On 19/02/2018 after missing the Tractors on the 16th new they were working ECS from Gloucester so headed to Swindon only to find it caped and rerouted at customers request so had to make the day up as i went along until gen received that GBRF MOD was running & Tractors booked via Bath so after a few hours at Reading West headed to Westbury for a few hours and timed right with plenty of stones arriving
On 16/02/2018 it was my 2nd day off so with gen DRS tractors were heading for Eastleigh set off to get them but they were let off Reading curve before my Turbo so i then headed to Eastleigh stopping off at Basingstoke & Winchester before getting to Eastleigh for the day
On 10/01/2018 with Gospel Oak-Barking still closed i headed to Camden Rd again & struck lucky & unlucky in the same day missed a 70 by seconds at Kensal Rise then got a pair of 172's at Camden followed by a 321 before a 56 on the Barrington then to South Kenton for a late running Rail Operations Group move from Leicester but got caught out witha Bakerloo line train in the way but did get a pair off Abelio Greater Anglia 321's though
With gen that GBRF were moving one of the 47's they have bought from Colas to Eastleigh Works for a repaint i headed to the Thames Valley for a day around Oxford & Didcot for the first trip off 2018