Midlands Traction Diaries : April 2026

April was a great month for a variety of workings and traction(steam, diesel, and electric this month)with everything from SR West Country 34028 'Eddystone' and the oldest mainline Class 20 through to the new Class 93s from Rail Operations Group and Class 99s from GB Railfreight. There's also Coals 56s on engineering trains, a colourful mix of Class 37s, The Britannic Explorer, and more.......... Filmed during April 2026. 1st April, Ketton - 20205 & 20007 5L26 Burton OT Wetmore Sidings-Mid Norfolk Railway 8th April, Harrowden Jct - 56051 6C54 Hendon-Toton North Yard 8th April, Harrowden Jct - 99001 & 99005 0Q21 Leicester LIP-Leicester LIP 10th April, Harrowden Jct - 66748 & 66742 1Z20 London Victoria-Keighley & Wvlr 16th April, Harrowden Jct - 153379 2Z40 Ferme Park Recep-Derby RTC 16th April, Harrowden Jct - 99002 0Q23 Leicester LIP-Wellingborough 16th April, Harrowden Jct - 99002 0Q24 Wellingborough-Toton Centre Jn 13th April, Harrowden Jct - 37512 & 37407 0Z37 Rectory Jn(Colwick Colas)-West Ealing Plasser Sdgs 23rd April, Harrowden Jct - 57305 & 360114 5B60 Kettering Stabling Sidings-Northampton EMD 23rd April, Harrowden Jct - 37501 + 701511 & 701507 5Q57 Bicester MOD Gbrf-Derby Litchurch Lane 25th April, Harrowden Jct - 37501 0M57 Bletchley TMD-Derby RTC 25th April, Harrowden Jct - 34028 tnt 47812 1Z12 York-London Euston 27th April, Burton Latimer - 'Caroline' & 37418 2Z70 Derby RTC-Norwich 27th April, Harrowden Jct - 43059 & 43058 1Z43 Inverness-St Albans 29th April, Harrowden Jct - 56051 tnt 56049 6C54 St Pancras International-Toton North Yard 30th April, Harrowden Jct - 37884 & 93001 0Q57 Bicester MOD Gbrf-Derby RTC If you like trains, then why not check out these links where you can see even more of my trips across the UK, both present day train action and trains from the 1980s. You'll find passenger trains, freight trains, charters/railtours, unit drags, test trains, heritage railways, mainline steam, heritage diesels, drone shots and more - and also recently including my model railway updates too, following my progress from an empty room building up an N Gauge layout from scratch. Over 30,000 photos from 1980s to present day on my Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenw... For up to date posts/photos/video clips follow me on X/Twitter @MrDeltic15 #Train #Railway #TrainVideo #RailwayVideo #MrDeltic15