Robin Redbreast

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66063 yinging away at the Eastern end of Platform 1 at Newport this morning awaiting the relief road signal

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Freshly re-coaled and ready to re-enter traffic at Didcot, Pendennis Castle rumbles through the yard this afternoon. She is a true gem.

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66s ‘087 and ‘198 resting among the weeds at Didcot

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A rare move as 802102 arrives and departs via the relief lines at Newport bound for Paddington this morning

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A Dutch sprinter unit makes a very quiet arrival into Driehuis station. The loading gauge available seems to make everything feel significantly larger, well, taller at any rate

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31203 hauls coal wagon empties up the grade out of Blaenavon High-Level in a scene reminiscent of the final operational days of this line in 1980

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A Hunslet only a mother could love ‘John Roden’ temporarily stabled in the car park at Blaenavon

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Jesse’s new livery shown off nicely here at Big Pit halt. A little less industrial looking now and very smart

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Another beautifully preserved loco at Blaenavon. Toto waits for the points to be set at the northern end of the high-level runaround

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Toto and 31203 coordinate the pass and token exchange at Blaenavon High Level

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Hunslet No 18 ‘Jessie’ sporting a very shiny new livery and hauling some restored coal and aggregate wagons at Blaenavon today. Wonderful sights and sounds

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66432 works the grade through Newport at full freight line speed this afternoon on Tesco duty. Lovely howl off the EMD

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@Electra88007 Yes, it’s collapsed into that sort of low-grade mayhem that these things so often do. Everyone seems to be enjoying the chaos a little bit 🙂

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73119 lets off some clag as it leads 33108 in the run around at Kidderminster. Things have gone a little awry with the failure of the Class 46, but it’s made for a few unscheduled treats

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A little bit of 12 SVT thrash and whistle as 31203 climbs the steep grade out of Blaenavon high-level

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31203 waits while the points are set during the runaround at Blaenavon high-level. Just wonderful to hear that whistling purr at idle

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She’s back in action! An absolute delight to see and hear D5627 (31203) in traffic here at Blaenavon today. IIRC, if you have the Hornby 31 model in green and white, this is the exact loco on which it’s based

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66063 and 66122 teamed up and hauling a heavy steel consist through Newport this afternoon

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‘Toto’ in full steam climbing the incline out of Blaenavon High Level earlier. Nice to see her back in traffic

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How to enter traffic in style! Ex NCB No 6 ‘Toto’ comes into service from the sheds at Furnace Sidings on the Blaenavon and Pontypool railway this morning