Bescot blues

Two BR blue Class 40s are seen on two tank trains at Bescot on a murky day in April 1974, in the vicinity of the Down Local sidings. I took the shot through the window of the kitchen above the office block which partially explains the poor quality of the print. A blue Class 47 can also be glimped in the background.

The Up Hump lines in the foreground were still in use for "humping" wagons into the Upside Yard at that time... !

Start up and Shut down

Type 3 diesel 37405 bursts into life at Bescot TMD, while GWR steam loco 6024 stands silent.
18/12/2007.

Eye in the sky

Get off the bloody bridge !!! (secrets of the trade revealed...).

Close up

A telephoto view of 37610 heading the Serco test train down the Grand 10 days ago, with coach pantograph raised and 37038 on the rear.

The beast explodes

Wait for it... thar she blows !

Beasts along the Grand

Pictured passing the up line protecting signal for Darlaston Junction this afternoon were handsome blue and green loco's 37425+37411 on their way from Warrington to Bescot, possibly for a weekend ballast working tonight ?

Wells Fargo Express

...otherwise known as the "Queen of Scots" set, passing Perry Barr South Jn today with a charter from Kensington to Worcester, and then on to Derby ! A nice mix of old stock (including one GWR coach).
31452 was the lead locomotive with 31454 tucked inside, and 31128 on the rear.
The train travelled along the Grand Line for a short distance from Aston to Perry Barr, and then turned left and "up the bank" to Soho East Jn, Galton Jn, Stourbridge and Worcester. Returning from Worcester the train ran up the Lickey Incline then past Saltley en route to Derby.

The Lakeland Express

37410 & 37417 pass through Tame Bridge while working Pathfinder Tours 'The Lakeland Express' on Saturday 29th September.

Hornby HST

Cotswold Rail's Hornby set peeps under the motorway bridge at Newton Rd 05/08/2006.
This was a Bristol-Edinburgh charter train.
On reflection i should have got the beast at Tame Bridge stn as the train called there to pick up