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My favourite class in service today is without doubt the 86s. Despite being well over 40 years old their no-nonsense design has held up remarkably well and being well looked after by Freightliner, they really don't look their age. Despite an inauspicious start in the 1960s they have proved to be one of the best designs bar none which BR turned out.
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20090629_05.jpg   Nice to see 92031 on the point and even more interestingw ere the Celtic Energy domestic coal containers, temporarily re-routed from South Wales to Scotland via Wembley instead of over the North and West through Shrewsbury.  Early morning at Old Linslade and evening at Dudswell  (29)
20090629_03.jpg   By the time the 6X77 appeared things had brightened up.  Early morning at Old Linslade and evening at Dudswell  (29)
19980809_03.jpg   Later on the same day, at Sandling, 92022 on the 18:14 to DIRFT, which also originated at Paris Valenton.  From the archives: The 1990s - Some of my favourite locations  (27)
1999_01.jpg   A low winter sun catches the 10:14 SuO Dollands Moor to Wembley (another train originating in Muizen) near Sellindge. This bridge was rebuilt for the CTRL, you now need a ladder to get this shot.  From the archives: The 1990s - Some of my favourite locations  (26)
20090627_02.jpg   The 1S25 from Euston crossing the Findhorn Viaduct at Tomatin, with the mountains in the background obscured by low cloud.  Scotland '09  (25)
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Early morning at Old Linslade and evening at Dudswell
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Scotland '09
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26th Feb 2009
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London Lines in 2009
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11th Jun 2009Thursday
30th May 2009Mad May Morning in March
22nd May 2009
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Bank Holiday Weekend
22nd Apr 2009
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Being Diverted
16th May 2009
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A showery weekend in London
9th May 2009
to 10th May 2009
Rhätische Bahn/Ferrovia Retica/Viafier Retica
2nd May 2009Dorset Weekend
24th Nov 2008
to 29th Apr 2009
Out on the Brighton Line
19th Apr 2009Sunday afternoon on the ECML
21st Feb 2009
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East Anglian Diversions
3rd Apr 2009
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East Anglian weekdays
27th Mar 2009
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Spring in Snowdonia
17th Mar 2009
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Trains in the Tirol
14th Mar 2009Panning in Yorkshire
15th Feb 2009Valentines Day
14th Feb 2009Connections - pictures from 1993, 1994 and 2000
7th Feb 2009Dudswell and Tornado
6th Feb 2009From the archives: 1997
2nd Feb 2009
to 4th Feb 2009
Out and about in the snow
31st Jan 2009Old Linslade in winter
5th Jan 2009
to 18th Jan 2009
An introduction to India
30th Dec 2008Freightliner's festive diversions
27th Dec 2008From the water meadows at King's Sutton
24th Dec 2008A festive Adelante
22nd Dec 2008White Cliffs Luncheon Express
13th Dec 2008
to 20th Dec 2008
Variety in Eastern England.
24th Feb 2006
to 16th Dec 2008
Railways in South America 1984 - 2006
6th Dec 2008December Weekend
4th Dec 2008From the archives: The 1990s - Some of my favourite locations
29th Nov 2008A contrasting day - Nunney Castle and Onllwyn Washery
22nd Nov 2008Freezing in Fenland
18th Nov 2008Salfords in Surrey
17th Nov 2008From the archives: Italy in the 1990s
11th Nov 2008
to 12th Nov 2008
Mid November Sunshine in Sussex and Devon
4th Nov 2008
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From the Archives; Argentina and Chile in 1994
21st Oct 2008
to 29th Oct 2008
Home Counties Autumn
25th Sep 2008
to 27th Oct 2008
Latin America 1998-2004
25th Nov 2006
to 27th Oct 2008
Thomas Shinkfield's railway
23rd Oct 2008From the Archives: Chile October 1989
22nd Oct 2008From the Archives: Barnetby in the 1990s
17th Oct 2008
to 20th Oct 2008
From the archives: Argentina 1992
2nd Oct 2008
to 19th Oct 2008
From the Archives: the 1980s
9th Sep 2008
to 16th Oct 2008
Out takes
16th Oct 2008Suffolk Monday
14th Oct 2008From the archives: Argentina and Paraguay in 1991
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Nice to see 92031 on the point and even more interestingw ere the Celtic Energy domestic coal containers, temporarily re-routed from South Wales to Scotland via Wembley instead of over the North and West through Shrewsbury.
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Early morning at Old Linslade and evening at Dudswell
Welcome
Hello, welcome to my fotopic site. My name is Nick Slocombe I live and work in London and I’ve been passionately interested in railways, in all their forms, for most of my life.

I’ve fairly catholic tastes when it comes to taking pictures, all it needs is a steel wheel on a steel rail and some sun, but I do have a particular fascination for the railways of North and South America, and have been very fortunate and travelled quite extensively on both continents in the past 20 years or so.

Here in the UK I use Freightmaster to track freight operations, the FM Interactive service is indispensible for anyone photographing, or simply watching, freight trains

Some of the older pictures are from my slide collection whilst the most recent were taken on, firstly, a Nikon D70s and latterly a D300 digital SLR.
Links
  • Chris Nevard's Railway Photography Gallery
  • Freightmaster
  • Latin Tracks - The Latin American Railway Digest.
  • Michael Venn's gallery of Australasian steam
  • Peter Tandy's Railway Photos
  • Phil Wormald's international railway gallery
  • Rail Photography Gallery - Peter Richards
  • Railway and travel photographs by Paul Bigland
  • Fotopic.Net