKRailtours using 31289 which is seen just before departure. The passengers were all from 'The Thundering Shed' mainline tour. 17/5/25

Another shot from yesterday's #UKRailtours charter on the Northampton & Lamport Railway. 31289 propels the train back into Pitsford & Brampton station past 31601 stabled in Pitsford loop. @bennybizzle1.bsky.social working as motorman in the driving coach. #NLR #GreatestGatheringOfGoyles 17/5/25

Class 57 locomotive naming marks UK Railtours anniversary Freight operating company GB Railfreight (GBRf) has named its Class 57 loco 57310 ‘UK Railtours’.

Freight operating company GB Railfreight (GBRf) has named its Class 57 loco 57310 ‘UK Railtours’. www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/04/gb-railfrieight-... #class_57 #GbRailfreight #SouthendCentral #UkRailtours

Class 20 locomotives to haul UK Railtours trip to Warwickshire this February On Saturday, 22nd February UK Railtours is running The Shakespearean Sonnet rail tour from London Paddington to Stratford-on-Avon hauled by two pairs of Class 20 locomotives.

Class 20 locomotives to haul UK Railtours trip to Warwickshire this February www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/01/class-20-locomot... #LondonPaddington #StratfordUponAvon #UkRailtours

youtu.be/aMQybCufDVs?... a bit of #railtour action at #oakham this friday! #class37 #class47 #class57 #ukrailtours

#ukrailtours #capitaltractorspositioningtours

Having collected the empty stock at Carnforth, 37407 heads south unassisted through Lancaster, bound for Preston to work a charter train to Stevenage

#Class37 #Tractor #UKRailtours