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

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	60002 passes Chellaston on the Stenson Jn-Sheet Stores Jn line on 09/10/06 with 6E41 Washwood Heath-Lindsey oil tanks, which had started their journey back from Westerleigh the previous day.
	60002 passes Attenborough with 6E46 0437 kingsbury-Lindsey empty oil tanks on 03/08/07.
	60003 passes Attenborough on 08/09/06 with 6M57 0710 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks.
	Stored 60003, 60011 and 37402 stand at the rear of Toton TMD on 07/02/08.
	60004 passes BW31 signal at Bottesford West with 6M89 1553 Peterborough VQ-Toton 07/04/00. This train was running via this route due to a 6 week closure of Manton tunnel for engineering. BW31 signal used to protect the West junction where the Lowfields branch to Newark diverged. BW31 had seen better days and was leaning over for a number of years prior to replacement with a straight metal post.
	60007 descends the Down High level goods line into Toton with 6M95 1715 Ratcliffe PS-Tunstead limestone empties on 15/07/03.
	60007 in Loadhaul livery but with EWS stickers approaches Derby with 6E08 Wolverhampton-Doncaster on Saturday 08 April 2006.
	60007 passes Barton Lane, Attenborough on 21/06/07 with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey empty oil tanks.
	60007 passes over the River Trent on Sawley flood arches on 18/09/07 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks.
	60007 was then succesfully chased to Hargate near Burton on Trent even though it had nearly a 10 minute head start on me, working 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks on 18/09/07.
	60007 again worked 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks, with the day starting wet & windy i'd written the train off, but with it clearing just before it was due to leave the loop at Beeston, I attempted to get to Trent but got caught on the wrongside of the level crossing and it went through in sun. A leap over to Burton saw the sun luckily flash out as the train was half way between the bridge in the background and where I was stood. 24/09/07.
	Faded EWS liveried 60010 approaches Trent East Jn with 6Z98 0815 Lindsey-Westerleigh additional tanks on 11 April 2007.
	Mainline blue liveried 60011 passes my favourite spot at Toton on 04/10/96 with 7A12 0730 Welbeck-Ratcliffe. So much has changed since this image was taken, the loco is stored with fire damage, the viewpoint is completely overgrown, the footbridge has been replaced with a smaller, bland slab sided structure, the wagons have all but disappeared from the railway and the wagon works in the background is closed and derelict. The moral is to record things now that seem everyday occurrences, but in a few years will be just memories..
	60013 approaches Lock Lane crossing at Sawley with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey empty tanks on 19/04/08. The shot was taken as a silhouette but the sky has been enhanced to look better than it was.
	60014 crosses Sawley viaduct near Long Eaton with 6M57 0703 Lindsey-Kingsbury tanks on 02/11/06. Typically the car & van drove off as soon as the loco had passed out of shot.
	60015 stands waiting for the road at Derby platform 4 after a crew change at 0500 on 24th February 2007 whilst working 6L73 0258 Peak Forest-Ely.
	Trainload Construction liveried 60016 passes East Usk Yard at Somerton, Newport on 10/04/97 with 6B38 1154 Ebbw Vale-Llanwern.
	Faded EWS liveried 60017 passes Attenborough on 29/10/07 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks.
	60024 passes Attenborough on 06/05/08 with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey empty oil tanks, seen from a tree recently adapted with this train in mind!.
	60025 passes over Sawley viaduct on 21/03/07 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks.
	60026 passes over Newark flat crossing and over the Trent river bridge with 6M57 0717 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks. Note the new bridge being built in the background to replace the girder bridge over the Trent on the ECML.
	I'd gone straight from night shift at work for a photo of British Steel blue liveried 60033 departing Toton on 29/07/99 with 6Z32 0800 Toton VQ-Mountsorrel empty bulk ballast, I recall this was a bumper early morning, with a class 37 hauled freight following behind the 60 and various other 'tasty' trains around, well worth staying out of bed for...
	60033 crosses the ladder through Didcot Foxhall Jn with 6Z63 0-832 Toton-Avonmouth on 17/03/99.
	60034 approaches Didcot on the GWML with 6Z45 0902 Avonmouth-Toton imported coal on 17th March 1999.
	60034 is about to pass beneath the M1 motorway at Lockington near Long Eaton with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury on 16/03/07.
	60037 stands in Burton upon Trent Yard on 18/06/02 with 6E58 0125 Cardiff Tidal-Healey Mills whilst traffic for Burton is detached, 37216 waits behind ready to shunt the wagons across to the steel terminal on the opposite side of the main line.
	60038 passes Trent East Jn & PSB with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey in June 2006.
	60039 passes Stapleford on the approach to Toton with 6M55 0950 Lindsey-Rectory tanks on 25/05/06.
	60039 passes Attenborough nature reserve on 04/10/07 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks. A tree recentley pruned to allow a clear shot provides the height.
	60044 passes Clay Mills near Burton with 6M44 0830 Washwood Heath-Peak Forest on 09th June 2006.
	60044 passes Melbourne Jn near Derby with 6M11 Washwood Heath-Peak Forest stone empties on 03/08/07.
	60046 Passes Trent East Jn with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey on 18/05/07.
	60048 passes Attenborough nature reserve on Sunday 20/05/07 with 6B06 0657 Toton-Thurgaton possession train.
	60053 departs Toton on 13/06/07 with 6B26 0529 Toton-Clay Cross possession train, en-route to the Erewash valley blockade, the train was running around 80 minutes late allowing me this shot on the way home from work.
	60054 stands at Toton on Sunday 17/06/07 after arriving from the Erewash valley blockade north of Toton, the shed can be seen in the background with numerous 60s & 66s outside.
	Inbetween wintry showers a bright spell illuminates a couple of tractors starting to plough the fields in readiness for Spring sowing as 60056 passes Barrow on Trent with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury on 19/03/07.
	With cloud building after a clear blue sky start to the day, the edge is taken off the sun as 60056 passes Hargate with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury on 19/03/07.
	A tidy looking 60059 Swindern Dalesman passes Stanton Gate with an additional 6Z90 0453 Lackenby-Corby steel coil train on 17/09/97.
	60059 passes Toton Jn on the down high level goods line with 6M87 Ely-Peak Forest on Saturday 02/12/06, the lattice footbridge is due to be replaced by a bland slab sided new bridge in June 2007. The beauty of digi is shown here with the photo being taken at 1358, and posted on the web site 20 minutes later - living locally also helps obviously!
	60060 passes the picturesque setting of Chevin between Belper and Duffield with 6V40 0602 Lackenby-Llanwern on 20/02/04.
	The moon is high in the early morning sky as 60060 passes Trent on 01/08/07 with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey tanks, I fancied this location for 6E46 but on arrival found the light too head on, unfortunately the barriers then dropped and the train arrived 20 minutes early preventing a move to a better location.
	60061 passes Barton Lane crossing near Attenborough on 15/11/06 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks, the light on this train was rather lucky with the sun appearing as the loco came across the crossing, and disappearing again just after the shot was taken.
	60062 passes through Derby on Saturday 11/12/06 with 6V40 0526 Lackenby-Llanwern, the blue portakabins on the left are on the building site which will became my current place of employment, the Network Rail East Midlands control centre.
	60063 which is currently in the WFMU stored pool passes Toton Jn on 19/04/07 with 6F76 0658 Toton-Bardon Hill. When I arrived at 0650 the area was completely shadowed but as the 60 was showing no signs of life I hung around to wait for the 60 to depart before intending to dash to another location. It finally left the yard around 0725 and as a gap had appeared between the shadows I decided to stay here, the train then stopped around a train length from the bridge and I noticed there were no headlights on the loco. The train stood for around another 20 minutes whilst the driver battered the 60, finally getting the headlight lit just as the last shadows were lifting..thanks!
	60065 passes Sandiacre and approaches Toton with 6M04 0245 Port Clarence-Bedworth tanks on 06th August 1997.
	60065 and 60038 pass Long Eaton on the final approach to Toton with 6D44 1247 Bescot-Toton on 31/07/07.
	60066 departs Toton on the longest day of the year 21/06/07 with 6B42 0700 Toton-Forders infrastructure trip, it was nice to see a mixed consist rather than a uniform rake of wagons for a change.
	60068 passes Sawley viaduct on 27/11/06 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks, the sun disappeared behind dark clouds just after i'd arrived so I tried out the B&W function on the digibox...
	60068 approaches Beeston with 6M06 Lindsey-Kingsbury tanks on 07/08/07, unfortunately about to be blocked out by 66039 & another dead 66 on 6E38 Colnbrook-Lindsey tanks. I've been wanting this shot all summer but due to poor weather, poor train timekeeping and other commitments this was the first time mi'd been out for it. The shadows are really too long now, so will have to wait til next year for a mega shot...
	The next morning and I did manage to get an unhindered shot of 60068's return working, 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey seen here passing Attenborough station, 08/08/07.
	60072 passes Toton Jn on 06/11/06 with 6E52 1048 Peak Forest-Peterborough, the clock change allowing an acceptable angle for this train which is due through Toton at 1205 on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays.
	60072 passes Attenborough on 18/04/07 on a late running 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey oil train. I had tried three other locations before this one to try and find a different shot but found them all shadowed or in head on light, and in the end arrived here with only 30 seconds to spare.
	60073 departs Toton and passes through Long Eaton on 10/08/07 working 6K50 1512 Toton-Crewe Basford Hall, the 60 has just been reinstated and this was it's test run, although the loco was still in the WFMU stored loco pool.
	60074 departs Toton in multiple with coal sector liveried class mate 60060, the pair were working an Oxcroft-Oakleigh mgr on 29/07/95.
	60075 passes Attenborough Jn on 21/11/06 with 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks, this train is scheduled to run Mon-Sat with a booked time at Attenborough of 1026 Mon-Fri & 0913 on Saturdays at the time of writing as the train runs via Leicester due to engineering at Burton upon Trent.
	60078 passes Foxhall Jn at Didcot with 6C65 1333 Didcot Ps-Avonmouth on 17/03/99.
	60081 Isambard Kingdom Brunel passes Meadow Lane, Trent on 21/09/2000 with 6E90 1036 Mountsorrel-Doncaster VQ ballast service.
	60082 passes Chevin, Milford on Saturday 01st September 2007 with the diverted 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury, the last day of its three week diversion owing to the Lincoln engineering blockade. I was unlucky with the sun here as the train passed a few seconds before the last squiff of a couple of hours worth of cloud passed clear of the sun. Therefore with the magic of digi i took a full sun shot of the scene just after the train had cleared by which time the cloud had passed, and have cut & pasted the train onto it, after the train had been lightened to look more like it was in full sun.
	EWS liveried 60085 passes Litchurch Plaza at Derby on 26/01/04 with 6V40 0602 Lackenby-LLanwern. The shot is taken from the ladder of an overhead gantry crane in the yard of an old engineering firm.
	60086 passes through Hatfield and Stainforth with 6M05 0921 Roxby Gullet-Northenden binliner on 25/02/04.
	60089 passes Sawley flood arches near Ratcliffe Power station on 17/10/07 with 6D76 Bardon Hill-Toton ballast, this was the first working for this loco after many months in store.
	60090 passes through Derby on 30/10/06 with 6V36 Lackenby-Margam steel blooms, this was a very fortunate shot having driven over the bridge at the west end of Derby station as the train went under it, i razzed round to this bridge, bumped the car onto the pavement and jumped out for a virtual point & click.
	60090 passes Attenborough on 16/08/06 with 6E46 Kingsbury-Lindsey oil empties, this train was retimed today to run via a run round at Washwood Heath, allowing me time to cycle home, pick up the camera and jump in the car, I got to the location just as the 60 rounded the corner from Trent. 20D.
	60092 stands within an engineers possession on the up goods line just North of Trowell Jn on 03/03/07, work is progressing here to convert the up & down goods lines into a single up/down bi-directional slow line, the majority of the work will take place in a blockade to take place between June & August. The signalboxes at Sleights East & Pinxton will also be abolished during the blockade.
	Ex-works 60096 stands at East Leake gypsum works (also known as Hotchley Hill) with 6M58 the 0102 from Drax power station on 11/06/02. The staff here were always accomodating and turned a blind eye to you taking photos as long as you kept out of the way, although I haven't been back here for several years now.
	60100 passes Stanton Gate on the up Goods line on 12/02/08 with 6Z87 0810 Doncaster Decoy-Stud Farm ballast empties, I was hoping for this train to be on the up main which is a lovely shot from the lattice footbridge but unfortunately it came on the goods which you cannot get any width with unless you have steps to get above the concrete part of the bridge, which I didn't have with me as I hadn't expected to make a move to here.