D5401 stood at Lougborough during the winter gala event in January

Taken at Swithland Reservoir during January Winter Gala

27056 mascot given to me by Micheal Cort, an excellent mascot by an standards, this will be on show everytime the loco is out on service trains

One of the thousands of small jobs done during 2009, changed crankcase breather gauze filter

Early January and D5401 first test rum since 2007 October, loco stood at Rothley

Fabruary 7th, surrounded by snow and low level sun light, taken at lougborough yard before the 12:15 departure

The state of the AWS wiring under Cab no2, this will be replaced at a later date

April and the failed AVR which has been problematic all year and it was removed during the April diesel gala after melting resistors together

Cab No1 DSD foot pedal and housing removed for reair and repaint, taken during early June

John Pepper repairing a spare AVR for 27056 during a saturday evening in April, the unit has worked very well considering it has been stored for 25 years

During testing that same evening using a variable 110volt supply

The damaged cab no1 DSD housing, this was damaged during BR days

A Brake selector switch cover in Cab No2

The replacement brake selector switch cover, this was a spare that was stripped, cleaned and painted in Deep Bronze Green

New spare parts for the fire sensor system in the engine room roof space

The original intercooler core after two months soak in a barrel of diesel was pressure washed at Lougborough yard in early June

The heavily cleaned and painted DSD pedal for Cab No1 in late June

The replaced items in late June

March 2009 and a short visit to the NVR diesel gala, the 27 sitting on the turntable with a Class 14 shunter for company

Taken from the Cab showing Class 40 D206 in a double header towards Peterborough, this is one excellent pristine machine

Later on the same day, another double header with 47270

The mascot out on show at Peterborough station during the layover period before departure to Wansford