Right said Fred

66615 passes under the "south staffs line" bridge 26 at the point where it crosses "the grand line" at wood green wednesbury. Taken in the fading light on the 27.03.07 whilst waiting for flasks 6M67 .

Pullmans & Pigs

47712 departs a very wet tame bridge parkway at 17.20 on 20.05.06 with blue pullman stock as a plastic pendo passes on the down .  47709 brought up the rear .

The peel sessions, featuring the clash

47828 & 47813 Blast through charlemont with the 1Z49 watford to carlisle at 07.55 on 24.03.07

Smell the paint

66114 drags newly painted scot rail skoda's 90019 & 90024 into bescot on the evening of 24.08.06 .

Five months apart

Snow & thunder at bescot virtual quarry 2006

Welsh Valley Whistler

37425 returns from an overnight welsh ballast working into bescot on a beautifull sunny cold morning at 10.00 on 09.02.06 .
Pure luck, as i didn't have a clue of the return time .

Tit For Tat

Bit of a strange angle this one ?!
A video crop of 40145 taking on bridge 21 near newton crossing.
This was "the whistling slater" tour of 04.06.05

Counting her lucky stars

37667 has been hauled from the scrap line at bescot on 02.02.06.
It lays in wait at the back of the shed the next morning for collection by  HNRC 20's "096 & 905"for destination Barrow Hill.
This didn't happen until a good four months later !.
She now lives on as a DRS monster .

Help !!

37427 throttles up on a rescue mision to help with the ailing D1015 'western champion'
on pathfinders 'western trident' tour. Having engine problems once leaving B'ham New St, the wessie was diverted to bescot so 37427 could assist with the tour on the 20.06.05

Like the flag !

Nearing the end

A class 47 runs light towards the bescot curve from wednesbury.
Taken from about 100 feet up off an old simon snorkle fire engine in wood green school playground (St pauls road). On hire to SMBC tree gang in 1993.
The last year of the line before closure.
Walked the line plenty of times since, & will send a pic of that signal soon.

Bright Spark

An un-i'd class 85 approaches newton road foot crossing in 1981/82

United...

with the two modern views below, an AM10 class 310 unit peeps between the crossing gate and post on a gloomy Saturday afternoon in May 1972 at Newton Road. The service was 2G50 New St - Walsall. This type has buffers fitted...

Unity

a couple of units to underline the low appearance of any meaningfull  traction left on todays railways. 323211 & 150231 both on the up at newton crossing/bustleholme 01.03.07