Welcome to my Rail Photo Log. Anything goes, but modern traction in the main. Plenty of modelling shots too!
Gridwatchers Rail Photo Log
2009
 
1. SD70ACe and friends shatter the pre dawn peace in Truckee with Westbound manifest freight climbing the grade
Mon 23rd Mar 2009
California and Nevada 2009
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2007
 
1435 works hard on loaded northbound bagged cement through Barcelos
Sun 15th Jul 2007
Portugal 2007
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2006
 
This sign really needs no caption. What!!!???
Mon 20th Mar 2006
Rail ephemera (places, people, oddities!) 		whistling along the WCML 312 and 310 power the Torness to Sellafield flask 9th June 06
Sat 10th Jun 2006
Choppers and Wardrobes 		3 minutes behind the Hoovers.Not expecting this! Nice surprise.
Fri 16th Jun 2006
(Rubbish) Skips
 
Dual identity Hoovers batter past Abington. 90 mph max...yeah right!
Fri 16th Jun 2006
Classic Traction 		Grand Trunk from Autorack
Mon 31st Jul 2006
Canadian US rail logos 		BC Rail 4606 sits in sun at Squamish yard
Mon 31st Jul 2006
Canada 2006
 
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2005
 
37059. Virgin hire 47298 as Thunderbird cover. It fails 3 times over weekend. 37059 to the rescue. There's old locos and there's quality old locos?
Tue 28th Jun 2005
Class 37 -Tractor gallery (my lords!) 		Another sexy 72000 unit at Bergereac
Wed 29th Jun 2005
Rail travels; Switzerland, Portugal and France 		UID GNER HST snakes into Camelon station with the down Highland Chieftan.The train passes through here at around 5 o'clock every evening and 11ish in the morning on the up working
Wed 29th Jun 2005
HST - Tramtastic
 
90026 app Prestonpans returning from N Berwick But who is the famous photter/basher/modeller hanging out of the first window?
Wed 29th Jun 2005
Class 73 86 87 90 92 etc....Super Sparks 		47298 failed as Carstairs TB.The Glasgow Works 'homing pigeon'. Every time they release it it comes straight back. Under used and unreliable.
Wed 29th Jun 2005
Class 47- Duffs and bodysnatchers 		66138 Camelon in the evening sun. Procession of coal trains. Westbound empties make a good shot.
Wed 29th Jun 2005
Class 66 - Sheds in photogenic shock
 
A Lima repaint by Andy Elliott. Still stands up very well next to Bachmann if only it was a little quieter.
Fri 29th Jul 2005
Model Rail 		08411 in suitably grimy condition for modelling. How long since last repaint 20+ years my gues
Tue 2nd Aug 2005
Class 08 and other shunters 		Early morning at Carlisle 56038 smokes away southbound from Carlisle.
Tue 2nd Aug 2005
Class 56 GRIDS
 
With a dusting of lime 60099 creeps into the quarry at Great Rocks junction
Tue 2nd Aug 2005
Class 60 Tugs 		Still looks awful. The best loaction, sun, heather moorland in distance and 158s are still loathsome devices
Sun 28th Aug 2005
Multiple Units 		AC4400 9727 heads westbound loaded potash. A mere 160 wagons and 15000 tons in tow. I know it's been said a million times before but....'TOTALLY AWESOME!'
Tue 25th Oct 2005
Canadian Pacific
 
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