47805 + 47828 arrive into Stoke-on-Trent with the 5Z90 0543 ECS move from Crewe HS for a 'Statesman' charter to the Settle-Carlisle line (04/09/2021)
A closer look at the different multiple working sockets on the cabs of the two locos before departing with 1Z90 0820 to Appleby, which was a circular lunch train returning via the WCML (04/09/2021)
47192 catches the afternoon sunlight almost perfectly as it runs round its train at Duffield after arriving with the 1300 from Wirksworth during one of the regular diesel running days at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (07/09/2021)
Later that afternoon 47192 is pictured again on arrival into Wirksworth with the day's final train, the 1550 from Duffield (07/09/2021)
Working its first passenger service for more than four years, 47270 arrives into Blackburn with 1Z24 0600 Carnforth - Scarborough charter. 47848 is dit (09/09/2021)
A closer look at 47848 in the exam siding at York station after being exchanged for a steam loco in Holgate Loop (09/09/2021)
47270 looks on as 'British India Line' awaits departure from York. The diesel locos are normally stabled in the Parcel Sidings whilst the 'Scarborough Spa Express' heads out to the coast and back but due to them both being occupied by DRS today alternative arrangements had been made (09/09/2021)
47828 + 47805 await departure from Scarborough with 1Z25 0942 'Statesman' charter to Appleby. This was another circular 'lunch' trip which returned via the Carlisle avoiding line at Upperby and WCML to Carnforth, where the Inter City liveried machine ran round and led the formation back to the coast in top-and-tail mode (11/09/2021)
47402 catches some early morning sunlight after arriving at Rawtenstall with 1G51 0820 from Bury Bolton Street (17/09/2021)
An hour later 'D1501' is pictured again at Bury with 1J52 0900 Rawtenstall - Heywood during the ELR's Autumn Diesel Gala (17/09/2021)
47306 arrives into Bodmin Parkway with the 1030 from Bodmin General during a running day at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. I'd been intending to be on this train but after two successive trains from Plymouth had been cancelled due to driver shortages and a third arrived just late enough to miss the bus into town I had to settle for a photo instead (18/09/2021)
'The Sapper' runs round at Bodmin Parkway before working the 1100 back up the hill to Bodmin General (18/09/2021)
Just to prove it isn't always sunny in Cornwall, 47306 prepares to run round its train in the rain at Bodmin General after arriving with the 1100 from Bodmin Parkway (18/09/2021)
The following afternoon 47192 is seen running round its train at Duffield after arriving with the 1455 from Wirksworth during a running day at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (19/09/2021)
An hour or so later 47192 sparkles in the late afternoon sunshine after arriving back into Wirksworth with the 1550 from Duffield (19/09/2021)
47828 + 47805 await departure from Edinburgh Waverley with 1Z67 1600 return 'Statesman' charter to Wolverhampton via the WCML and Cannock (22/09/2021)
47848 is pictured under the bright lights of Leeds after arriving from Hellifield Goods Loop with West Coast Railways' 1Z64 1627 Carlisle - York 'Dalesman' charter. The train reversed here and was taken forward to York via Wakefield by 37668 (23/09/2021)
47805 + 47853 are pictured during a short break for a leg-stretch at Perth whilst working 1Z34 1226 Carlisle - Inverness 'Statesman' charter (25/09/2021)
Having sailed over Drumochter, the pair are pictured again later that afternoon at Kingussie whilst waiting to cross a southbound train on the single-track Highland Main Line (25/09/2021)i
Another view of 'D1935' and '47614' at Kingussie. Curiously there's no mention of '2 x 47 + 9' amongst the assorted stop boards (25/09/2021)
As darkness falls over the Highland Capital, 47805 + 47853 are pictured on arrival at Inverness with 1Z34. The train had actually originated from Ely earlier that morning as 1Z33 0546 to Carlisle via the ECML, Leeds and the 'S&C' (25/09/2021)
The following morning 47853 is pictured beneath the train shed in Platform 2 at Inverness on the rear of 1Z35 0956 to Kyle of Localsh (26/09/2021)
Day 2 of our three-day weekend had begun with bright sunshine over the Highlands but the low angle of the sun had necessitated a patient wait for the LNER Azuma to depart from the adjacent platform to allow the charter train to emerge from the shadows. 47805 prepares to lead 1Z35 for the short distance out to Welsh's Bridge Junction from where it's RETB-fitted sister would work forward (26/09/2021)
Some four hours later 47853 is pictured beneath some considerably greyer skies after arriving at Kyle of Localsh with 1Z35 0956 from Inverness (26/09/2021)
