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This selection of photographs represent just a small fraction of the railway images taken by one person.  They were taken in all weathers and all lighting conditions.  Those images dating from March 2008 onwards were taken using a Pentax K110D digital SLR camera and a Nikon Coolpix compact camera.
 
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(some recent photos are below) 

  

9th December 2011. DBS class 67 diesel-electric locomotive 67025 heads past Coxes Mill at Addlestone with excursion train 1Z75 from Hitchin to Winchester.
  

1st December 2011. GBRf class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66716 heads towards Egham with train 4Y19 empty gypsum containers from Mountfield to Southampton as the evening light fails.
  

27th November 2011. BR Brush type 4 locomotives 47810 and 47828 in DRS livery head boat train 1Z71 from Southampton to Edinburgh as it passes through Esher station in the evening light.
  

26th November 2011. SR Light Pacific steam locomotive 34067 'Tangmere' heads train 1Z96 from Swanage to Euston at Staines in poor light.
  

30th October 2011. BR Brush type 4 locomotives 47828 and 47802 in DRS livery head boat train 1Z66 from Glasgow to Southampton, where it will connect with a cruise liner. The train is approaching Addlestone Junction.
  

15th October 2011. BR Standard class 7P 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' heads train 1Z93 from London Euston to Swanage as it passes the Wey Meadows foot crossing between Addlestone and Byfleet. Unfortunately the strong sun was on the far side of the locomotive, leaving the near side in shade..
  

8th October 2011. Electro-diesel class 73 locomotive 73141 leads sister locomotive 73206 past Coxes Mill near Addlestone Junction. The locomotives are thought to have been running from Eastleigh to Hoo Junction.
  

4th September 2011. SR Battle of Britain class locomotive 34067 'Tangmere' leads BR Standard class 7P 70000 'Britannia' through Byfleet and New Haw with train 1Z92 'Atlantic Coast Express' from London Waterloo to Newquay.
  

2nd September 2011. DBS class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66081 heads through Byfleet Junction light engine as train 0Y41 from Eastleigh to Hoo Junction.
  

31st August 2011. BR Standard class 7P 70000 'Britannia' approaches Byfleet Junction with excursion train 1Z34 from Southend to Salisbury.
  

18th August 2011. Class 73 electro-diesel locomotive 73138 heads test train 1Q85 at Claygate.
  

16th August 2011. GBRf class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66723 heads through Byfleet Junction with barrier vehicles being transported from Eastleigh to Donnington in Shropshire to collect class 508 EMUs.
  

9th August 2011. Former LNER 19 'Bittern' was disguised as another loco when hauling train 1Z95 the 'Dorset Coast Express' from Weymouth to Waterloo through Esher as darkness fell.
  
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4th August 2011. Electro-diesel class 73 locomotive 73138 heads track test train 1Q42 on the Up Slow line as it approaches Hersham on this dull day, travelling between Staines Up Goods Loop and Surbiton. The schedule was:
Grove Park to Aldershot
Aldershot to Ascot
Ascot to Alton
Alton to Staines
Staines to Surbiton
Surbiton to Selhurst Depot
  
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2nd August 2011. GBRf class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66731 heads through Clapham Junction station with train 5Y55 from Tonbridge West Yard to Wimbledon.
 
This train later had EMU 455851 inserted between the barrier vehicles and then proceeded as train 5L55 to Ilford depot. This was the movement that was planned to take place the previous day, but which had been postponed.
  
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1st August 2011. GBRf class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66731 heads through Teddington station with train 5O55 from Peterborough to Wimbledon, comprising of barrier vehicles number 6376 and 6377 belonging to Porterbrook Leasing.
 
The plan was that an EMU due for maintenance would be inserted between the two barrier vehicles and taken to Ilford depot as train 5L55. However, a last minute hitch prevented this move and the locomotive and barrier vehicles instead travelled on from Wimbledon to Tonbridge West Yard as train 5Z55.
  
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28th July 2011. BR steam locomotive 70000 "Britannia" heads train 1Z90 "The Cathedrals Express" through Byfleet Junction on its journey from Salisbury to Canterbury.
  
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26th July 2011. Ex-LNER A4 class steam locomotive 60019 "Bittern" was masquerading as LNER 4492 "Dominion of New Zealand" at the head of train 1Z94 the "Dorset Coast Express" from London Victoria to Weymouth. The location was Coxes Mill, near Addlestone Junction. Bringing up the rear of the train was class 37 diesel-electric locomotive 37516 in West Coast Railway Company maroon livery.
  
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12th July 2011. SR Battle of Britain class Pacific steam locomotive 34067 "Tangmere" approaches Byfleet Junction at the head of train 1Z94 the "Dorset Coast Express" from London Victoria to Weymouth.
  
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6th July 2011. Electro-diesel class 73 locomotive 73138 heads track test train 1Q85 on the Up Fast line at Esher. Sister locomotive 73107 in two-tone grey livery was at the rear. The carriages had departed from the Railway Technical Centre (RTC) at Derby two days before and had stayed overnight in Grove Park depot. The following morning the train worked to Reading and Waterloo before staying overnight in Woking Down Yard.
 
On the day of the photograph the train worked from Woking Yard to Waterloo, then to Southampton, and then was photographed heading for Wimbledon. There were severe disruptions on this line at about the time of the photograph, so it is not known whether the train completed its planned diagram for the day. This would have involved running from Wimbledon to Effingham Junction and from there to an overnight stop at Grove Park depot.
  
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7th June 2011. Built by GM in Canada, class 66 diesel-electric locomotive number 66727 "Andrew Scott CBE" in GBRf blue livery stands at Tonbridge West Yard. The footbridge from which the photograph was taken has cast a shadow on the front of the loco as it stands in the strong low evening sunshine.
  
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4th June 2011. 4-4-0T steam locomotive "Isibutu" was on the traverser at the Statfold Barn Railway near Tamworth. This locomotive was built by W Bagnall of Stafford as their works number 2820 in 1945. She worked at the Tongaat Sugar Company in South Africa, and was originally named "Egolami", then "Robert Armstrong" and finally "Isibutu".
  
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28th May 2011. Class 66 diesel-electric locomotive 66176 in EWS livery heads stone empties train 6Y08 from Tolworth Stone Terminal to Cliffe, soon after leaving Tolworth. This was a rather overcast day
  
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27th May 2011. Class 73 electro-diesel locomotive 73206 in GBRf livery approaches Clapham Junction "light engine", heading west through the Down Fast Windsor Line platform.
  
Photos 2011    Photos 2010    Photos 2009    Photos 2008
 
     
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