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welcome to northwest railway photography. This site will contain railway photographs predominately from the Preston area and will be updated whenever I have new material.

Older scanned photos from the 1970's through to the early 90's can be found on my other fotopic site, follow the link on the right. Hope you enjoy and all constructive comments are welcome.
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    for a comprehensive list of railtours in the locality, I recommend visiting Adrian Bradshaws Preston station past and present website. Here I have compiled a brief list of notable tours etc I can expect to be photographing in the next few weeks. All times listed are for Preston unless stated otherwise. steam times from uksteaminfo, other times from various sources, thanks to all concerned.
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    Top Photographs This Year
    46115 scots guardsman storming through a snow covered Kirkby Steven about 15 minutes early  Febuary  (577)
    Advenza 47, 47375 had failed on this scrap train somewhere near Galgate, and was rescued by 57303. Here the train is pictured after being dumped in platform 7 at preston for the night  Febuary  (483)
    37516 and 37676 dit on the rear of the ECS. This was running as 5Z64 Carnforth to Taunton for the following days Jorvik growler railtour to York  October 2009  (423)
    the driver really opened her up filling the station canopy with steam  34067 Tangmere  (406)
    Tornado 60163, The Waverley  October 2009  (346)
    47798 on platform 7  47798 on test and the new measurement train  (315)
    50049 and 37218  May 2009  (298)
    66103 had to rescue compasses Highland Clansman tour after both 47769 and 47815 suffered problems in Scotland. the tour is photographed after arriving in Preston 2 hours late  July  (292)
    47787 heads the ECS to Taunton, although the 47 was not sounding very well and giving off quite a bit of clag, more than can be seen here.  October 2009  (288)
    10 37610 being dragged south  June  (279)
    11 another shot of Olton Hall in a downpour. the train was running as 5Z59  July  (278)
    12 COLAS 47739 Robin of Templecombe and ATW 57314 provide a colourfull combination of power for the 6J37 Carlisle to Chirk Log train. pictured here passing Flag lane south of Preston  July  (275)
    13 34067 Tangmere   34067 Tangmere  (264)
    14 Tornado crossing Ribblehead viaduct  October 2009  (259)
    15 5972 Olton Hall in charge of the Hogwarts Express ECS from Carnforth to Southall in conjuntion with a railtour from London Paddington on Saturday to coincide with the release of the latest Harry Potter film  July  (255)
    16 34067 returning to Southall from Carnforth with a 5Z52 ECS passing Lostock hall, Preston  34067 Tangmere  (253)
    17 40145 East lancashire railway pausing at Preston on the return trip to Bury from Edinburgh. The train was held whilst 67006 was attached on the the rear.  January  (236)
    18 47798 on platform 7  47798 on test and the new measurement train  (235)
    19 freshly released from Glasgow works, 66844 passes through Preston on its way to Gloucester via Warrington  July  (229)
    20 wide shot of 37670 and 37401 on railtour from Holyhead to Carlisle  August 2009  (228)
    Most Recent Collections
    2nd Nov 2009November 2009 (12 images)
    31465 tailed by DBSO 9714 on 4Z02 Derby to Mossend approaching Preston
    60009 on the Shap to Hope stone
    87002 parked up in Prestons bay platform after being sent to assist a 325 earlier
    10th Oct 2009Carlisle (48 images)
    national express hst diversions
    60163 Tornado and 6233 duchess of Sutherland on railtours
    67005 an a railtour and a few freights
    1st Oct 2009October 2009 (28 images)
    Octobers collection starts off with 47802 with 57303 dit on 6j37 Carlisle to chirk logs
    37706 & Sherwood Forrester on the Witch Way
    Tornado on the Waverley at Ribblehead
    D2595 Ribble team railways diesal gala
    13th Sep 2009Ribble steam railway (6 images)
    photos from the Ribble steam railways steam gala
    3rd Sep 2009Leander at night in the rain (11 images)
    Leander on the Fellsman, on this occasion I opted to leave the tripod at home and use a flashgun to highlight the steam and sillhouettes, It didnt quite work out due to the torrential rain ruining most shots.
    1st Sep 2009September 2009 (20 images)
    GBRF 66728 and 66712 on 5S66 stock moves from Old oak to Kilmarnock for FGW
    57012 on the Carlisle to Chirk logs
    37516 & 37706 on ECS from the Purbreck growler
    86's on 4M74
    Panned shots
    26th Aug 2009Black5 and Leander meet at Preston (13 images)
    The returning fellsman hauled by Jubilee Leander 560 and the Welsh mountain express meet at Preston side by side, a sight not seen for many years at Preston. The photographs were not easy due to the amount of people turned out to see the locos and the weather but here is a collection of my best shots
    15th Aug 2009virgin refurbished WB64 set at Preston (6 images)
    the recently refurbed and painted in pendolino colours WB64 set makes its first visit to Preston with the FO relief from Euston
    2nd Aug 2009August 2009 (26 images)
    DB froth Tractor 37670 leads 37401 on a railtour approaching Preston
    6th Jul 2009July (28 images)
    DB liveried 66152 starts off July's collection with the 6E32, 0848 Preston Docks to Lindsay Bitumin empties
    Advenza 66844 being delivered from Glasgow works to Warrington
    37038 and 37609 back on the flasks after being shedded recently on a regular basis
    60087 Brindle on 6K05
    46115 Scots Guardsman and 5972 Olton Hall on ECS'
    47769, 47843, 47812, 47815 on railtours
    37601 and 37603 on flasks
    Duchess of Sutherland
    Leander on the first Fellsman to Carlisle
    5th Jul 2009East Lancs Summer Diesal gala (9 images)
    37418, 37901, 47843, 47292 and classes 25, 35 and 52 in action on the East Lancs
    2nd Jun 2009June (14 images)
    Junes collection starts with 5 class 20's on their way for storage at Eastleigh and Bardon 66623 on 6U68
    28th May 2009National Railway museum, York (21 images)
    a selection from a very quick visit to the NRM. included are a couple of photos af the streamlined Duchess of Hamilton, 6229.
    9th May 2009May 2009 (21 images)
    After a couple of weeks away, Mays collection kicks off with 86259 Les Ross and 46115 Scots guardsman at Preston.
    50049 Defiance being towed to Carlisle Kingmoor 0Z50 by 37218
    8th Apr 2009April 2009 (30 images)
    railtours from the Easter period
    Tangmere and Scots Guardsman with the Great Britain 2
    37406 and 37670
    37605 being dragged through Preston
    John Howe on the dock line
    21st Mar 2009Great Central Railway (42 images)
    1960's Gala on the Great Central Railway between Loughborough and Leicester
    14th Mar 2009East Lancashire Railway March Diesal gala (42 images)
    A selection of photos from the East Lancashire railway featring 55022, 47402, 33109, 24054, D335, 37901 and the thumper. also including a coule of shots of 37109 and the resident class 03 at Bury.
    9th Mar 2009March 2009 (11 images)
    Marches collection kicks off with 92036 on a car train and 37706 37676 stabled with the ECS off the Celtic Growler railtour
    6th Mar 200934067 Tangmere (7 images)
    When I heard that Tangmere was in charge of a 5Z27, Southall to Carnforth ECS comprising of Queen of Scots set, I was unable to resist the temptation and ventured out into the cold. The photos are not brilliant, but it was freezing and past midnight. I could not decide which photos I liked best, so have uploaded them all Collection updated with her return south 3rd April 2009 on an ECS
    25th Feb 200947798 on test and the new measurement train (5 images)
    47798 at Preston on test between Carnforth and Crewe. The ex royal train loco arrived 13 minutes early, passing through platform 3, then passing again minutes later heading north through platform 5. A few minutes later she appeared briefly on platform 7, then went north again before again ending up on platform 7.
    The NMT also made an appearence
    2nd Feb 2009Febuary (57 images)
    snowy scenes at bee lane.
    60084 on the bitumin empties
    86101 visiting preston with a charter
    20's on the Fellsman chopper
    46115 Scots Guardsman at a snowy Kirkby Lonsdale
    37603 and 37607 top and tail a flask train over Arnside viaduct
    arriva 57314 and 90018,cargo-D on 1P05 FO relief
    dead advenva duff 47375 on a scrap train having failed north of Preston.
    24th Jan 2009East Lancashire January steam gala (30 images)
    photos of steam action from the gala held on the East lancashire railway. The day was cold, combined with some very cooperative drivers produced some pretty dramatic steam shots. the day kicked off with 80098 working a freight train at Burrs for a photo shoot, followed by 45231, 47324, 71000 Duke of Gloucester, black 5 45407.
    10th Jan 2009East Lancashire Railway january diesal gala (26 images)
    January Diesal gala on the East Lancashire railway with 47402, 33109, 40135 and 50015.
    5th Jan 2009January (14 images)
    Pictures from January, starting off with 40145 waiting at preston with the returning East Lancs Ambassadeur railtour
    7th Dec 2008December (18 images)
    railway photographs from December including Walkden and class 05, D2595 running the santa specials on the Ribble Steam Railway on Preston Docks
    61994 running north through preston
    Adelente 180108 on a service train in northern colours
    a selection of frosty morning shots and some night ones
    11th Nov 2008november (17 images)
    railway pictures from preston during november including 37403 being taken to mossend and 66725 on driver training
    updated with 31285 and 9701 on a test train
    37248 and 37676 on a railtour
    67005 and 67006 on an ECS
    9th Oct 2008october at Preston (28 images)
    6233 and 30777 visit Preston on Thursday 9th October
    evening shots of 61994 and a pair of 20's on the flasks
    45407
    pendolino drags
    87002 on the elecric scot railtour
    66411 on the teso express
    86's on 4M74 and a 92 on the china clay slurry
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