Part 4 (August - December)

47292 catches some early morning sunshine at Ruddington Fields before a running day at the GCRN (05/08/2017)

47715 'Haymarket' calls at Bedale with the 1230 from Lemming Bar to Redmire during a running day at the Wensleydale Railway (06/08/2017)

Another view of 47715 whilst waiting time at Leyburn with the 1230 from Leeming Bar to Redmire (06/08/2017)

47237 leads 47245 into Leeds at the head of the 1Z21 0818 'Scarborough Spa Express' charter from Carnforth to Scarborough. I was surprised to learn later that the staff at '10A' had almost succeeded in getting the two locos to work in multiple, and the possibility of sampling a pair of former RfD machines in anger on the main line once more may not be too far away (10/08/2017)

In the last of the daylight, 47245 + 47237 pause at Skipton with the 1Z23 1715 return leg of the Scarborough Spa Express to Carnforth. The duo had taken over from 'Galatea' at Holgate Sidings (10/08/2017)

47376 awaits departure from Cheltenham Race Course with the 1205 to Toddington during a running day at the GWSR (15/08/2017)

47376 pauses at Winchcombe with the 1425 from Cheltenham Race Course to Toddington (15/08/2017)

47376 is pictured again later that afternoon at Toddington before departing with the 1555 to Cheltenham race Course (15/08/2017)

Cloudy skies on this occasion at Winchcombe as 47376 waits to cross a Cheltenham bound service with the 1425 from the Race Course to Toddington (24/08/2017)

In a remarkable scene, Rail Operations Group's 47812 is pictured on the blocks at London Marylebone after arriving with the 1H92 0934 additional Chiltern Railways service from Birmingham Moor Street in connection with a weekend closure of Euston station due to engineering work (26/08/2017)

At the other end of the six-coach formation, 47813 waits to depart from the capital with the additional 1R92 1253 to Birmingham Moor St (26/08/2017)

Later that evening 47812 is pictured beneath Marylebone's train shed alongside one of the more usual residents. The loco had arrived a couple of hours earlier at the head of the 1734 from Moor Street (26/08/2017)

Another view of 47812 at Marylebone before departing on the rear of the 1R95 2136 to Birmingham Moor Street (26/08/2017)

The recently re-liveried 47813 sparkles in the sunshine at Birmingham Moor Street the following morning before departing on the rear of the 0940 to Marylebone (27/08/2017)

Day two of the Euston closure once again saw the ROG providing a top-and-tailed loco-hauled set to work two return trips between Birmingham and the Capital. With train loco 47812 just visible in the distance, 47813 brings up the rear of the 1Z18 to Marylebone before departure from Birmingham Moor Street (27/08/2017)

Prominent features of the Birmingham skyline from several different eras collide in this view of 47812 at Moor Street station shortly before the departure of 1Z18 (27/08/2017)

47812 pauses at Banbury with the 1Z18 0940 Birmingham Moor Street - Marylebone additional Chiltern Railways service (27/08/2017)

An hour or so later 47812 is pictured again under the roof at Marylebone after arriving with 1Z18 (27/08/2017)

47813 leads the empty stock off 1Z18 into the sidings at Marylebone with 47812 bringing up the rear. This particular shot was grabbed with my phone held high above the parapet of the road bridge at the north end of the station (27/08/2017)

47813 is pictured on the blocks at Birmingham Moor Street later that afternoon after arriving with the 1Z33 1300 from Marylebone (27/08/2017)

Another view of 47813 at Moor Street with the ROG set about to make its fourth and final round trip to the Capital (27/08/2017)

47813 catches the afternoon sunshine perfectly at London Marylebone after arriving on the rear of the additional 1Z47 1540 from Birmingham Moor Street (27/08/2017)

I've got an odd photo of a '68' in this platform around this sort of time but I'll confess to never expecting to see another '47' at Marylebone more than 25 years since my previous visit with a 'Brush' (27/08/2017)

47812 is pictured on the blocks at Marylebone after arriving with the appropriately coded 1Z47 1540 from Moor Street (27/08/2017)