18.4.09 10.16am Waiting for Tornado 1- northbound 365506 for Huntingdon and Peterborough on the down slow.

18.4.09 10.17am Waiting for Tornado 2- Southbound Adelante 50909 on the up fast.

18.4.09 10.23am Disappointing shot. Tornado a few minutes early on the down slow at Offord Cluny. The sun, which smiled on the 365, had gone in.

18.4.09 10.23am 60163 on the 'Yorkshire Pullman' at Offord Cluny.

18.4.09 10.23am 60163 approaches Offord Cluny level crossing.

18.4.09 11.19am At a more sedate pace class 40 no.D306 making a rare appearance outside Wansford shed, arrives at Orton Mere.

18.4.09 11.41am D306 approaches Orton Mere on its return from Peterborough NV. It was sharing duties with 73050.

19.4.09 14.06hrs Class 31 no. 31 271 accelerates away from Orton Mere towards Peterborough NV.

19.4.09 14.29hrs 31271 arrives at Orton Mere on the return journey.

19.4.09 14.30hrs 31271 stands at Orton Mere with the Midland Railway signalbox in the background.

19.4.09 14.30hrs 31271 departs Orton Mere for Ferry Meadows and Wansford.

19.4.09 15.06hrs General view of Wansford yard. Lurking in the shadow is the Nord 4-6-0, which, according to the SNCF Society website, will leave the NVR on 11th May 2009, being carried by Andrew Goodman transport to France, and eventual overhaul for their main line. Also 2 new diesel faces, a class 31 and a class 56.