Another treat round the Dark Side, 31452 hauled 50007 from Washwood Heath to Kidderminster SVR as 0Z50, then ran light engine to Derby as 0Z30. A bit late in the day and rather dull, very dark for the final clip – so not brilliant frames taken from the video on YouTube.
Old Hill 16/01/17. 31452 50007 0Z50 Washwood Heath – SVR
Old Hill 16/01/17. 31452 50007 0Z50 Washwood Heath – SVR
Old Hill 16/01/17. 31452 0Z30 SVR – Derby
Old Hill 16/01/17. 31452 0Z30 SVR – Derby
I didn’t know this was running until I received a text, it was a pleasant surprise! Link to Youtube Video.
Old Hill 11/01/17. 60002 6Z48 Immingham – Long Marston
Final clips for today including a diverted freight train, I was there in plenty of time to film it this time. Link to video on YouTube.
Old Hill 03/11/16. Classes 170/153 1V28 Birmingham – Hereford
Old Hill 03/11/16. 66131 6E30 Margam – Hartlepool
Old Hill 03/11/16. 66057 6E30 Margam – Hartlepool
Old Hill 03/11/16. Voyager 1Z73 Plymouth – Birmingham
This was the highlight of the day, top and tail 37s on a test train. As always here, it is a gamble as to where to stand. Any extra trains have a habit of passing through at the same time as a train on the other track and I played safe by standing close to the footbridge – ready to cross over if it looked like I would be bowled. Today I was lucky, but it was a near miss – watch the video! Link to YouTube video.
Old Hill 03/11/16. 172213 2K36 Whitlocks End – Kidderminster
Old Hill 03/11/16. 37421 37025 1Z78 Bristol – Tyseley
Old Hill 03/11/16. 37421 37025 1Z78 Bristol – Tyseley
Another diverted freight and more Cross Country trains for me to film. Link to Youtube videos.
Old Hill 03/11/16. Voyager 1S41 Plymouth – Edinburgh
Old Hill 03/11/16. Voyager 1V54 Dundee – Plymouth
Old Hill 03/11/16. 66060 6V92 Corby – Margam
Old Hill 03/11/16. 170101 1M64 Cardiff – Nottingham
Old Hill 03/11/16. 170523 1V10 Nottingham – Cardiff
Old Hill 03/11/16. Voyager 1V56 Glasgow – Penzance
Old Hill 03/11/16. Voyager 1Z59 Bristol – Dundee
More diversions from the Lickey due to Bromsgrove engineering closure. Link to YouTube videos.
Old Hill 03/11/16. 170398 1V07 Nottingham – Cardiff
Old Hill 03/11/16. “Squirts” Kings Norton – Kings Norton
Old Hill 03/11/16. 172212 2W72 Stratford – Stourbridge
Old Hill 03/11/16. 172213 2W72 Stratford – Stourbridge
Old Hill 03/11/16. Voyager 1S43 Plymouth – Glasgow
Old Hill 03/11/16. 170519 1M60 Cardiff – Nottingham
Old Hill 03/11/16. 170108 1M60 Cardiff – Nottingham
Old Hill 03/11/16. 66097 6V37 Toton – Moreton on Lugg
Another chance to see a freight diverted away from the Lickey, due to engineering work at Bromsgrove. I was expecting it to stop at Stourbridge for a banker and was following its progress – but it didn’t run into the loop. I grabbed my camera bag and headed for the door, just making it to the station as the train was approaching. I was puffing and panting so much you can see the vapour from my breath drifting in front of the lens as I filmed.
Old Hill 02/11/16. 66188 6E30 Margam – Hartlepool
Old Hill 02/11/16. 170521 1M84 Cardiff – Birmingham
Old Hill 02/11/16. 172336 2S86 Stourbridge – Stratford
The final part of this set of photos/videos. The freight is still held at Blakedown after the SPAD, another Voyager heads south, no doubt to be stopped at a red signal just down the line! At least another loco arrives, 68014 – it should have run through to Kidderminster according to RTT, but terminated here and ran into the yard. Link to YouTube video.
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 221122 1V56 Glasgow – Penzance
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172216 2S56 Worcester – Whitlocks End
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 68014 0J68 Wembley – Stourbridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 68014 43378 43304 1S51 Exeter – Glasgow
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172344 2W80 Stratford – Stourbridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172344 2C52 Stourbridge – Dorridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 68014 0J68 Wembley – Stourbridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172334. ECS to yard
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 170112 1M68 Cardiff – Nottingham
Continuing with the Stourbridge “problem”, no locos in this post but a variety of units coming and going. Link to YouTube video.
Stourbridge 02/11/16. Voyager 1S49 Penzance – Dundee
Stourbridge 02/11/16. Voyager 1S49 Penzance – Dundee
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172331 2S52 Kidderminster – Whitlocks End
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172213 2C48 Great Malvern – Dorridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172212 2C48 Great Malvern – Dorridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 170106 1M99 Cardiff – Nottingham
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172343 2V32 Dorridge – Worcester, terminated at SBJ
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172343 Cancelled Worcester train shunted to yard
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172219 2C50 Kidderminster – Dorridge, started here
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172222 2C50 Kidderminster – Dorridge, started here
Another day of diversions due to engineering work at Bromsgrove. I was hoping to see 2 freights, but it didn’t go to plan – the first freight was held at Blakedown after a SPAD. Other trains were held behind it or terminated at Stourbridge. All the images are from the video on YouTube.
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172341 2C44 Kidderminster – Dorridge
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 66093 6V92 Corby – Margam
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 170522 1V10 Nottingham – Cardiff
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172220 2D46 Stourbridge – Stratford upon Avon
Stourbridge 02/11/16. 172217 2D46 Stourbridge – Stratford upon Avon
Everything I do revolves around videos these days. Adding direct links to YouTube videos appears to slow down the loading of pages in a blog, so if I can get my usual size images in my gallery and then insert the medium size image in blog posts – the page should load quickly. That’s the theory.
If you look at the previous post it might give you some idea what I’m doing. The images themselves link to the appropriate videos, if you wish to watch them.
It should also be useful for me, as I can easily look back in my blog for photos instead of searching a gallery. We’ll see how it goes in the coming weeks.
Let’s start a “winter project”, to try and catch up with some of those missing blog posts that I can never find the time to post at other times of the year. I’m starting with November and some of the diverted trains when the line was closed at Bromsgrove for engineering work. The still images are taken from the videos and in the dark the quality of a moving train is not good, but acceptable in a video.
Old Hill 01/11/16. 37612 37610 6M67 Bridgwater – Crewe (click image for video)
The following four are all in one video, click any image for video:-
Old Hill 01/11/16. Voyager, 1S55 Plymouth – Edinburgh. Train 1 of 4 in video
Old Hill 01/11/16. Class 170, 1V14 Nottingham – Cardiff. Train 2 of 4 in video
Old Hill 01/11/16. Class 170, 1M73 Cardiff – Nottingham. Train 3 of 4 in video
Old Hill 01/11/16. 68012 1K45 London – Kidderminster. Train 4 of 4 in video
