Saturday, September 30, 2023

46115 Scots Guardsman

The Lune Rivers Trust express 1Z60 Carnforth - Stratford on Avon, 10 minutes late this morning approaching Aldridge.




Thursday, March 2, 2023

5Q50 With 50007 + New Unit 805001

Seen heading up to Aldridge at 1207 today, 5Q50 Oxley - Old Dalby.



Monday, October 4, 2021

57312 Conveying New Unit 730 003

Rail Operations Group 5Q58 Oxley - Old Dalby 4th October 2021. 37510 bringing up the rear.

Monday, September 13, 2021

45231 Sherwood Forester En Route Stratford on Avon


Seen entering Sutton Park at Streetly Gate on 1st September 2021, with 1Z59 Holyhead-Crewe-Stratford charter express.

Saturday, December 31, 2016

37884

R.O.G. barrier coaches move Soho LMD to Leicester on the 29th December, seen approaching Aldridge.

Sunday, October 23, 2016

1Z34 Tyseley - Chester

5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe passing Aldridge yesterday morning.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Duchess of Sutherland

46233 running light to Southall from Butterley MRC just after midday on Friday 5th August at Sutton Park.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Electro-Diesels & EuroPhoenix

Rail Operations Group EuroPhoenix 37800 was sent to the Severn Valley Railway at Kidderminster on Wednesday 3rd August to haul two Network Rail Class 73 ED's to Derby RTC. In the event 73951 and 73952 were already fired up and made their own way back, dragging the forlorn EP 37 behind them.

37800 Again With Return Barrier Vans

5Z37 Soho LMD - Leicester on 4th August.

Friday, July 29, 2016

37800 Working Translator Vans

Rail Operations Group EuroPhoenix 37800 running from Leicester to Soho LMD just after midday today.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Network Rail HST

A rare evening shot showing the NR HST test unit returning to Derby from LLanelli through Aldridge at 1940 tonight.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Twins

Pairs of Class 20, 50 and 73s have run over the Park recently, mainly either en route to or from the recent SVR diesel gala event. Also a WCRC Class 57 ran through to Tyseley on 17th May.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Bill Bolsover

66623 with the Walsall cement today, 31st March 2016.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

EuroPhoenix 37884

Hired again by the Rail Operations Group, 37884 works translator vans to Soho LMD this morning, 9th March, and then the Class 323 unit to Tyseley this afternoon.

Friday, January 29, 2016

Four DRS Class 37's

Test train 1Q77 Longsight - Derby RTC with 37608 tnt 37606, and coaches 5Z40 Plymouth - Crewe DRS with 37069+609 pass through Aldridge within two minutes of each other, afternoon of 28th January 2016.