150011 passes Bishopton (near Stratford-upon-Avon) with the 16:24 Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester Shrub Hill Central Trains service on 8 September 2001. Note the small Central Trains logos applied to the original livery in lieu of full repainting. An evening with intermittent cloudy spells and sunshine whilst waiting fro the steam hauled railtour. Very lucky with the sun on this one - note the shadow on the trees behind the last coach.

A rare picture of passengers at Combe station on the Cotswold Line! 3 customers await the arrival of 150101 with the only up train of the day to call at the diminutive station - the 07:00 Worcester to Oxford service. This was on 17 March 1994, when the service was operated by Regional Railways, who had threatened to close both Combe and Finstock stations due to lack of patronage. Perhaps the locals were worried, as the platform fence had just been renewed, and the usual sign that a station is about to be closed is that some money is spent on it after years of neglect!

With the muddy River Wye in the background, ex-works 150102 is about to pass under the Severn Road Bridge with the 13:15 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central Trains service on 3 September 1999. The houses in the background are in the village of Beachley, which is situated on a peninsular of land between the mouth of the River Wye and the River Severn.

In superb early morning light with dark clouds in the background, 150126 heads up the Lickey Incline on 26 July 2003 with an empty stock working. With over two miles of 1 in 37 gradient the Lickey Incline is the most formidable incline on the national network, and even now some of the heavier trains still require banking assistance.

150129 passes Tutbury on 15 March 1989 with the 12:08 Derby to Bangor service. Tutbury and Hatton station used to be situated by the level crossing in the background. A few months after this photo was taken a new station was opened on the site, with the up platform on the far side of the crossing and the down platform on this side. Note the two signal boxes.

150235 passes Levington on 25 July 1996 with the 16:47 Felixstowe to Lowestoft (via Ipswich) Regional Railways service. Although only a single track line, the route between Felixstowe and Ipswich is relatively busy, with numerous freightliner trains in addition these local passenger workings.

A close up view of 150261 as it leaves Kemble station with the 13:38 Cheltenham to Swindon First Great Western service on 5 June 2008. Services over the 'Golden Valley' route are now shared between Class 150s on these local trains, and HSTs which work the through services to Paddington. The sharply curved grass grown platform visible above the train is the former Cirencester branch platform, which in latter years saw the steam hauled branch trains replaced by the AC Cars built railbuses, whose economy of operation sadly did not prove sufficient to save either the Cirencester line, or the Tetbury branch, which also started from this station.