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EWS Class 90. 90016 is seen passing through Warrington Bank Quay with an unidentified northbound mail train on Friday 17th April 1998 at 12:56. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Possibly the last EWS class 90 to retain Res.livery, 90016 in seen at London Euston having brought the Scottish sleaper train down on Saturday 31st May 2003. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection (Jampics) m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

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EWS Class 90/0. 90017 'Rail Express Systems, Quality Assured' passes through Slateford, Edinburgh with the 5B26, 08:15 Edinburgh Waverley - Polmadie CARMD ECS sleeper stock on Saturday 3rd Oct 1998. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk)

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90017 in Rail Express Systems livery waiting at Crewe station on the 2 April 1997. This locomotive is owned by EWS. Photo by Mike Arm (arm@iname.com)

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Class 90. 90017 stabled at Carlisle on 5-sept-97. Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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It would seem there are enough photos of the Res-livered 90 017 on the European Railway Server already; indeed one of the previous photographs was taken by myself. However, I don’t see any other night shots, so I guess that justifies the existence of this pic. The locomotive is powered up here each evening to take the by-now well-known Sleeper to Euston at around 10 o’clock, but if you arrive at around 9.45 you’ll be able to catch another 90 which pulls in the empty stock from the depot. Recently Res locomotives with buckeye-couplers and ‘third buffer’ have been used, instead of the many drawhook ones in RfD livery. I was hoping the spectacular spark which occurs at the pantograph as the locomotive ‘goes live’ could be captured on film properly, but this has proved somewhat difficult and after many failures this was the best shot I had managed to get. The ample background lighting is, in this instance, a complete nusiance; but it is impossible to use a shutter time any less than about 3 seconds, as it is almost impossible to predict when the arcing would occur and it’s always annoying if one misses it because it would take another 24 hours’ wait before another opportunity becomes available. The little blob of bluish-light just above the door is the electric arc in this particular photograph ~ much more spectacular when seen for real. I would appreciate it if, when the more experienced photographers on the net attempt this sort of panto-up shot, please get in touch, maybe I will benefit from your advice. Incidentally, given the number of 90 shots we now have on the European Railway Server, has anyone noticed that 90 017 has class 47 buffers fitted, and that 90 021~026 have old-fashioned oval buffers? Photo by Alex Lu (lexcie@innocent.com, http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/) Motorail Terminal, Edinburgh Waverley, 2202 hours on 23 March 1999. Jessop’s cheap ISO400, 10 seconds @ f22.

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Res 90 017 Rail Express Systems Quality Assured seen in the Motorail Terminal at Edinburgh Waverley. Photo by Alex Lu, Cambridge University Railway Society, http://www.almac.co.uk/lu/, lu@kilda.almac.co.uk

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EWS Class 90. 90018 stands alongside Lab 19, IRIS II, the SERCO Railtest Laboratory unit No: 977694 + 977693, in the old Motorail platforms at Edinburgh Waverley on Friday 14th Aug 1998 at 20:00. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken aos@cableinet.co.uk Canon EOS 500n, Sigma 28-80mm Aspherical zoom lense at 1/30th at F5.6 using Kodad Ultra Gold 400 ISO film.

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Pic of 90 018 already exists, so here’s one from a different angle. I also have a pic of 90 018 from the classic angle, which can be downloaded from http://linux.oswel.com/lexcie/90018res-upload.jpg. Photo by Alex Lu (lexcie@innocent.com, http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/) Motorail Terminal, Edinburgh Waverley, 1426 hours on 22 March 1999 with Jessop’s cheap ISO400.

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TOPS information panel and builder’s plate from Res 90 018. I suppose I could have waited until we got a loco with a clearer panel, but all the ones I’ve seen so far while carrying a camera looks like this, so... :) Photo by Alex Lu (lexcie@innocent.com, http://www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/)

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EWS Class 90. 90019 is seen passing through Warrington Bank Quay with an unidentified northbound mail train on Friday 17th April 1998 at 13:09. Photo and scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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EWS class 90s have now taken over from those of Freightliner on the Anglia London-Norwich services. EWS has 25 class 90s in a variety of liveries that will add considerably to the traction interest on the route. In this case we see Res 90019 named 'Penny Black' after Britains first postage stamp, unusually pushing its Norwich bound train on the nearer line... no doubt due to the passing freight...as it goes through Stratford on the 30th October 2003. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com

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Class 90 number 90020 is one of five Class 90 locomotives owned by Rail Express Systems and used on parcels trains. It is seen at Crewe. RES is now part of EW&SR. Photo by David Root <hert0296@sable.ox.ac.uk>

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Class 90 90020 at Crewe (date unknown). Photo: Scott Aitken, Scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk) Website: http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/aos/photography

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Class 90 90019 stabled at Carlisle on 23-aug-97. Photo: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).

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Class 90 sporting RES livery stands at Ipswich in Push Pull mode working a Liverpool Street - Norwich service. This was the first day of the 'One' franchise incorporating all services into Liverpool Street in one franchise. Copyright belongs to Andrew Ducker who can be contacted on ecml@yahoo.co.uk. Photographs taken on Canon EOS10D Digital Camera.

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Class 91 powers through Motherwell station on the afternoon of 26 June 2001 in charge of mail vans. Copyright belongs to Andy Ducker. Email address ecml@yahoo.co.uk. All pictures take by me on a Kodak DC260 Digital Camera, and slightly processed using Paint Shop Pro 5

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This is about as exciting as it gets these days on ONE Anglia services! Hired in from EWS 90019 'Penny Black', the only loco running in Res livery, is seen on a Stratford stopper bound for London LS on November 23rd 2005. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.

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Electric loco 90-020 "Colonel Bill Cockburn" in Rail Express Systems parcels sub-sector livery has just arrived at King's Cross station with the mail train on 7 June 1996. Copyright Pat & David Othen (dothen@ra.isisnet.com)

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EWS Res 90019 is performing a somewhat unusual manouver. When we arrived at the station it was just coming to halt. It was then detached and set off in the direction of Liverpool Street before returning... as pictured... and then going onto the the DBSO, which presumably had a fault of some kind. It then took the empty coaching stock to Norwich. Date 29th January 2004. Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic.