Taken just after 5pm on 7 October, this shot shows the abysmal autumn weather, as signal NL4219 is set for the "Down Coleshill" line ready for 6M82 Wembley - Washwood Heath loaded cartics which on this day was hauled by 66053

Inspection saloon 975025 Caroline leads 2Z02 Ipswich - Nuneaton into - well err - Nuneaton with 37423 propelling the vehicle on the 16 October

At journey's end, 37423 and inspection saloon 975025 Caroline prepare to stop at Nuneaton Trent Valley after working 2Z02 Ipswich - Nuneaton on 16 October

DBSO 9701 and 31601 Gauge O Guild works through Water Orton on 5Z31 Derby RTC - Derby RTC via Walsall and Stafford on 13 October

92042 Honegger passes Tamworth with 4A10 Trafford Park - Wembley intermodal on 3 October

92041 Vaughan Williams passes Tamworth with 6O60 Mossend - Dollands Moor empty slurry tanks on 3 October

92019 Wagner leads 90024 and a short rake of Cargowaggons through Tamworth as 6Z60 Warrington Arpley - Wembley enterprise on 27 October

92009 Elgar passes Tamworth with 4H24 Wembley - Trafford Park intermodal on 3 October

90048 scuttles through Tamworth with 4M88 Felixstowe - Crewe freightliner on 6 October

90045 leads 4L75 Crewe - Felixstowe freightliner through Tamworth on 3 October

90042 runs north through Nuneaton with 4M87 Felixstowe - Trafford Park freightliner on 7 October

90042 speeds through Tamworth with 4L75 Crewe Basford Hall - Felixstowe freightliner on 27 October

A black and white effort of 87002 passing Nuneaton, note how I've cropped it to eliminate the 2-aspect colour LED signal to try and give it a 1970's feel......

87002 Royal Sovereign passes light through Nuneaton with 0Z87 14:55 Willesden PRDC - Warrington RMT on 1 October

86621 leads classmate 86613 through Nuneaton with 4M87 Felixstowe - Trafford Park freightliner on 3 October

86604 + 86613 pass through Tamworth taking charge of 4L75 Crewe - Felixstowe freightliner on 8 October

66728 Institution of Railway Operations passes through Nuneaton with 4M23 Felixstowe - Hams Hall intermodal on 27 October

66712 Peterborough PSB on hire to Fastline passes through Water Orton with 4G81 13:30 Ratcliffe Power Station - Daw Mill Colliery empty coal hoppers on 1 October

Following run-round at Duddeston Junction (adjacent to Washwood Heath), 66712 works back through Water Orton with the empty Fastline hoppers for Daw Mill Colliery on 1 October

66625 passes through Lea Marston with 6Z98 Doncaster Decoy - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers on 3 October

66624 is seen in charge of 6M49 Immingham Docks - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers on 13 October

66606 passes through Tamworth with 6E54 Kingsbury - Humber empty bogie tanks

Another unusual working, as 66602 passes through Water Orton with empty ballast boxes on 1 October

66601 The Hope Valley crawls through Portway, north of Tamworth on 6M00 Humber - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks on 13 October. The train was crawling as it had just pulled away from Elford Loop which ir roughly a quarter of a mile away from here

66594 NYK Spirit of Kyoto speeds past Water Orton with 4E44 Southampton - Leeds freightliner on 13 October

66593 3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway leads 4L93 10:08 Lawley Street - Felixstowe freightliner through Water Orton on 1 October

With ISO 800, 66587 slows down approaching Nuneaton working 4O29 14:38 Trafford Park - Southampton Millbrook freightliner on 2 October

Another crew change at Nuneaton on 7 October, as 66580 is seen at the helm of 4M61 Southampton - Trafford Park freightliner

66576 Hamburg Sud Advantage passes through Tamworth with 4M61 Southampton - Trafford Park freightliner

66574 passes through Water Orton with 4M94 Ipswich - Lawley Street freightliner on 13 October

66570 leads 4M94 07:30 Felixstowe - Lawley Street freightliner on 1 October

66559 leads 4H70 09:30 Rugeley Power Station - Daw Mill Colliery empty coal hoppers through Water Orton on 1 October

66557 hurries through Lea Marston with a rake of empty coal hoppers on 28 October. no idea of the working but I would hazard a guess that the train originated at Rugeley Power Station and was heading to either Barrow Hill or the Northeast

66556 runs through Water Orton with 4H70 Rugeley Power Station - Daw Mill Colliery empty coal hoppers

Seen passing Water Orton on 1 October 2008, I haven't an idea what this was, maybe a late running Leeds - Southampton freightliner??

In ISO 800 - free hand, 66543 pauses in Nuneaton with 4O29 Trafford Park - Southampton freightliner on 3 Ooctober

66542 powers through Water Orton with 4L93 Lawley Street - Felixstowe freightliner on 14 October

66541 makes a brief pause at Nuneaton with 4O17 Lawley Street - Southampton freightliner on 27 October

66539 prepares to stop at Nuneaton for a crew change with 4M61 Southampton - Trafford Park freightliner on 27 October

66538 runs as 0L90 Lawley Street - Hams Hall light engine on 13 October

66538 passes through Tamworth with 4E44 Southampton - Leeds freightliner 6 October

66535 speeds north through Tamworth with 4E44 Southampton - Leeds freightliner on 27 October

66535 passes through Water Orton on 0L90 Lawley Street - Hams Hall light engine

66523 leads 4C06 Ratcliffe Power Station - Crewe Yard/Carlisle empty coal hoppers through Tamworth on 27 October

66523 leads a rather late running 6M66 Immingham - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers past Water Orton on 13 October

66516 is seen in charge of a lightly loaded 4O05 Birch Coppice - Southampton freightliner on 13 October

66516 pauses at Nuneaton for a crew change with 4O17 Lawley Street - Southampton freightliner as 153364 awaits departure with a service for Bedworth and Coventry on 7 October

66515 runs light through Tamworth towards Rugby on 20 October

66507 powers 6M49 Barrow Hill - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers through Tamworth on 27 October

66505 slows down through Nuneaton with 4O29 Trafford Park - Southampton freightliner on 6 October

66429 passes through Tamworth with 4S44 Daventry - Coatbridge intermodal on 6 October

66417 powers 4M34 Coatbridge - Daventry intermodal through Tamworth on 27 October

66416 leads 4M34 Coatbridge - Daventry intermodal through Tamworth on 20 August 2008

66416 runs light through Nuneaton on 7 October

66415 powers through Tamworth with 4M34 Coatbridge - Daventry intermodal on 3 October