59203 passes the former site of Ashbury Crossing, Shrivenham with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley. My car just caught in the picture marks where that crossing once was. (02-05-2013)
59102 is seen at Shrivenham with a diverted 7C77 Acton Yard - Merehead. (02-04-2013)
59005 passes through Shrivenham with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone. (05-03-2013)
Yeoman 59004 passes Hinksey with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley empty stone which was unusually diverted via Newbury instead of the usual Swindon route. (31-01-2013)
59201 passes Shrivenham with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley stone empties. (16-10-2012)
Fresh from the paint shop, 59203 passes Highworth Junction, Swindon with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley empty stone. (10-08-2012)
59101 on 6V18 Hither Green - Whatley at Crofton. (25-05-2012)
59002 & 59001 pair up on the 7C77 Acton - Merehead seen at Crofton curve. (25-05-2012)
59004 rounds the curve at Crofton on the 7A09 Merehead - Acton. (25-05-2012)
Due to a fatality on the Berks & Hants, the 7C77 was diverted via Swindon. Here 59206 & 59005 head the train from Acton - Merehead past Bourton. (22-05-2012)
59102 rounds the curve at Crofton with the 6A74 Whatley - Acton. (22-05-2012)
59101 passes Crofton Pumping Station on a glorious morning hauling the 7A09 Merehead - Acton. (22-05-2012)
My last 59 needed in the sun (apart from 003 but that don't count). 59204 'Vale of Glamorgan' slows down for Swindon Transfer Loop as it passes Highworth Junction with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley, empty stone. (28-03-2012)
Unlike their EWS brothers, the Yeoman 59's still seem to be in excellent nick body wise. Here 59002 passes Shrivenham with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone boxes. (06-03-2012)
Nothing unusual to see this train, the 7C48 at Shrivenham but it is unusual to see it run on a Saturday! Here 59202 is seen doing just that running some 2 hours early from Appleford to Whatley. (11-02-2012)
Bell end leading on 59001 'Yeoman Endeavour' rounds the curve at Crofton with the 7A09 Merehead - Acton, Loaded Stone. (03-02-2012)
59001 AI livery adds to the colour as it passes Wolfhall Junction with the 6V18 Hither Green - Whatley, empty Hanson hoppers. (11-07-2011)
Bell end 59001 is seen at Wolfhall with the 7A17 (i think). (08-04-2009).
(TAKE 1) On a beautiful warm summers morning 59002 'Alan J Day' crawls round the curve at Crofton with the 7A09 'Jumbo' Merehead - Acton, loaded Stone. The train stopped at the signals just past the Pumping Station so i decided to head to Bedwyn for a 2nd shot.... (11-07-2011)
59002 is seen approaching the site of Ashbury Crossing, Shrivenham with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley, empty box wagons. (27-01-2012)
59002 heads the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone wgons past Highworth Junction, Swindon. (04-10-2010)
59002 heads the 6W44 Heath Junction (near Cardiff Queens St) - Westbury Yard, via Swindon. Being a boring dull sunday and the chance to capture a Yeoman 59 on a engineers train persuaded me to make an effort for it. The train is pictured near Wootton Bassett heading towards Swindon with 59203 dead on the rear. (25-09-2011)
(TAKE 2) My 2nd shot of this train came here at Bedwyn foot crossing after my original plan from the station was scrapped. The train was approaching in the distance as i had just enough time to cross the line and take this shot, a first for me at this spot for early east bound trains. So here is 59002 on the 7A09 Merehead - Acton, Jumbo stone train. (11-07-2011)
59002 at Crofton with the 7A17 Merehead - Acton, stone. (19-08-2009)
59002 'Alan J Day' rounds the curve at the site of Wolfhall Junction on the Berks & Hants line with the 6M20 Whatley - St Pancras. (28-04-2011)
When i found out Tug 74 was on this train it still didn't persuade me to make the effort to go out for it, but when i received gen that it was one of three on the train i didn't think twice so bombed it down here with 5 minutes to spare as 59004 leads 60074 & 59203 on the 7C77 Acton - Merehead passing the lock at Crofton on the B&H. Lovely! (11-10-2010)
59004 passes through the site of Shrivenham station with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley, empty stone wagons. (18-10-2011)
More zoomage than i normally do, but this was to catch it before the cloud got to it. 59004 approaches the site of Ashbury Crossing, Shrivenham with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley, stone empties. (25-08-2011)
59005 rounds the curve at Crofton with the 7A77 Acton - Merehead on 11th September 2009.
59005 'Kenneth J Painter' rounds the curve at Crofton with the 6A09 Merehead - Acton, stone train. (17-06-2010)
59005 passes Shrivenham with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone. (28-06-2010)
59005 passes Baulking with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone box wagons. (31-08-2010)
59005 passes South Marston with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, stone empties. (13-12-2010)
59005 passes Shrivenham with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty box wagons on the 16th November 2009.
59101 rounds the curve at Crofton with the 'Jumbo' 7A09 Merehead - Acton on 11th September 2009.
59103 'VILLAGE OF MELLS' passes Shrivenham with the 6C48 Appleford - Whatley. (07-10-2010).
59103 passes Shrivenham in some nice winter sun with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley, Stone empties. (05-01-2012)
59104 passes Shrivenham with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley. (26-10-2009)
59104 rounds the curve at Crofton with the 6V18 Hither Green - Whatley. (28-09-2011)
Bell end 59201 passes along the B&H at Crofton with the 6A17 Merehead - Acton. (30-09-2010).
59202 passes the site of Wolfhall Junction with the 7A17 Merehead - Acton Yard. (08-05-2009).
59202 'VALE OF WHITE HORSE' heads the Pathfinder tours 'The Powys Chugger' 1Z59 Bristol TM - Newtown. The train is seen heading east at Compton Beauchamp, east of Swindon on 5th June 2010.
59203 'Vale of Pickering' passes Uffington with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone wagons. (02-02-2012)
59203 and it's patched up front, odd window frames and missing numbers. The train is seen at Wolfhall on the 7A17 Merehead - Acton, (27-08-2009).
In a bit of early morning sun, 59204 passes Bourton on a Sunday engineers 6W44 Bradford Junction - Hinksey Yard on the 27th February 2011.
Class 59's were tried and test on the 6B13 Murco oils from Robeston - Westerleigh. Here at Charfield 59205 is being tested, with 66007 tucked inside for insurance. (16-03-2010).
59205 passes Shrivenham with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Rd - Whatley, empty stone wagons on 4th March 2011.
59205 passes Shrivenham with the 6B33 Theale - Robeston, empty Murco tanks. (20-01-2011)
59205 on the 6M20 Whatley - St Pancras, seen at Wolfhall on 11th September 2009.
59205 at Crofton with the 6M20 Whatley - St Pancras on 19th August 2009.
With engineering work well underway in the distance, 59206 with it's engineers train sits at Challow Loop on the 7th November 2010.
59206 seen here at Shrivenham early morning with 'Thames Towy Railtour from London Paddington - Carmarthan, UK Railtours excursion on 13th June 2009. 59205 is on the rear.
59206 rounds the curve at Crofton in some week sun on this hot scorching day
Not long after being painted into the new DB Schenker livery, 59206 is seen in superb light on the 20th March 2009 hauling the 7A17 Merehead - Acton, loaded stone approaching Wolfhall on the Berks & Hants.
59206 with it's lengthy 7A17 Merehead - Acton Yard, after climbing Savernake and is now seen at Wolfhall on the 8th April 2009.
59206 is seen at Denchworth hauling the 6B33 Theale - Robeston, empty Murco tanks. (18-01-2011)
59206 looking clean and bogies painted after being dolled up for the WSR diesel gala at the weekend. The train is pictured passing the site of Shrivenham station with the 7C48 Appleford - Whatley, empty stone boxes. (14-06-2011)
DB Schenker liveried 59206 rounds the curve at Wolfhall Junction with the 6A17 Merehead - Acton, loaded stone. Alot of overgrowth to scramble through to get to this spot which is situated on the remains of the old MSWJR line crossover, as seen on the right of the picture. (28-04-2011)
59206 approaches the site of Ashbury Crossing, Shrivenham with the 7C54 Oxford Banbury Road - Whatley, empty stone boxes. (29-09-2011)
Despite the shite light i thought it would be worth recording a rare 59 on the 6X36 Ashchurch - Didcot Yard. The backlit sun just trying to get through the mist as 59206 passes the site of Ashbury Crossing with a healthy load of Army tanks and vehicles. (31-01-2012)