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Review of 2021
A selection of the still reasonable variety to be seen on todays railways. 2021 was another very difficult year with the continueance of the Covid-19 Pandemic which meant very little travelling just for railway photography .I myself didn't travel because of the restrictions. Sadly another year on things are not much better and currently in January 2022 the Country is again in a totally restrictive mess!-When will it end If ever?
G&W Orange 66503 heads '6Y15' the returning 07:10 from Oxford to Fairwater Yard HOBC working.FL's 66557 being unsighted bringing up the rear.Here viewed at Clink Road Junction after a light fall of early morning snow. ..24 january 2021..
As the temperature is now much milder i decided to use my bicycle to excerise a mile or so from home to coincide with the passing of the 08:30 from Taunton's Fairwater yard to Westbury -VQ '6C72'at Berkley Marsh.This is my first visit here for several months.Freightliner's 66517 led the 1/2 HOBC set going to Westbury for its ballast refill.
..23 february 2021..
Finally with the easing of this long drawn out 'Lockdown' I am able to (with a clear conscience) travel further afield than my local bridges to grab a few socially isolated pictures...So here is 66779 'Evening Star' with '6V41; from Eastleigh East Yard to Westbury afternoon engineering Tripper.This morning this went paired with 59003 on '6O41' to Eastleigh and I fully expected the Westbury-Pet 59003 to be on this return duty.However the booked driver wasn't signed for Class-59's so 66779 returned instead. Pictured at Scratchbury Hill at Norton Bavant in the Wylye Valley.
..29 march 2021..
With what is certainly the working of the month and quite probably the working of the year Large-Logo EE-type 3's 37402/37407 bring a set of loaded JNA's into Westbury with the 11:36 from Parkeston Quay running was '6Z37',Amazingly this all happened in excellent light which was nice for a change(a miracle in fact).Scheduled scenes such as this were fairly common 20+ years ago but deffo not now. What a scoop!
..21 april 2021..
With 3 sets of HQA's in tow along with 70806 on the rear 66848 motors up through Berkley nr Frome with '6C48' the 10:59 from crediton to Westbury.In fact at this point it was running 222 minutes early!
..27 may 2021..
Tango-59206 nicely catches the sun on its front end as it comes across Clink Road Junction with '6A60' the 08:32 from Whatley Quarry heading up to Oxford Banbury Road with a load of aggregates.
..23 june 2021.
59004 plods up through the still mercifully free of palisade fencing bridges at Berkley Marsh with 7B12' the 11:23 from Merehead delivering aggregate to Wootton Bassett stone terminal.
..21 july 2021..
Todays '6B33' had 60039 in charge as it passes Manningford Bruce just West of Pewsey on the B&H.This working departs Theale at 13:35 and goes to Robeston in West-Wales.After the heavy rain we experienced a few weeks ago the long long yellowed grass that was obscuring the tracks here appears to have been beaten down thus restoring the clearer view thank goodness!
..26 august 2021..
After many times of attempting to picture this loco in decent light I managed it today !--Hooray!! So here is 'Cappagh-Blue'-60028 passing Heywood with '6Z73' the 13:05 from Tytherington to Willesden DCR Sidings loaded stone.Viewed at Church Road Overbridge in Heywood nr Westbury ..21 september 2021..
Finally a month after this loco had returned from Toton with its new livery of G&W-Orange I have managed a nice shot of 59202 in decent lighting. Here it is with '7C77' the 12:41 from Acton-TC to Merehead empties.Next one to hunt down is 59204,currently getting the treatment also at Toton.
..1 october 2021..
Here are the local 'filthy friends' working '3J13' the 08:50 from Westbury to St Blazey via an initial trip down the Wylye Valley to Salisbury.This working being uneffected by yesterdays collision at Salisbury Tunnel Junction as it reverses in Salisbury Station.66116 leads with 66098 sandwiching the single RHTT-Set.
..1 november 2021..
37612 along with DBSO-9708 on the rear passes Fairwood with '3Q14' the 10:37 Westbury to Westbury Tester.Amazingly it was a superbly sunny day today.Normally when a '37' run down through here in daylight it is ultra dull or slashing down with rain!