Clocks back and dark nights means the old haunts are not always accessible as they were during the summer. A case of making the best until next Spring. The month started with another LUL stock move from Litchurch Lane to Asfordby Test Centre with a shed in charge and the usual November weather!!

Poor start to the month with very little sun but plenty of cloud but as the month progressed things improved. 60074 made a nice sight in the lengthening shadows whilst 2 peds to Brush to collect a Power Car was a surprise. Highlight of the month was 20227 and 20189 tnt a LUL stock move from Old Dalby to Amersham via Melton Mowbray. Hopefully many more of these to come.

For sheer variety this month beats all other months this year.A great start with Mainline blue 60011 followed by Advenza 66841 passing through Loughborough with Peterborough and Hitchin -Peak Forest workings in a spot of sunshine. Even better was 56303 in GWR green working Washwood Heath - Boston empty steel wagons. Favourite Tug 60059 worked 6K50 Toton - Crewe in lovely light. In all, many highlights, with tugs making a comeback due to forthcoming RHTT work, 31190 in dreadful light with steel empties back to Boston and 47787 with saloon Amanda making a most sweet change from the norm of 37423 and Caroline. My favourite pic of the month is tug 91 at Frisby

A pretty good month really. Plenty of DRS tractor activity including 37682 working for first time with a DBSO and Class 37's t'n't Mentor test coach. DB Schenker red 66152 worked the Hotchley Hill - Milford Sdgs on a couple of occassions. Tugs were sparse around Loughborough so had to get 6E41 Westerleigh - Lindsey with 60004 recently re-instated. Unfortunately apart from a saturday working the sun!! is never right for the working in the week

A great start to the month with a loco convoy from Kidderminster and East Leake (GCRN) to East Lancs Railway brought D1062 to the MML. Luckily on the following monday the sun shone for the return working through Loughborough. Also that day 60011 which had been hanging around Peterborough for a few days worked back to Peak Forest in the afternoon and the weaher was bright.

Quite a decent month for weather and workings. Managed at last to get a good image of 60059 on Crawley - Peak Forest at Hathern in the sun but the star of the month was 31106 in BR Blue working to Brush to collect Power Car 43013 after MPU re-engineering. Plenty of other stuff to interest all

Holiday week in Northumberland around Alnwick staying on the coast at Beadnell. Managed to get a few images of Nat Express passenger workings around the area between Alnmouth and Chathill

First week of May away in Northumberland so this month rather depleted. Rather a difficult month to photograph in the sun as it seemed to be in and out all the time. However there were one otr two decent workings to enjoy

Quite a good month really with periods of sunshine. The highlight being 37670 working 6D44 Bescot -Toton and return working on several occasions. 37423 and Caroline were around a bit whilst 47818 made two trips to Brush to collect a FGW Power Car each time. Good finish to month with 60059 on WWH - Peak Forest Cemexx empties

A collection of images of 31601 taking NMT Power Car 43013 to Brush for for re-engineering with MTU internals. After dropping off the Power Car, 31601 and brake force runner coaches no's 72616, 72639,

Good start to the month by getting DB Schenker 66152 in the sun at East Goscote on the Peterborough - Leicester line. A few pics of the remaining Tugs mainly on Peak Forest and Mountsorrel aggregate workings. Popped across to Elford to capture 56301 on Donny - Grain only days before Fastline withdrew this intermodal

The month started off with a fall of snow but to get a snowy sunny pic that's another matter. It was no sooner here than gone. However the sun did shine on my day off, weds 4 th, and some lovely pics were taken at Willington, Stenson Junction and Cossington. As ever thanks to Keith at Trainonline for his invaluable help. Finished with 31465 in Network Rail yellow working through Loughborough soon after its return to mainline

It was a good start to the New Year to see 47810 dragging two Power Cars to Brush from St.Phillips Marsh on 5 January 2009 on a bitterly cold day. Just like old times! Not much really this month as weather and a week's holiday in Tenerife curtailed my activities

Started off well with a good image of 56311 on 6Z56 WWH - Immingham at Barrow Upon Trent and 60004 at Cossington on Doncaster - Stud Farm. Bring on those summer evenings again!

Mist and rain so typical of November. When the sun does shine and I have a day off co-inciding with celeb 60040 working 6V92 Corby - Margam it is 110 mins late and I catch the cloud after long periods of sun. Great! Obviously the best working of the month is Grids 56312/311 with new steel traffic run between Washwood Heath Met Cam and Immingham. Wonder if it will run long enough to get an image in the sun?

Back to work unfortunately so not a lot of time for fotting except on wednesday which is my day off. Nice to see Pink 31601 out with a DBSO at Cossington. Also 20905 and 20901 with a working from Old Dalby rather capped the month

Another mixed month of weather and workings in my neck of the woods. Another but last triple header of new Fastline hoppers being moved to Derby being the highlight, i guess.

A decent month for workings but oh that weather. It was a difficult month for getting sunny pics but there were occassions especially of 60074 which had a spell on the Ely - Peak Forest and 37's on Serco trains. The NR 97/3's made a nice picture and there were some interesting Power Car moves

With the grateful thanks to CrossCountry Trains and Brush Traction, I publish a collection of images of Power Car formerly 43101 now re-numbered 43301 and in XC livery having been re-engineered by Brush over a period of 12 months.
The PC is seen on release date from Brush Traction and worked to Craigentinny with 43007 on a shakedown test before going straight into service on friday 18 July 2008.
Well done to all who worked on this project and of course there are still 4 more PC's to be completed for XC over the next number of weeks.

Holiday month for myself and some old faithful freights such as Corby steel and East Leake Gypsum trains. However still not bad with plenty of activity in and out of Brush Traction. Fastline 66's on coal, a quick trip to Yarmouth, and both blue tugs visited the Loughborough area. 2 CrossCountry Trains Power Cars in new livery after re-engineering were released from Brush Traction

Here's hoping for some sun!! Well it wasn't too bad at times. Plenty of interesting workings during the month with the highlight being the testing of yellow NR Class 37's and the introduction of Fastline Class 66's on coal in place of the hired in DRS and GBRf loco's. A good sprinkling of Tugs on an assortment of duties

Now that finally EMT have started to re-livery their trains from MML colours here's a collection of images of the new look of Meridians, HST's and Units

Highlighted of the month being 47818 arriving at Brush with 2 Grand Central Power Cars for rectification. Tugs in short supply this month with the old favourite Colnbrook - Lindsey producing a shed more often than not. Where's the sun gone?

A change of jobs has given me less time to get out and about during the week. However, 2 good charter trains passed Cossington during the month with 40145 and a pair of EWS Class 37 loco's working respectively. Froth Tug 60074 also put in an appearance at the end of the month on the 6E38 Colnbrook - Lindsey empty bogie tanks

The highlight of the month was a new Tug to try and phot. 60074 'Teenage Spirit' in Teenage Cancer Trust's blue livery was launched at NRM earlier in the month then worked off Lindsey for a period on Oils and Ores. A few Advenza moves took place including scrap trains from Thomsons at Stockton to Cardiff Tidal Sdgs.

The train driver of the 0619 Nottingham - Norwich service via Loughborough had to be cut free from his cab on Friday, 1 February 2008 after the service crashed into a footbridge, which had collapsed at Barrow Upon Soar when it was hit by a tipper truck. The 31-year-old train driver, who was trapped for two and half hours, suffered serious leg injuries but six passengers on the train were unhurt. The unit involved 158856 was later moved to Brush for temporary storage
On the following day, saturday, services were running normally on the slowline between Loughborough and Leicester whilst track repair work was carried out to the accident area

What will this month bring? Well amazingly enough plenty of sunshine during the first half of the month and some nice Class 60 workings. Test trains, Stobart train, Class 37 on Sinfin Tanks and more - not a bad month

With the grateful thanks to CrossCountry Trains and EWS spent a couple of hours photographing vehicle number 50116 of Class 170 unit 170116 outside the paint facillity shop at Toton TMD. Also allowed to picture Class 58 scrappers and Class 08 Euro Cargo Rail Livery Shunters

Images of today's various Units, High Speed Trains, Meridians and Voyagers to be found all over the country

Another year.....wet wet wet. Well it was for a lot of the drab month. Still, managed a few good pics in the sun of Tugs and a good selection of workings to Brush.