Wednesday, 10 June 2026

DB Cargo UK 66653 'Barry Needham' (10.06.2026)

With the 60's now retired, the Barry Needham nameplate saw a transfer from 60091 to this 66 as a result, as illustrated here. 66653 is seen at Nottingham with the Kingsbury-Humber empties.

DB Cargo UK 66658 (10.06.2026)

With a shorter than usual consist, 66658 is seen at Nottingham with the Wolves-Boston empty steel.

Northern Trains Limited 150131 (10.06.2026)

A welcome return to Nottingham today for a 150/1 came about for the first time since covid, a rare sight since these usually operate more in the north west area with more of the 150/2's usually found operating further east. 150131 makes for a change at Nottingham as it arrives with a terminating service from Leeds before then enjoying a nice break before then departing on the 14:17 service to Leeds, which was terminated at Sheffield due to a road vehicle colliding with a bridge, after which the unit was effectively replaced by 195014, which was at Leeds ready to spend the remainder of the day on the Leeds/Lincoln diagrams.

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Nottingham City Transport 637 (03.06.2026)

With Uni now off until September, the three E400's for the route can be seen on other work, as illustrated here. 637 is seen on Carrington Street with a 48 from Clifton, its third extra working following the 1 and 1B extras that it did beforehand.

Nottingham City Transport 639 (03.06.2026)

Away day Uni...

639 is seen on Beastmarket Hill ready to do the next 48 to Clifton, the bus having seen use on the Trent Bridge board for one of the two school extra 1's prior to its three extra services on the 48.

Saturday, 30 May 2026

Nottingham City Transport 646 (30.05.2026)

After noticing that a South Notts branded E400 was on the 90 very late on, I ran from home as fast as I could to catch up with it for a short ride before it was too late... and lo and behold! 646 is unusually seen on Radcliffe Road having dropped me off at the Mabel Grove bus stop with a 90 to Newark and Fernwood. In the end, 358, one of the Solo SR's branded for this route was replaced on this particular 90 by another one of the branded Solo SR's in the form of 357 and then another late twist right at the end saw 357 replaced by this South Notts branded E400, hence the required snap.

Nottingham City Transport 638 (30.05.2026)

Various bus swaps took place on the 1 today and it even resulted in the appearance of all three Uni E400's on the route as a result... somehow! 638 is pictured on Beastmarket Hill having just brought in a 1 from Loughborough.