3 December 2007 A visit to Blisworth for the mail failed to produce as 1S30 was diverted via the ECML! It could have been a nice shot as 390034 shows!

3 December 2007 321403 passes Bradwell with a friendly wave!

3 December 2007 86501 on 4L75 at Bradwell - a full 300mm telephoto shot as the southbound angle is now very limited by overgrowing bushes.

3 December 2007 London Midland contrast - 350106, still one of just three in the new colours.

3 December 2007 Catching the sun that I hoped I would get for 5Z80 - 67029 TnT 67005 heading from Windsor to Liverpool with the Queen for the Royal Variety performance.

3 December 2007 I was watching 4M23 approach and was completely caught out by 66724 working back to Old Oak with the third of the First Great Western brake firsts, 17174, refurbished at Wolverton.

3 December 2007 After a 40 minute wait at Bletchley, 47830 finally appeared with 5Z80 from Eastleigh to Wolverton around 135 minutes late passing a very dark Bradwell at 1542.

3 December 2007 Having dropped the 442s in Centre Sidings 47830 heads for Rugby as 0Z81 just after 4pm.

3 December 2007 It was left to 08629 to bring the 442s into the works. The two units are 442 2412 and 442 2414 to be reconfigured inside for use on the Southern services to Brighton from December 2008. The first unit is not due out of Wolverton until around July next year.

3 December 2007 08629 pulls away from Stratford Road having paused for the gates to be opened at the Distribution Centre crossing.

3 December 2007 442 2414 displays the all over white livery recently applied in contrast to 2412 in South West Trains colours.

10 December 2007 A surprise this week was the return of a "proper" mail train with the stored vans from Mossend and Bescot. 90028 passing Blisworth with the first run of 1Z30 10.26 Willesden - Shieldmuir.

11 December 2007 When I passed Daventry I expected to see a 92 on the cargowaggons for Bescot, so it was a nice surprise to see 60065 Spirit of Jaguar on the train. 6G62 is seen at Rugby. The platform extension is to be removed in the next couple of weeks to allow realignment of the down fast line.

11 December 2007 90028 crawls through platform 2 at Rugby on 1Z30.

11 December 2007 90028 on 1Z30 at Rugby in lovely winter light. Interestingly the train was in reverse formation, believed to result from reversal in Scotland to avoid the need for a shunter at Shieldmuir?

11 December 2007 66428 leads 4S44 from Daventry to Coatbridge through Rugby

11 December 2007 The green 47 would have looked good in the sun. Unfortunately I didn't make it through the underpass in time! Riviera D1916 (47812) leads a late running 5Z47 Crewe - Old Oak Common at Rugby.

11 December 2007 47848 on the rear of 5Z47.

11 December 2007 The lunchtime mail heads south on the up fast.

11 December 2007 90049 follows with 4L75 from Crewe to Felixstowe.

11 December 2007 First of the thunderbirds, 57301 Scott Tracy heading for Wembley.

12 December 2007 37515 drifts down through Ashton, Northants on 0Z37 from Gresty Bridge to Wembley.

12 December 2007 A much sunnier morning sees 90028 once again passing Blisworth with 1Z30

12 December 2007 37515 returned with 47802 in tow on 5Z47 from Wembley to Carnforth, unfortunately in the shadows on the fast line at Bradwell as the slows were closed for inspection.

12 December 2007 350115 heads south at Bradwell.

12 December 2007 Thanks to Jim Deane for the message and a mad dash to Stoke Hammond to catch the second 5Z47 from Stewarts Lane to Carnforth. An unlikely convoy of 47787, 47245, 33025, buffet car and 47826.

12 December 2007 66714 Cromer Lifeboat passes Stoke Hammond on 4M23.

15 December 2007 A Saturday bonus with DRS compass liveried 37610 and 37608 at Wolverton on 0Z37 from Wembley to Gresty Bridge.

17 December 2007 Union of South Africa returned from its railtour duties heading for Crewe at Wolverton around 8.30am to the surprise of the commuters

17 December 2007 More DRS 37s in the shape of a filthy 37218 and 37059 on 4Q10 from Derby to Ilford at Wolverton

17 December 2007 37059 brings up the rear on 4Q10

18 December 2007 47802 rescued a failed 47790 on the Wembley - Carnforth stock move on Monday. It returned as 0Z57 from Crewe to Wembley at a very dark Wolverton

18 December 2007 Only 4M23 and an engineers working used the down slow all afternoon after overhead line damage at Hanslope caused chaos to London Midland services. Medite 66709 on 4M23 crawls through Wolverton.

19 December 2007 A final week for 87022 and 87028 on the mails saw both in use - this is 87028 Lord President on the 1Z29 Shieldmuir - Willesden at Milton Keynes

19 December 2007 60094 coasts through Milton Keynes heading for Forders

19 December 2007 390031 received vinyls around the nameplate earlier in the year in support of Liverpool's European Capital of Culture status