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@BrianNe08342467 @LordSpoonGoon47 @Bennybizzle1 @trainfanmatt @miles_chains @TomDearlove1 @DownOnTheStour @SteelCityDog_ @StockportTrains @WensleydaleRail That’s an awesome shot - I bet the big Sulzur sounded fabulous coming up there!

@LordSpoonGoon47 @Bennybizzle1 @trainfanmatt @miles_chains @TomDearlove1 @DownOnTheStour @SteelCityDog_ @StockportTrains @WensleydaleRail Ok then, here's 47593 in large logo at Ramsgreave & Wilpshire, Blackburn with a Settle to Carlisle and Coastal Statesman, 01/06/2019. D1924 was the rear gunner.

@Bennybizzle1 #FortySevenFriday @trainfanmatt @BrianNe08342467 @miles_chains @TomDearlove1 @DownOnTheStour @SteelCityDog_ @StockportTrains its class 47 friday. Come on share your spoons with us. We all love a good spoon. 47714s first official passenger run on @WensleydaleRail

@SteCosgrove @ChinnorRailway I’m with you on that one

@Implacable_39 @ChinnorRailway Best the 47s looked, and I'm of the Banger Blue generation.

First gala of the year… D1501 looking and sounding great in the early morning mist at @ChinnorRailway 20-Mar-26

@BrianNe08342467 Thank you!

@Implacable_39 Beauty of a shot! 👌👌

Some things last forever… sadly not the HSTs, but at least the bridge will outlive me!

@JoshuaGrid56098 On it!

08703 'Steve Blick (Concrete Bob) Shunter Spot' pilots 31128 'Charybdis' and its Mk1s past Horsenden Crossing with the 1340 Chinnor to Princes Risborough service during the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway diesel gala. (20/03/26)

Something a bit different! I’ve never had an 08 haulage !

37418 departing Chinnor - volume up! 20-Mar-26

Looking forward to this one - 37418

@holtona72 @StockportTrains @kingy69beard @ChinnorRailway @Bennybizzle1 @MrDeltic15 @LeicRailAle170 @Andym13 @WilsonBone @thesatnav89 And me!

@StockportTrains @kingy69beard @ChinnorRailway @Bennybizzle1 @MrDeltic15 @LeicRailAle170 @Andym13 @WilsonBone @thesatnav89 Also #OnIt 😉

#FrontEndFriday #47Friday D1501 after arriving at Chinnor on day 1 of the @ChinnorRailway diesel gala! Also onboard are @Bennybizzle1 @holtona72 and @StockportTrains

@StockportTrains @BrianNe08342467 I’ll be there tomorrow as well - really looking forward to the 26 👍

Very much looking forward to Chinnor, the first event of the year for me tomorrow. Hopefully will be an excellent day!

@trainfanmatt @BrianNe08342467 I’ve seen Romic post some stuff about exports which doesn’t include HSTs..

@Implacable_39 @BrianNe08342467 Well if what I've heard is correct, class 60s might soon be operating in countries we'd have never imagined them to be doing in the not so distant future

For my route home from Crewe on Wednesday, Avanti gave me via Stoke as the best option… well it seemed rude not to call in to Longport on the way. 60014 appears to have seen better days.. what’s the story here - abandoned refurbishment? 11-Mar-26

@trainfanmatt @BrianNe08342467 Thanks - makes sense. There seems to be an excess of locos at the moment - I guess there’s no demand right now

@Implacable_39 @BrianNe08342467 It went to Longport so EMD could trial fitting a different engine to the 60s. One was a CAT engine but can't remember what then other was. Last I'd heard was the CAT engine being successful but then everything went quiet. Not sure if it's connected to the Land Recovery operation

@AnnBishopRowe Thanks!

@Implacable_39 Cracking photo! 😉

Not many left now. I believe this may be the penultimate pair of 455s to leave for scrap. 37884 drags 5717 and 5727 towards Tring, 5W58 10:01 Wimbledon to Derby. 13-Mar-26

@themblades1889 Are there any there still? There was a drag a few weeks back to take done from Newport to Derby.. not sure if they removed them all

@Implacable_39 What’s happening with ones and Newport

@railexpress Thanks - I need to get out and give it a go

@Implacable_39 For situations like this (and dull days), I've a couple of f1.4 lenses, and probably pushed the shot further than I should to get a fast shutter speed. First attempt at something like this, plan to try some more. Static trains less challenging - ISO3200, 1/30 @ f4.5

Trying to snap trains at nearly 100mph at night is challenging. Taken at ISO12800, 1/1600 @ f1.8, D9000 hammers through Nuneaton. The file has been processed in DXO Pro (thanks Ken B) which can substantially reduce the 'noise' at high ISOs. Pic by the Editor.

@Off_The_RailsUK Damn my fat fingers! Bloody wish that I could edit posts!!

@Implacable_39 5Q*