While it's not strictly a triple-headed train as the 97/3s were dead-in-tow, it's still very rare to have three locos a the front of a train on the Cambrian, and the last time this was thought to ... (more)
66 101 with 2x former class 37's (97 303 97 301) lead an engineers train consisting of 5 ballast wagons 6P52 from Sandiacre to Aberystwyth. The sun made a very welcome appearance after another day... (more)
47826 stands at Aberystwyth having arrived with WCRC/Kirklees Green Party/Green Express Railtours’ 1Z76 “The Midsummer Cambrian Coast Express” from Leeds.
47804 crosses the 15mph-restricted Clettwr bridge with WCRC/Kirklees Green Party/Green Express Railtours’ 1Z76 06.29 Leeds to Aberystwyth “The Midsummer Cambrian Coast Express,” becoming the... (more)
97301 crosses the A470 at Caersws returning with the 5Z97 11.58 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury Howard Street. These and other semaphores on the line will become redundant once ERTMS is commissioned, th... (more)
97301 passes Glanhafren, Welshpool on the 08.28 5Z97 Shrewsbury Howard Street to Aberystwyth. Note the newly relaid double track, having been lifted in the 1960s.
The entire train. 97301 and 37676 “Loch Rannoch” pass Forden on Spitfire Tours’ 1Z50 05.26 Bristol Temple Meads to Aberystwyth “The Cambrian Mountaineer” with D444 “Exeter” on the re... (more)
D444 Exeter at the head of the Cambrian Mountaineer railtour from Bristol to Aberystwyth passes Culham in the early morning light. A Class 37 is attached to the rear of the train and both locomoti... (more)
37676 “Loch Rannoch” passes Wistanstow on the 05.18 5Z37 Carnforth to Bristol Temple Meads, conveying stock and D444 for the next day’s railtour to Aberystwyth. 50031 and D444 were on the re... (more)
Network Rail Class 950 departmental DMU 950 001 is seen passing the now redundant Sugar Beet factory which is slowly being demolished. 950 001 is working a track assessment special from Derby to ... (more)
Oh, if only the sun had been out! 40145 “East Lancashire Railway” passes Caerhowel on Compass Tours’ delayed return 1Z58 16.10 Aberystwyth to Barrow-in-Furness “Cambrian Coast Explorer”.