When the trains do just not play ball: nearly a complete bowling by a SWT Desiro as LMS 'Black 5' No 45231 takes the sharp curve out of Virginia Water Station on Thursday 31 August 2006 with the Cathedrals Express to Bristol. cn_060831_virgwater_45231_01_web.jpg |
**S.R. Bulleid Pacific, No. 34067 'Tangmere' blasts up the bank at Lyne Between Virginia Water & Chertsey with 'The Royal Wessex' VSOE Special from Victoria to Bath on Wednesday 30 August 2006 [TRM Oct 2006]. cn_060830_lyne_34067_vsoe_01_web.jpg |
Metronet liveried 66718 passes Addlestone Moor on the outskirts of Chertsey with 4Y19 Mountfield to Southampton Gypsum, Friday 25 August 2006. I wish that bush could get some attention, it even touches passing trains now [Freightmaster Loco Hauled Year Book 2006]! cn_060825_chertsey_66718_4y19_01_web.jpg |
66534 'OOCL Express' blasts through Worting Junction on Friday 25 August 2006 with the 4M61 Southampton to Trafford Park Freightliner. cn_060825_worting_66534_4m61_01_web.jpg |
Recently reburbished Wessex unit 2408 on the 13.05 Waterloo to Poole powers past Worting Junction, Friday 25 August 2006 [Rail Express May 2007 - cover]. cn_060825_worting_2408_01_web.jpg |
Vice! 170303 leads 158786 on a Salisbury to London Waterloo service past Worting Junction, Friday 25 August 2006. cn_060825_worting_170303_158786_01_web.jpg |
Freightliner 66504 powers the 4O54 Leeds to Southampton Freightliner past the LSWR railway cottages at a sunny Worting Junction, Friday 25 August 2006. cn_060825_worting_66504_4o54_01_web.jpg |
Shortly to be cascaded up north in an exchange with Trans-Pennine for some of their class 158 units, we see 170301 passing Worting Junction on Friday 25 August 2006 with its FO 12:55 Reading to Brighton service. cn_060825_worting_170301_02_web.jpg |
66132 powers past Worting Junction on Friday 25 August 2006 with the 6M44 Eastleigh to Wembley Enterprise. This interesting and varied train frequently has china clay slurry bogie tanks from Quidhampton in the consist. On this particular day, in addition to these, the train was conveying translator vehicles used in recent movements of new class 450 Desiros. cn_060825_worting_66132_6m44_01_web.jpg |
66158 accelerates away from a signal check on the down slow with 7Y39 Hoo Junction to Eastleigh Departmental. Worting Junction, Friday 25 August 2006. cn_060825_worting_66158_7y39_01_web.jpg |
159002 nears Worting Junction on Friday 25 August 2006 with a London Waterloo to Salisbury service. cn_060825_worting_159002_01_web.jpg |
A Wessex unit seen here through a 400mm telephoto thunders through the heat haze at Worting Junction, Friday 25 August 2006. cn_060825_worting_2400_01_web.jpg |
After temporary withdrawal due to air-conditioning issues, Wessex unit No. 2416 'Mum in a Million 1997 - Doreen Scanlon', is seen here thundering through Worting Junction on Friday 25 August 2006 with the 10:00 Weymouth to Waterloo service. cn_060825_worting_2416_01_web.jpg |
Shortly to be cascaded up north in an exchange with Trans-Pennine for some of their class 158 units, we see 170301 passing Worting Junction on Friday 25 August 2006 with its FO 09:57 Brighton to Reading service. cn_060825_worting_170301_01_web.jpg |
66572 on 4M58 Southampton to Ditton Freightliner rumbles through Worting Junction, Friday 25 August 2006. cn_060825_worting_66572_4m58_01_webe.jpg |
66518 passes Trumps Mill Lane just outside Virginia Water with the 6O49 Neasden to Wool empty sand hopper train, Thursday 24 August 2006 [Freightmaster Loco Hauled Year Book 2006]. cn_060824_virgwater_66518_6o49_01_web.jpg |
**The colourful SWT Bubble Car No. 977860 (960012) passes Trumps Mill Lane, Virginia Water with a Virginia Water to Woking 'Byfleet Curve' route learning train, this was one of several runs on Thursday 24 August 2006 [Rly Herald #50]. cn_060824_virgwater_swt_bubble_01_web.jpg |
66110 & 66075 (DIT) power past Egham Rushmore Road footbridge with the daily 7Y39 Hoo Junction to Eastleigh departmental working, Thursday 24 August 2006. Note the 'Sea Lion' ballast hoppers behind the loco. cn_060824_egham_7y39_66110-075_01_web.jpg |
BR Standard Class 4-6-2 No 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' and its support carriage drifts past Rushmore Road footbridge on the outskirts of Egham, with its move from Alton on the Mid-Hants Railway to the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley, Thursday 24 August 2006. cn_060824_egham_71000_5z71_01_web.jpg |
66709 'Medite' powers the 4Y19 Mountfield to Southampton Gypsum past Addlestone Moor on the outskirts of Chertsey, Thursday 10 August 2006. cn_060810_chertsey_66709_4y19_01_web.jpg |
66007 nears Virginia Water with the 6M44 Eastleigh to Wembley Enterprise. Note the two translator vehicles in the middle of the VKA vans, these were used to take the latest dlivery of SWT Desiro 450 d cn_060810_66007_6m44_01_web.jpg |
**On Thursday 10 August captured at Trumps Mill Lane, Virginia Water, freshly named and repainted 73208 'Kirsten' and 73136 (with 73204 & 73209 bringing up the rear) are seen here on a post naming trip via Victoria - Redhill - Victoria [TR:UK Oct 2006]. cn_060810_virgwater_1z82_02_web.jpg |
On Thursday 10 August captured at Trumps Mill Lane, Virginia Water, freshly named and repainted 73208 'Kirsten' and 73136 (with 73204 & 73209 bringing up the rear) are seen here on a post naming trip via Victoria - Redhill - Victoria. cn_060810_virgwater_1z82_01_web.jpg |
EWS Class 59 No. 59202 passes under the bridge at Trumps Mill Lane just outside Virginia Water with the 6O51 Acton to Woking loaded stone train. Wagons from this working will have come up from the Mendip area earlier in the day as part of the Mendip Rail 'Jumbo Train'. Thursday 10 August 2006. cn_060810_virgwater_59202_6o51_01r_web.jpg |
66550 passes Trumps Mill Lane just outside Virginia Water with the 6O49 Neasden to Wool empty sand hopper train, Thursday 10 August 2006. cn_060810_66550_6o49_01_web.jpg |
66005 passes Cox's Lock between Weybridge & Addlestone with the 7Y39 Hoo Junction to Eastleigh Departmental working. Thursday 10 August cn_060810_coxlock_66005_7y39_01_web.jpg |
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