Freightliner 70009 (on hire to Colas Railfreight) (25.07.2025)

With the owner of the Lindsey Oil Refinery, Prax, having gone into administration recently, it remains to be seen how long oil operations will continue on for but today's one from the refinery was well worth the wait as Colas's hired in Freightliner loco was in charge, as illustrated here. 70009 is seen at Nottingham whilst also going through a driver change with the Lindsey Oil Refinery-Kingsbury Oil Sidings loaded oil tanks, running 85 minutes late at this point after an operating incident involving this train at Barnetby.

The full consist:
78272 (Touax brown, no ladders)

85949 (VTG brown)

88044 (VTG blue, no ladders)

871001 (VTG green, former Freightliner)

78267 (Touax brown, no ladders)

871003 (VTG green, former Freightliner)

78276 (Touax brown, no ladders)

871004 (VTG green, former Freightliner)

82212 (VTG brown)

85948 (VTG brown, no ladders)

88033 (VTG blue)

85950 (VTG brown)

85953 (VTG brown)

870256 (EWS grey)

88030 (VTG blue)

85309 (VTG grey)

85961 (VTG brown)

870293 (EWS grey)

88028 (VTG blue)

85954 (VTG brown, no ladders)

85945 (VTG brown)

78224 (Touax brown, no ladders)

78263 (Touax brown, no ladders)

82207 (VTG brown)

870330 (EWS grey)

88073 (VTG blue)

871005 (VTG green, former Freightliner)

85956 (VTG brown)

88031 (VTG blue)

78269 (Touax brown, no ladders)

East Midlands Railway 170510/170503 (25.07.2025)

Now with 170510 for company, 170503 works with the leading unit on its service to Liverpool Lime Street from Norwich, the leading unit still with its London Midland interior and the rear unit now with the new refurbished interior.

East Midlands Railway 170208/170418 (25.07.2025)

Cymru/ScotRail combo...

170208, still in its Transport for Wales Livery, and 170418 in the new EMR Regional livery, both now with East Midlands Railway, arrive at Nottingham with the Nottingham and Norwich service from Liverpool Lime Street in place of the usual allocated 158's.

East Midlands Railway 170422/170416 (25.07.2025)

Now both in the new EMR Regional livery, ex-Southern and ScotRail 170422, still with its Southern interior, and ex-ScotRail 170416, still with its ScotRail interior, arrive from Nottingham from Liverpool Lime Street, the front portion with a service to Norwich and the rear portion with the terminating section of the train.

East Midlands Railway 158774 (25.07.2025)

Still wearing its interim EMR Regional livery, 158774 leaves Nottingham with the 09:54 service to Matlock.

East Midlands Railway 158783 (25.07.2025)

Still wearing its former colors of East Midlands Trains, 158783 clags away from Nottingham with the 10:36 to Grimsby Town from Leicester.

East Midlands Railway 158846 (25.07.2025)

Every now and then do 158's turn up on the Leicester/Lincoln/Grimsby route but today saw two of the class on it today. 158846 leaves Nottingham with a service for Lincoln Central, cancelled in between Leicester and Nottingham due to an earlier broken down freight train at Barnetby. In the end, this unit had 170273 from Lincoln Central on its previous service from Grimsby Town that was also terminated at Nottingham.

East Midlands Railway 158852 (25.07.2025)

Still in East Midlands Trains colors, 158852 stands at Nottingham with a service to Crewe from Newark Castle.

East Midlands Railway 158856/158857 (25.07.2024)

A lot of the 158's were out elsewhere, including on the Crewe/Newark Castle route, which is usually solid class 170 operation. 158856 leads 158857 into Nottingham with the delayed 11:55 service to Newark Castle from Crewe.

East Midlands Railway 158889/158788 (25.07.2025)

Seen leaving Nottingham for Liverpool Lime Street, with 158788 having joined in from Norwich, is ex-South West Trains unit 158889, now in the East Midlands Trains livery but also now with EMR Regional decals. Due to its interior being from its former operator, this unit (the lead one in this case)  is expected to take longer to refurbish and so is expected to be the last into the paint shop.

East Midlands Railway 158858/158847 'Lincoln Castle Explorer' (25.07.2025)

Today saw the first fully repainted 158 in revenue earning service and on a route that the fleet is predominantly used on, as illustrated here. 158858, still in East Midlands Trains colors, and 158847 in its new EMR Regional livery, the exact same as worn on the class 170 fleet, arrive into Nottingham from Liverpool Lime Street, the EMT unit forming the Norwich section of the train with the EMR unit working as far as Nottingham.

Nottinghamshire County Council 0018 (18.07.2025)

Seen in Central Avenue in the doom and gloom working a 33 towards Nottingham is 510/511 branded Nottsbus ECOnnect BYD ADL Enviro 200 EV 0018 (LJ18 FGX),

Nottinghamshire County Council 0071 (18.07.2025)

Seen leaving Nottingham on a 33 to Radcliffe is Nottsbus ECOnnect BYD ADL Enviro 200 EV 0071 (LG71 DJF).