#MondayMorningBlues 6 months ago #GBRailfreight 60026 'Helvellyn' was hired-in to #DCRail for a short period. She's seen here on the Saturday sand train, 6M89 Middleton Towers to Ravenhead Sidings, passing Uffington. This loco is once again back on hire to #DCR 24/1/26

1. #SignalboxSunday The impressive former #LNWR box at Wansford on the Nene Valley Railway. Built in 1907, one of the largest boxes to be preserved in its original location, one noteable feature is the diagonal corner (seen on the right in the pic) where the box overhangs the river Nene. #NVR

#SundayShed Another from my visit to the local on my way home from work Friday evening. An unbranded but original #EWS livery #DBCargo 66103 approaches Kettering working 4F36 Luton Crescent Road to Mountsorrel Sidings. #DBCargo #MML #ShedWatch 31/7/26

#SaturdayShed My first sighting & photo of #DBCargo 66068 since being named 🏳️‍🌈 'PRIDE IN MOTION'. Certainly made for a bright sight in the sunshine approaching Kettering yesterday teatime working 6F55 Elstow Redland Siding to Mountsorrel Sidings. #ShedWatch #MML 31/7/26

#FreightFriday After a few unsuccessful weeks I finally managed to catch the Friday afternoon DC Rail working down the #MML, 6D23, after work today. #CappaghGroup livery 60028 crawls through Kettering working from Wembley Receptions 1-7 to Chaddesden Sidings. #DCR #TugWatch 31/7/26

#FiftySevenFriday at Kettering earlier this evening. Looking very smart fresh from dragging a Pendo to & from Great Western metals for the event at Paddington today, #GBRailfreight 57310 'UK Railtours' heads home as 0Z65 Wembley Receptions 1-7 to Leicester LIP. #GBRF #MML 31/7/26

More #FuglyFriday A nice bright livery as the evening light was dropping away last Saturday. #Colas 70817 heads through Kettering on the slows after travelling south via Manton Jn/Corby with 6C50 Toton North Yard to Elstree & Borehamwood engineers train. #MML 25/7/26

#FrontEndFriday Kettering last Sunday morning, #Colas 70817 rounds the curve from South Junction and approaches the station on the down fast working 6C50 Flitwick to Toton North Yard. The train had spent the night in an engineers possesion on the #MML. #FuglyFriday 26/7/26

#ThirtyOnesOnThursday I've pretty much got every possible traditional angle of 31289 (& 601) at the Northampton & Lamport Railway so every now & then it's good to grab a different sort of shot. Here's 'Phoenix' awaiting departure from Boughton station during the recent #NLR #DoubleDieselDay 11/7/26

#WestCoastWednesday One of the new fleet of #Class730 #Aventra EMUs now in service on the #WCML with London Northwestern Railway, 730229 passes the warehouses at #DIRFT in Northamptonshire working a London Euston bound service. Seen from Nortoft Lane bridge. 18/7/26

#TestTrainTuesday Another shot from my Saturday evening visit to Isham. #GBRailfreight EDs 73965 'Des O'Brien' leading Colas operated 1Q79 Tonbridge West Yard to Derby RTC with sister 73961 on the rear. #Colas #GBRF #MML 25/7/26

#ElectricMonday Always a bonus seeing a 92 on the #MidlandMainline so timing this with my drive home from work was perfect. 0Z57 Wembley Inter City Depot to Leicester LIP passing Kettering with #GBRF 57306 'Branch Line Society' hauling 92028 which will go on to Brush #MML 27/7/26

#MidlandMainlineMonday Hard to be positive about the #MML service right now. I'm just glad i don't have to actually rely on #EMR for getting me to places. Anyhow, i was down the local yesterday for the Colas working & 🍆 810018 stopped by on 1C90 07.57 Derby to St.Pancras 26/7/26

#MondayMorningBlues After doing an EMU drag to Kettering Stabling Sidings for #EMR on Saturday, #GBRailfreight 47727 'Caisteal Dhùn Èideann/ Edinburgh Castle' then departed back home to Leicester LIP in the evening. 0Z60 is seen here passing through Kettering. #GBRF #MML 25/7/26

SundaySoixanteNeuf #MML working of the day through Northants yesterday. Wrong side sun & on the fast rather than the booked down slow made for tricky photting conditions. #GBRailfreight 66763 with 69013 & a JNA past Isham, 4E74 Wellingborough Up TC to Peterborough Maintenance Shed #GBRF 25/7/26

#ShedSunday A tight angle on the down fast from my phot spot at Isham yeaterday. But as i needed #DBCargo 66011 for 📸 i went for it anyway. 4H74 Limbury Road to Peak Forest Cemex Sidings gets underway once more after a booked wait in Wellingborough Down Goods Loop. #MML #ShedWatch 25/7/26

And back she comes.. After a night out in a possesion on the #MML #Colas #Fugly 70817 heads back to Notts with 6C50 Flitwick to Toton North Yard, seen approaching Kettering slightly ahead of time this morning. #SeventySunday 26/7/26

#SeventySaturday A #Colas engineers heading through Kettering on the #MML this evening. Would've been nice to have a grid but a Colas #Fugly isn't an everyday sight/sound here so I'll take it without complaint.. 70817 6C50 Toton North Yard to Elstree & Borehamwood. 25/7/26

#SulzerSaturday on the #MML. Still putting in a shift after 52 yrs service, veteran #Duff #GBRailfreight 47727 'Caisteal Dhùn Èideann/Edinburgh Castle' nears journey's end passing Isham with 5F60 Northampton EMD to Kettering Stabling Sidings with #EMR 360101 in tow. #GBRF 25/7/26

#LargeLogo loveliness for #FiftyFriday this week. 50049 'Defiance' runs round her train at Oxenhope during June's Keighley & Worth Valley Railway diesel gala. A real bonus as I don't think 49 was originally planned to be running until the weekend. #Class50 #KWVR 18/6/26

#ThirtySevenThursday Another shot looking back to the wonderful Keighley & Worth Valley diesel gala last month. #EWS liveried guest tractor 37250 prepares to depart from Oakworth in typically loud style.. 🚜🔥 #KWVR 18/6/26

More #ElectricMonday from Nortoft Lane, Kilsby, on Saturday. Close up shots of the two #Freightliner 90s on 4S49 #DIRFT to Grangemouth. Orange 90009 & #Powerhaul green 90042 ease the intermodal out of the terminal, across to the down line & away. #WCML 18/7/26

#ElectricMonday I've no idea why #AvantiWestCoast #Pendolino 390157 working 9G17 11.16 London Euston to Birmingham New Street ran via Northampton on Saturday. But as i was at Nortoft Lane bridge as it passed #DIRFT I thought it worthy of a photo! #WCML 18/7/26

#MondayMorningBlues The #Tesco boxes leaving for South Wales on Saturday lunchtime. #DRS 4V38 Daventry DRS (Tesco) to Wentloog gets going after crossing onto the down with 66424 'Driver Paul Scrivens' providing the traction. #ShedWatch 18/7/26

Some lovely summer's evening light at Oakham earlier today. Had some rare spare time on a Sunday evening so i drove over to see #HeavyHaul 6L90 Dowlow Quarry to Norwich Goods Yard pass through with 70002 in charge. First #Fugly i've seen through #Rutland i think. #Class70 19/7/26

#StadlerSunday Two more views of Rail Operations Group #Stadler #TriMode #Class93 loco 93009 arriving at Daventry yesterday lunchtime with DRS 4Q27 Coatbridge to #DIRFT intermodal. The 93 had been working this diagram all last week as an evaluation trial for #DRS 18/7/26 #ROG #WCML

#SundayShed A double dose of blue #ShedWatch on the #DRS liner to Scotland yesterday lunchtime. 4S44 #DIRFT to Coatbridge getting out of the terminal onto the mainline with 66430 leading & 66421 'Gresty Bridge TMD' tucked inside. 18/7/26

#SkodaSaturday Popped across to #DIRFT this morning to see the 93 arrive so it seemed daft not to get there in time to see this pair of 90s depart. #Freightliner 4S49 to Grangemouth gets going in the hands of 90009 & 90042. #WCML 18/7/26

#StadlerSaturday I'm a bit late to the party with this one but finally managed to see Rail Operations Group 93009 which has been doing the #DRS liner to/from Scotland all week. Here she is arriving at #DIRFT this lunchtime, 4Q27 Coatbridge to DIRFT at Nortoft Lane. #ROG #WCML 18/7/26

With her non-standard blue livery almost matching the cloudless summer skies at Boughton, 31289 waits in the platform during the Northampton & Lamport Railway's #DoubleDieselDay last Sunday. The #NLR ran hourly round trip services using either 289 or 31601, or both. #PedWatch 12/7/26