On a freezing 2nd Feb 1996, 31450, in very rundown condition backs onto the stock of the 1024 to Bangor at Crewe.

73129 City of Winchester is seen at Gatwick Airport on 20th May 1985 with a Victoria service.

50013 Agincourt seen at Banbury on 5th April 1983 on the 1250 Paddington - Liverpool

50037 Illustrious makes a bried stop at Banbury on 23rd October 1982 with the 1320 Liverpool - Paddington

Chester TMD, 15th Jan 1983, 40096 and 40063.

40073, Birkenhead Mollington street

Unrefurbished 31305 seen at leeds on 6th August 1988 having arrived with the 1345 from Skegness

47229 seen at Manchester Vic in August 1988 with a Blackpool service.

The classic Oxford platform shot, 50001 Dreadnaught waits to leave with the 1805 to Paddington, 5th April 1983

On 6th August 1988, 31465 is seen at Blackpool North heading the 2112 to Manchester Victoria

40133 stabled at Wigna Springs Branch on 15th January 1983

On 21st July 1982. 33106 has provided the motive power from Bournmouth for the Channel Islands Boat express from Waterloo, here seen at journeys end at Weymouth Quay. The last train down the tramway was in 1999 and now the local council wants to buy the line and remove it for ever.

In the good old days on Sundays 33/1's and 4tc's worked through to Reading on Portsmouth services. 33103 waits at Reading on 2nd May 1982 with one such working.

Due to a defect with 37402, 31155 worked in multiple on the 1555 Holyhead - Crewe throughout. I managed to leap to Fflint for it. Here seen at Crewe, 2nd August 1994

31155 waits to depart Blackpool North on 31st July 1994 with the 1920 to Chester

Norwich Crown Point 19th June 1983, 03397 and 47325 (stabled after working the Manchester - Yarmouth as far as Norwich).

An everyday scene now gone for ever, 31417 and 31401 depart March with the 1610 Birmingham - Norwich on Sat 26th May 1984, whilst we headed to the Great Northern for a couple of pints of Elgoods Bitter

After the were usurped from The Kyle and Wick lines by eth 37's, the steam heat tractors still had there uses at Inverness. At Insch, 37261 waits the road with the 1032 Inverness - Aberdeen on 3rd Feb 1986

31284 and 31132 at Wolverhampton where they worked a Euston service as far as New Street.

31405 is seen at Cardiff Central on 15th July 1989, it had just worked in on the 0759 Leeds - Tenby, all thoughts of a trip to Tenby with her soon dissipated when the man with the gloves appeared, a 47 worked forward, and we retired to the Glastonbury Arms (long demolished) for some Brains Dark.

Steaming well, 37039 waits at Arrochar and Tarbet with the 1650 Glasgow - Fort William on 19th April 1984

31419 and 31415 at Bristol on 27th jult 1988 with the 1448 Paignton - Liverpool

31455 and 31415 seen at Bristol on 8th July 1989 with the 0840 Paignton - Liverpool

The 1635 to Leeds over the S&C waits to depart Carlisle on 1st Feb 1986 behind 31419 and 31462, one of only 2 trains aday over the line at this time.