Part 2 (April-May)

66764 and 66789 top-and-tail a single hopper through Stourton cutting with a VSTP 4D69 1025 Hunslet Tilcon - Doncaster Down Decoy, which replaced what would ordinarily have been a light loco move (02/04/2021)

A rear end view of 68025 'Superb' passing through Hunslet with 5Q29 1007 Tyne Yard - Leeds Balm Road driver training run (02/04/2021)

With the sun doing its best to penetrate the clouds, 68025 and TPO7 approach Hunslet Station Junction with 5Q29 on their way back from the reversal in Holbeck to access the Freightliner site (02/04/2021)

Sporting a thick coating of grime, EWS liveried 66143 passes through the cutting at Stourton with five Network Rail auto-ballasters in tow. The train is an additional 6T51 0830 Hellifield - Doncaster Up Decoy Yard (04/04/2021)

GBRf's 66755 'Tony Berkeley OBE' ambles past the former Rothwell Colliery site with a VSTP 4D50 0929 Doncaster Down Decoy - Rylstone conveying two empty stone hoppers (05/04/2021)

A rear-end view of TPE's 185144 as it races through Stourton on 5P26 1041 York DMUD - Manchester Victoria route refresher (05/04/2021)

Doing its bit for the environment, Freightliner's 70015 lays down a smokescreen as it powers away from Midland Road with 0M22 1115 light loco move to Crewe Basford Hall (05/04/2021)

66618 'Railways Illustrated Annual Photographic Award' rounds the curve towards Balm Road in Hunslet with a VSTP 6H51 0900 Carlisle Yard - Tunstead which had presumably been displaced as a result of weekend engineering work on the WCML (05/04/2021)

Wot no boxes? With the Easter Bank Holiday clearly having taken its toll on the load, 66540 weaves through Normanton with a lengthy but rather empty 4L87 0851 Leeds - Felixstowe North intermodal (06/04/2021)

66571 dashes towards Normanton from the opposite direction half an hour later with a considerably healthier looking 4E91 0155 Southampton Maritime - Leeds FLT (06/04/2021)

In stark contrast to the earlier southbound working, DB Cargo's 66005 'Maritime Intermodal One' appears to have a full load in tow as it begins its journey from Normanton to the east coast with the late-running 4L45 1004 Wakefield Euoroport - Felixstowe Docks (06/04/2021)

Colas Rail Freight's 70815 picks its way through the shadows at Oakenshaw with the 6E32 1005 Preston Docks - Lindsey Oil Refinery (06/04/2021)

Despite having seemingly already used up my sunshine allowance for the day, I hung on at Oakenshaw for another 20 minutes or so in order to capture this view of 70019 toiling up the bank with a lightly loaded 4O95 1218 Leeds FLT - Southampton Maritime (06/04/2021)

This is what my photo of 47805 might have looked like had fate been a little kinder! 66607 nears the end of its journey back to Midland Road as 0E03 1354 from Earles Sidings having just been through to Holbeck to reverse (06/04/2021)

37254 rounds the curve towards Engine Shed Junction, Holbeck, with 1Q67 1605 Doncaster CHS - Wigan NW test train. 37610 is just visible on the rear (08/04/2021)

Having just got the signal to cross to the AD line, 66114 crawls towards Hunslet Station Junction with the 6E97 1044 Newbiggin - Tees Dock empty gypsum (09/04/2021)

Sporting its attractive Aggregate Industries livery, 66711 'Sense' rumbles through the site of the long-closed Hunslet station with the loaded 6M37 1125 Arcow - Pendleton stone train (09/04/2021)

An early morning reverse-angle view from Pepper Road in Hunslet sees 43378 getting under way with the diverted 1V48 0805 Leeds - Plymouth. 43304 was the rear power car, and TPE's 68025 is just visible within the Freightliner compound on the far right (11/04/2021)

EMR's 43295 leads the diverted 1C43 1051 Leeds - London St Pancras away from Stourton, where I'd almost been photo-bombed by Northern's 150273 on 2F02 1030 Knottingley - Leeds (11/04/2021)

Having set myself up for the forward-facing shot of 1C43, I hadn't even considered the possibility that the back end view might also be required. Luckily it was a reasonably decent one of retro-liveried 43102 'The Journey Shrinker' bringing up the rear as the train climbs past the site of Rothwell Colliery (11/04/2021)

Another rear-end view as 221123 + 221141 race north through Stourton with the diverted 1S39 1003 Birmingham New Street - Edinburgh (11/04/2021)

One of those cruel moments where your picture would have been so much better off the next bridge five minutes' walk away after a cloud appeared from nowhere without warning: 43366 and 43303 top-and-tail the diverted 1V56 0908 Edinburgh - Plymouth through the cutting at Stourton (11/04/2021)

Another gorgeous morning in West Yorkshire sees 56105 + 56094 passing through Horbury cutting with the 6E32 1005 empty tanks from Preston Docks back to Lindsey Refinery at Immingham (12/04/2021)

66060 approaches Horbury Bridge shortly afterwards with the 6M16 1002 Tees Yard - Knowsley loaded refuse containers (12/04/2021)