Part 1 (January - April)

Tinsley's 37096 stands at Bristol Temple Meads after arriving with 2Vxx 2115 from Weymouth (22/01/1988)

Another view of 37096 at Temple Meads after arriving from Weymouth with 2Vxx. The service was booked for a DMU so for it to be formed of hauled stock with a 'no-heat' locomotive in January was exceptionally unusual (22/01/1988)

Daybreak is at least another hour away as 33013 waitd to depart from Yeovil Pen Mill with 2C16 0655 to Cardiff Central (23/01/1988)

33204 approaches Gillingham with 1O15 0938 Exeter St David's - Waterloo (23/01/1988)

33209 pauses at Southampton Central with 1O32 0630 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour (23/01/1988)

33209 awaits departure from Weymouth later that evening with 2V70 1935 to Bristol Temple Meads via Yeovil (23/01/1988)

Having been attached to the front of 86217 for the short run over the non-electrified route to Birmingham, 58009 waits to depart from Nuneaton with 1J32 0940 Euston - Shrewsbury (24/01/1988)

With 86217 in tow, 58009 powers away from Nuneaton with the diverted 1J32 0940 Euston - Shrewsbury (24/01/1988)

58016 arrives at Nuneaton from Birmingham New Street with 1A08 1000 Wolverhampton - Euston (24/01/1988)

58016 is pictured again at Nuneaton before returning to Birmingham with 1G26 1040 Euston - Wolverhampton (24/01/1988)

58016 waits to be uncoupled from train loco 86435 at Birmingham New Street after hauling 1G26 1040 Euston - Wolverhampton over the diversionary route from Nuneaton (24/01/1988)

50008 'Thunderer' + 50034 'Furious' accelerate away from Dockfield Junction, Shipley, with Pathfinder's 1Z26 1220 Carlisle - Taunton return 'Fellsman' railtour (30/01/1988)

33002 is pictured in the sidings at the west end of Working station in the company of 33023 and an unidentified '47' (13/02/1988)

33118 stands at the country end of London's Waterloo station after arriving with 1L02 0748 from Salisbury. The train is formed of a '4TC' set with which the '33' was operating in 'push-pull' mode (13/02/1988)

The magnificent interior of Dover Western Docks station is the unmistakable setting of this view of DMLV no. 9002, one of a batch of ten Class 419 luggage vans built for use with boat trains between Victoria and Dover/Folkestone. Alongside is 47466, which has arrived with the 0740 from Manchester Piccadilly (13/02/1988)

50045 'Achilles' arrives at Oldfield Park with the 07xx Swindon - Taunton (22/02/1988)

The driver of 33012 waits for the 'right away' prior to departing Oldfield Park with 1O32 0620 Cardiff - Portsmouth (22/02/1988)

Having just had time to swap the telephoto lens for the standard 35mm version, here's another view of 33012 leaving Oldfield Park with 1O32 (22/02/1988)

37193 passes Oldfield park with an eastbound train of coal wagons (22/02/1988)

33205 speeds through Sydney Gardens on the approach to Bath with 1V38 0810 Portsmouth - Cardiff (22/02/1988)

56053 'Sir Morgannwg Ganol/County of Mid Glamorgan' heads east through the outskirts of Bath with a train of oil tanks (22/02/1988)

33029 slows for the junction at Bathampton with 1O36 1010 Cardiff - Porstmouth Harbour (22/02/1988)

Having just joined the Great Western main line, 33021 accelerates away from the junction at Bathampton as it heads towards Bath with 1V46 0830 Brighton - Cardiff (22/02/1988)

33059 approaches Bathampton Junction with 1V54 1010 Porstmouth - Swansea (22/02/1988)