THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT

HOME SITE CONTENTS LINESIDE ACCESSORIES GALLERY STATION NAMES TO ORDER WATCH OUR RAILWAY FILMS LINKS
VALKOVA ROAD
Photo Gallery

This page concentrates on the railway operations at Valkova Road.

Cop a look at that! And don't forget to admire the loco while you're at it. 56073 Tremorfa Steelworks is a long way from home, boyo. (Wales, in case the subtle clue didn't give it away).

2 more minutes then I'm going for my tea break and if that freight turns up, then b*ll*cks to it!

A RES parcels service prepares to depart from underneath the vista of a Slovakian mountain. Not something you see everyday, but at Valkova Road, anything is possible.

Dusk falls as a Fred takes on fuel at the small refuelling point.

The passengers crowding on the platform have yet to be told over-running engineering works have cancelled the morning service ... and before Health & Safety get overly excited, yes, the photographer did have a Hi-Viz vest on, was wearing safety boots (in case 100 tons of train drove over his foot), a hard hat (in case the same 100 tons of train fell on him) a trackside permit, Network Rail authority to be on the track and British Transport Police permission to take pictures, although you don't need it to to vandalise parked up trains, apparently.

66135 creeps into the stabling area at Valkova Road at the end of a long shift for the driver, as Rachel Stevens' concert gets underway at The Haymarket. Sweet Dreams My EWS.

Cornish favourite (after Ginsters Pasties) 37671 Tre Pol And Pen idles in the siding between jobs.

A blast from the past as 50031 Hood on railtour duty pops in for fuel. The name refers to a famous British Battlecruiser from World War 2, and not an item of clothing beloved of present day thugs to avoid being picked up on CCTV.

A closer look at the fuelling point as 60007 arrives for a top up, and interrupts a Health & Safety Risk Assessment Meeting (Safe use of kettle in Portacabin) in the process. The dumptruck has been hired in to move some of the notes from last week's meeting.
Next Page