158722's Rail Trails and Trips
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12. And 20 minutes after 5615 had passed by, this rather nice trio of MLWs appeared with a rake of hoppers from the south again. 1562 leads 1558 and 1559 in a lucky patch of semi-decent light on an otherwise stormy day.  Portugal 2008; Rail Trails and Trips  (529)
11. Another saturday afternoon (19th April) and just happened to pass Aguas de Moura, again... Within 10mins, 5615 appeared with a container train from the south. No sign of the graffitti being removed then.  Portugal 2008; Rail Trails and Trips  (471)
10. 1422 and 1455 power through Aguas de Moura with a FAP special from Tavira to Porto in the lovely evening sunshine of March 30th.  Portugal 2008; Rail Trails and Trips  (312)
19. Lucky Saturday 13th September and a rather productive day trip! Having arrived this location near Pegões station, the westbound signal went off almost immediately, although it was with some surprise that this image of CP's 1428 dragging failed Takargo 1449 was captured (along with a Fiat Panda...) 1449 had failed at Bombel on a Poceirão to Evora training run, with 1428 despatched to collect it. The Panda's working was unknown...  Portugal 2008; Rail Trails and Trips  (226)
20. A bit of a grab shot as I wasn't really expecting this, but failed Takargo 1449 brings up the rear of 1428's rescue mission. Neopul's World series Alco 1612 can be seen in the background.  Portugal 2008; Rail Trails and Trips  (215)
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The gallery is aimed at sharing images of my rail travels with friends around the world, nothing more complex!
Scotland and the rest of the UK will feature alot as will Portugal along with wherever else I manage. The first collections are from my recent trip to Argentina.

The site name comes from my seemingly unavoidable contact with First ScotRail's 158722 which always seems to appear on my trips back to Scotland. Such is '722 infamy, it is now known as 'Desmond the 158'...
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    12. And 20 minutes after 5615 had passed by, this rather nice trio of MLWs appeared with a rake of hoppers from the south again. 1562 leads 1558 and 1559 in a lucky patch of semi-decent light on an otherwise stormy day.
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    1031.3 0466 and 0464 sit alongside the station building at Serpins in the very pleasent sunshine on October 31st.