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A colourful mixture of heritage DMUs are seen at the Battlefield Line.
- class 118 "51321" in green livery.
- class 122 "55005" in blue livery.
- class 116 "51131" in blue & grey livery.
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a colourful mosaic featuring 99 photos of trains roughly arranged into rainbow order

Rather than upload 99 photos from The Greatest Gathering, here they all are arranged into one rather colourful mosaic :)
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a line up of three class 08 shunters with their distinctive yellow and black "wasp stripe" ends

a scene featuring five classic locomotives with distinctive protuding noses

two streamlined locomotives - a green "HST" (high speed train) and a blue Eurostar

two green locomotives and a green railcar

So much to see at The Greatest Gathering in Derby recently - here are just a few of the 170+ exhibits on display!
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a low-angle photo of a red, white and yellow railway grinding machine

a red, white and yellow railway grinding machine

a small motorised rail-mounted trolley with four seats.

a small motorised rail-mounted trolley with two seats.

Often overlooked by enthusiasts, these items of plant on display at The Greatest Gathering were all built in Derby. The Rail Grinder was built at Loram's facility across the road; and the small metal trolleys were built by Donfabs & Consillia
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Lurking in a corner at The Greatest Gathering were these interesting crusty old wagons. One was an "Internal User" shunting runner wagon; and the other a large flat wagon marked "LUL Material Only".
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Some more crusty wagons were visible in a siding and only viewable from a train ride. Highlights include a cut-n-shut double length Freightliner twin wagon; some Conflats, and who knows what else.
* Would've gladly paid for a Wagon Walk Experience to get closer to these!
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Two 37s are seen in various states of repair in the Midlands. 37906 at the Battlefield line and 37679 at Wishaw.
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Always an interesting selection of classic locos to see at Toddington, including 20s, 37s, 47s and steamers.
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A nice surprise recently at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway was D2182. This is usually confined to Winchcombe but had a little leg stretch delivering a lowmac wagon.
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Old and new at Rail Live. Rail Operations Group's new class 93007 was bathing in the sun, and old steam 47383 was sitting on an Allellys lorry.
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Lots of units were lurking in the sidings during the recent Rail Live show at Long Marston during June, including several 769s, 323s and brand new 701s.
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a grey & yellow, and blue & yellow locomotive are seen sitting in some sidings

A couple of interesting industrial locomotives - AB660 (blue) and GECT5425 (grey) - are seen near Burton-on-Trent during May.

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a smart white, red, grey and yellow locomotive is seen hauling a green carriage

a green carriage is being hauled by a smart white, red, grey and yellow locomotive going under a bridge

Loram's unique red & white 37418 is seen hauling inspection saloon "Caroline" from Cardiff to Derby RTC.
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a red railway locomotive is seen hauling some burgundy covered steel wagons

66015 working the 6E03 1005 Wolverhampton Steel Term to Toton Up Sidings at Barton-under-Needwood on 17th May 2025.
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Two 66s at Crewe, 10 February 2025.
- 66116 working from Crewe Electric Depot to Toton TMD;
- 66754 - Small Heath - Hindlow Quarry.
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a green & yellow railway locomotive is hauling some green or grey wagons through a leafy scene

66614 working the 6Z45 1117 Washwood Heath Up Sidings to Tunstead Sdgs (Fhh) at Barton-under-Needwood on 17th May 2025.

a dark blue & yellow railway locomotive is seen hauling some wagons loaded with container boxes. It is passing through a leafy scene

66736 working the 4L28 0710 Doncaster Iport Gbrf to Felixstowe South Gbrf at Whitacre Junction on 17th May 2025.
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an orange Hunslet-built locomotive is seen sitting in a siding

an blue Hunslet-built locomotive is seen sitting in a siding

an green John Fowler -built locomotive is seen sitting in a platform

an green General Electric-built locomotive is seen sitting in a platform

Chasewater has a wonderful selection of "industrial" diesel shunting locomotives on display. Here is a small handful of them...
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a large yellow railway machine

It looks like there may be a movement tomorrow (25th June) from Harwich Parkeston to Worksop Swietelsky HNR Depot. Possibly one or more of the Network Rail machines recently offered for sale?...
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a yellow, black & orange locomotive is seen hauling some cylindrical tanker wagons through a green landscape. In the background is a lake, some pylons, a jogger and some industrial units

70810 working the 6M57 0714 Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas to Kingsbury Oil Sdgs at Barton-under-Needwood on 17th May 2025.
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a small black locomotive with yellow and black "wasp stripes" on the end is seen parked in a siding

a small black locomotive is seen parked in a siding

08472 at Chasewater Railway on 17th May 2025.
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a blue multiple unit ("Pacer") is seen passing an old water tower

142030 in its smart First North Western blue livery is seen at Chasewater Railway on 17th May 2025. There can't be that many preserved trains carrying newer post-privatisation liveries!
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66127 is seen trundling to a stop at Bristol Temple Meads whilst working the 6M53 Parkandillack to Stoke Cliffe Vale Jn china clay train on 1 May 2025.
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**duff info, they were unloaded at Avonmouth.

Interestingly they were transferred the short distance from PD to AD via road, and they're due to depart by rail for Leicester (?) some time next week.

a large blue and yellow locomotive obstructed by some stones and a red tractor. In the background are giant white fuel storage silos.

two large blue and yellow locomotive obstructed by some stones and portacabins. In the background are giant white fuel storage silos.

Here's 99002 and 99001 sitting in Avonmouth Docks shortly after arrival into the country via Portbury Docks.
Not my usual standard of shot - but better than nothing!
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D1924 (47810), D6851 (37667) and D6817 (37521) attract some attention at Bristol Temple Meads whilst working a private charter during April 2025. Also of note is the scaffolding slowly being removed and revealing the station's refurbished glass roof.
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66017, 66050, 66657 + 37057 are seen in Hither Green sidings at the start of May 2025.
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A colourful variety of eight 73s were seen at Tonbridge West Yard on 1 May 2025 including:
- 73212, 73201, 73109, 73128;
- 73202, 73109, 73141, 73213 - shame about the rake of wagons obstructing them.
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Network Rail's unique purpose-built class 950 (*this is not a 150/converted from a 150) is seen in the sun at Bristol Temple Meads during April 2025.
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