On 31/10/18 i made my annual visit to Tonbridge but meeting up with friends from Torquay meant i headed to Taunton first & having an hour there meant at day break i got the Exeter stone followeed by the Moorswater cement
On the 25/10/2018 being away for a week & staying near Whiteball i went to Marlands for an hour which was my first visit here & got the Colas cement and another GWR buffet car move then on the 27/10/18 while attending Railex at Taunton School i popped out for what is believed to be the first working of the Exeter stone on a Saturday which was followed by the RHTT and a pair of power cars
15/10/2018 decided as i hadn't had a mainline trip since 25th July i would go out but with no real plan as where to go other than do RHTT's somewhere then i had a tip off the Sleeper was running ECS due to a wash out at Teignmouth the day before & was following me then the next bit ogen was the GBRF scrap hadn't got to Swindon so bailed off my IET for them at Swindon only for the ECS to be held so decided to move on eastwards at this point it rolled in so another leap at Didcot for it to end up with a day around there and Oxford and getting 4 GBRF workings and all different so not a bad day in the end even though the weather was making me think of heading home early
On 07/10/2018 and on the way home from the Severn Valley i went to Glos & warks Diesel Gala & seeing the Colas RHTT was due to run called in to Ashchurch for it
On 16/09/2018 had a night in the Travelodge at Rugby but this trip wasn't all about trains so did a few on the Sunday night & early on Monday morning & was lucky the up Highlander sleeper was running late 7 passed in daylight
Week commencing 02/09/2018 i had a week away staying on the edge of the Peak district so the first day was spent at Peak Rail so on the Monday the wife suggested we went to Stafford & said while she was around the shops i could have a few hours on the station so in three hours i got 12 freights & a light engine move which cost me a new pair of trainers for her so i think i did quite well
There's more from the week below
There's more from the week below
On 04/09/2018 we went to Buxton 7 on the way in i noticed a train at Dowlow so found somewhere to park to get a shot then found a bridge & waited getting a inward working & waited but as no movement went for lunch in Buxton 7 you can guess no sooner had we got to the pub 7 it was on its way not knowing how long i had i got it coming over the viaduct but not the angle i would of liked
On 07/09/2018 i eventually got to Peak Forest telling the good lady i would only have a couple of hours which turned in to around 5 but as you will see there was no 56 got told that had gone on the Sunday on a wheel skate & the 37 would be leaving soon as well so glad i got it along with a pair of 60's as well & Freightliners 66413 was on show at Tinstead so being told how to find it went to have a look