And let's pair the last post with the opposite... Hello Twin Peaks Gala 2025!

MR-B's Class 44 44004 "Great Gable" this time, seen at Matlock on the Rowsley end of the train. It was paired up with #peakrail's D8 "Penyghent" for one run in the evening each day. #MidWeekPeak #SteelCityDoggoPhotography

D8 "Penyghent" from #peakrail is snapped here on its own approaching Butterley during its visit to #midlandrailwaybutterley at the Ales and Rails Gala.

#midweekpeak #SteelCityDoggoPhotography

#MidweekPeak This was a very awkward one shooting head-on into the low winter sun. I've played with it in Lightroom to get some sort of result. Locomotive Services Group 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' 1Z13 'The Peak Blinder' #UKRailtours Norwich-Chesterfield at Kettering #MML #LSL 24/1/26

#MidWeekPeak 46010 @LlangollenRail 12.6.96

#MidWeekPeak D123 at Leicester North , @GcrGreat , during the Diesel Gala green day, 3.9.25

#MidWeekPeak D123 departing Rothley @GcrGreat during the Diesel Gala green day, 3.9.25

#MidWeekPeek #MidWeekPeak 45149 @GWSR 14.6.25

#MidWeekPeak Ramsbottom, July 2022. And a lovely bit of #Class45 action with 45108 during the #eastlancsrly Summer Diesel gala. Looks like I'll get a spin on her later this year...

#MidweekPeak No prizes for the loco ID or location with this one. Locomotive Services 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' brings 1Z45 'The Master Cutler' into St.Pancras from Leeds on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon. A great atmosphere with plenty of folk there to see her #LSL #MML 26/5/25

#MidweekPeak Proper #MML traction. 45118 gives a very slight hint of clag as she eases through Kettering on the down slow heading towards North Jn where she crossed onto the mainline for the climb to Desborough & on to Leicester. 1Z48 St.Pancras-Leeds 'Master Cutler' #LSL 26/5/25

#MidweekPeak 46045 departs from Kidderminster with a Hampton Loade service on day 1 of the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala last week. We'd previously enjoyed a run back from Highley into Kidderminster behind this one & she was in fantastic form through the tunnel. #SVRGala25 15/5/25

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Two for the price of one... Midland Railway - Butterley's 44004 "Great Gable" leads Peak Rail's D8 (44008) "Penyghent" away from Matlock Riverside with a train to Rowsley South during the #TwinPeaksGala2025... which actually featured Twin 'Peaks'! #Class44 #Sulzer

45108 a big blue class 45 peak standing at Bury Bolton Street station during the recent Winter Diesel Day.

#MidweekPeak Fancy one last angle of 45108 at the recent #EastLancsRailway #WinterDieselDay? Go on then! The big blue beast seen waiting at Bury. #Class45 #Peak #BRBlue #ELR 8/2/25

#MidWeekPeak The Alexandra Hotel , Derby.

#MidweekPeak After checking the 📸, most of my pics from the #EastLancsRailway on Saturday seem to contain a certain large blue beast. 45108 was definitely the star of the day for me. Seen here at Heywood, Bury & Ramsbottom at various points during the #ELR #WinterDieselDay 8/2/25.

#MidWeekPeak 45133 @midrlybutterley 29.12.94

Twin peaks 46051 & 45009 at Severn Tunnel junction the 45 had recently suffered a cab fire 9th September 1980 #MidWeekPeak

📸 Kevin Redwood

BR diesel locomotive 'Peak' 46010 in the loco bays at King's Cross 14th September 1982. The locomotive is in BR Blue with yellow ends, the original headcode panel replaced by 2 headlights https://flic.kr/p/2krJDfV

46010 in BR Blue at King's Cross, September 1982

#MidWeekPeak #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB
#KingsCross #RailBlue

#MidweekPeak D123 (45125) stabled in the shadows at Loughborough Central on New Year's Eve. It was nice to see the big #Sulzer while enjoying the delights of #EnglishElectric traction in the form of D6700 working the #GCR #Nightrider services. 31/12/24

97411 (45034) at Tyne Yard probably late 1987?

#MidweekPeak #Sulzer #Class45 #Class97 #Departmental

45125 at the head of a parcels train at St Pancras, 3 April 1985 https://flic.kr/p/2iVy5nt

St Pancras, before #Eurostar

45125 ready to lead a parcels train out of the quiet and dingy station. What a contrast to today's scene!
#midweekpeak #RailBlue

Now the weather has turned cold, here is a look back to the Severn Valley Gala during warmer times. #MidweekPeak

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No that you’d guess looking at the weather. 16th July 1988.
45107 backs the stock out of Southport station after arriving with Hertfordshire Railtours Lancashire Witch tour. One of the peaks I had the pleasure of driving.

For #MidweekPeak a look back to seeing this wonderfully restored #peak 45118 ‘The Royal Artilleryman’ at Bristol Parkway in July . 1Z45 Bristol Temple Meads to York! #class45