Would you Adam and Eve it, it was a lovely sunny day and there was a 7X10 Amersham - Derby Litchurch Lane tube stock move down to run, so a drive over to North Staffs Junction was in order. Parking up at Willington Station I decided to walk along the canal towpath (I need the exercise lol).

Upon getting to the footbridge and already seeing a small gallery of photographers, including a couple of familiar faces we soon learned that 7X10 was cancelled, at first we were led to believe that it had failed but this soon materialised not to be the case as the points at Kingsbury were faulty. Upon arrival at Water Orton the train is booked via Whitacre Junction and on to Kingsbury as it is not cleared for the main route between Water Orton and Kingsbury.

Not to be beaten I stayed out to see what else was about and here are my full sightings:

Willington:

• 09:16 66172 0D99 Bescot - Toton light engine.
• 09:24 66004 + 66129 0A11 Toton - Bescot light engine.

North Staffs Junction.

• 10:55 60024 6M57 Lindsey - Kingsbury loaded bogie tanks.

Barrow Upon Trent.

• 12:30 60017 6E54 Kingsbury - Humber empty bogie tanks.

Rugeley Trent Valley.

• 13:47 66080 6M48 Southampton Eastern Docks - Halewood empty cartics.
• 13:56 66558 4M93 Felixstowe - Crewe Basford Hall freightliner.
• 14:52 70018 4M87 Felixstowe - Crewe Basford Hall freightliner.

Elford.

• 17:09 60024 6E59 Kingsbury - Lindsey empty bogie tanks.
• 17:30 66130 1Z99 Bescot - Branston Junction light engine.
• 18:04 66130 + 66126 4Z26 Mossend - Daventry intermodal.

Cheers,

James