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Sightings during May 1997

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Saturday, 31st May 1997

Cardiff Cathays OTPD

Tampers

DR73216

Ballast Machines

77312

Small Machines

BP040

Newport Gala Day

Ballast Machines

76322

Friday, 30th May 1997

Banbury

Tampers

DR73250

Greenhill Junction

Tampers

73227

Ballast Machines

77331

Preston

Tampers

73320

Ballast Machines

76310

Reading

Tampers

73104

73312

73418

78502

73106

Ballast Machines

76218

77325

Cranes and Gantries

DRP81516

81535

Shettleston OTPD

Tampers

73425

Southall

Tampers

75101

Ballast Machines

DR72211

Thursday, 29th May 1997

Bristol Marsh Junction OTPD

Small Machines

PL021

Cardiff Canton

Tampers

DR73309

Shettleston OTPD

Tampers

73306

Wednesday, 28th May 1997

Beattock Village

MPVs and Maintenance Units

98402

Neville Hill TMD

Cranes and Gantries

78214

78233

Tuesday, 27th May 1997

Carstairs

Cranes and Gantries

DRC78229

78232

Hither Green OTPD

Snowploughs

965240

965241

Kings Norton OTPD

Tampers

73258

Lydney

Tampers

73103

Margam

Tampers

73269

Monday, 26th May 1997

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre - Quainton Road

Cranes and Gantries

ADM27

3282

Wickham Trolleys

9037

9040

TP53P

East Croydon

MPVs and Maintenance Units

DR98216

Small Machines

76001

Grove Park

Tampers

DR75201

Hither Green OTPD

Tampers

73273

Kings Norton OTPD

Tampers

73252

Ballast Machines

77320

Sunday, 25th May 1997

Didcot Tamper Sidings

Ballast Machines

77325

Willesden Junction

Tampers

73319

Saturday, 24th May 1997

Dartmouth Steam Railway - Churston

MPVs and Maintenance Units

CE68200

Doncaster

Tampers

DR73435

Haymarket

Trolleys and Railcars

98706

Mossend Yard

Tampers

73425

Royal Oak

Road-Rail Excavators

Q205FLK

Southall

Tampers

73246

75101

Ballast Machines

DR72211

Small Machines

PC040

Road-Rail Excavators

E570 L494NRP

Friday, 23rd May 1997

Greenhill Junction

Tampers

73227

Willesden

Tampers

73308

Thursday, 22nd May 1997

Rutherglen OTPD

Tampers

73425

Wednesday, 21st May 1997

Rutherglen OTPD

Tampers

73427

Tuesday, 20th May 1997

Greenhill Junction

Tampers

73227

London Paddington

Road-Rail Excavators

RRA13004

Monday, 19th May 1997

Greenhill Junction

Tampers

73227

Saturday, 17th May 1997

Cardiff Canton

Snowploughs

965236

Carlisle

Snowploughs

965216

965218

Carstairs

Tampers

73428

MPVs and Maintenance Units

98402

Small Machines

HCT001

HCT013

Snowploughs

965576

965577

Kilmarnock - Hunslet-Barclay

Snowploughs

965217

965234

Kilmarnock OTPD

Tampers

08000

73236

Ballast Machines

76220

76300

77303

79105

MPVs and Maintenance Units

98101

98213

Mossend Yard

Ballast Machines

76202

Cranes and Gantries

78123

Polmadie T&RSMD

Cranes and Gantries

DRC78226

81534

81536

81540

81543

Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway

Cranes and Gantries

DWxxx

Wickham Trolleys

PWM3962

Pyle

Road-Rail Excavators

Dixon Bros M528FUF

E855 P271YWV

E689 N998NMV

E835 P630XPN

Preserved E377 H867YCD

Friday, 16th May 1997

Cardiff Canton TMD

Tampers

73269

Snowploughs

965236

Cardiff Cathays OTPD

Tampers

73401

Cranes and Gantries

78227

81510

DRP81514

Small Machines

BP036

BP040

BP050

PC020

PC028

Carmarthen

Tampers

DR73216

Gwili Railway

Industrial/Military Cranes

19305

Wickham Trolleys

PWM2222

Gwili Railway - Bronwydd Arms

Wickham Trolleys

PWM2222

Warrington Bank Quay

Ballast Machines

DR77327

West Somerset Railway

Wickham Trolleys

PWM4316

Thursday, 15th May 1997

Rugby

Ballast Machines

76315

Stirling

MPVs and Maintenance Units

98402

Tinsley Secondary Yard

Cranes and Gantries

96408

Tuesday, 13th May 1997

Watford

Tampers

73102

Saturday, 10th May 1997

Tiverton Parkway

Ballast Machines

77324

Friday, 9th May 1997

Kilmarnock

Tampers

73236

Warrington

Cranes and Gantries

78225

Thursday, 8th May 1997

Kilmarnock

Tampers

73236

Stirling

Tampers

73425

West Ealing - Plasser (UK)

Tampers

DR75202

Ballast Machines

76317

80100

72203

Wednesday, 7th May 1997

Kilmarnock

Tampers

73427

Lowloader M1 Birmingham

Tampers

73306

Tuesday, 6th May 1997

Carnforth WCRC depot

Cranes and Gantries

RS1020

Doncaster

Ballast Machines

77323

Greenhill Junction

Tampers

73425

Monday, 5th May 1997

Guide Bridge OTPD

Tampers

73316

73903

Ballast Machines

76216

77321

77328

MPVs and Maintenance Units

98302

Cranes and Gantries

78202

81542

Trolleys and Railcars

90006

90007

Sunday, 4th May 1997

Didcot Tamper Sidings

Tampers

DR73241

73106

Eastleigh Airport Sidings

High Output Machines & Wagons

92220

92221

Eastleigh East Yard

Trolleys and Railcars

PM002

Eastleigh TMD

Vans and Pick-Up Trucks

DBS B155VRV

Eatleigh Station Sidings

Cranes and Gantries

DRP81523

Saturday, 3rd May 1997

Bescot

Ballast Machines

76217

Chester

Trolleys and Railcars

98403

Crewe Gresty Lane OTPD

Small Machines

PC014

Crewe IEMD

Cranes and Gantries

96301

96304

Crewe TMD

Snowploughs

965580

Hurlford (working nightshift)

Tampers

73427

Midland Railway Centre

Cranes and Gantries

S10

S9

Small Machines

56302

56306

Northampton

Cranes and Gantries

78238

Small Machines

HCT007

Road-Rail Excavators

Preserved 4549

Readypower FR502 (99709 940161 1)

Stabled south of Stafford station

Tampers

73238

Stafford

Tampers

73238

Friday, 2nd May 1997

Bristol Parkway

Ballast Machines

76204

Doncaster Hexthorpe ECD

Tampers

96505

96506

96507

96508

96509

Cranes and Gantries

96510

96512

Small Machines

PL065

PL067

Road-Rail Excavators

OHS167V

Vans and Pick-Up Trucks

G592SCH

Unimogs

L522KCP

Specialist RRVs

H926DRY

Wagons

96313

96314

96315

96317

96319

96320

96321

96322

96323

96324

96325

96327

96328

Doncaster Wood Yard

Cranes and Gantries

81503

DRP81521

Northampton

Dozers and Dumpers

Doyle Agri E844 P29XFG

Rutherglen OTPD

Tampers

73425

Thursday, 1st May 1997

Rutherglen OTPD

Tampers

73306

Winwick (Warrington)

Ballast Machines

76307

High Output Machines & Wagons

92223

92224

92225

92226

92227

92228

92229

92230

92231

92232

92233

92234

92235

92236

92237

92238

92239

92240

92264