From the guard's van

Sir Nigel's wheels are back in York...

A few shots from a couple of hours spent on Esslingen station on the Stuttgart to Ulm main line. South bound train on the through road.  Local passenger train heading for Stuttgart.  Class 146 heading a southbound stopping train. A private centre cab diesel... can anyone identify it? Another class 146, this time propelling a north bound train out of the platform.  A Stuttgart bound train being propelled by a class 111. 

MSC liveried class 66/7 heads north through York station with coal empties from Eggborough Power Station. EWS loco no 66106 heads south with the morning rubbish train empties for Knowsley near Wigan.  Not the most exciting unit around but rarely seen at York is this Northern class 156 and in the new Northern livery.