A day at Ledburn

Under a perfect early morning sky, 57010 heads south at Ledburn Junction with 4L41 0805 Daventry to Felixstowe North Yard Freightliner. This loco was seen the previous day at Levington on the Felixstowe branch.

The WCML is four track here and busy with it. 390050 hurries south on the up fast working 1R20 0715 Manchester Piccadilly to Euston.

The WCML is four track here and busy with it. 390050 hurries south on the up fast working 1R20 0715 Manchester Piccadilly to Euston.

A pair of class 350 EMU's come along the Up slow with a class 1 working, 350119 leads 1N64 0910 off Northampton to Euston.

A pair of class 350 Desiro units form a down working, 1N43 0927 Euston to Northampton, the sets are 350107 and 350129.

The clouds were starting to appear by the time 66537 approaches heading south for the Thamesport facility at Grain with a Freightliner from Crewe, 4O86 0725 MX.

Class 86 locos are becoming rare and are only operated by Freightliner, 86501 is the only member of the sub class and is employed on 4L97 0710 Trafford Park to Felixstowe North Yard Freightliner.

The full view looking south towards Ledburn Junction crossovers and Cheddington station in the distance. Also nearby is Bridego Bridge, the site of the Great Train Robbery on 8th August 1963. Desiro EMU 350103 is northbound working 1N55 1022 off Euston to Northampton.

On Track Plant deserves to be recorded just as much as any other type of train. Plasser and Theurer 07-16 Universal Tamper/Liner trundles south on a quiet path.

Glasgow's first up train has reached me and journey's end is less than 30 minutes away. 390010 speeds by with service 1M10 0555 off Glasgow's Central station bound for London Euston.

This down working formed by 390031 is bound for Lancaster and is 1C12 1046 off Euston.

The class 350 Desiro units were introduced from 2005 and are the AC version of SWT's class 450. 350130 and 350119 head north for Northampton with 1N89 1051 off London Euston.

Virgin Thunderbird loco 57312 runs south, its journey details are not known.

The sky was clouding over as the morning wore on and the first northbound freight approaches with 66535 bound for the Liverpool terminal at Ditton with 4M94 0730 off Felixstowe North Yard.

More OTP and this strange looking machine is a EM-SAT RT 100 test unit! I have NO idea what it does! What does the tin say??

This pair of class 57/3's almost caught me out as they snuck up on me when I wasn't looking! 57306 and 57314 run north on the down slow line.

Desiro unit 350103 is seen again and glides south with no effort up the gentle 1 in 540 rising gradient. The working is 2N04 1132 Northampton to Euston.

390023 tears north under a clouding sky working 1S56 1146 Euston to Glasgow Central. Shame it wasn't a Duchess in full cry!

A 3 unit formation of class 321 EMU's give a 12 vehicle train running north to Northampton from Euston, 2N69 1124 off Euston.

The sun was coming and going with the clouds and working its way round to the other side of the line but wasn't quite there yet. 350107 heads north on the down slow with 1N91 1151 off Euston to Northampton.

Looking down on the line looking north as an unidentified class 390 Pendolino unit heads for London from Wolverhampton, 1B42 1105 off.

A second class 57 Freightliner comes south on the up slow. 57009 works 4L93 1008 Lawley Street to Felixstowe South Yard, it appears well loaded.

The sun is starting to favour the down side of the line as 390028 speeds along the down fast with 1G12 1240 Euston to Wolverhampton.

As the day wears on, the sun has come round and the west side of the bridge is more favourable. 390044 forms 1M12 0810 Glasgow Central to Euston. It has between 20 - 25 minutes to run before journey's end.

The new class 350 Desiro units are prolific on the Northampton services. 350121 forms 1N18 1242 off bound for Euston. Nice new trains for the home counties commuters.

A most pleasant surprise is veteran Brush type 4 47145 running north on the down slow. It is operated by FM Rail. This celebrity loco was cut up for scrap in on August 16th 2009.

A patch of weakish sunlight hits the side of 350119 employed on 1N99 1322 from London Euston to Northampton.