Earl Bathurst

66128 has just left Didcot power station and will soon run around the consist before returning to Avonmouth for another load of coal.

BR 71000 'Duke of Gloucester'.

People power - GWR 3440 'City of Truro' gets turned at Didcot RC

Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell accelerates a Cathedrals Express railtour bound for Bristol through Steventon

Late afternoon sunlight illuminates the scene as FGW Turbo unit 165 106 enters Didcot from the Oxford direction with a working for Paddington.

5051 Drysllwyn Castle/Earl Bathurst built in 1936 & 6998 Burton Agbes Hall built in 1949.

Built in 1910.

A rake of empty coal hoppers hauled by 66 080 is highlighted by the setting sun as it heads west towards Swindon

66 080 heads west at Steventon on a lovely spring evening with coal empties, having delivered a load to Didcot Power Station in the background

Class A4 Pacific 60019 "Bittern" leaves Didcot with just its support coach and heads west towards Swindon where it will take over the "Severn Valley Phoenix" railtour to Kidderminster

An ultra rare working. In over 30 years I have only ever seen one other pair of 20's at or near Didcot, and that was on a freight. This pair are on the "Wey-Farer" railtour bound for Weymouth. The... (more)