D7628 (25278) provides fairly regular opportunities to sample Class 25 mainline action, albeit limited to fairly frequent Grosmont to Whitby turns, supplemented with an occasional trip out to Battersby. The locomotive is seen here working 1Z40 the 9.00 Pickering to Whitby service over the river bridge at Ruswarp on the 7th April 2009.

D7628 (25278) is seen slowing for the station stop at Sleights where the driver has to call the signalman at Nunthorpe. The train is 1Z40 9.00 Pickering to Whitby on the 8th April 2009.

D7628 (25278) is seen slowing for the station stop at Sleights where the driver has to call the signalman at Nunthorpe. The train is 1Z40 9.00 Pickering to Whitby on the 8th April 2009.

The 5th of April 2008 was the day of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway diesel gala, but it also saw D1015 Western Champion working1Z52 "The Royal Duchy" 7.12 Paddington to Penzance charter, which provided another good reason to be in Cornwall that day. Here the return working 1Z53 15.20 Penzance to Paddington is seen storming through Restormel just north of Lostwithiel in a lucky patch of sun.