97304 passes Lea Marston whilst working 1Z49 from Coleham to Derby RTC

97304 “John Tiley” accelerates away from Fron crossing with the 07:25 5Z94 Carnforth to Aberystwyth ECS move for the following day's Statesman railtour to Scarborough. Dead-in-Tow were 47854 a... (more)

97304 “John Tiley” accelerates away from Fron crossing with the 07:25 5Z94 Carnforth to Aberystwyth ECS move for the following day's Statesman railtour to Scarborough. Dead-in-Tow were 47854 a... (more)

97304 “John Tiley” drags 37668 back to Machynlleth from Porthmadog over the River Artro at Pensarn following further ERTMS tests over the weekend. 37668 is currently stabled at Machynlleth for... (more)

After having brought the 6C70 16.27 Bescot to Newtown with 97304 “John Tiley,” 97302 ran round the train after the departure of 1G75 20.41 Aberystwyth to Birmingham New Street. Note the contin... (more)

97304 “John Tiley” and 37516 “Loch Laidon” pass Llanystumdwy – between Criccieth and Pwllheli – with day 1 of Steam Dreams‘ 1Z45 08:31 Paddington to Pwllheli “The Cambrian Coast Ex... (more)

97304 “John Tiley” and 37516 “Loch Laidon” pass the boatyard at Frongoch with day 1 of Steam Dreams‘ 1Z45 08:31 Paddington to Pwllheli “The Cambrian Coast Express.” A rogue cloud cam... (more)

97304 “John Tiley” and 37516 “Loch Laidon” amble down the Dyfi valley with day 1 of Steam Dreams’ 1Z45 08:31 Paddington to Pwllheli “The Cambrian Coast Express.”

97304 “John Tiley” and 97303 roll off Barmouth Bridge with Pathfinder Tours’ “The Cambrian Coast Express” 1Z37 05:02 Bristol Temple Meads to Pwllheli, on the 150th anniversary of the bri... (more)

97304 rushes through Magor on the main line with a Network Railinfrastructure test train.

On the night of the 8th/9th December 2009, 97304 “John Tiley” continued to undertake ERTMS brake tests with 10 WCRC coaches as a dead weight from Shrewsbury to Newtown and return, in order to ... (more)

On the night of 4th December 2009, 97304 “John Tiley” undertook ERTMS brake tests with 33025 “Glen Falloch” as a dead weight from Shrewsbury to Newtown and return, in order to measure the ... (more)