Yearly Archives: 2004

Saturday 13th November 2004

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I am back again with an update from a couple of weeks ago, I forgot to do the update until I saw the photo again and realised I hadn’t posted the shot. The weather was good with plenty of sunshine although cold so I decided to head over to the WCML to see what was about. I hadn’ been to Cheddington for a few months and they have done some work to the platforms. All the platforms have been extended by some length which gives some more options for different shots.

The day I was there work was being done on the main lines a couple of miles to the South so all traffic was using the relief lines. A freightliner passed through heading South as I was getting out of the car and it was dead for freight all afternoon. Infact I was just packing my gear up when a 92 appeared to the North so I hurriedly got the camera out again and fired off a shot of 92025 on an Intermodal working although I couldn’t work out which one from the book. See you around sometime….!

Wednesday 8th September 2004

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I’m late again with this update from last week and I have two shots for you today. As new electric multiple units come on stream in the old southern region then the old ones are sent for storage or scrapping. A large number have been sent to Caerwent in Wales and motive power normally been EWS class 66s with the odd class 37. Today the power was to be provided by GBRF 66709. We don’t get many 66/7s around these parts and as 66709 is a one off livery to boot I couldn’t pass up this oppurtunity.

The weather was also playing ball with a beautiful sunny day, I was on my way out to Denchworth for the working but on the way I rembered the shot out near Grove so I changed my plans and headed there. Even with a 20 minute walk I had plenty of time to get there. Whilst waiting for the scrappers 66215 headed out of Didcot with an empty MGR working.

I only had to wait another 10 minutes for 66709 to turn up, it was set for the loop so it just cruised past me enabling me to get my first 66/7 photo around these parts!

Tuesday 31st August 2004

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My first update in over a month and even this one is 5 days late…..oops! Last weekend was a bank holiday weekend and Network Rail decided to do some track work in the Slough area for the whole weekend. This meant no trains could get through the blockade until Tuesday morning. Virgin have been using EWS Class 67s and MK2s on summer Saturday workings to the South West and have been running ECS workings to and from Old Oak Common, due to the Slough blockade the ECS workings couldn’t get through until Tuesday

I got some timings early Tuesday morning and decided to go to one of my faviurite locations out at Denchworth. The ECS working was running slighty late but while waiting 66049 ran into the loop on a Avonmouth – Didcot coal working. Shortly after 67002 came flying along with the empty stock with 67003 dead on the rear.