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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.

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So, please have a look around (plenty to see!) and enjoy your stay.
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60024 heads the 6O26 engineers train to Eastleigh, seen at Grazeley. Usually this service departs from Hinksey yard, south of Oxford, but on this occasion it originated from Didcot yard  Week 43, 2009  (44)
No apologies for another picture of this beast  Week 45, 2009  (26)
The NMT returned north in very poor light - apologies for the slight blur, it was the best I could do - note however, that the track is illuminated under the second carriage - no doubt doing sme kind of track recording  Week 45, 2009  (25)
90036 heads north towards Tring and is overtaken by yet another Pendolino  Week 45, 2009  (24)
Highlight of the day was 56312 - I could hear it ten minutes before it appeared and it made a thrilling sound!  Week 45, 2009  (21)
Replacing blown bulbs  Week 45, 2009  (19)
The most famous of all sparkies still running, 86501 looking very battered, drifts south at Dudswell, south of Tring  Week 45, 2009  (18)
With almost no light left, 92009 heads south with a very long consist of vans  Week 45, 2009  (18)
Lots of leaves, lots of track washing - RHTT cleaning the down main at Pirbright  Week 44, 2009  (17)
10 66956 heads the rather circuitous 4M58 Southampton Maritime - Basford Hall intermodal at Pirbright - why it doesn't go via Bramley and Mortimer is anyone's guess!  Week 44, 2009  (17)
Most Recent Collections
23rd November 2009
to 29th November 2009
Week 47, 2009 (5 images) New
Pirbright: Class 31 on 1Z16 Test Train
16th November 2009
to 22nd November 2009
Week 46, 2009 (8 images) New
Pirbright: Odds and Ends
9th November 2009
to 15th November 2009
Week 45, 2009 (33 images)
Dudswell: A lineside afternoon near Tring - 56312, 86501, NMT, 90's etc...
LSWR Mainline: 4M58 and a few locals
2nd November 2009
to 8th November 2009
Week 44, 2009 (7 images)
Pirbright: Odds and Ends
Pangbourne: 6Z48 in the twilight
Theale: Mendip Stones
26th October 2009
to 1st November 2009
Week 43, 2009 (21 images)
Lower Basildon: Royal 67's on 5Z65
Grazeley: 60024 on 6O26
Thames Valley: 1Z12 Serco behind 31459
19th October 2009
to 25th October 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 October 2009
to 18th October 2009
Week 41, 2009 (9 images)
Pirbright: 6M44, RHTT's
Lower Basildon: 6Z48. 37410 in transit
Farnborough: 31465 on 1Q06 in the dark!
5th October 2009
to 11th October 2009
Week 40, 2009 (7 images)
Pirbright: Triple headed 6M44 on monday, double headed on tuesday!
1st October 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 October 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 October 20096M44 Eastleigh-Wembley (33 images)
A collection of photos of 6M44, the Eastleigh-Wembley Enterprise service, seen throughout the other galleries - collected here
28th September 2009
to 4th October 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 September 2009
to 27th September 2009
Week 38, 2009 (22 images)
14th September 2009
to 20th September 2009
Week 37, 2009 (20 images)
Goring: Colas 47's clagging nicely!
Pirbright: 6M44 behind a 66 with 47853 in tow
7th September 2009
to 13th September 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 August 2009
to 6th September 2009
Week 35, 2009 (7 images)
Pangbourne: Colas 47's on 6Z48
1st August 2009
to 31st August 2009
August 2009 (56 images)
16th July 2009100% Cropped Images (40 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 July 2009
to 31st July 2009
July 2009 (45 images)
1st June 2009
to 30th June 2009
June 2009 (34 images)
1st May 2009
to 31st May 2009
May 2009 (49 images)
1st April 2009
to 30th April 2009
April 2009 (41 images)
1st March 2009
to 31st March 2009
March 2009 (48 images)
1st February 2009
to 28th February 2009
February 2009 (7 images)
1st January 2009
to 31st January 2009
January 2009 (65 images)
1st December 2008
to 31st December 2008
December 2008 (11 images)
1st November 2008
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November 2008 (10 images)
1st October 2008
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October 2008 (29 images)
1st September 2008
to 30th September 2008
September 2008 (34 images)
1st August 2008
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August 2008 (6 images)
1st July 2008
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July 2008 (2 images)
1st June 2008
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June 2008 (2 images)
1st May 2008
to 31st May 2008
May 2008 (5 images)
1st April 2008
to 30th April 2008
April 2008 (9 images)
1st March 2008
to 31st March 2008
March 2008 (26 images)
1st September 2007SNCF (20 images)
Photos taken in and around the Brittany towns of Auray and Baud.
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60024 heads the 6O26 engineers train to Eastleigh, seen at Grazeley. Usually this service departs from Hinksey yard, south of Oxford, but on this occasion it originated from Didcot yard
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Week 43, 2009
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66175, photographed somewhat into the Sun, seen on 6E55 at Theale, heading for Lindsey Terminal on Humberside
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