50031 and 50049 take a trip out to Kyle of Lochalsh and back. Weather was typically grim for my trips to Kyle, but some nice shots were taken. Upon arrival back at Inverness, 50031 was turned via the ground frame in Plt5 - a rather unusual move for a 50!

47712 (west end) and 47709 (east end) take the Blue Pullman from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh

Day 3, the final day of the MacCookie Tour to Kyle, which started with a visit to Culloden Viaduct to shoot 40145 at the start of it's long run back down south. We then went for breakfast before starting the chase of 37417 and 37401 on the Grampian Railtours/SRPS trip from Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh. We gave up at Kyle and headed for home early as the weather was somewhat wet!

Day 2 of the MacCookie tour to Kyle, which started off by going the other way... to Aberdeen! First shots of the day were at Keith to get 37197 and 37261 on The Royal Scotsman. We then headed south-east to south of Aberdeen where we photographed them again. We then started the long chase of 40145 on The Whistling Scotsman, starting at Oyne and ending at Achnasheen having travelled all the way to Kyle of Lochalsh and back.

Day 1 of the MacCookie tour to Kyle of Lochalsh, which involved chasing 37406 on 1Y11 Edinburgh - Fort William before breakfast, and then heading up to Kyle to check the line out looking for locations to shoot during the following two days. We finished the day off by heading down to North Queensferry to get 40145 crossing the Forth Bridge with the Whistling Scotsman railtour and then chasing it up to Dundee to get it crossing the Tay Bridge and racing through West Ferry (in the dark!)

Chasing 37406 and 37427 from Kyle of Lochalsh to Greenloaning