London Midland Great Escape, Feb 2010

Over the week of the 13th February, London Midland ran another ‘Great Escape’ promotion, offering unlimited travel on their entire network for just £10. Well, good excuse to finish off the colouring in around Birmingham really :o) Heres a few photos from the 13th and 15th…

OS_DSC_2801_180210_small

OS_DSC_2627_130210_small321415 stands at St Albans Abbey station with 2K29 to Watford Junction.

OS_DSC_2633_130210_smallA pair of LOROL 313s sit at Watford Junction.

OS_DSC_2636_130210_small378151 at Watford Junction – not in service though.

OS_DSC_2640_130210_smallA Pendolino rushes towards the capital at Watford.

OS_DSC_2645_130210_small35106 leaves Rugby for Crewe.

OS_DSC_2649_130210_smallCoventry now, and 153375 gets ready to head up the Bedworth branch to Nuneaton.

OS_DSC_2657_130210_smallThe same unit after arrival at Nuneaton…

OS_DSC_2661_130210_smallA 390 unit speeds past Rugeley Trent Valley.

OS_DSC_2666_130210_small170512 snakes off the Bloxwich branch at Rugeley under the shadow of the power station.

OS_DSC_2677_130210_small323202 at Lichfield City station.

OS_DSC_2701_130210_smallNasty handheld shot of 350261 at Crewe having arrived with a stopper from Northampton via Stoke.

OS_DSC_2709_150210_smallNetwork WestMidlands liveried 150003 departs Stourbridge Junction.

OS_DSC_2713_150210_small139002 bumps and rolls down the Stourbridge Town branch.

OS_DSC_2724_150210_smallGetting the tip at Worcester Foregate Street…

OS_DSC_2727_150210_small43029 and 43037 rumble out of Worcester with a service to Gt Malvern.

OS_DSC_2735_150210_smallA Great Western HST takes the curve into Shrub Hill framed by the semaphores at Foregate Street.

OS_DSC_2759_150210_small319001 at Bedford Midland.

OS_DSC_2771_150210_small222007 stands in platform 1 at Bedford Midland with a train to London.

OS_DSC_2788_150210_small153364 at Bedford on the Bletchley shuttle.

About the Author

Oli Smith Guitarist, Photter, and Railway Cowboy who thought he'd try his hand at blogging..