168002 pulls away from Quainton Road with the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Quainton Clubman' railtour on 17 October 1999. This tour which started from Marylebone, then traversed the freight only line to Calvert, Bicester and then on to Oxford. The Buckinghamshire Railway's site at Quainton is unusual in that is bisected by an operational mainline, albeit one that apart from specials such as this, sees a very infrequent freight service

168002 passes Claydon (near Banbury) with the 08:10 Kidderminster to Marylebone Chiltern Railways service on 15 April 2008. As with most of early April 2008, the day started without a cloud in the sky, and on this day stayed that way well into the afternoon. There was formerly a level crossing at Claydon, but now the lane ends in an access gate for Network Rail to gain access to the track, which was included along with the young ash tree to add some foreground interest to the picture.

168002 passes the footpath crossing at Kings Sutton with the 06:46 Stratford-upon-Avon to Marylebone Chiltern Railways service on 28 April 2008. Another typical April day with a bright start, quickly followed by clouds rolling in from the west. The footpath at Kings Sutton runs alongside the line for a short distance before crossing the line, this picture being taken from the stile crossing the railway boundary fence.

A little bit of low tech improvisation here. 168004 has a yellow plastic bag over its front coupler, and even though I was a long way away shooting on a long lens, I could hear this non-standard accessory flapping about above the sound of the engines! It is pictured rounding the curve past the site of the long closed Ayhno Park Platform, and approaching Ardley Tunnel with the 12:52 Birmingham Snow Hill to Marylebone Chiltern Railways service on 11 February 2008.

168111 is pictured at Kings Sutton a few minutes before sunset on 14 November 2007 with the Chiltern Railways 14:12 Birmingham Snow Hill to Marylebone service. It was a sunny evening, but just as the sun was going down a bank of dark clouds rolled in from the north east and for a few minutes this unusual lighting transformed the scene, with the low sun giving everything a golden glow, contrasting with the dark menacing clouds.

168112 passes near to the once rail served Ardley Quarry on 11 February 2008, as it works the 11:12 Birmingham Snow Hill to Marylebone Chiltern Railways service. Note how, in common with many modern units, the high tech destination display doesn't photograph correctly, no doubt due to the scanning nature of the display.

168215 passes Hatton North Junction with the 14:52 Birmingham Snow Hill to Marylebone Chiltern Railways service on 19 February 2008. The line diverging here is the route to Stratford-upon-Avon. The shadows are a real problem here, but I realised this would be the last train of the day that I would be able to get a picture of with the whole train more or less evenly lit. Note that some of the trees are still covered in frost, from the freezing fog that had covered this area in the morning.