Part 4 (October-December)

After a heavy shower, 47105 waits to depart from Cheltenham Race Course with the 1040 shuttle to Winchcombe on the second day of the GWR's 'Thomas' weekend (01/10/2006)

With the morning's rain having given way to afternoon sunshine, 47105 waits to depart from Winchcombe with the 1455 to the Race Course (01/10/2006)

Having completed five round trips between Cheltenham and Winchcombe for the second day in a row, 47105 departs from the Race Course with the empty stock off the 1640 shuttle from Winchcombe (01/10/2006)

After stabling the coaches at Winchcombe, 47105 was hauled back to Toddington by 37324. The duo are pictured at Hailes (01/10/2006)

47709 'Dionysos' prepares to shunt the empty stock out of Holyhead station after arriving on the rear of NENTA's 1Z32 0520 charter from North Walsham. Out of sight is 47703, which had worked the train from Ely via Stamford, Castle Donington and Uttoxeter

Flanked bu the new 'A5' dual carriageway, and the site of the old Holyhead MPD, 47709 shunts the stock into the station yard (07/10/2006)

Having parked thier train in the sidings, FM Rail's 47709+47703 head for ATW's fuelling point (07/10/2006)

47709 'Dionysos' and 47703 'Hermes' return from the fueller to retrieve the stock and work 1Z33 back to East Anglia (07/10/2006)

With both locos having been removed from the stock, I was wary that my higher-mileage of the two ('703) might end up back on the front of the train for the long-distance run back to Ely, but I needn't have worried. 47709 sits in the yard prior to shunting

47709 waits to depart from Holyhead with NENTA's 1Z33 1619 return charter to Holyhead. 'Dionysos' retraced 47703's outward route to Ely, and then after a second reversal handled the last leg of the train from Norwich to North Walsham (07/10/2006)

In the early hours of Sunday morning, 47703 'Hermes' waits to depart from North Walsham with 5Z33 0024 ecs back to Norwich off Saturday's NENTA charter (08/10/2006)

Having hired a car for the weekend, I thought I'd better make use of it, so having driven home overnight from Norfolk, I then headed for North Wales. Luckily it wasn't an early start for 47449 at the Llangollen Railway's Diesel Gala, and the 'Brush' is pi

47449 pauses at Glyndyfrdwy with the 1320 return working from Carrog to Llangollen (08/10/2006)

47449 is pictured again on arrival back at Llangollen with the 1320 from Carrog. The loco then worked a further round trip at 1500 (08/10/2006)

Having not had a Members' Day for over two years, the BT4F's 2006 event also doubled as a 40th Birthday celebration for the 'Grimsby Gob'. 47105 is pictured here at Cheltenham race Course with the 1713 to Toddington (13/10/2006)

Another shot of 47105 steaming merrily at the head of the 1713 from Cheltenham race Course to Toddington (13/10/2006)

47851 'Traction Magazine' departs Bournemouth for Poole with the empty stock off Railtourer's 1Z45 0600 charter from Doncaster (21/10/2006)

On the rear of the train was 47826, which worked the 1Z46 1605 return leg back north (21/10/2006)

Having spent the night in the West Yard, 47826 'Springburn' arrives at Leeds the following afternoon with 5Z46 1220 Doncaster-Carnforth empty stock (22/10/2006)

5Z46 unusually was booked to reverse in Platform 1 at Leeds station, where 47851 is seen waiting to take the train forward (22/10/2006)

Having checked to make sure 5Z46 hadn't already left in front of it, I dived onto a conveniently-timed 'Skipton' unit in order to phot 47851 passing Crossflatts (22/10/2006)

47826 'Sprinburn' pulls out of Salisbury with the empty stock off Railtourer's 1Z95 0555 charter from Lincoln (25/10/2006)

1Z95 had been worked throughout via Nottingham and the Midland Main Line by 47854, which is seen here on the rear of the empties (25/10/2006)