Railway Photography – Acton Main Line

My latest trip took me to the West of London to a little station called Acton Main Line.  The station is located on the Great Western Mainline and is the first station out of London Paddington.  Train services are provided by First Great Western who operate a 30 minute service between London Paddington & Greenford, this is the only service that stops at the station and does not run on Sundays.

Passenger services passing the station are operated by First Great Western, Heathrow Connect and Heathrow Express.  Freight services are operated by EWS (DB Schenker), Freightliner, GB Railfreight & Hanson.

Acton Mainline is also host to a freight yard operated by EWS (DB Schenker) which is used by a large volume of stone trains serving the nearby terminal.  There is also a freight avoiding line that passes between platform 4 and the yard which is used by freight trains accessing/exiting the North London Line.

Stock Seen at Acton Main Line

Locomotives: Class 43 HST, Class 59 Diesel, Class 66 Diesel
Multiple Units: Class 165 DMU, Class 166 DMU, Class 180 DMU, Class 332 EMU, Class 360 EMU

Photographs

As usual, here is a little taster of the images I captured.  The full gallery of images can be found on my Photobucket site here.

First Great Western Class 43 HST 43037 passing Acton Mainline Station

DB Schenker Liveried Class 66 Diesel Locomotive 66152 at Acton MainLine Yard

Railway Photography – Stratford (London)

Time for me to share another one of my hobbies – Railway Photography.

I was lucky enough that SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) wanted some new crockery so I duly volunteered to go shopping.  Needless to say that, instead of travelling to my local shopping centre, I took the opportunity to travel a bit further in pursuit of a few photos.

My travels took me to Stratford in East London, soon to be home of the 2012 London Olympic Games.  After purchasing the aforementioned crockery, I spent an hour and a half at this busy location capturing both passenger and freight workings.  Stratford is a busy interchange station and sees regular local and Intercity services run by National Express East Anglia from London Liverpool Street to Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich, Stowmarket, Southend & Shenfield alongside those of the Docklands Light Railway, London Underground and London Overground.  Stratford International sees regular Southeastern “Javelin” services from St Pancras as well as Eurostar services which do not stop here.

Freight workings are operated by DB Schenker (EWS), Direct Rail Services (DRS), Freightliner and Hanson.  Freight workings are mainly Container traffic, Aggregates & Building materials.

Stock Seen at Stratford

Locomotives: Class 59 Diesel, Class 66 Diesel, Class 86 Electric, Class 90 Electric
Multiple Units: Class 315 EMU, Class 317 EMU, Class 321 EMU, Class 357 EMU, Class 360 EMU, Class 378 EMU, Class 379 EMU

Photographs

To whet your appetite, here are a couple of the shots I managed to capture:-

London Overground Class 378 EMU 378201 at Stratford Station

Freightliner Class 86 Electric 86638 Double heads a container train through Stratford

To see the rest of the images I captured at Stratford, please visit my Photobucket album here.