90014 pushing the 06:30 from Liverpool Street to Norwich at Brantham

90015 passing the foot path crossing at Brantham on the 07:00 from Norwich to Liverpool Street. I think the corporate NXEA livery suits the 90s pretty well.

66539 on the 4R98 Tilbury to Felixstowe.

NXEA have been hiring a spare 90 from DBS. Today it was 90026, here approaching Brantham at the head of the 07:30 from Norwich...

...which goes on to form the 10:00 from Liverpool Street through to Great Yarmouth, one of the summer 'drags'.

Running about 30 minutes early 66587 on the 4L95 from Garston on Merseyside to Felixstowe. I raced down the hill and scrambled over the stile to get up to the crossing just in time.

And now some shots taken from the hillside overlooking the line; firstly a 170 on the 08:38 to Peterborough

Now this was a surprise, a 90 taking a Mk 3 car and DVT to, presumably, Crown Point depot.

The return of the 4R98, the 4R97 to Tilbury.

As yesterday 66707 Sir Sam Fay was on the 4L02 Hams Hall to Felixstowe.

90008 pushing the 09:00 from Liverpool Street to Norwich, cloud cover is increasing.

66090 on a late running 4L27 intermodal from Trafford Park. Due through Ipswich at 08:25 it passed Brantham at 10:12. A repeat athletic performance was necessary to get the shot.

The 'classic' Brantham morning shot, this is the 09:30 from Norwich...

...which was followed some 20 minutes later by what I think was the 4M41 Felixstowe to Daventry, 66593 in charge.

Down at Manningtree the 10:00 to Great Yarmouth is pushed across the River Stour bridge by 90026.

Just as I arrived I heared the unmistakeable sound of a class 66 approaching from the west, it proved to be 66596, coming off the Harwich branch at Manningtree North Junction.

90001 on the 10:30 from Norwich is slowing down for the Manningtree stop.

This was a real catch, shame the sun wasn't directly shining. 66576 with 86501 and 90048 in tow on the 4L89 from Coatbridge.

The 11:30 from Norwich behind 90008 crossing the Stour, the tide is well in by now.

Finally from Manningtree, by now cloud cover was all but 100%. This is 66541 on the 4L97 from Trafford Park.

OK it's not at either Brantham or Manningtree, but as the cloud cover was clearing I wandered over the Alexandra Palace station for a shot of the 16:50 back to Sunderland. Looks great.