60163 Tornado departs Elford Loop, near Tamworth on the last leg of the journey with 5Z63 08:30 York NRM - Bescot Yard. This is the first steam locomotive to be built in Britain in about 50 years and took 18 years to complete. A credit to everyone involved in making this happen. 29/05/09

60163 Tornado recesses in Elford Loop, near Tamworth working 5Z63 08:30 York NRM - Bescot. 29/05/09

D5217 ambles along the Battlefield Line with the 16:00 departure from Shackerstone to Shenton. 09/05/09

D5217 heads towards Shackerstone with the 16:35 Shenton to Shackerstone service. 09/05/09

90049 passes Tamworth with 4L75 Ditton - Felixstowe freightliner. 21/05/09

90021, DVT 82101 with 90035 on the rear speed past Hartshill, near Nuneaton with 5Z90 13:05 Crewe IEMD - Tyne Yard ECS. 09/05/09

66956 passes Tamworth with 4O27 Ditton - Southampton freightliner. 21/05/09

66956 heads through Elford with 4E44 Southampton - Leeds freightliner. 30/05/09

66954 passes through Tamworth L.L with 4M61 Southampton - Trafford Park freightliner. 30/05/09

A busy scene at Elford as 66841 heads North with 0Z66 Bristol - Doncaster West Yard light engine, 66237 heads South with 4O21 Burton Yard - Southampton intermodal and 66186 recesses in Elford Loop with 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded tanks. 30/05/09

66723 Chinook passes through Portway with 4G65 Ratcliffe Power Station - Daw Mill Colliery empty coal hoppers. 01/05/09

66620 hurries North through Portway with 6E54 Kingsbury - Humber empty bogie tanks. 02/05/09

66616 passes through Elford with 4G01 Leeds Hunslet to Tyseley, this is an "as required" move for a visit to the wheel lathe at Tyseley. 30/05/09

66606 passes through Tamworth with 6M00 Humber Oil Refinery - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks. 21/05/09

66595 passes through Elford with 6M49 Hull Docks - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 30/05/09

66592 Johnson Stevens Agencies passes Portway with 4E44 Southampton - Leeds freightliner. 01/05/09

66566 heads north through Portway with 4Z95 Rugeley Power Station - Barrow Hill empty coal hoppers. 07/05/09

66560 heads South through Portway with 6M49 Barrow Hill - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 07/05/09

66558 heads north through Portway with 4E44 Southampton - Leeds freightliner. 07/05/09

66554 hurries South through Elford with 6M66 Immingham - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 02/05/09

66554 powers through Tamworth with 6M51 Hull Docks - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 21/05/09

66547 heads South through Portway with 6M51 Hull Docks - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 07/05/09

66540 Ruby passes through Tamworth L.L with 4O27 Ditton - Southampton freightliner. 30/05/09

66531 passes through Tamworth with 6Z94 Rugeley Power Station - Barrow Hill empty coal hoppers. Dedicated to Big John :)

66523 passes Portway with 6M49 Hull - Rugeley Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 01/05/09

66518 passes through Elford with 4E72 Rugeley Power Station - Barrow Hill empty coal hoppers. 30/05/09

66517 heads north past Hartshill, near Nuneaton with a freightliner. 09/05/09

66514 passes Portway with 6Z94 Rugeley Power Station - Doncaster Decoy empty coal hoppers. 01/05/09

66510 passes through Portway with 6E98 Daw Mill Colliery - Cottam Power Station loaded coal hoppers. 01/05/09

66424 passes through Tamworth L.L with 4M34 Coatbridge - Daventry intermodal. 30/05/09

66420 passes through Tamworth with 4M34 Coatbridge - Daventry intermodal. 21/05/09

66415 passes through Tamworth with 4M44 Mossend - Daventry intermodal. 21/05/09

66305 ambles south through Portway with 4G65 Ratcliffe Power Station - Daw Mill Colliery empty coal hoppers. 07/05/09

66304 passes through Portway with 4G09 Chaddesden Sidings - Portbury empty coal hoppers. 07/05/09

66237 heads South through Elford with 4O21 Burton Yard - Southampton intermodal, just as 66841 heads North. 30/05/09

66207 heads North though Elford with 6E08 Wolverhampton S.T - Scunthorpe empty steel carriers. 30/05/09

66186 departs Elford Loop, just as the sun comes round on 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks. 30/05/09

66154 passes through Tamworth on 0Z17 Coventry - Warrington Arpley route learner. 21/05/09

66142 heads North through Portway with 6E08 Wolverhampton - Scunthorpe steel empties. 07/05/09

66141 passes through Portway with 6E08 Wolverhampton S.T - Scunthorpe steel empties. 01/05/09

66137 leads 66016 d.i.t north through Elford on 6D44 Bescot - Toton departmental. 30/05/09

66134 powers north through Portway with 6E59 Kingsbury - Lindsey empty bogie tanks. 07/05/09

66116 departs Elford Loop with 6V36 Lackenby - Margam loaded steel slab. 30/05/09

66104 leads 67029 Royal Diamond through Tamworth working 6G45 Toton - Bescot departmental. 21/05/09

66096 exits Elford Loop and passes Portway with 4V43 Burton On Trent - Didcot Yard intermodal. 02/05/09

66096 enters Elford Loop with 4V43 Burton On Trent - Didcot Yard intermodal as a Class 170 DMU speeds Northwards. 02/05/09

66085 heads north past Elford with 6E09 Margam - Lackenby empty steel carriers. 30/05/09

66081 passes through Tamworth with 4O21 Burton On Trent - Southampton intermodal. 21/05/09

66077 Benjamin Gimbert G.C heads South through Portway with 6G45 Toton - Bescot departmental. 07/05/09

66070 heads South through Portway with 6V36 Lackenby - Llanwern steel slabs. 07/05/09

66058 passes through Portway with 6G99 Toton - Bescot departmental. 02/05/09

66001 passes through Portway with 6V36 Lackenby - Margam loaded steel slabs. 01/05/09

60096 approaches Tamworth with 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks. 01/05/09

60091 An Teallach hurries North through Portway with 6E41 Westerleigh - Lindsey empty bogie tanks. 01/05/09

60074 Teenage Spirit passes through Newport with 6B13 Robeston - Westerleigh tanks, I had to make do with the loco and first couple of tanks as there was a unit bound for Milford Haven just off to the left of me. 14/05/09

60040 The Territorial Army Centenary rumbles north through Elford with 6E41 Westerleigh - Lindsey empty tanks. 29/05/09

60013 Robert Boyle passes through Portway with 6E41 Westerleigh - Lindsey empty bogie tanks. 07/05/09

60011 powers 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks through Portway, near Tamworth. 02/05/09

57601 passes through Tamworth with 2Z04 Manchester Oxford Road - London Euston saloon. 21/05/09

A close up shot of 57315 as it stands in Newport with 1V31 05:52 Holyhead - Cardiff Central service. 14/05/09