Sulzer 12LDA28B
Top Photographs of All Time
55019 heads out of Milford tunnel through the sun and snow on 1Z45 09:22 Derby - Derby (via York & the pennines) charter on the 28th December 2005  Class 55 (Deltic's)  (1809)
45112 at Kettering en-route into St.Pancras for the last time on the 8th April 2004  Riots and Seminars!!  (1344)
45041 at Swanwick on the 29th October 2005  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (1318)
45112 and friends with the last seminar on the blocks at St.Pancras on the 8th April 2004  Riots and Seminars!!  (1031)
45112 poses with the 'Peak Army' for the last time under the train shed at St.Pancras on the 8th April 2004  Riots and Seminars!!  (935)
55019 is viewed back in Derby after its jaunt out onto the mainline on 1Z45 09:22 Derby - Derby (via York & the pennines) charter on the night of the 28th December 2005  Class 55 (Deltic's)  (928)
66411 hauls the inaugural train for Eddie Stobart/Tesco 4S44 11:33 Daventry - Grangemouth intermodal through Lichfield TV on the 19th September 2006  Class 66 (Sheds)  (912)
Me and 45132 at St.Pancras on the 27th May 1980. I had taste in engines in those days (if not in clothes!). Photo courtesy of Mr.Waring snr  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (782)
HELLFIRE!! D182 (46045) and 45041 storm through Golden Valley on the 17:00 Riddings - Hammersmith on the 10th April 2005. Note the man in orange (not black!) bellowing out of 45041's cab and the beast that is Gerald Holmes (red England shirt) bellowing out of the front coach!  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (762)
10 D123 (45125) at Leicester North after working the 14:40 Loughborough - Leicester North on the 21st September 2001. Who's the man in black on the platform? Never seen him on a peak before!!  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (736)
11 45110 sits at Whitland awaiting the return of 37428 on Pathfinder's Pembroke Coast Explorer railtour on the 27th February 1988  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (627)
12 37905 is shunted past the new signal box inside CF Booths scrapyard Rotherham on the 28th January 2006  Class 37 (Tractors)  (627)
13 A terrible waste! Half of 45046 in m c metals Glasgow on the 2nd May 1992  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (621)
14 97413 (ex 45066), 45107 and 45148's number panels and Tinsley's painted on name 'VAMPIRE' ex 45150 that i've managed to acquire  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (584)
15 45041 at Swanwick on the 29th October 2005  Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)  (581)
16 Me & 45010 in Toton yards on the 12th September 1987  Riots and Seminars!!  (562)
17 33111 ticks over inside the roundhouse at Barrow Hill on the 12th November 2006  Class 33 (Cromptons)  (544)
18 BRCW Heaven!! 26011, 33035 & 26007 line up together inside the roundhouse at Barrow Hill on the 12th November 2006  Class 33 (Cromptons)  (475)
19 45110 on 1E63 with friends at Derby on the 2nd August 1986  Riots and Seminars!!  (464)
20 47813 propels the ecs off 1C99 23:50 Padd - Pz from Penzance stn to Long Rock depot for servicing on the 3rd February 2006  Class 47 (Brush 4's)  (458)
Most Recent Collections
Feelin' The Heat! New
What a scorcher today! Its been hard work at the crease, thank god for air con in the car, thats all i can say! I got a few interesting workings today, 37423 with Caroline (again!), 37218 on a test train & suprise, suprise 47727 & 47749 on 6Z48. Thanks to 33106 & Robbo for the gen, nice one.
Its A Thursday, So That Must Mean......... New
Yes, thats right another go at those Colas 47's working 6Z48. I went today to Whitacre Jct for them & thankfully they turned up & didn't go mainline like the last time i went for them here. I also got 66841 working 6V67 today before i went off to work. Its gotta be said, i'd much prefer 47200, 47316, 47375, 47703 or 47714 (that Advenza/Cotswold have used & abused) instead of a shed working this train.
BH - Sunny Sunday's New
One phot from this week namely 26007 relaxing with D213 (40013) and a phot of ex Cotswold/Advenza 47375 from last week.
Thomas Telford
Once upon a time there was more than one 47590/47825 that carried the name 'Thomas Telford', because along with 47555 it seemed to be always out & about. Nowadays 67014 is adorned with the same name, which i got today at Bescot. No luck with the DRS 37's or the other WSMR train though.
Another Bout Of Yellow Fever
Yellow fever struck again today & with the same symptoms as last week, namely 31105 & 97301. Many thanks to the Paint Frothing Hero for the yellow tractor gen & it was also good to see Big Bill actually doing some graft for once lineside!!! Wonders will never cease, lol.
Salubrious Small Heath
I spent an hour in the salubrious surroundings of Small Heath today awaiting 47727 & 47749 (working in multi) on 6Z48 13:05 Burton-upon-Trent West Yard - Dollands Moor empty steel train. The clouds just cleared in time & its a really nice place to wind away an hour!
Quintuple Choppers
As a rule i'm not really a fan of light engine movements, but as a convoy of 5 DRS 20's was passing the doorstep at work & it was nice weather. It would've been rude not to have got the camera out for em.
Yellow Fever
Finished work reasonably early today, so i was able to get into position for 97301 (ex 37100) working 5Z97 13:29 Derby RTC - Sutton Bridge and then get yellow pedestrian 31105 working 4Z10 17:47 Derby RTC - Tyseley test train twice. Ta to 33106 for the 4Z10 gen.
Riots and Seminars!!
The title says it all. You find here phots of cranks mostly drunk, dossed out, in seminars or a few other oddities! I really regret not taking more phots of cranks/seminars years ago, as i'm sure they'd be some bad hair/clothes on view! Enjoy, you might find yourself here!
45105 - Work In Progress
Thought it was about time that there was an update on my site about 45105 and how its coming along. So if your interested keep looking here to see whats happening and how the beast is coming along.

** Alas updates have stopped until i've got either a flash for my 5D or a digi compact camera, sorry! **
Odds & Ends Updated
Unclassified classes, DBSO's & the like can be found here.
DEMU's inc N.I. (Thumpers)
Often overlooked are these beasts (get them in the province whilst you can!) and i regret not having more phot's of em.
EMU's SR 2nd Generation
Never really bothered about photting these before. But todays rubbish is tomorrow's heritage!
EMU's SR (slam doors)
These units gave the southern region its own identity and alas they have now finished!
EMU's 2nd Generation
They can't compete with Dinosaurs or Clactons, but in 20 or so years time i'll regret if i don't get any phots of these.
EMU's (Dinosaurs's & Clacton's)
I've not got enough photo's of these heritage whoppers!
DMU's 2nd Generation (Cart's)
Unlike the first generation diesel multiple units these modern units just ain't got the same charisma as the good old bog van, however they are a part of todays railway and begrudgingly i'm now photting em when the weather is good.
DMU's (Bog Van's)
By far superior and miles more character than modern units.
Class 71 - 92 (Sparkies)
Its pan up or shoe down time!
Class 67 (Skips)
Despite the mail trains disappearing that they were built to haul. The class is still somewhat in demand, with a variety of different customers.
Class 66 (Sheds)
Now available in a multitude of different colours, which cannot hide the fact that they are foreign rubbish!
Class 60 (Tugs)
Are these the last mainline diesels to be built in Britain?
Class 59 (GM's)
The original general motors invasion.
Class 58 (Bones)
These type 5's never even made 20 years in service, scandalous!
Class 57 (Bodysnatchers)
Well at least the body is rateable even if the heart beating inside them ain't.
Class 56 (Grids)
The best type 5 bar none and thankfully Fastline have seen sense and reinstated 3 examples for there intermodal services. Lets hope there are more to follow!
Class 55 (Deltic's)
Not my cup of tea, but well rated by a lot of people.
Class 50 (Hoovers)
EE's 2nd attempt at a type 4 and they failed miserably (again) compared to a Sulzer type 4!
Class 47 (Brush 4's)
Another quality product from the sulzer stable.
Class 44 - 46 (Peaks)
SIMPLY THE BEST!!!
Class 43 (Tram's)
Now classed as heritage traction and by far preferable to those hideous objects that are voyagers!
Class 40 (Whistlers)
Right number of wheels, but surely a type 3 and never a type 4!
Class 37 (Tractors)
I don't mind these EE's, but they are over rated these days!
Class 35, 42, 52 'Hydraulic's' (Hymeks, Warships, Westerns)
Before my time, but never the less good engines.
Class 33 (Cromptons)
Hellfire engines and the best type 3 by far!!
Class 31 (Peds)
Pedestrians, goyles, bannisters, brians, fussgangers, lights in the sky or whatever you like to call em, 2 words sum this class up.....utter rubbish!
Class 24 - 27 (Rats)
Good honest little engines.
Class 20 (Choppers)
51 years old & still pottering about on the mainline with a few companies. Whether you rate them or not you can't deny 51 years on the mainline is an achievement.
Class 02 - 14 (Rods)
These little engines do just as an important job as the big engines.
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Welcome
Welcome to my gallery of train photo's and as promised it dosn't just contain photo's of sulzer loco's (even though they are the best!). The photo's will be in the gallery of when i took them for a month and i'll include as much gen as i can (workings, locations, dates etc etc) unlike some people who think they're being superior by keeping everything to themselves. I'll file them in there respective classes after about a month. Anyway ENJOY THE PHOTO'S.
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37218 tails 5Z08 08:33 Derby RTC - Mossend Yard test train (37607 leading) past Nth Staffs Jct Willington on the 2nd July 2009
About Me
My interest in railways began when my dad started to take me out with him in the mid 1970's (probably to give my mum a much needed break) & its gone on from there, so much so that i now work on the railway. I packed up spotting years ago, but i do keep a check on new 66's, but these days i'm more interested in bashing, linesiding & preservation. Sulzer loco's are my thing, particually those with 16 wheels, which are closely followed by all the other sulzer classes. Only then do we get down to the inferior GM and EE classes. With the demise of traditional loco hauled trains, i've started to go out with my camera more & pay more attention to locations, sun angles etc etc. But i won't go miles out of my way to photograph a class of engine i don't rate, however if a low calibre class is on passing my doorstep i won't say no. So hopefully(?) you should be able to see some improvement in my photography over the years. Many thanks must be extended all the people that post gen out & to all my mates who i know through the hobby. Nice one gents!!!

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55019 heads out of Milford tunnel through the sun and snow on 1Z45 09:22 Derby - Derby (via York & the pennines) charter on the 28th December 2005
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