45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' powers out of Chester passing the former site of Mold Junction engine shed working a delayed 1Z34 16:02 Shrewsbury to Llandudno private charter. 19/04/25
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45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' powers out of Chester passing the former site of Mold Junction engine shed working a delayed 1Z34 16:02 Shrewsbury to Llandudno private charter. 19/04/25
45118 stands at Blaenau Ffestiniog after working 1Z27 From Wolverhampton via Llandudno Junction with 40013.
45118 stands on the blocks at lime street after working 1Z75 from Newcastle and 47712 ready to haul it back to Crewe on 1Z76
Out for a little jolly is 45118 (was D67) at Chester, fortunatey running early on its test run.
45118 working top & tail with 50050 pass Smardale with 1Z60 11:17 Carlisle - Preston leg of the "North Western Wanderer". 10/08/2024.
Another from here, a wider view of the old station with 45118 heading an up express on 28 December 1974. Like 45132 in the earlier picture, 45118 is also now in preservation.
Fujica ST701/55mm
Ilford FP4
An eBay purchase.
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45 118 The Royal Artilleryman at Nottingham Midland after arrival on an unidentified working during the big freeze of 1981/2
Peak 45118 The Royal Artilleryman comes through road at Hereford working ECS Crewe to Bristol. In this view you can see Hereford Signalbox which controls the station area to Shelwick junction. The Signalbox dates from 1894 with a KB OCS panel installed in November 1984.
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45 118 The Royal Artilleryman arrives at York with 1M77, the 15:29 Scarborough - Liverpool
The locomotives nameplate has been removed from at least this bodyside - the bolts can still be seen to the right of the main grill
A partially repainted D5401/27056 and 45118 head a train on the Northampton and Lamport Railway on 5 October 1997. The children, with their father, in the foreground are on the Brampton Valley Way, which runs alongside the railway at this point. They probably came along while I was waiting for this train - they have every right to be there, of course (it is a public footpath), but it's infuriating when walkers and cyclists come along when you're waiting to photograph a train....
Seen in Llandudno during The Christmas Cracker LSL Intercity railtour
14th December 2024
Seen at Wolverhampton Station during The Christmas Cracker LSL Intercity railtour
14th December 2024
Seen at Llandudno Junction Station during The Christmas Cracker LSL Intercity railtour
14th December 2024
Seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog Station during The Christmas Cracker LSL Intercity railtour
14th December 2024
Seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog Station during The Christmas Cracker LSL Intercity railtour
14th December 2024
