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HiPa125
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Driving trains from here to there... (and back again)


Derby, UK
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Hitachi #Class810 810010 #Aurora working EMR #InterCity 1C17 0700 Sheffield > London St Pancras International - P6 Derby
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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DB Cargo #Class66 66175 ‘Rail Riders Express’ working 0Z40 0847½ Sheffield > Toton Traction Maintenance Depot
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Colas Rail Freight #Class43 43251+43272 working 0Z43 1202 Rugby Carriage Sidings > Derby Rail Technical Centre towards Stenson Jn
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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West Coast Railways #Class47 47848 powers #PolarExpress, 1Z13 1334 London Euston > Willesden Up & Down Relief, away from P16 #WCML
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Hitachi #Class810 810006 #Aurora, working East Midlands Railway InterCity 3A25 1100 Derby Etches Park Sidings > Wellingborough, at P7 Derby #MML
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Colas Rail Freight #HST power cars working 0Z44 1309 Derby Rail Technical Centre > Crewe Electric Traction Maintenance Depot through Sunnyhill
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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GBRf #Class60 60047 ‘Scafell Pike’, on-hire to DC Rail, hauling #SandTrain 6M89 0901 Kings Lynn Middleton Towers > Derby Chaddesden Sidings through Wilmorton #MML
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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LNER 1N36 2300 London Kings Cross > York #InterCity225 #ECML
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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EuroPhoenix #Class37 37800 ‘Cassiopeia’, with #Class455 #EMU in-tow, working Rail Operations Group 5Q57 0951 Alexandra Dock Up And Down Goods > Derby Litchurch Lane along P7 Derby
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Undiverted EMR #InterCity 1D88 2335 London St Pancras International > East Midlands Parkway #Class222 222003 waits time at Leicester #MML
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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GE #P42DC #Genesis 4 & 77 power #Amtrak, 05 1400 Chicago Union > Emeryville, ‘Californian Zephyr’ away from Granby #RockyMountains
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#Stadler, standard gauge, Cummins diesel-electric, Hm4/4 locomotive 27 & 29 at #PikesPeak (elev 4302m)
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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#UnionPacific mixed freight passes over the North Platte River as it heads towards Bailey Railway Yard (the worlds largest)
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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GM ElectroMotive Diesel #SD90MAC powered #UnionPacific westbound mixed freight tackles the final few metres of Nebraska as it undulates towards Wyoming
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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A mash-up of six #UnionPacific plus two Canada National locos front a rake of hoppers past the site of Alkali Stagecoach Relay & Pony Express Station
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Tagged Electro-Motive Diesel #SD70M 4401 awaits attention at #UnionPacific North Platte Depot
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#UnionPacific westbound double-stack charging along the 70mph Main 1 at Brule - Sidney Subdivision
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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#BNSF GE ES44AC #Evolution 6178 & 5800 stabled at Sterling
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#UnionPacific #SD40N 1820+1605 - combined age 96yrs - await their next turn of duty at La Salle
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway #BNSF Fox Street Locomotive Facility - Denver
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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1972-built, GM ElectroMotive-Diesel, #SD40N 1826 shunting wagons at #UnionPacific North Yard - Denver
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Some #Amtrak mileage accumulation (well, 1038mi to be exact) to the Mile High City with 05 1400 Chicago Union > Emeryville ‘Californian Zephyr’ - motive power by GE #P42DC #Genesis 198 & 204 ‘Beech Grove’ (captured at Galesburg)
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Forty-four stop, 46:40hr, 2076mi #Amtrak 040 1105 Miami > Chicago Union ‘Floridian’ nears journeys end…
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Big Apple to The Windy City showdown as
Siemens #Charger powered #Amtrak 051 0640 New York Penn > Chicago Union (via Indianapolis) ‘Cardinal’ leads GE #Genesis powered 049 1540 New York Penn > Chicago Union (via Buffalo) ‘Lake Shore Limited’ along #TheRacetrack
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Chicago Transit Authority “Elevated” or #TheL or just #L
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM