UK Railway Photographs by Paul Steane
2009
 
After run from Crewe to Stafford and back with no problems, 86701 & 86702 continued as 0Z04 to Willesden TMD. Here they suffer a signal check before Colwich Jn.
Tue 7th Jul 2009 to Fri 20th Nov 2009
Electric Traction Class 86/7 Locomotives 		87002's first run pauses at Penrith for pathing purposes.
Fri 10th Jun 2005 to Sun 8th Nov 2009
87002 		86701 at London Kings Cross ready to work 1Z31 return FGBRf private charter to Newcastle Central.
Fri 16th Oct 2009 to Sat 17th Oct 2009
First GBRf "Flying Ferret" private charter - 17 October 2009
 
86401 was moved from Long Marston to Crewe on 16 September 2009, for later forwarding to Willesden.
Wed 16th Sep 2009 to Thu 15th Oct 2009
86401 		87026-1 has had the full BRC livery applied. Note: no yellow end!
Tue 22nd Apr 2008 to Wed 16th Sep 2009
Bulgarian 87s 		87002 waiting departure time at Doncaster.
Sat 25th Jul 2009
Brighton Rocks with AC:DC Railtour - 25 July 2009
 
87002 at Ayr ready to work to Glasgow Central.
Sat 11th Jul 2009
Electric Scot Railtour - 11 July 2009
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2008
 
86259 in platform 3 at Manchester Piccadilly after arrival back from Hadfield. Until the closure of the Woodhead route beyond Hadfield and subsequent conversion in 1984 of the line as far as Hadfield from 1500 V dc to 25 kV ac, this was one of the platforms electrified on the dc system.
Sat 20th Dec 2008
December 2008 		The main quarry - enough raw material for 50 years of cement production at Hope.
Sat 6th Sep 2008
LaFarge Cement UK - Hope Works Open Day 		Pan Up for the first time in the sidings at LNWR
Sun 9th Jul 2006 to Fri 15th Aug 2008
86101
 
73138 ready for departure from Kingsley & Froghall station
Fri 9th Sep 2005 to Mon 26th May 2008
73138 		86259 at Liverpool Lime St ready to work back to Birmingham.
Sat 1st Mar 2008
86259
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2007
 
The Paul Day statue
Tue 13th Nov 2007 to Mon 3rd Dec 2007
St Pancras International 		Silverlink Swansong I Railtour - destination indicator at Barking.
Thu 1st Nov 2007 to Fri 30th Nov 2007
November 2007 		Atomic Harbour Master Railtour - 86101 awaits signaller's instructions at Wembley Central.
Mon 1st Oct 2007 to Wed 31st Oct 2007
October 2007
 
Edale (including Signal Box)
Wed 1st Aug 2007 to Fri 31st Aug 2007
August 2007 		Metrolink tram 1024 in the normally-non-passenger bay at Cornbrook. The tram route towards Altrincham was closed from this date for several weeks due to track relaying works.
Sun 1st Jul 2007 to Tue 31st Jul 2007
July 2007 		Crewe Heritage Centre<br/>Advanced Passenger Train
Tue 1st May 2007 to Thu 31st May 2007
May 2007
 
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2004
 
First Great Eastern 4-car EMU number 315 834 has arrived at Shenfield station on 26 March 2004 as the rear half of an 8-car working from London Liverpool Street. The 'First' logo has been covered up ready for the transfer of the franchise to the National Express Group.<br><br>315 units 801 to 841 inclusive were originally built with Brush Traction propulsion equipment. As part of a reliability improvement programme these units are to be equipped with Replacement Traction Control Electronics supplied by Alstom at Preston. Despite the control electronics, which was designed by myself, being effectively identical to that successfully running for many years in Hong Kong, it was necessary to spend a lot of time and effort gaining approval for its operation in the UK. 315 834 was the first conversion and was used for the testing process during the summer of 2003, since when it has been running successfully in revenue-earning service.
Mon 1st Mar 2004 to Wed 31st Mar 2004
March 2004
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2003
 
Manchester Metrolink tram 1005 stands at the Eccles stop on 24 May 2003. 1005 is one of only three 'Phase 1' trams that are permitted to work on the 'Phase 2' Eccles line, the others being 1010 and 1015; these have been modified to suit the larger amount of on-street running on this route compared with the Altrincham and Bury lines.<br/><br/>Like all Phase 1 vehicles, this tram contains equipment designed by me whilst working for Alstom at Manchester; later, whilst working at Preston, I was involved in the design of some of the Eccles line modifications.
Thu 1st May 2003 to Sat 31st May 2003
May 2003
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2002
 
Class 442 EMU number 2409 at Bournemouth station on a South West Trains London Waterloo to Weymouth working on 7 October 2002. The 24 class 442 units are the only InterCity-style units working on the UK dc third-rail network, and are powered by English Electric traction equipment recovered from the 1960s-built 4-REP EMUs.<br/><br/>This particular unit contains equipment designed by me whilst working for Alstom at Preston.
Tue 1st Oct 2002 to Thu 31st Oct 2002
October 2002 		Virgin Pendolino 390 010 at Manchester Piccadilly on 25 July 2002. This was the second day of public operation of these new trains, which were built by Alstom. A very limited weekday service was operated for the Commonwealth Games, which were held in Manchester between 24 July and 4 August 2002. This is the evening working from Manchester to Birmingham International.
Mon 1st Jul 2002 to Wed 31st Jul 2002
July 2002
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1999
 
Class 365 EMU number 365 532 at Welwyn Garden City on a northbound West Anglia Great Northern service in March 1999. Built as a dual voltage train by ADtranz (now Bombardier) with propulsion equipment by ALSTOM, this is one of the dedicated AC-only fleet operated by WAGN.<br/><br/>This train contains equipment designed by me whilst working for Alstom at Manchester.
Mon 1st Mar 1999 to Wed 31st Mar 1999
March 1999
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