Filton Abbey Wood 29-12-11

At 13.13

57011 and 57003

head north on the 6M67

in the rain.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year.

Good luck

on you photographing

trips

in

2012.

Filton 20-12-11

153333 coupled to 150263 

en route to Frome

at 13.21.

153377 heading to Gloucester

at 13.48.

Cardiff bound 150104

stopping at 13.29.

Pulling away at 12.29

also for Cardiff was 150216

Light load for 66001

was one steel coil wagon

for some where in South Wales

at 13.18.

6M67 heading north with one NFA

flask train

hauled by 66423 and 66303

at 14.18.

Colas 66748 20-12-11

Gloucester to Newton Abbott

empty timber train

passing Filton Abbey Wood

on time at 09.50.

Bristol Airport 18-12-11

Popped up to a very chilly

Bristol International

this morning

for the annual 

Santa flights.

Departing at 08.38

was Eazy Jets A 319 G-EZIO

to Faro.

Not a Santa flight.

 Strategic Airlines A 320 LX-STC

departing to

Enontekio Finland,

on a Santa flight at 09.26.

 Standing in for an other Strategic Airbus thatdid not show up,

was this Titan Boeing 757 G-ZAPX

departing at 11.15.

Also on a Santa flight.

 KLM Fokker 70 PH-KZS

heading for Amstadam 

at 09.09.

Filton 12-12-11

Challenger 604 VP-COD

 Arrived for some training.

Misty Filton 22-11-11

Sat on apron 1 all day

Citation 525

D-IWIR.

Ships off Portishead 20-11-11

Cadet training ship Pride of Bristol

heading for Bristol Docks.

 On its way to Sharpness Docks is

AERANDER

to collect sand and grit.

 BRO DISTIBUTOR

in bound to Avonmouth 

with a cargo of fuel.

 Out of Avonmouth was this small chemical tanker

KEEWHIT

Dull and dark at Abbey Wood 21-11011

66622

down platform three to Wales

with La Farge Cement wagons

at 13.14.

 37601 accelerating towards Bristol Temple Meads

 With 37603  on the rear

with the 1Z11

at 13.47

Two 47's on the Northern Belle 19-11-11

At 08.49 47828 

made a spirited  from a signal stop

with the Cardiff to London special.

 Taking it easy on the back

was 47832.

Filton 18-11-11

Eurocopter EC 355 

G-WJCJ

training at 14.05

 Arriving from Brussells

at 14.43

was Dornier Jet 328

OY-NCO

as SUS9084

Misty Filton 16-11-11

Sat on a misty apron 1 

at 10.45 was

Cirrus SR22 N583CD

 Landing for a crew change

at 10.48 was 

Challenger CL605

M-RLIV

 Horizontal visibility was not to bad

but the cloud base between 500 and 600 feet.

Just as well it landed. 

Filton 15-11-11

Departing at 12.27

Citation 550 N550LD

 Lovely touch of sun on

Citation 500 F-GKID

on apron 1.

M.V. GALATEA

Seen at Battery Point Portishead

the Trinity House

Multi - Functional Vessel 

changing a navigation buoy.

 Some of the buoys waiting to be used.

Patchway and Wickwar Tunnel 01-11-11

Abbey Wood 04-11-11

Todays Nuclear flask train was hauled by

57011 and 57011

 Well and truly poring when 

37685 and 37676 were hauling

the stock for a special tour on 05-11-11

 At the back was 57601

Filton 03-11-11

TBM 750 LX-JFE 

has been parked up since Monday

Filton 03-11-11

Nice American Biz Jet

Gulfstream G150 N150GV

Filton 02-11-11

Piper PA-23 G-BGXS

Filton Abbey Wood 18-10-11

While waiting for some vintage locos

Xcountry HST 43301

Stormed pass on its way to Plymouth.

 Next South West trains 158886

passed by running late.

 Ah at last vintage locos 37609 and 20309

made a great sound having started from a signal.