Tractacus' photos

Class 08 shunter D3167 as preserved at Ludborough, Lincolnshire Wolds Railway. This became 08102 under the TOPS renumbering scheme. A resident at Lincoln for many years, upon withdrawal from service it was placed on a plinth outside Lincoln Railway Station, from where it was acquired by the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway. The white vehicle behind the the loco is an SPV – Special Parcels Van. Hundreds of these were built by the LNER in the 1950s, with a further batch built by BR in the 60s, purpose built for the carraige of fish, as shown in this example. Sun20Sep20.

North Somercotes. Lincolnshire. Sun20Sep20.

Red phone box, seen in the village of Marshchapel, Lincolnshire. Sun20Sep20.

Classic red phone box, located in the High Street, North Thoresby, Lincolnshire. Sun20Sep20.

This big fella, which I think is a male Brown Hawker Dragonfly, insisted on perching on this one place on the fence, even to the extent of landing on my sleeve if I went too close.. South Side of Manchester Airport. Thu17Sep20.

This is (I think) a male Brown Hawker Dragonfly, posing on the fence for a portrait. South Side of Manchester Airport. Thu17Sep20.

As far as I can make out, this is a male Brown Hawker Dragonfly, which spent some time posing for a portrait. That’s Terminal 3 at Manchester Airport in the background. Thu17Sep20.

A huge field to choose from, yet this young horse decides that the grass tasted nicer on the other side of the fence. Manchester Airport South Side. Thu17Sep20.

A pair of horses grazing in a field on the South Side of Manchester Airport. Thu17Sep20.

One of the residents in a field adjacent to Manchester Airport. Thu17Sep20.

Fence at the South Side of Manchester Airport. Looking West. Thu17Sep20.

Fence at the South Side of Manchester Airport. Looking East. Thu17Sep20.

United Airlines Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner N29981 passes high above Manchester, with a flight from Zurich to Chicago. Thu20Sep20.

HiFly Malta Airbus A330-343E 9H-TAJ arrives at Manchester, from Lisbon. Delivered in 2013 to Singapore Airlines, as 9V-STY, and acquired by Hifly Malta in 2019. Thu17Sep20.

Qatar Airways Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner A7-BCO gets airborne from Manchester with the afternoon flight to Doha. Thu17Sep20.

Emirates Boeing B777-31HER A6-EGX departs Manchester with the afternoon flight to Dubai. Thu17Sep20.

Etihad Airways Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner A6-BLW departing Manchester with the flight to Abu Dhabi. Thu17Sep20.

Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-271NX TC-LST arrives at Manchester with a flight from Istanbul. Thu17Sep20.