Western Campaigner's Sightings in 2023
- December 2023
- 19th December2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 16th December1 sightingUmberleigh
- 15th December2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 14th December1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 4th December1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- November 2023
- 30th November2 sightingsReading
- 28th November48 sightingsAlexandra Dock Junction
Bristol Parkway
Cardiff Central
Cardiff Queen Street
East Usk yard
Newport (South Wales)
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
- 23rd November2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 22nd November6 sightingsStandish Junction
- 21st November6 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 18th November1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 16th November1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 15th November30 sightingsChippenham
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Westbury
Wootton Bassett Stone Terminal
- 7th November30 sightingsDidcot Parkway
Didcot Railway Centre
Reading
Reading Train Care Depot
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
- 1st November30 sightingsAppleford Crossing
Didcot Fuel Point
Didcot Parkway
Didcot Railway Centre
Oxford
Oxford Hinksey Yard
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Swindon Transfer Yard HOOB
- October 2023
- 26th October44 sightingsDidcot Parkway
Reading
Reading Train Care Depot
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Swindon Transfer Yard HOOB
Tilehurst
- 25th October1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 24th October2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 19th October13 sightingsStandish Junction
- 18th October3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 17th October38 sightingsAppleford Crossing
Didcot Parkway
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Yard
Oxford
Oxford Hinksey Yard
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Swindon Transfer Yard HOOB
- 12th October1 sightingUmberleigh
- 11th October1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 10th October27 sightingsChippenham
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Trowbridge
Westbury
Westbury Yard
- 5th October103 sightingsBirmingham International
Birmingham New Street
Cheltenham Spa
Coventry
Gloucester
Marston Green
Rugby
Rugby OTPD
Stonehouse
Stroud (Gloucs)
- September 2023
- 28th September3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 27th September3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 26th September27 sightingsChippenham
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Trowbridge
Westbury
Westbury Down Sidings
Westbury Yard
- 25th September1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 21st September58 sightingsAshchurch for Tewkesbury
Ashchurch Loop
Gloucester
Kidderminster
Kidderminster TMD - Severn Valley Railway
Severn Valley Railway - Arley
Severn Valley Railway - Bewdley
Severn Valley Railway -
- 18th September1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 17th September2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 16th September2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 14th September57 sightingsBath Spa
Eastleigh
Eastleigh East Yard
Eastleigh Yard
Hawkeridge Junction
Romsey
Salisbury
Salisbury Traincare Depot
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Trowbridge
Westbury
Westbury Down Sidings
West
- 13th September2 sightingsStandish Junction
- 11th September1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 7th September26 sightingsBirmingham New Street
Cheltenham Spa
Five Ways
Gloucester
Gloucester New yard
Kings Norton OTPD
Standish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
University (Birmingham) - 6th September2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 5th September114 sightingsBirmingham New Street
Cheltenham Spa
Coleshill Parkway
Gloucester
Gloucester New yard
Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal
Nuneaton
Nuneaton Abbey Junction
Stonehouse
Stroud (Gloucs)
Water Or
- 4th September2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 2nd September2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- August 2023
- 31st August75 sightingsAlexandra Dock Junction
Barry Depot
Cadoxton
Caldicot
Cardiff Central
Cogan
Dinas Powys
East Usk yard
Gloucester
Grangetown (Cardiff)
Llantwit Major
Newport (South Wales)
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 26th August1 sightingHailey Wood, Sapperton
- 23rd August14 sightingsDean Forest Railway - Norchard
Dean Forest Railway - Norchard TMD
Gossington, Cam & Dursley
- 17th August65 sightingsBirmingham New Street
Burton-on-Trent - Nemesis Rail
Cheltenham High St Loop
Cheltenham Spa
Derby
Gloucester
Kingsbury Junction
Landor Street Junction
Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal
Stro
- 16th August1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 15th August15 sightingsHaresfield
Haresfield Loop
- 13th August2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 12th August1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 10th August75 sightingsAbbotswood Junction
Birmingham New Street
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove Tamper Sidings
Cheltenham Spa
Gloucester
Haresfield Loop
Kings Norton
Kings Norton OTPD
Oxley TMD
Shrewsbury
Soho Depot
Stro
- 3rd August9 sightingsHaresfield Loop
Standish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 2nd August1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 1st August40 sightingsBathampton Junction
Bradford-on-Avon
Bristol Parkway
Bristol Temple Meads
Chippenham
Filton Abbey Wood
Gloucester
Lawrence Hill
Standish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Westbury
Westbury
- July 2023
- 31st July3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 30th July1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 29th July2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 27th July58 sightingsBicester South junction
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway - Chinnor
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway - Princes Risborough
Didcot OTM Siding
Didcot Parkway
Didcot Railway Centre
Kemble
Ox
- 23rd July1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 18th July65 sightingsAshchurch for Tewkesbury
Barnwood, Gloucester
Birmingham Moor Street
Birmingham Snow Hill
Bredon
Cheltenham Spa
Dorridge
Eckington
Gloucester
Kidderminster TMD - Severn Valley Railway
Small
- 16th July1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 15th July1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 13th July21 sightingsDidcot Parkway
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
- 12th July60 sightingsAscot (Berks)
Ashford (Surrey)
Egham
Feltham
Isleworth
Kew Bridge
Reading
Reading Train Care Depot
Staines
Stroud (Gloucs)
Sunningdale
Swindon
Syon Lane
Virginia Water
Wokingham
- 11th July2 sightingsStandish Junction
- 6th July2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 2nd July4 sightingsHenley-on-Thames
Reading - June 2023
- 27th June95 sightingsAshchurch for Tewkesbury
Birmingham New Street
Eckington
Gloucester
Gloucester CS
Lichfield City
Lichfield Trent Valley
Stroud (Gloucs)
Worcester Foregate Street
Worcester Shrub Hill
Wylde G
- 26th June1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 25th June3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 23rd June1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 22nd June1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 20th June122 sightingsBasingstoke
Bramley (Hants)
Cholsey
Didcot Parkway
Goring & Streatley
Reading
Reading Green Park
Reading Train Care Depot
Reading West
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
- 17th June1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 16th June4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 15th June66 sightingsAlexandra Dock Junction
Barry
Barry Depot
Barry Island
Cadoxton
Cardiff Canton TMD
Cardiff Central
Cogan
East Usk yard
Gloucester
Gloucester CS
Grangetown (Cardiff)
Lydney
Stonehouse
Str
- 14th June5 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 13th June36 sightingsGloucester
Kings Norton OTPD
Stonehouse
Stroud (Gloucs)
Tuffley
University (Birmingham)
- 12th June4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 10th June2 sightingsTarka Valley Railway - Great Torrington
Umberleigh
- 9th June9 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 8th June2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 6th June2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 5th June14 sightingsStandish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 2nd June5 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 1st June116 sightingsAbbotswood Junction
Alstone CHS
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Birmingham New Street
Bournville
Bromsgrove
Cheltenham Spa
Droitwich Spa
Eckington
Gloucester
Kings Norton OTPD
Longbridge
Stroud (
- May 2023
- 30th May1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 29th May9 sightingsCam & Dursley
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 25th May3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 24th May36 sightingsDean Forest Railway - Lydney Junction
Dean Forest Railway - Norchard TMD
Dean Forest Railway - Parkend
Gloucester
Grange Court
Lydney
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 23rd May6 sightingsStandish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs) - 22nd May1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 21st May3 sightingsCam & Dursley
- 20th May23 sightingsGloucestershire Warwickshire Railway - Toddington TMD
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway - Winchcombe
- 19th May1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 18th May63 sightingsAshchurch
Gloucester
Kidderminster
Kidderminster TMD - Severn Valley Railway
Severn Valley Railway - Arley
Severn Valley Railway - Bewdley
Severn Valley Railway - Bridgnorth
Severn Valley Railw
- 17th May15 sightingsCam & Dursley
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 16th May8 sightingsStandish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 15th May27 sightingsAvoncliff
Bath Spa
Bradford-on-Avon
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Wotton Bassett Freight Yard
- 14th May3 sightingsHenley-on-Thames
Reading - 12th May1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 11th May1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 10th May2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 9th May4 sightingsStonehouse
Stroud (Gloucs) - 8th May3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 5th May4 sightingsStonehouse
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 4th May22 sightingsSouth Devon Railway - Buckfastleigh
South Devon Railway - Staverton
Totnes
- 3rd May4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 2nd May5 sightingsStandish Junction
- 1st May3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- April 2023
- 29th April2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 28th April5 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 27th April6 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 26th April1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 25th April2 sightingsStandish Junction
- 24th April1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 22nd April8 sightingsSwindon & Cricklade Railway - Blunsdon
- 20th April2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 19th April6 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 18th April59 sightingsBath Spa
Bathampton Junction
Cholsey
Didcot Parkway
Hungerford
Kemble
Reading
Reading Train Care Depot
Reading triangle OTPD
Salisbury
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Warminster
Westbury
Westbur
- 17th April6 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 16th April2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 14th April1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 13th April4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 12th April12 sightingsStandish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 11th April4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 8th April2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 7th April28 sightingsHenley-on-Thames
Maidenhead
Maidenhead EMU Sidings
Reading
Twyford
- 6th April4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 5th April4 sightingsStandish Junction
Stroud (Gloucs) - 3rd April2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- March 2023
- 30th March41 sightingsAvonmouth
Bristol Parkway
Bristol Temple Meads
Cam & Dursley
Charfield
Clifton Down
Filton Abbey Wood
Gloucester
Severn Beach
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 29th March1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 27th March65 sightingsAynho Junction
Banbury
Banbury Depot
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway - Princes Risborough
Didcot Parkway
Haddenham & Thame Parkway
Kemble
Oxford
Oxford Hinksey Yard
Oxford Up Carriage Si
- 25th March4 sightingsBideford Railway Heritage Centre
Tarka Valley Railway - Great Torrington
- 24th March7 sightingsCam & Dursley
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 22nd March1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 21st March70 sightingsAlstone CHS
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Barnwood, Gloucester
Birmingham Moor Street
Birmingham Snow Hill
Cheltenham Spa
Droitwich Spa
Gloucester
Gloucester Horton Road Sidings
Jewellery Quarter_
- 20th March1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 19th March1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 10th March2 sightingsHenley-on-Thames
Reading
- 9th March33 sightingsBerkeley Road
Bristol Temple Meads
Frome
Gloucester
Stroud (Gloucs)
Trowbridge
Westbury
Westbury Down Sidings
Westbury Up Sidings
Whatley Quarry
Whatley TMD
- 2nd March1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- February 2023
- 24th February11 sightingsStonehouse, Bristol Road
- 22nd February6 sightingsCam & Dursley
Stroud (Gloucs) - 21st February96 sightingsBasingstoke
Bramley (Hants)
Cholsey
Didcot Parkway
Kemble
Pangbourne
Reading
Reading Green Park
Reading Train Care Depot
Reading triangle OTPD
Reading West
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Tilehur
- 20th February21 sightingsGloucester
Stroud (Gloucs)
- 18th February3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 17th February1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 16th February1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 15th February2 sightingsCam & Dursley
- 14th February74 sightingsCulham
Didcot Parkway
Didcot Yard
Kemble
Kennington Junction
Oxford
Oxford Hinksey Yard
Oxford Up Carriage Sidings
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Swindon Transfer Yard HOOB
- 9th February28 sightingsAbbotswood Junction
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Barnwood, Gloucester
Cheltenham Spa
Gloucester
Great Malvern
Stonehouse
Stroud (Gloucs)
Worcester Foregate Street
Worcester Shrub Hill
- 8th February2 sightingsStonehouse, Bristol Road
- 6th February2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 4th February2 sightingsTarka Valley Railway - Great Torrington
Umberleigh
- 3rd February5 sightingsBullo Pill
Stroud (Gloucs) - 2nd February2 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- January 2023
- 31st January48 sightingsBath Spa
Bathampton Junction
Chippenham
Hawkeridge Junction
Stroud (Gloucs)
Swindon
Trowbridge
Westbury
Westbury Down Sidings
Wootton Bassett Stone Terminal
- 30th January1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 29th January4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 26th January1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 23rd January1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 21st January3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 19th January1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- 18th January54 sightingsAbbotswood Junction
Birmingham Moor Street
Birmingham Snow Hill
Cheltenham High St Loop
Cheltenham Spa
Droitwich Spa
Eckington
Gloucester
Gloucester Yard Junction
Kidderminster TMD - Severn V
- 17th January4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 15th January3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 14th January4 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 8th January3 sightingsStroud (Gloucs)
- 2nd January14 sightingsSwindon & Cricklade Railway - Blunsdon
Swindon & Cricklade Railway - Hayes Knoll
- 1st January1 sightingStroud (Gloucs)
- Number of trains logged during 2023
- 24 Locomotives (shunters)
- 400 Locomotives
- 2 Locomotives (DC electric)
- 11 Locomotives (AC electric)
- 359 Diesel mechanical / hydraulic multiple unit sets
- 88 Diesel electric multiple unit sets
- 194 AC and AC/DC electric multiple unit sets
- 122 DC electric multiple unit sets
- 19 AC and AC/DC electric multiple unit sets
- 15 Multi-mode multiple unit sets
- 90 High-speed multiple unit / fixed formation sets
- 38 Steam Locomotives
- 12 Steam Locomotives (WD/industrial)
- 6 Light Rail
- 14 Industrial Locomotives (not steam)
- 11 DVTs & DBSOs
- 2 Miscellaneous
- 49 On-Track Machines