47640 'University of Strathclyde' makes its way 'off shed' at Shackerstone prior to working the first of ten return trips to Shenton during a privately chartered '47 running day' at the Battlefield Railway (04/09/2009)
In addition to being an opportunity to accumulate some miles behind one of the more low-profile preserved '47s', the event doubled as a 'stag do' for a certain follower of the Class. A number of the train's passengers are pictured with '640 during a photo-stop at Market Bosworth
47640 is seen here on arrival at Shenton with the 1404 from Shackerstone (04/09/2009)
47640 backs onto the 1550 for Shenton at Shackerstone (04/09/2009)
Passengers and crew pose alongside 47640 at Shenton before the departure of the final train of the day back to Shackerstone (04/09/2009)
47117 runs round at Leicester North after working 2A02 0900 from Loughborough on the first day of the Great Central Railway's Diesel Weekend (11/09/2009)
'Sparrow Hawk' awaits departure from Leicester North with the return 2B02 0941 to Loughborough Central (11/09/2009)
47714 is pictured on arrival at Leicester North with 2A14 1140 from Loughborough. The entrance to the former GCR Belgrave & Birstall station is just visible in the background (11/09/2009)
A close-up of 47714 at Leicester North after being detached from 2A14. The HNRC-owned machine had been based at the Great Central for several months, but this was its first passenger working at the line (11/09/2009)
47714 was due to leave the railway immediately after the Diesel Gala. The loco is seen again here at Loughborough after working its final train of the day, 2B41 1741 ex-Leicester North (11/09/2009)
47760 accelerates past the site of the former Goose Hill Junction at Welbeck, Normanton, with the Railway Touring Company's 1Z71 0604 Stevenage-Carlisle charter (12/09/2009)
On the rear of 1Z71 was 47245. The early morning sun hadn't yet penetrated the north end of the cutting at Welbeck, so this isn't the best of shots - I've included it on the grounds that this particular machine has been rather elusive so far this year (12/09/2009)
A steam loco worked the train forward from Hellifield Goods loop, with the '47s' heading light to York to pick up the return leg later that evening. Running as 0Z71 1059 Hellifield-York, 47760 leads 47245 through Stourton, Leeds (12/09/2009)
Completing its duties for the weekend, 47760 heads 5Z77 1323 Ferme Park-Carnforth ecs at Crossflatts in a rare moment of afternoon sunshine. The stock was off the previous day's RTC tour to Carlisle, with 47245 on the rear once again (13/09/2009)
47580 passes through Leeds station with 26007 in tow. Running as 0Z48 1002 Tyseley-Grosmont (via Barrow Hill, Neville Hill and the NRM at York) the locos were en route to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for their Diesel Gals the following weekend (14/09/2009)
47245 departs Whitehaven on the rear of 5Z36 empty stock to Workington (hauled by 47851) off a Green Party charter from Skipton. The loco would later work 1Z37 1551 return to Rochdale as far as Carnforth, where the train reversed and continued (behind '85
47580 arrives at Goathland with 2P01 0930 Goathland-Pickering - its first duty of the NYMR's Diesel Gala. I'd had to pick up a hire-car in Leeds first thing that morning, so missed out on the first three-or-so miles... (18/09/2009)
After returning with the 1100 from Pickering, 'County of Essex' was stabled between duties in Grosmont's Platform 3 (18/09/2009)
47580 is pictured on arrival at Pickering with 2P09 1330 ex-Grosmont. The loco was booked to work 'main line' trains to Whitby for the rest of the weekend, so this should have been it's last appearance at the southern end of the NYMR (18/09/2009)
My 40th birthday began with an overnight drive to Norwich for a 'Nenta' charter to Carlisle, which fittingly passed through my home town(s) and place of birth as 47787 made its way north. Running as 5Z48 1548 ex-Carlisle Yard, 47826 passes Carlisle Castle
47826 awaits departure from Carlisle with 1Z48 1610 return charter to Norwich via the WCML and Copy Pit (19/09/2009)
1Z48 reversed Ipswich, from where 47787 took over once again. The loco is seen here on arrival at Norwich in the early hours of Sunday morning (20/09/2009)
mere eight hours later I found myself in Whitby, where 47580 is pictured after working 1Z40 0830 ex Grosmont on the final day of the NYMR's Diesel Gala (20/09/2009)
47580 sparkles in the morning sunshine at Battersby on arrival with 1Z41 0915 from Whitby (20/09/2009)
