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St Botolphs Church, Boston, 27th May 2025, Building the church commenced in 1309 at the east end with the main body completed around 1390. Work om the the tower commenced in 1450 and was completed between 1510 and 1520. The tower is 266 feet high making it the tallest parish church in England and it can be seen for miles around; its prominence accentuated by the flat surrounding countryside. It is a Grade I listed building.

East Midlands Railways 170416 _ 170272 approach Hubberts Bridge station in the rain working 2S21, 14:46 Nottingham – Skegness, 26th May 2025.

08022 is the yard pilot engine on the excellent 7mm (0 gauge) Netherwood Sidings model railway (based on the 1500v DC electrified former Great Central Woodhead route) at the Great Central Railway (North) model railway exhibition, Ruddington, 25th May 2025.

A grey squirrel poses for the camera in Markeaton Park, 23rd May 2025.

Nottingham City Transport Scania Omnidekka 931 (YT61 FFU) working service Navy Line Uni4 between Trent Univesity City Campus and Clifton Campus passes Nottingham Railway station, 22nd May 2025. YT61 FFU is a Scania N230UD chassis fitted with a Optare H51/35F body, part of a batch of thirty two vehicles delivered in 2011 and currently one of the oldest vehicles in the Nottingham City Transport fleet.

The east side of Newstead Abbey, 13th May 2025. Newstead Abbey was originally a Catholic Monastery founded around 1170. Following the dissolution of the Catholic Church under Henery VIII it passed to Sir John Byron in 1540 and was converted into a family home. Only the west wall remains of the original building, dating from the 12th century with the rest of the building being built/re-built over the next five hundred years. It is a Grade II listed building.

Whilst out and about in Belper I came across this Morris 1000 two door saloon, UDF 841H parked up in one of the town centre car parks25th April 2025. The Morris Minor made its debut at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, in 1948. More than 1.6 million vehicles were manufactured between 1948 and 1971 in three series: the MM (1948 to 1953), the Series II (1952 to 1956), and the 1000 series (1956 to 1971). Initially available as a two-door saloon and tourer (convertible), the range was expanded to include a four-door saloon in 1950, and a wood-framed estate car (the Traveller), and from 1953 van and pick-up truck variants. UDF 841H was according to the DVLA first registered in May 1970.

Cross Country Voyager 220010 is the lead unit working 1H17, 07:26 Birmingham New Street – Manchester Piccadilly standing in the platform at Stockport, 23rd April 2025.

Morris 1000 two door saloon UDC 315J at the Nottingham Heritage Centre, Ruddington, 13th April 2025. The Morris Minor made its debut at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, in 1948. More than 1.6 million vehicles were manufactured between 1948 and 1971 in three series: the MM (1948 to 1953), the Series II (1952 to 1956), and the 1000 series (1956 to 1971). Initially available as a two-door saloon and tourer (convertible), the range was expanded to include a four-door saloon in 1950, and a wood-framed estate car (the Traveller), and from 1953 van and pick-up truck variants. UDC 315J was according to the DVLA first registered in August 1970.,

A fine array of two foot gauge steam locomotives (plus one internal combustion) around the turntable in the roundhouse at Statfold Barn, 5th April 2025.

A couple of BRCW Type 2’s (D5375 and D5321) are amongst a number of locomotives at Napier Road MPD, a 7mm (O gauge) model railway exhibit at the Festival of British Railway Modelling, Doncaster show, 8th February 2025,

Tesco Clubcard promotion bus WA54 LVN in the car park of my local Tesco, Toton, 23rd May 2025. WA54 LVN is a Scania N94UD chassis fitted with an East Lancs Omnidekka body delivered new to South Somerset District Council. Although it is substantially a bus it has never been used in passenger service and has always been fitted out and used as a promotional vehicle. Sold by South Somerset District Council around 2015 it has been used for a number of promotions since and from around 2017 carried the registration W7 OOH for a few years. Sometime in the last five years it has lost its roof and regained its original registration.

LNER Azuma 800209 passes the long closed East Holmes signal box as it approaches Lincoln Central station working 1B82, 10:06 Kings Cross – Lincoln, 22nd May 2025.

Passing through Long Eaton behind 37611 on transfer to storage after testing London North Western Railway 730225 heads north up the Erewash Valley (5Q23, 09:11 Old Dalby – Doncaster Belmont Yard), 13th May 2025.

Green, Green and even more Green.

Freightliner 66617 crosses the River Derwent at Belper, 25th April 2025;

Northern 323236 pauses at Stockport working 2H83, 07:54 Stoke – Manchester Piccadilly, 23rd April 2025.

A recently repainted D3290 (08220) in the yard at the Great Central Railway (North), Ruddington, 13th April 2025.

Locomotive History
D3290 was originally 13290 and then under the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme 08220. It was built at Derby Works, entering traffic in December 1956, allocated to Nottingham MPD. It was transferred to Crewe ten years later in November 1966 where it would remain until withdrawal. It received it last classified repair at Swindon Works in March 1978 and this repair would keep 08220 in traffic for another eight years until withdrawn in March 1986. Following withdrawal it was sold as a source of spares and moved to Carnforth where it would slowly decay for almost twenty years. After a spell at a contractors yard at Wrenbury from 2006 it arrived at Ruddington in October 2008 and after twenty three years of neglect was returned to traffic in late 2009.

Colonial Sugar Refining Co (CSR) 0-4-0ST No.19 is working the passenger service at Statfold Barn approaching Statfold Junction station, 5th April 2025.

Locomotive History
No.19 is a two foot gauge 0-4-0ST locomotive built in 1914 by Hudswell Clarke, Leeds (Works No. 1056} and supplied to the Colonial Sugar Refining Co (CSR) of Fiji. It was withdrawn in 1960 and put on static display at the mill apart from a brief return to steam in 1978 for the mill's 75th anniversary celebrations. It arrived at Statfold in May 2012 and was back in steam in the spring of 2013.

37401 with Inspection saloon “Caroline” pause in the platform at Edgworth on the 4mm (00 gauge) Edgworth model railway at the Festival of British Railway Modelling, Doncaster show, 8th February 2025,

37035 approaches March station light engine, 1st June 1978.

Locomotive History
37035 entered traffic as D6735 in April 1962, allocated to Hull Diarycoats MPD and was to remain until the depot closed in October 1969 when it transferred to Healey Mills. In August 1972 it transferred to Stratford and apart from a spell at Gateshead in 1974 would remain in East Anglia either allocated to Stratford or March until May 1981 when it transferred to Healey Mills. Its stay at Healey Mills was brief as 37035 still retained at a working steam heating boiler and within four weeks it was dispatched to Eastfield for West Highland duties. A year later it transferred to Inverness for Highland duties in an interesting twist of fate in that these duties were some of the first to lose steam traction in favour of diesel power (in 1960) and the last to retain steam heating. It would spend the next four years in the Highlands before moving back to Eastfield in January 1986. From Scotland its next move was to Wales when it transferred to Cardiff in July 1990 and this was followed in August 1993 by transfer to Bristol. With “Sectorisation” it was nominally transferred to Toton in March 1994 and Stewarts Lane in October 1995 although through out this period it was allocated to Great Western infrastructure duties. In September 1996 it was stored unserviceable, condemned in September 1998 and broken up by CF Booth, Rotherham in January 2000.

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