Jinks' Railways
About Me!
I was brought up near Wantage (of Tramway fame) between Swindon and Didcot, watching Westerns on the mainline in the mid 1970's. I started photographing trains in 1977 with a point and shoot 135 camera, and the results were, let's say, disappointing!

Things improved when I bought an Olympus OM2 in 1980 but unfortunately I lost interest in railways about that time (my focus changed to girls of course).

In 2007 I bought a Canon EOS 400d and I now regularly get out and about and see what I can see in and around the Thames Valley.

If you have any questions concerning locations, processing, equipment or just nostalgia, please use the 'Leave a Message' button at the bottom.

So, please have a look around (plenty to see!) and enjoy your stay.
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47853 is due a repaint - overdue by the looks of it  Week 37, 2009  (201)
Running on diesel power, 73141 and 73204 head the 'Weymouth Seaside Special' at Mortimer  August 2009  (189)
On Saturday 19th September, D1015 'Western Champion' worked the Western Slater railtour from Didcot-Blaenau Ffestiniog. The stock stabled overnight at Didcot and the following day, worked back ecs to Eastleigh. This is that working, seen approaching Mortimer spot on time.  Week 37, 2009  (148)
Almost like an impressionist painting, the heat from the sun and the loco's exhaust combine to give a dappled effect - there have been no special effects applied to this photo!  June 2009  (143)
'Battle of Britain' class 34067 'Tangmere' on the first leg of the massive 'The Great Britain II' railtour - this leg is from Victoria to Bristol   Steam on the Mainline - to sort  (143)
A big thumbs up to the driver - he saw us on the bridge and opened the 47's up - real clag monsters!  Week 37, 2009  (127)
66171 works 6M44 from Eastleigh-Wembley with XP64 loco, 47853 in the consist  Week 37, 2009  (122)
47805 and 47839 head 6Z48 Burton - Dollands Moor steel at Goring  Week 37, 2009  (120)
A real locomotive! 'Western Champion' ecs at Mortimer  Week 37, 2009  (112)
10 73213 and 73141 pass under Frimley Aqueduct with 5Z73, a stock movement from Tonbridge to Eastleigh  Week 42, 2009  (110)
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2nd Nov 2009
to 8th Nov 2009
Week 44, 2009 (4 images) New
Pirbright: Odds and Ends
26th Oct 2009
to 1st Nov 2009
Week 43, 2009 (21 images)
Lower Basildon: Royal 67's on 5Z65
Grazeley: 60024 on 6O26
Thames Valley: 1Z12 Serco behind 31459
19th Oct 2009
to 25th Oct 2009
Week 42, 2009 (16 images)
Pirbright: 6M44 in red!
Pangbourne: Three DBS 66's including 6E55
Old Basing: 6M44 with a bone thrown in for good measure!
Frimley Green: Two GBRf 73's moving stock to Eastleigh
12th Oct 2009
to 18th Oct 2009
Week 41, 2009 (9 images)
Pirbright: 6M44, RHTT's
Lower Basildon: 6Z48. 37410 in transit
Farnborough: 31465 on 1Q06 in the dark!
5th Oct 2009
to 11th Oct 2009
Week 40, 2009 (7 images)
Pirbright: Triple headed 6M44 on monday, double headed on tuesday!
1st Oct 20096Z48 Burton-Dollands Moor (11 images)
A collection of photos of the 6Z48 Burton-Dollands Moor steel service, operated by Colas - seen throughout the other galleries - collected here in one place
1st Oct 20096B33 Theale-Robeston oil empties (45 images)
A collection of photos of 6B33 Theale-Robeston oil empties seen throughout the other galleries - collected here in one place. Also included is 6E55, the Theale-Lindsey empties, which can be identified by the grey tanks as opposed to the red 6B33 tanks
1st Oct 20096M44 Eastleigh-Wembley (33 images)
A collection of photos of 6M44, the Eastleigh-Wembley Enterprise service, seen throughout the other galleries - collected here
28th Sep 2009
to 4th Oct 2009
Week 39, 2009 (23 images)
Pirbright: 6M44 behind a 66/67 combination
Kew/Willesden: A trip to West London to see Western Champion in action
21st Sep 2009
to 27th Sep 2009
Week 38, 2009 (22 images)
14th Sep 2009
to 20th Sep 2009
Week 37, 2009 (20 images)
Goring: Colas 47's clagging nicely!
Pirbright: 6M44 behind a 66 with 47853 in tow
7th Sep 2009
to 13th Sep 2009
Week 36, 2009 (40 images)
Wrexham and Shropshire Railways 67's in action
A couple of hours on the WCML near Hemel Hempstead
Also, spare a thought for the photographer - I wanted a new vantage point in order to see 6Z48 behind a pair of Riviera 47's but my route was waist deep in thistles, brambles, nettles, broken rotten tree trunks and all sorts of other flora - I waited for 90 minutes and no show - then I left because my wife was going out and I needed to get the kids to bed, and the 47's went roaring through! Why do we do it??????
30th Aug 2009
to 6th Sep 2009
Week 35, 2009 (7 images)
Pangbourne: Colas 47's on 6Z48
1st Aug 2009
to 31st Aug 2009
August 2009 (56 images)
16th Jul 2009100% Cropped Images (39 images)
100% crops of photos I had either disregarded or revisited - because I have a bit of decent glass (Canon 70-200 L f/4), I have found that viewing at full resolution on my screen gives a totally new perspective to some photos, so I have cropped them at 100% and this is the result. Please let me know what you think.
1st Jul 2009
to 31st Jul 2009
July 2009 (45 images)
1st Jun 2009
to 30th Jun 2009
June 2009 (34 images)
1st May 2009
to 31st May 2009
May 2009 (49 images)
1st Apr 2009
to 30th Apr 2009
April 2009 (41 images)
1st Mar 2009
to 31st Mar 2009
March 2009 (48 images)
1st Feb 2009
to 28th Feb 2009
February 2009 (7 images)
1st Jan 2009
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January 2009 (65 images)
1st Dec 2008
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December 2008 (11 images)
1st Nov 2008
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November 2008 (10 images)
1st Oct 2008
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October 2008 (29 images)
1st Sep 2008
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September 2008 (34 images)
1st Aug 2008
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August 2008 (6 images)
1st Jul 2008
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July 2008 (2 images)
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June 2008 (2 images)
1st May 2008
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May 2008 (5 images)
1st Apr 2008
to 30th Apr 2008
April 2008 (9 images)
1st Mar 2008
to 31st Mar 2008
March 2008 (26 images)
1st Sep 2007SNCF (20 images)
Photos taken in and around the Brittany towns of Auray and Baud.
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