AndyH
@andyh616.bsky.social
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AndyH
@andyh616.bsky.social
· Oct 18
As this is a new account on here felt it only right to post my favourite rail 📸 from recent years.
#Freightliner 90012 & 90008 cross the Lee Navigation at Hackney Wick working 4M87 Felixstowe to Trafford Park intermodal on 7/9/22. Glad i got the shot before "I 💛 EGGS" was covered by another writer.
#Freightliner 90012 & 90008 cross the Lee Navigation at Hackney Wick working 4M87 Felixstowe to Trafford Park intermodal on 7/9/22. Glad i got the shot before "I 💛 EGGS" was covered by another writer.
#BlueMonday DC Rail's 56045 heading north to Nottingham last week as part of a three loco convoy hauled by newly reintroduced 60099. Classmate 56103 completed the trio. 0Z60 Willesden DC Rail Sidings to Rectory Junction, Colwick at a rather wet Long Buckby. #DCR #GridWatch
February 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
#BlueMonday DC Rail's 56045 heading north to Nottingham last week as part of a three loco convoy hauled by newly reintroduced 60099. Classmate 56103 completed the trio. 0Z60 Willesden DC Rail Sidings to Rectory Junction, Colwick at a rather wet Long Buckby. #DCR #GridWatch
#ElectricMonday A train load of Tesco boxes heading to the docks. DRS operated 4L48 Daventry #DRS Tesco to Tilbury2 Container Terminal is seen heading through Long Buckby last week with bi-mode locomotive 88003 'Genesis' in charge.
February 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
#ElectricMonday A train load of Tesco boxes heading to the docks. DRS operated 4L48 Daventry #DRS Tesco to Tilbury2 Container Terminal is seen heading through Long Buckby last week with bi-mode locomotive 88003 'Genesis' in charge.
#MondayMorningBlues Rail Operations Group 37501 'Teesside Steelmaster' passing Kettering last week with a LNWR class 350 EMU in tow. 350377 was being moved as 5Q91 from Derby Litchurch Lane to Northampton EMD. #MML #ROG 9/2/26
February 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
#MondayMorningBlues Rail Operations Group 37501 'Teesside Steelmaster' passing Kettering last week with a LNWR class 350 EMU in tow. 350377 was being moved as 5Q91 from Derby Litchurch Lane to Northampton EMD. #MML #ROG 9/2/26
#SundayShed Another liner seen passing #DIRFT yesterday lunchtime. Just in front of the delayed Coatbridge working, GB Railfreight 🇺🇦 66708 heads up 4L05 Ditton O'Connor #GBRF to Felixstowe South. #ShedWatch 14/2/26
February 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
#SundayShed Another liner seen passing #DIRFT yesterday lunchtime. Just in front of the delayed Coatbridge working, GB Railfreight 🇺🇦 66708 heads up 4L05 Ditton O'Connor #GBRF to Felixstowe South. #ShedWatch 14/2/26
#MML training continues with the #Aurora 810 fleet alongside those already working passenger services. This last week saw 810009 working some of the East Midlands Railway operated training runs. 3A25 Derby to Wellingborough & 3A27 Etches Park to St.Pancras both seen passing Kettering. #EMR
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
#SixtySunday A lovely trio passing Long Buckby in less than ideal weather conditions earlier in the week. Newly reintroduced DC Rail tug 60099 'Ben More Assynt' leading fellow #DCR locos 56045 & 56103 running as 0Z60 Willesden DC Rail Sidings to Rectory Junction, Colwick.
February 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
#SixtySunday A lovely trio passing Long Buckby in less than ideal weather conditions earlier in the week. Newly reintroduced DC Rail tug 60099 'Ben More Assynt' leading fellow #DCR locos 56045 & 56103 running as 0Z60 Willesden DC Rail Sidings to Rectory Junction, Colwick.
#SignalboxSunday Two views of March East Jn box photographed last month.
Built in 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway and now grade II listed. Colas operated test train 1Q86 can be seen stabled opposite in the down refuge siding waiting to depart back to Derby. 31/1/26
Built in 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway and now grade II listed. Colas operated test train 1Q86 can be seen stabled opposite in the down refuge siding waiting to depart back to Derby. 31/1/26
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
#SignalboxSunday Two views of March East Jn box photographed last month.
Built in 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway and now grade II listed. Colas operated test train 1Q86 can be seen stabled opposite in the down refuge siding waiting to depart back to Derby. 31/1/26
Built in 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway and now grade II listed. Colas operated test train 1Q86 can be seen stabled opposite in the down refuge siding waiting to depart back to Derby. 31/1/26
#FreightFriday A pair of close up GB Railfreight sheds on a liner last weekend. Maybe a positioning move, on Saturday #GBRF 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall was headed by 66773 with 66723 behind & had been stopped to wait the road at Uffington near Stamford. #ShedWatch 7/2/26
February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
#FreightFriday A pair of close up GB Railfreight sheds on a liner last weekend. Maybe a positioning move, on Saturday #GBRF 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall was headed by 66773 with 66723 behind & had been stopped to wait the road at Uffington near Stamford. #ShedWatch 7/2/26
#FreightFriday It's all change within the Freightliner business as the Heavyhaul part seperates from intermodal. Earlier this week 66623 'Lest We Forget' passes Kettering with 6M91 Theale LaFarge to Earles Sidings, Hope, contrasting against the grey day. #MML #Freightliner 9/2/26
February 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
#FreightFriday It's all change within the Freightliner business as the Heavyhaul part seperates from intermodal. Earlier this week 66623 'Lest We Forget' passes Kettering with 6M91 Theale LaFarge to Earles Sidings, Hope, contrasting against the grey day. #MML #Freightliner 9/2/26
A blue tug hauling loaded blue wagons full of sand. GB Railfreight 60095 'Whernside', currently on hire to DCRail, waits the road at Uffington, near Stamford, on Saturday. The working was the weekly 6M89 loaded sand train from Middleton Towers. 7/2/26
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
A blue tug hauling loaded blue wagons full of sand. GB Railfreight 60095 'Whernside', currently on hire to DCRail, waits the road at Uffington, near Stamford, on Saturday. The working was the weekly 6M89 loaded sand train from Middleton Towers. 7/2/26
#OneSeventyWednesday 170104 pictured passing a sunny Turves on an eastbound Saturday working last month. Three Horse Shoes signalbox can be seen in the distance. #CrossCountryTrains #Fenland #Turbostar 31/1/26
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
#OneSeventyWednesday 170104 pictured passing a sunny Turves on an eastbound Saturday working last month. Three Horse Shoes signalbox can be seen in the distance. #CrossCountryTrains #Fenland #Turbostar 31/1/26
#MidweekMeridian Another comparison of the current & new East Midlands Railway fleets. 222015 was actually flying through Kettering non-stop on an up Sheffield working here while 810006 was waiting to depart on a Nottingham bound stopper #MML #EMR
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
#MidweekMeridian Another comparison of the current & new East Midlands Railway fleets. 222015 was actually flying through Kettering non-stop on an up Sheffield working here while 810006 was waiting to depart on a Nottingham bound stopper #MML #EMR
This shot pretty much sums up the recent weather around here. In damp, misty & missly rain with dark skies & low light GB Railfreight 66716 powers past the former station house at Uffington heading towards the ECML with 4L13 Hams Hall to Felixstowe North #GBRF #ShedWatch 7/2/26
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This shot pretty much sums up the recent weather around here. In damp, misty & missly rain with dark skies & low light GB Railfreight 66716 powers past the former station house at Uffington heading towards the ECML with 4L13 Hams Hall to Felixstowe North #GBRF #ShedWatch 7/2/26
#TwentiesOnTuesday This reminded me of seeing 20s here on 1980s engineers trains for the Leicester area resignalling. #Romic 🪓🪓 20007 & 20205 were hauling #railadventure barriers through Kettering yesterday as #SLCRail 6O30 York Yard North to Dollands Moor Sidings #MML 9/2/26
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
#TwentiesOnTuesday This reminded me of seeing 20s here on 1980s engineers trains for the Leicester area resignalling. #Romic 🪓🪓 20007 & 20205 were hauling #railadventure barriers through Kettering yesterday as #SLCRail 6O30 York Yard North to Dollands Moor Sidings #MML 9/2/26
#SignalSunday Signal UN5 at Uffington, near Stamford. My favourite signal yesterday as this is where freights are occasionally held while the long section ahead is cleared (is it as far as Ketton?🤔). 170108 on an eastbound Cross Country working seen passing on Saturday. 7/2/26
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 AM
#SignalSunday Signal UN5 at Uffington, near Stamford. My favourite signal yesterday as this is where freights are occasionally held while the long section ahead is cleared (is it as far as Ketton?🤔). 170108 on an eastbound Cross Country working seen passing on Saturday. 7/2/26
A real treat for the #SandTrainSaturday yesterday as hired-in GB Railfreight tug 60095 'Whernside' was held at the signal at Uffington while in charge of #DCRail 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. The misty rain had also stopped just before 95 arrived 👌 #DCR 7/2/26
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
A real treat for the #SandTrainSaturday yesterday as hired-in GB Railfreight tug 60095 'Whernside' was held at the signal at Uffington while in charge of #DCRail 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. The misty rain had also stopped just before 95 arrived 👌 #DCR 7/2/26
#ThirtySevenThursday 37254 'Cardiff Canton' was the rear loco on the Colas Rail Anglia test train last Saturday. 1Q86 March Down R.S. to Derby RTC seen passing Burnt House Road crossing at turves. #Fenland #Colas 31/1/26
February 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
#ThirtySevenThursday 37254 'Cardiff Canton' was the rear loco on the Colas Rail Anglia test train last Saturday. 1Q86 March Down R.S. to Derby RTC seen passing Burnt House Road crossing at turves. #Fenland #Colas 31/1/26
#MidweekMeridian I took this shot in landscape format but the tight angle on the down fast didn't really work so I cropped it a bit to get this final image. East Midlands Railway 222008 heading through Barrow upon Soar on Saturday with 1F37 12.32 St.Pancras-Sheffield. #MML #EMR 31/1/26
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
#MidweekMeridian I took this shot in landscape format but the tight angle on the down fast didn't really work so I cropped it a bit to get this final image. East Midlands Railway 222008 heading through Barrow upon Soar on Saturday with 1F37 12.32 St.Pancras-Sheffield. #MML #EMR 31/1/26
#MidweekMeridian from a new locatuon for me this week. East Midlands Railway 222018 is the rear unit of a ten car set heading away from the camera & towards Loughborough, passing Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire. The working was 1F37 12.32 St.Pancras-Sheffield. #EMR #MML 31/1/26
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
#MidweekMeridian from a new locatuon for me this week. East Midlands Railway 222018 is the rear unit of a ten car set heading away from the camera & towards Loughborough, passing Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire. The working was 1F37 12.32 St.Pancras-Sheffield. #EMR #MML 31/1/26
#OneFiveEightWednesday Took the opportunity to phot some #EMR #MegaTraction whilst at Barrow upon Soar last weekend. 158852 heads down the #MML working 2P63 13.31 Leicester to Nottingham. #BREL #MidweekMegaTraction 31/1/26
February 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
#OneFiveEightWednesday Took the opportunity to phot some #EMR #MegaTraction whilst at Barrow upon Soar last weekend. 158852 heads down the #MML working 2P63 13.31 Leicester to Nottingham. #BREL #MidweekMegaTraction 31/1/26
#SideOnSunday Some #SavageClag 🔥 on show at March yesterday as Colas Rail 37057 was started up in the down refuge siding in readiness to work 1Q86 back to Derby. Turned out well timed just as an artic was crossing the line on Station Road #SBAS #Scania 31/1/26
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
#SideOnSunday Some #SavageClag 🔥 on show at March yesterday as Colas Rail 37057 was started up in the down refuge siding in readiness to work 1Q86 back to Derby. Turned out well timed just as an artic was crossing the line on Station Road #SBAS #Scania 31/1/26
#ShedSunday Some welcome sunshine in East Anglia yesterday morning. #DBCargo 66077 'Benjamin Gimbert G.C.' heads through March with 4M82 Felixstowe North to East Midlands Gateway. Test train 1Q86 is in the background stabled in the down refuge siding. #ShedWatch 31/1/26
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
#ShedSunday Some welcome sunshine in East Anglia yesterday morning. #DBCargo 66077 'Benjamin Gimbert G.C.' heads through March with 4M82 Felixstowe North to East Midlands Gateway. Test train 1Q86 is in the background stabled in the down refuge siding. #ShedWatch 31/1/26
#SixtySunday I managed to get a second helping of the sand train yesterday. After photting 60095 'Whernside' on 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings out near Whittlesea I got across to Barrow upon Soar on the #MML for another shot thanks to its booked 46min wait at Peterborough 31/1/26
February 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
#SixtySunday I managed to get a second helping of the sand train yesterday. After photting 60095 'Whernside' on 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings out near Whittlesea I got across to Barrow upon Soar on the #MML for another shot thanks to its booked 46min wait at Peterborough 31/1/26