One of Network Rail's many on-track plant machinery soaks up the evening light at Doncaster

One of the stops I made on my little jaunt around

A former Midland Mainline/East Midlands Trains MKIII at Doncaster Wabtec works

I make no apologies for this shot, the light was rubbish and the ISO was 800 but a shot of 67025 and 67021 working 6M02 Scunthorpe - Crewe loaded rails passing through Althorp had to be done

67008 brings up the rear of 3J92 Toton Yard - Cricklewood UGL RHTT via the world as it passes Hinckley. 26/11/08

One advantage of the longer nights are the opportunity to do night shots. Here 67003 recesses adjacent to Doncaster Station

67001 leads 3J92 Toton Yard - Cricklewood UGL RHTT via the world past Hinckley. 26/11/08

66713 Forest City passes through Althorpe with a Wellingborough - Scunthorpe working

66625 passes through Barnetby with 6R14 Immingham - Ferrybridge Power Station loaded coal hoppers

66583 leads 6R10 Immingham - Eggborough Power Station loaded coal hoppers past Scunthorpe

66547 leads 4R16 Eggborough Power Station - Immingham empty coal hoppers through Barnetby

66545 heads 6Z96 Immingham - Ironbridge Power Station loaded coal hoppers past Elford. 25/11/08

66511 passes through Barnetby with 6R12 Immingham - Cottam Power Station loaded coal hoppers

66511 passes through Hatfield and Stainforth with 4R12 Cottam Power Station - Immingham empty coal hoppers

66303 passes Hinckley with 6D03 Daw Mill Colliery - Ratcliffe Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 26/11/08

66199 leads 6H33 Immingham - Drax Power Station loaded coal hoppers through Barnetby

66158 leads 6R09 Immingham - Drax Power Station loaded coal hoppers through Hatfield and Stainforth

66117 leads 6C09 Immingham - Eggborough Power Station loaded coal hoppers through Hatfield and Stainforth

66039 leads 6V92 Corby - Margam steel empties past Abbey Green, Nuneaton. 17/11/08

60096 leads 6K24 Santon - Immingham empty iron ore tipplers through Barnetby

60084 Cross Fell passes through Barnetby on the last leg fo the journey with 6E32 Preston Docks - Lindsey empty bogie tanks. The shorter days are clearly evident for this time of year

60065 Spirit of Jaguar recesses in Bedworth oil terminal after working 6M04 Port Clarence - Bedworth loaded tanks. 20/11/08

60059 Swinden Dalesman catches a rare bit of sun in Bedworth oil terminal after working in with 6Z61 Robeston - Bedworth tanks. Later it worked out as 6E27 Bedworth - Humber empty tanks. 14/11/08

60059 Swinden Dalesman enters Elford Loop with 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks. 21/11/08

60059 Swinden Dalesman ambles through Portway on the last leg of her journey with 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded oil tanks. 21/11/08

60056 William Beveridge powers 6G21 Stud Farm - Bescot loaded ballast through Abbey Green, Nuneaton having just crossed over the West Coast Mainline by way of the flyover which was reinstated in 2004 having originally closed in 1993. 17/11/08

60055 Thomas Barnado leads 6T25 Immingham - Santon loaded iron ore through Barnetby

60043 powers 6N04 Lindsey - Jarrow loaded oil tanks through Hatfield and Stainforth, note Hatfield Colliery which only recently reopened having closed in 1994

60040 The Territorial Army Centenary passes through Abbey Green, Nuneaton with 6V92 Corby - Margam steel empties. The overhead cantenary in the background is the West Coast Mainline's Trent Valley section between Stafford and Rugby. 07/11/08

60040 The Territorial Army Centenary rumbles pat Portway with 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks after leaving Elford Loop. 25/11/08

60040 The Territorial Army Centenary enters Elford Loop with 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks. 25/11/08

60028 John Flamsteed recesses in Bedworth oil terminal after working 6M04 Port Clarence - Bedworth tanks, later this was to work back as 6E77 Bedworth - Port Clarence empty tanks. 13/11/08

60018 recesses in Bedworth oil terminal after working 6Z61 Robeston - Bedworth loaded tanks, unusually for a Friday it was down to work 6Z68 Bedworth - Margam empties. 21/11/08

60014 Alexander Fleming recesses in Bedworth oil terminal after working 6M61 Humber - Bedworth tanks. 11/11/08

60014 Alexander Fleming passes through Hinckley with 6G21 Stud Farm - Bescot loaded ballast. 26/11/08

56312 Artemis and 56311 leads 6Z57 Immingham Nordic - Washwood Heath loaded steel past Portway (North of Tamworth). 25/11/08

43312 brings up the rear of 1S23 16:00 London Kings Cross - Aberdeen as it calls at Doncaster - which is its first stop from London

43047 pauses at Leicester with 1F56 19:25 London St Pancras - Leeds

37417 Richard Trevithick prepares to join the Nuneaton - Coventry line at Three Spires Junction with the 1Z37 Industrious Trader Railtour. The train had just visited the Prologis Business Park which is now sited where the Kereseley Colliery use to be. Note the Ricoh Stadium in the background which is now home to Coventry City Football Club. 15/11/08

37417 Richard Trevithick prepares to join the Nuneaton - Coventry line at Three Spires Junction with the 1Z37 Industrious Trader Railtour. The train had just visited the Prologis Business Park which is now sited where the Kereseley Colliery use to be. Note the Ricoh Stadium in the background which is now home to Coventry City Football Club. 15/11/08

37401 leads 1Z37 Reading - Round Oak via the West Midlands past Three Spires Junction, the train is taking the line which once led to Keresley Colliery and the associated Homefire Plant - but today now serves the Prologis Park and see's an as-required service of bottled mineral water. 15/11/08

221134, the former Mary Kingsley stands at Sheffield with 9S89 15:00 Bristol Temple Meads - Edinburgh service

20303 brings up the rear of 3S14 Grimsby Town - Malton RHTT as it passes through Scunthoroe

20303 and 20302 perform in fine fettle as they pass Hatfield and Stainforth with the "Leaf Buster" to Grimsby Town

20302 and 20303 pass through Scunthorpe with 3S14 Grimsby Town - Malton Railhead Treatment Train

185144 calls at Barnetby with 1B79 12:28 Cleethorpes - Manchester Airport

185125 hurries through Hatfield and Stainforth with 1B68 07:52 Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes

185125 calls at Scunthorpe with 1B77 11:28 Cleethorpes - Manchester Airport

185123 prepares to stop at Barnetby with 1B81 13:28 Cleethorpes - Manchester Airport

185116 calls at Barnetby with 1B74 10:52 Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes

170519 approaches Nuneaton with 1K15 12:54 Birmingham New Street - Leicester service. 07/11/08

170518 accelerates away from Nuneaton with 1K14 12:11 Leicester - Birmingham New Street service. 07/11/08

170115 accelerates away from Nuneaton with 1N39 10:20 Stansted Airport - Birmingham New Street service. 07/11/08

170114 recesses in the sidings adjacent to Leicester Station ready for the following morning

170114 approaches Nuneaton with 1L16 12:24 Birmingham New Street - Stansted Airport service. 07/11/08

158906 calls at Hatfield and Stainforth with 2C35 10:22 Hull - Doncaster service

158905 stands at Sheffield prior to working 2B88 18:36 Sheffield - Huddersfield

158904 accelerates away from Hatfield and Stainforth with 2C20 09:46 Doncaster - Hull