(01 Dec 2015, 9:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote To be honest, if you (Jimmi) can get to Ferryhill station or Hett, you might be in more luck.
Not the nicest location at this time of year, but would save you a trip and ending up with shots similar to most others.
Anywhere south Donny would be the best bet, seeing as everything goes between those points.
Issue with that being I am still pretty new to rail photography so don't know the line speeds and what shutter speed to set the camera in to match, also I am not that certain what access would be like down there, from what I've seen there is metal fencing much of the way round so the only option I could think of would be to stand on the bridge that the 33 and 56 go over to head towards Bishop Middleham. To make it easier for myself I may try to catch it at Darlington Rail Station, hopefully it would arrive at a time that I can get the Northern Rail service from Aycliffe. Another bridge option would be at Harrowgate Hill.