Toton-Rail.co.uk : Railway Photography by Paul Robertson



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Class 20's

D8000/D8132/D8020 Inside the roundhouse at the Barrow Hill Engine Shed, D8000, D8132 & D8020 all pose during a photographers charter on 12/07/07 prior to the celebration of fifty years of the class 20s over the following weekend.
D8154 At sunset D8154 blasts away from Ruddington 50 steps Jn on 21/10/07 with the last leg of the 1540 Ruddington-Loughborough-Ruddington, D8007/D8048 were at the other end of the train.
20197/196/010 20197/20196/20010 stand with broken windows at the entrance to Toton depot in the scrap lines on 11/09/92. A545.
20032/128 20032 & 20128 approach Attenborough with 1E86 0812 Leicester-Skegness on 08/06/93. F41.
20058/019/148 20058, 20019 & 20148 stand amongst many classmates at Toton depot in the scrap lines on 11/09/92. A614.
20066 20066 stands with 20148 & 37245 at Grangemouth shed 15/04/90. 35mm neg scan.
20066/138 20066 & 20138 pass Trent on 02/07/93 with 1E86 0812 Leicester-Skegness Jolly Fisherman working. C786.
20075/20187 Attenborough 20075 & 20187 approach Attenborough on 23/08/93 with 1E86 0812 Leicester-Skegness Jolly Fisherman. I wish i'd arrived in more time and had time to move somewhere else that wasn't shadowed...
20075/20128 Marylebone 20075 & 20128 stand at London Marylebone on 07/12/94 waiting to leave with a Tribometer test train to LUL lines Uxbridge & Rickmansworth.F36.
20075 Leaving Derby on 24/05/95 are 20075 & 20128 top-and-tailing the Mentor test train as 1Z15 0840 Derby RTC-Walsall.
20090/20132 20090 & 20132 depart Nottingham platform 1 with 1Z34 0920 Derby-Skegness on bank holiday Monday 04/05/92, note the heritage BR van to the right. F239.
20092 20092, 56006 & 58001 stand in the yard at Barrow Hill during a EMRPS charter on 12/07/07. The efforts of Jason Cross of the EMRPS must be mentioned for the work undertaken to make 20092 look like a working loco from its previous scrap condition.
20096/56006 20096 & 56006 stand outside the Roundhouse at Barrow Hill during a photo charter on 04/10/02.
20119 20119 stands with a short pick up freight on the Springwell branch, Barrow Hill during a EMRPS charter on 12/07/07.
20121 20121 & 20169 & 47331 & 60046 stand in barnetby yard whilst running light from Immingham to Frodingham, the locos had been routed into the yard due to brake problems. 01/05/92.
20128/20075 20128 & 20075 wait for the signal at Trent East Jn on 13/05/96 with 6L95 0710 Bescot-Beeston BRT depot, I did not know this train was coming in advance - no gen emails or texts back then, whilst waiting for a Doncaster-Mountsorrel ballast I heard a familiar sound approaching from Sheet Stores and was more than pleasantly surprised to see a 'Moose' front end appear..
20128/20032 20128 & 20032 pass through Attenborough on 30/06/93 with 1E86 0812 Leicester-Skegness Jolly Fisherman additional service.
20132/20090 During a Tea break from the booking office, I photographed 20132 & 20090 arriving at Nottingham on Bank holiday Monday 25/05/92 with 1E98 0925 Derby-Skegness Jolly Fisherman additional.
20132/20090 20132 & 20090 depart Nottingham platform 3 on Bank holiday Monday 25/05/92 with 1E98 0925 Derby-Skegness Jolly Fisherman additional. A447.
20132/087 Attenborough 20132 & 20087 power through Attenborough with 1E86 0812 Leicester-Skegness Jolly Fisherman on 01/09/93, the shunter sitting in the second mans seat I think was called Glen and was a familiar sight working at Nottingham for many years. E576.
20227 Butterley 20227 arrives at Butterley with the 1430 train from Riddings on the Midland Railway, 20/09/97.
20301/303 Heemies Farm 20301 & 20303 pass Heemies Farm near Norton Bridge with 7M56 1310 Berkely-Basford Hall flasks, 09/06/99.
20311/315 20311 and 20315 thrash passed Attenborough junction on 29/08/07 with 1Z20 0815 Barrow Hill-Skegness, this was in very lucky sun as everywhere East of Long Eaton had been in crud, but luckily the sun just found a blue hole as it was reported the train was leaving Long Eaton.
20315/311 20315 & 20311 pass the site of Beeston freightliner terminal on 29/08/07 with 1Z40 1630 Skegness-Barrow Hill charter, the train had been running over 20 mins early on approach to Nottingham, but was held to leave there virtually on time, allowing the shadows to lengthen and ruin what would have been a nice bonus shot as I'd planned not to bother with the return train as I thought its booked timings were just too late for the shadows! As you can probably tell this shot has had a bit of 'shadow/highlight' in PS.
20901/096 near Haworth KWVR 20901 & 20096 approach Haworth on the K&WVR on 02/08/03 with the 1718 Keighley-Oxenhope.
20902 Derby Etches Park 20902 stands in Derby Etches Park sidings stabled on the weedkilling train on 12/05/96, 20903 was at the other end. G401.
20905/1 Derby 20905 & 20901 pause at Derby on 06/09/07 with 6Z98 0530 Mountsorrel-Earles ballast working.
2014/2011 RFS liveried 2014 & 2011 pass Butterley resevoir with the 1600 Hammersmith-Riddings Jn whilst an angler brings a fish to the bank on 17/07/93. F72.

Class 25's

D7629 D7629 tails a train hauled by 44004 on the great Central North as it leaves Fifty steps bridge reversal loop on 21/07/02.
D7629 D7629 stands at Foxfield colliery on 24/09/07 during an EMRPS photo charter.
25059 25059 approaches Haworth on the Keighley & Worth valley railway with the 1630 Keighley-Oxenhope 02/08/03.
25235 25235 complete with Rat Roadshow headboard approaches Bo'ness on 05/05/02 with the 1243 from Birkhill.
25265 25265 stands at Thurcaston on the Great Central Railway after being driven by myself and stopped specifically for this photo during a driving experience charter on 12/08/02. This was the 1445 ex Loughborough, 2 return trips were made on an enjoyable, if expensive day!.
25313 25313 poses on a mixed freight at Garthydawr on the Llangollen railway on 31/03/03 during an EMRPS photo charter.

Class 26's

26004 & 26024 26004 & 26024 double head the 1310 Bo'ness-Birkhill service away from Bo'ness on 05/05/02.
26024 & 26004 26024 & 26004 approach Bo'ness during a diesel gala on 05/05/02, there were about 6 or 7 of us on 3 step ladders, the driver must have thought he was looking at something like a motorcycle display team when he came round the corner!.
26035, 26010, 37154 26035, 26010 & 37154 stand in Polmadie yard waiting the call to duty during an Easter weekend in the late 80s (35mm neg scan).

Class 27's

27056 D5401 (27056) departs Loughborough GCR with a rake of windcutters on 04/09/07 during an EMRPS photo charter.
27056 D5401 (27056) passes Kinchley Lane on the GCR with a rake of windcutters on 04/09/07 during an EMRPS photo charter.
27056 D5401 (27056) stands at signals just South of Loughborough on the GCR with a rake of windcutters on 04/09/07 during an EMRPS photo charter.
27056 D5401 (27056) stands at Kinchley Lane on the GCR with a rake of windcutters on 04/09/07 during an EMRPS photo charter.
27056 D5401 (27056) passes Woodthorpe south of Loughborough on the GCR with a rake of windcutters on 04/09/07 during an EMRPS photo charter. Manipulation notes: a telegraph pole has been removed from behind the loco and 3 x street lights removed from the road in the distance.
27001 27001 arrives at Birkhill on the Bo'ness railway on 05/05/02 with the 0950 from Bo'ness.
27066 27066 stands on the River bridge at Wansford Nene Valley Railway during an EMRPS photo charter on 23/02/08.