
| I am an occasional visitor to Leicester so I'm sure there are more photogenic locations. I think its still worth including this area merely to highlight the diversity of traction that can be found in different parts of the country. |
43089 puts on a display of clag while paused at Leicester on a St. Pancras to Nottingham fast service on Saturday 9th July 2005 CRW_0994a.jpg Buy Print |
170 513 waits in platform 1 at Leicester to depart with a stopping service to Birmingham New street on Saturday 9th July 2005 CRW_0986a.jpg Buy Print |
170 515 approaches Leicester with a service to Birmingham New Street on Saturday 9th July 2005 CRW_0959a.jpg Buy Print |
42072 "Derby Etches Park" pauses at Leicester on a St. Pancras to Sheffield service via Derby on Saturday 9th July 2005 CRW_0951a.jpg Buy Print |
156 410 departs Leicester with a service to Grimsby on saturday 9th July 2005 CRW_0947a.jpg Buy Print |
On Saturday 27th November 2004, 67012 pauses briefly in Leicester station while dragging a pair of barrier wagons, probably returning to Derby following delivery of an Electrostar unit to Lover Walk Brighton CRW_0954a.jpg Buy Print |
A forlorn and lonely looking 58005 still sits alone at the back of the Leicester yard where she has been for at least the last 3 years. This loco was designated earlier in the year for service in France but so far nothing seems to have happened towards this. CRW_0911a.jpg Buy Print |
66063 and 60030 sit side by side in the stabling are just north of Leicester station on Saturday 27th November 2004 CRW_0909a.jpg Buy Print |
An early evening HST bound for London St. Pancras waits for the off at Leicester station on Saturday 6th november 2004 CRW_9778a.jpg Buy Print |
Strong photographic evidence for the existence of the mythical "101st tug" - well perhaps but actually it's 60016 "RAIL Magazine" that was renumbered on 1st November 2004 to celebrate the 500th issue of the magazine. It was photographed together with 60089 stabled in the yard to the north of Leicester station on Saturday 6th November 2004 CRW_9772a.jpg Buy Print |
156419 is layed over on a spare line in Leicester station before moving across to a platform to form a service to Loughborough on Saturday 6th November 2004 CRW_9757a.jpg Buy Print |
Midland Mainline Unit 170 108 pauses at Leicester with a semi-fast service to London St. Pancras on Saturday 11th September 2004. These uniots were to be cascaded to Central Trains within a couple of months of this being taken, to be replaced by Meridian class 222 units. CRW_6286a.jpg Buy Print |
60040 rumbles slowly through Leicester station late afternoon on Saturday 11th September 2004 CRW_6280a.jpg Buy Print |
HST power car 43184 at the front of a northbound service pauses at Leicester on Saturday 11th September 2004 CRW_6266a.jpg Buy Print |
47703 was attached as a dead loco to the rear of the NENTA Norwich to Chester tour on Saturday 21st August 2004 CRW_4819a.jpg Buy Print |
47832 heads the "NENTA" Norwich to Chester tour into Leicester on Saturday 21st August 2004 CRW_4817a.jpg Buy Print |
43057 runs up at Leicester on Saturday 21st August 2004 about to depart for Derby and Sheffield. CRW_4805a.jpg Buy Print |
On Saturday 3rd July 2004 at Leicester, 43155 was showing visible stress at restarting the HST set on its own (the partner of 43071) was being towed dead on the rear. The train which was a Derby to St. Pancras service had already lost 20 minutes by Leicester due to only running on one power car. CRW_1382a.jpg Buy Print |
66124 with a northbound rake of steel empties trundles slowly through the main platform at Leicester on Saturday 3rd July 2004 CRW_1372a.jpg Buy Print |
43157 still in Virgin colurs but without any branding restarts its northbound train on Saturday 3rd July 2004 CRW_1360a.jpg Buy Print |
66126 with a rake of EWS stone wagons runs through the back of Leicester station on Saturday 3rd July 2004 CRW_1349a.jpg Buy Print |
A pair of MML HST's meet at Leicester on Saturday 3rd July 2004 CRW_1340a.jpg Buy Print |
On Saturday 3rd July 2004, 66081 hauls a load of Network Rail (Railtrak colours) ballasters through Leicester heading south CRW_1338a.jpg Buy Print |
Power car 43066 runs its engines back up after a brief stopover at Leicester on Saturday Juley 3rd 2004 CRW_1323a.jpg Buy Print |
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