AndyH
@andyh616.bsky.social
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AndyH
@andyh616.bsky.social
· Oct 18
As this is a new account on here felt it only right to post my favourite rail 📸 from recent years.
#Freightliner 90012 & 90008 cross the Lee Navigation at Hackney Wick working 4M87 Felixstowe to Trafford Park intermodal on 7/9/22. Glad i got the shot before "I 💛 EGGS" was covered by another writer.
#Freightliner 90012 & 90008 cross the Lee Navigation at Hackney Wick working 4M87 Felixstowe to Trafford Park intermodal on 7/9/22. Glad i got the shot before "I 💛 EGGS" was covered by another writer.
Happy New Year to all in the Blue Sky railway community and beyond. D7018 showing her New Year headcode at Leicester North just after the stroke of midnight during the fantastic Great Central Railway #Nightrider service. #GCR #Hymek 🎉🥂🍻🔥 1/1/26
January 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Happy New Year to all in the Blue Sky railway community and beyond. D7018 showing her New Year headcode at Leicester North just after the stroke of midnight during the fantastic Great Central Railway #Nightrider service. #GCR #Hymek 🎉🥂🍻🔥 1/1/26
D7018 stands at Leicester North on the Great Central Railway #Nightrider New Year's Eve special this evening. Running top & tail with a Standard 5 kettle on the Loughborough end the evening provided 4 round trips on the line with a view of the New Year fireworks over Leicester #GCR 31/12/25
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
D7018 stands at Leicester North on the Great Central Railway #Nightrider New Year's Eve special this evening. Running top & tail with a Standard 5 kettle on the Loughborough end the evening provided 4 round trips on the line with a view of the New Year fireworks over Leicester #GCR 31/12/25
2025. Completed ✅️
The year was seen in with 🚜 D6700 at the Great Central Railway and the final minutes of 2025 spent at the same location with #Hymek D7018. #NewYear2025 #GCR #Nightrider 31/12/25
The year was seen in with 🚜 D6700 at the Great Central Railway and the final minutes of 2025 spent at the same location with #Hymek D7018. #NewYear2025 #GCR #Nightrider 31/12/25
January 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
2025. Completed ✅️
The year was seen in with 🚜 D6700 at the Great Central Railway and the final minutes of 2025 spent at the same location with #Hymek D7018. #NewYear2025 #GCR #Nightrider 31/12/25
The year was seen in with 🚜 D6700 at the Great Central Railway and the final minutes of 2025 spent at the same location with #Hymek D7018. #NewYear2025 #GCR #Nightrider 31/12/25
It's that time of year again, seeing in the new year aboard the Great Central Railway #Nightrider service. This year was a bit special as the up workings were hauled by visiting #Class35 #Hymek D7018. For those who enjoy a cup of tea there was also a kettle on t'other end #GCR 31/12/25
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
It's that time of year again, seeing in the new year aboard the Great Central Railway #Nightrider service. This year was a bit special as the up workings were hauled by visiting #Class35 #Hymek D7018. For those who enjoy a cup of tea there was also a kettle on t'other end #GCR 31/12/25
#MidlandMainlineMonday There was two of East Midlands Railway's new 810s out on passenger duty on Saturday morning. 810006 on 1B25 08.50 Nottingham-St.Pancras & 810010 on 1D18 08.35 St.Pancras-Nottingham. Both units seen here calling at Kettering. #MML #ElectricMonday #EMR 27/12/25
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#MidlandMainlineMonday There was two of East Midlands Railway's new 810s out on passenger duty on Saturday morning. 810006 on 1B25 08.50 Nottingham-St.Pancras & 810010 on 1D18 08.35 St.Pancras-Nottingham. Both units seen here calling at Kettering. #MML #ElectricMonday #EMR 27/12/25
#SundayShed I needed a 📸 of 66305 'Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway' in #GBRF livery, having previously only snapped it in DRS blue. 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall seen passing Three Horse Shoes box at Turves. I think I still need a pic in GBRF livery! #ShedWatch 27/12/25
December 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#SundayShed I needed a 📸 of 66305 'Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway' in #GBRF livery, having previously only snapped it in DRS blue. 4M23 Felixstowe North to Hams Hall seen passing Three Horse Shoes box at Turves. I think I still need a pic in GBRF livery! #ShedWatch 27/12/25
A trip out east with @bennybizzle1.bsky.social for #SandTrainSaturday today. This week DC Rail 60028 in smart Cappagh Group blue livery was in charge of 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings, seen here passing Three Horseshoes signalbox at Turves #DCR #Cappagh #Fenland 27/12/25
December 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A trip out east with @bennybizzle1.bsky.social for #SandTrainSaturday today. This week DC Rail 60028 in smart Cappagh Group blue livery was in charge of 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings, seen here passing Three Horseshoes signalbox at Turves #DCR #Cappagh #Fenland 27/12/25
#SaturdayShed at Kettering this morning. Fresh from Christmas engineering work on the WCML, 66590 heads back to Nottinghamshire with 6Y61 Hanslope Jn to Toton North Yard. #ShedWatch #Freightliner #Fred #MML 27/12/25
December 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#SaturdayShed at Kettering this morning. Fresh from Christmas engineering work on the WCML, 66590 heads back to Nottinghamshire with 6Y61 Hanslope Jn to Toton North Yard. #ShedWatch #Freightliner #Fred #MML 27/12/25
Christmas week #PostboxSaturday featuring the box that i posted my one & only card that went by mail! Standing proud on an industrial estate in Kettering is this more modern looking box. 🎅🎄
December 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Christmas week #PostboxSaturday featuring the box that i posted my one & only card that went by mail! Standing proud on an industrial estate in Kettering is this more modern looking box. 🎅🎄
#MidlandMainlineMonday is a shot from a damp, foggy Kettering on Saturday morning. Newly into traffic East Midlands Railway 810012 waits to depart with 1B25 08.50 Nottingham-St.Pancras. The service arrived 9L & left 12L & i believe ran ECS back STP to Etches Park. #EMR #MML 20/12/25
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#MidlandMainlineMonday is a shot from a damp, foggy Kettering on Saturday morning. Newly into traffic East Midlands Railway 810012 waits to depart with 1B25 08.50 Nottingham-St.Pancras. The service arrived 9L & left 12L & i believe ran ECS back STP to Etches Park. #EMR #MML 20/12/25
Popped back down the local on Saturday evening to see #railwaytouringcompany 'York Yuletide Express' returning to the capital. 1Z35 York to London Victoria is seen at Kettering with #westcoastrailways #Cromptons 33025 & 33207 up front. #MML #BRCW #WCR 20/12/25
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Popped back down the local on Saturday evening to see #railwaytouringcompany 'York Yuletide Express' returning to the capital. 1Z35 York to London Victoria is seen at Kettering with #westcoastrailways #Cromptons 33025 & 33207 up front. #MML #BRCW #WCR 20/12/25
#SulzerSunday The tail end of yesterday's #railwaytouringcompany 'York Yuletide Express' railtour. #westcoastrailways 47802 is about to be engulfed by the morning fog as the tour departs from Kettering. Not ideal conditions for photographing dark coloured engines! #WCR #MML #Class47 20/12/25
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#SulzerSunday The tail end of yesterday's #railwaytouringcompany 'York Yuletide Express' railtour. #westcoastrailways 47802 is about to be engulfed by the morning fog as the tour departs from Kettering. Not ideal conditions for photographing dark coloured engines! #WCR #MML #Class47 20/12/25
#SideOnSunday Some closer shots of the two #westcoastrailways #Cromptons on the 'York Yuletide Express' at Kettering yesterday morning. I find it amazing to still see locos like this on the mainline in 2025, long may it continue! 33207 & 33025 1Z33 Victoria to York #MML #WCR 20/12/25
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#SideOnSunday Some closer shots of the two #westcoastrailways #Cromptons on the 'York Yuletide Express' at Kettering yesterday morning. I find it amazing to still see locos like this on the mainline in 2025, long may it continue! 33207 & 33025 1Z33 Victoria to York #MML #WCR 20/12/25
A foggy start to yesterday but a pair of #Cromptons on the #MML can't be missed. 33207 'Jim Martin' & 33025 leading #railwaytouringcompany 'York Yuletide Express' 1Z33 London Victoria to York into Kettering. A fellow #westcoastrailways loco, 47802, was on the rear #WCR #BRCW #Class33 20/12/25
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A foggy start to yesterday but a pair of #Cromptons on the #MML can't be missed. 33207 'Jim Martin' & 33025 leading #railwaytouringcompany 'York Yuletide Express' 1Z33 London Victoria to York into Kettering. A fellow #westcoastrailways loco, 47802, was on the rear #WCR #BRCW #Class33 20/12/25
Inspired by @kingy69beard.bsky.social's recent pic of an 810 here, i had some business in Desborough yesterday & decided to catch @andym13.bsky.social & 37501 there with #ROG 5Q57 Northampton EMD to Derby Litchurch Lane with 350402 & 403 in tow. This was my 80s spotting location. #MML 20/12/25
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Inspired by @kingy69beard.bsky.social's recent pic of an 810 here, i had some business in Desborough yesterday & decided to catch @andym13.bsky.social & 37501 there with #ROG 5Q57 Northampton EMD to Derby Litchurch Lane with 350402 & 403 in tow. This was my 80s spotting location. #MML 20/12/25
Finally caught this one at Uffington last weekend. #OneSeventyWednesday this week is repainted 170102 heading towards Stamford with Cross Country 1N51 10.27 Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street. #CrossCountryTrains #Turbostar 13/12/25
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Finally caught this one at Uffington last weekend. #OneSeventyWednesday this week is repainted 170102 heading towards Stamford with Cross Country 1N51 10.27 Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street. #CrossCountryTrains #Turbostar 13/12/25
#TwentiesOnTuesday A triple headed treat on the #ECML at the weekend as #Swietelsky #HNRC 20311 & 20302 together with BR green 20007 head north on the down fast past Hurn Road, Peterborough, with 6D30 Wembley Loco Holding Siding to Burton Wetmore Sidings. 13/12/25
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#TwentiesOnTuesday A triple headed treat on the #ECML at the weekend as #Swietelsky #HNRC 20311 & 20302 together with BR green 20007 head north on the down fast past Hurn Road, Peterborough, with 6D30 Wembley Loco Holding Siding to Burton Wetmore Sidings. 13/12/25
#PostboxSaturday Lurking in one of the residential streets of Kettering is this fine example of bright red Victoriana..
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#PostboxSaturday Lurking in one of the residential streets of Kettering is this fine example of bright red Victoriana..
#HighSpeedSaturday This weekend marks the end of #GWR #HST diagrams with the GWR 'Castle' sets being withdrawn from the new timetable. My final time seeing & travelling on one was from St.Erth on 2P08 08.50 PNZ-PLY on 2/10/24. 43097 'Castle Drogo' & 43188 'Newport Castle'.
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#HighSpeedSaturday This weekend marks the end of #GWR #HST diagrams with the GWR 'Castle' sets being withdrawn from the new timetable. My final time seeing & travelling on one was from St.Erth on 2P08 08.50 PNZ-PLY on 2/10/24. 43097 'Castle Drogo' & 43188 'Newport Castle'.
A fantastic day for the #SaturdaySandTrain fans as a rare hired-in Colas Rail grid was on it this week. 56049 'Robin of Templecombe' powers past the waiting gallery at Uffington with DC Rail 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. #GridWatch #Colas #DCR 13/12/25
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A fantastic day for the #SaturdaySandTrain fans as a rare hired-in Colas Rail grid was on it this week. 56049 'Robin of Templecombe' powers past the waiting gallery at Uffington with DC Rail 6M89 Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings. #GridWatch #Colas #DCR 13/12/25
A look back 4 years and #OnThisDay2021 for #TractorThursday. Hired-in 37521 & 37688 'Great Rocks' heading past an engineers possesion on the mainline at Kettering with #GBRF operated 5Q90 Derby Litchurch Lane to Wembley InterCity Depot moving 720575. #MML 11/12/21
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A look back 4 years and #OnThisDay2021 for #TractorThursday. Hired-in 37521 & 37688 'Great Rocks' heading past an engineers possesion on the mainline at Kettering with #GBRF operated 5Q90 Derby Litchurch Lane to Wembley InterCity Depot moving 720575. #MML 11/12/21
#OneSeventyWednesday Cross Country 170636 trundles through Whittlesea in the lunchtime sunshine on its way from Stansted Airport to Birmingham last Saturday. #CrossCountry #Fenland 📸 1N51 6/12/25
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#OneSeventyWednesday Cross Country 170636 trundles through Whittlesea in the lunchtime sunshine on its way from Stansted Airport to Birmingham last Saturday. #CrossCountry #Fenland 📸 1N51 6/12/25
#MidlandMainlineMonday this week is an #AuroraSunset. With the afternoon sun dropping low in the sky one of East Midlands Railway's newest units was on the first public Saturday #MML workings for the class. 📸 810010 1B52 13.12 Nottingham-St.Pancras through Kettering. ⚡️#EMR #MML 6/12/25
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#MidlandMainlineMonday this week is an #AuroraSunset. With the afternoon sun dropping low in the sky one of East Midlands Railway's newest units was on the first public Saturday #MML workings for the class. 📸 810010 1B52 13.12 Nottingham-St.Pancras through Kettering. ⚡️#EMR #MML 6/12/25
#SandTrainSunday comes from #Fenland this weekend as hired-in 60047 'Scafell Pike' was once again hauling DC Rail 6M89 from Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings on Saturday morning. Seen passing Whittlesea after a very early departure from Norfolk & then being held at March. #DCR #TugWatch 6/12/25
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#SandTrainSunday comes from #Fenland this weekend as hired-in 60047 'Scafell Pike' was once again hauling DC Rail 6M89 from Middleton Towers to Chaddesden Sidings on Saturday morning. Seen passing Whittlesea after a very early departure from Norfolk & then being held at March. #DCR #TugWatch 6/12/25