June 23rd, 2007
We caught a Virgin train in the early afternoon at Edinburgh, Scotland and made for High Wycombe, England. On the way I tried to shoot anything interesting, catching my second Class 37 and my only Class 57 of the trip. Somehow we managed to see two of the rare Class 67s but were not able to shoot either of them in time. We transferred at Leamington Spa and made the whole trip in a little under seven hours.
Birmingham, England
(map) Birmingham is the site of a large Freightliner intermodal facility south of Derby in central England.
June 17th, 2009
After a wonderful day and a half in Wellington and on the West Somerset Railway, we headed back to High Wycombe as only a trainspotter could -- via Birmingham and Water Orton station.
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An ultra rare 3-unit lashup of a Class 66 and two class 60s comes through Water Orton station as trainspotters from far away arrive to see it.
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A short passenger train passes Water Orton station between freights.
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An EWS intermodal meets a Freightliner ballast train at Water Orton station.
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A Cross-Country passenger train heads up one side of the junction as a Freightliner intermodal yard transfer comes down the other.
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An EWS concrete train comes through Water Orton followed shortly by a passenger train.
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A Freightliner hopper train slowly passes through Birmingham Water Orton station.
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A Fastline freight comes through Water Orton station.
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A Freightliner intermodal heads through Water Orton station.
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Another Freightliner intermodal passes Water Orton station.
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A couple of passenger trains pass through between the endless supply of freight.
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An EWS empty steel slab train passes through Water Orton station.
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An EWS Class 60 leads a concrete train through Water Orton.
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A Freightliner hopper train passes Birmingham Water Orton station.
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More passenger trains stop in to visit Water Orton.
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A Freightliner hopper train passes the platform at Water Orton.
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A Fastline hopper train passes Water Orton.
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A Cross-Country passenger train flies through Water Orton.
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A Freightliner hopper train passes Water Orton station.
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An EWS steel coil train comes through Water Orton station in the rain.
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A short local passenger train passes Water Orton station.
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An EWS loaded steel slab train passes Water Orton station.
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A Network Rail TEST train passes Water Orton station.
June 19th, 2009
We headed from High Wycombe up to Barnetby, a busy freight location every trainspotter we met told us we had to visit.
