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Class 66's |
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66012 passes Chevin between Milford tunnel and Belper on 31/07/10 with a 6Z60 0500 Bescot-Gascoigne Wood spoil train. |
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66056 is reflected in Attenborough gravel pits as it passes with 6M28 0453 Ipswich Griffin Wharf-Burton containers on 05/03/09. |
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66060 passes a snowy Hatfield & Stainforth with 6C57 0815 Immingham-Eggborough PS on 25/02/04. |
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At 2359 on Sunday 26/04/09, DBS closed both the yards on the upside at Toton, Old and New Bank. This is due to the current dire financial situation in 2009 causing even further loss of freight traffic from rail, this coupled to the loss of the majority of the coal traffic into Ratcliffe to Jarvis Fastline and Freightliner, left Toton with very little traffic. This will now be concentrated on the Down Yard on the opposite side of the main line, the the upside yards used for storage of redundant assets. Earlier on closure day,
66065 is seen stabled waiting to leave with the last train to grace the New Bank yard, the 1301 Possession train to Cricklewood. |
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66065 departs Toton on 30/04/09 with 6K50 1512 Toton-Crewe Basford Hall whilst 3 other 66's wait their turn to leave/arrive at the only yard now in regular use, the Down (North) yard. |
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66069 stands outside Stapleford and Sandiacre shunt frame box on 07/02/09 whilst in a possession relaying the access into Toton New Bank. This box will be decommissioned and no doubt demolished later this year when the area signalling is transferred to the Derby EMCC. I stood in a very cold wind for 90 minutes waiting
for the train to propel back into this position, just as it did the sun collapsed into a bank of cloud and never came out again, this being the best light I got. |
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66075 passes the site of Long Eaton Town station on 10/10/08 with 6K50 1512 Toton-Basford Hall EWS Network infrastructure train. |
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66086 passes the RTC as it leaves Derby with 6B10 1000 Barrow Hill-Toton engineers train on 18/01/09. |
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66102 passes through Barnes on 12/02/09 with 6Y41 0902 Eastleigh-Hoo Jn, how I wish this had been a pair of 33s or 73s as it would have been 10 or 15 years ago. |
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66111 passes Greenhill Lower Jn on 05/08/02 with 4M67 1801 Grangemouth-Trafford Park, whilst waiting (in vain again) for the DRS 37's on the Grangemouth-Daventry. |
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66123 crosses the River Trent flood arches at Sawley viaduct near Long Eaton with 6D44 1247 Bescot-Toton on 30/10/06. This is a location I've driven by hundreds of times and always had it in mind to do a broadside with the power station as a backdrop but had never got around to it. |
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66127 and 66051 top-and-tail possession train 6B37 0354 Toton-Kirkby through Attenborough on 13/06/07. This was the third time this train had passed this location already! The train was running via the Robin Hood Line and originally got as far as Lenton Jn before it was noted it had 60066 on the train, class 60's are
not passed between Linby and Kirkby Lane End Jn due to being RA8 and the route is RA7, so it was sent back to Toton for a loco change, departing Toton for the 2nd time around 0730, virtually 4 hours late!. |
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66130 passes the remains of the previous days snow fall at Attenborough on 03/02/09 whilst working 6M57 0715 Lindsey-Kingsbury. |
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66135, 56006 and 47150 stand on display at Ratcliffe power station during an E-on staff open day on 23/09/07. |
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66135 passes Castle Donington on the Sheet Stores-Stenson freight route on 01/03/2010 with 6M00 Humber-Kingsbury oil tanks. This view has recently opened up from this bridge which was built a couple of years ago, Network Rail appear to have removed a number of silver birches which were previously preventing a shot. |
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66142 passes through Attenborough near Nottingham with 6M78 0651 Immingham-Ratcliffe imported coal on 14/03/07. |
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66149 snakes it way out of Derby on Sunday 11/04/10 with 6L55 1146 New Mills South Jn-Toton spoil train. |
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66170 is framed through a tree on the bank overlooking Toton on 01/07/08, the train is 6D39 0402 Doncaster-Bardon Hill standing in New Bank yard waiting for a fresh driver. |
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66175 passes Ratcliffe Power station on 24/08/07 with 4T25 1441 Toton-Daw Mill, top marks to the driver for getting the shed to clag for the fot as promised !. |
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White roofed 66177 passes Attenborough on the morning of 25th Augst 2009, the trees in the background proving that Autumn is only just around the corner.. |
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66184 stands on the rear of an engineering train at Stapleford just North of Toton on 26/09/09. Also in the photo are 66180 on the left, 66159 at the head of 66184s train and 66164 in the distance waiting with a Southbound ballast to be summoned to the worksite. |
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66186 approaches the crossing box at Lock Lane near Long Eaton with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey on 24/06/09, the box is due for decommissioning soon under the East Midlands resignalling scheme. |
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66192 passes Chellaston between Stenson Jn & Sheets Stores Jn with 6Z64 1030 Rugby-Peterborough on 02/02/07. |
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66194 passes through the oil seed rape fields at Chellaston on 01/05/09 with 4Z44 1246 Bescot-Toton oil tanks. |
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A 66 a day keeps the doctor away? Not today, an appointment at the local surgery was running 30 mins late, so I went down to Attenborough which is a stone throw from the surgery rather than just sit
in the waiting room. I was rewarded with 66200 on the 6D50 Beeston-Toton infrastructure trip followed closely by another 66 on the Beesotn McIntyres-Toton scrap. Here 66200 is taking power after the route has cleared at Attenborough Jn for the route to Toton, hence the traction sand being applied. |
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When I'm on night shifts during the summer, I finish work a few minutes after 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey is booked to pass Stenson, so I try to pull in a shot if the sun's shining (and i can catch up with the thing), I managed 3 shots during this week and this was the best of the bunch. Unfortunately no longer a class 60 turn, the train hauled by a named 66200 passes through Attenborough station on 16/07/09. |
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66207 departs from Beeston Sidings with Beeston McIntyres-Newport scrap metal train on 10/09/09, 37059 & 37609 wait with a test train in the background. |
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66239 passes a snowy Heamies Farm near Stafford with 4Z61 1030 Trafford Park-Dollands Moor on 29th December 2000. |
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66301 stands in Chaddesden yard undergoing an A/exam on 17/08/08, Also in the yard on this day were 66304 (visible), 66305,66429 & 56302. |
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66301 catches the sun as it passes Trent on 10/12/08 with a coal train for Ratcliffe power station from Daw Mill, the train has just passed the power station but due to it only having a rail connection facing North, trains from the South have to run round at either Toton or in this case, Beeston. |
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66302 passes through Long Eaton after running round at Toton with the 1300 Ratcliffe-Daw Mill Fastline freight coal train, 21/05/09. |
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In Chaddesden yard on Sunday the 8th February 2009 are 66722 and 66302. |
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66303 passes the site of the closed Long Eaton Town station on 10/10/08 with an empty coal train en-route from Ratcliffe PS to Daw Mill colliery. |
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66303 passes between Attenborough CCTV & Barton Lane AHB crossings on 24/10/08 after running round at Beeston with a Daw Mill-Ratcliffe coal train. |
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This was 5th time lucky with going for a shot of this train here, having missed it 3 times due to early running and once when it was diverted to Toton to run round. 66303 departs Beeston after running round 6D00 0742 Daw Mill-Ratcliffe, 11/11/08. |
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The first passenger working of a Fastline 66/3 occurred on 15/04/09 when the 1D52 St Pancras-Nottingham HST lost air pressure 1/4 South of East Midlands Parkway station, 66303 assisted the train into the station where passengers were transferred to another train, the 66 then taking the HST as ECS to Derby. This picture was taken with the train on the move, camera settings: 5000ASA, 1/125th @ f2.8 with an EOS 5D mk2 & 50mm lens. |
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66304 departs from Toton on 04/07/08 with a Ratcliffe Ps-Chaddesden empty coal train. |
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66304 passes Toton TMD on 13/08/08 with 4G60 0659 Chaddesden-Hatfield colliery coal empties. |
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66304 departs Derby on 10/10/08, passing my workplace with a Chaddesden-Daw Mill colliery train of coal empties. |
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66304 passes through East Midlands Parkway with a Ratcliffe PS-Daw Mill empty coal on 06/08/09. |
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66407 hauls failed 66402 on 4M30 Grangemouth-Daventry diverted via the ECML & Derby/Bescot due to the Lambrigg derailment, away from Derby on 06/03/07. 66402 had earlier failed near Darlington and 66407 had been sent to assist from Kingmoor. |
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A DRS 66 on hire to Fastline glints as it arrives at Toton ready to run round its empty hoppers from Ratcliffe power station, which looms on the skyline, to return to Daw Mill to load once again. |
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66414 passes Trent with a diverted 4L97 Trafford Park-Felixstowe freightliner on 06/05/08, diverted via Nottingham due to engineering work in the Rugby area. Freightliner are hiring several DRS locos due to a shortage of their own locos. |
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Showing the new order in Chaddesden in summer 2008 is 66418 stabled with a Fastline freight coal set with 66305 alongside. Also in the yard on this day were 66301,66304,66429 & 56302. 17/08/08. |
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I called in at Derby station on the way home from my night shift more in hope than knowing that a freight would get stopped, 56302 on 4E90 rolled straight through but 10 minutes behind 66426 working a diverted 4Z43 0430 Daventry-Grangemouth got briefly stopped whilst a Matlock-Nottingham unit crossed its path. |
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Due to the sudden collapse of the parent company Jarvis, Fastline Freight was quickly decommissioned on 31/03/10, the next day 66434, itself only having recently joined the company fleet takes 66302/303 & 305 from Chaddesden to Crewe for storage seen here leaving Chaddesden yard. |
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66510 is held at signals at Bedford South Jn on 21/08/08 whilst working 6V94 0735 Earles-West Thurrock cement comprised of shiny new La farge bogie wagons. |
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66528 heads South at Chevin near Belper on 08/05/08 with 4G01 Leeds Midland Road-Tyseley wagon trip with wagons for tyre turning. |
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66534 approaches Attenborough station with diverted 4L90 0838 Lawley St-Felixstowe on Saturday 08/04/07, Freightliner services were being diverted away from the WCML over Easter due to enginerring work. |
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66554 passes Derby Etches Park & RTC on 07/07/07 with a diverted 6M91 Theale-Earls cement empties, these trains are diverted this way whilst the Erewash valley is closed for engineering work. At RVEL's workshops can be seen 56057, 31459 and a Serco class 101 DMU. |
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66559 passes Toton on 24/10/08 with 6Z22 Barrow Hill-Rugeley loaded coal. |
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66598 passes the shunt frame at Stapleford & Sandiacre with 6L45 0737 Earles-West Thurrock cement on 02/06/09. This signalbox is due for abolition and demolishing in October when the area signalling will be transferred to Derby EMCC. |
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66602 passes Barrow on Trent with 6M00 1123 Humber-Kingsbury oil tanks on 09/10/06. |
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66602 passes Sutton Bonnington North of Loughborough with 6M23 Doncaster-Mountsorrel ballast empties with a uniform rake of IOA wagons on 10/09/09. |
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66606 passes Sutton Bonnington with an empty coal working from Ratcliffe to Daw Mill on 21/06/2010. |
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66612 passes Stapleford just north of Toton on 01/03/04 with 6M13 0730 Lindsey-Rectory oil tanks. In the early 1990's an oil train derailed here on the up goods
line due to speeding, causing tankers to topple onto their sides and be ripped open, sending thousands of gallons of oil into the local River Erewash which was already
one of the most polluted rivers in the UK. |
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Unbranded 66612 passes Ratcliffe power station on 12/05/08 with 6M23 Doncaster Decoy-Mountsorrel ballast empties. |
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66615 passes Toton Jn on 19/04/07 with 6D80 0510 Tunstead-Ratcliffe PS limestone pellets. |
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66621 stands ready to depart with a possession train in Basford Hall yard, 16/05/09. |
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66623 BILL BOLSOVER passes Sawley between Derby & Long Eaton on 13/10/09 with a diverted 6M23 Doncaster-Mountsorrel bulk ballast service. It was running this way due to an engineering blockade in the Toton area. |
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66701 passes Barnstone on the GCR(N) on 10/08/07 with 4M80 2002 West Burton-Hotchley Hill gypsum, I arrived after dashing from work, getting soaked running across a field as I could hear a ying-ying sound
not far away. Fortunately it was going at about 5 MPH, allowing me to take the top off a spikey bush plus recover from falling down a couple of deep rabbit holes and going initially to the wrong spot. That's not to mention hitting a wood pigeon
at high speed on a country lane that nearly put me in the hedgerow.. |
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66701 is seen at Hotchley Hill British Gypsum works on the GCR(N) branch on 10/08/07 with 4M80 2002 from West Burton. The grabber has removed one container and the train has then moved off to run round prior to the unloading of the rest of the train. |
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66701 is waiting at Hotchley Hill British Gypsum works on the GCR(N) branch on 10/08/07 with 4M80 2002 from West Burton. The train arrived around 30 minutes previous, the lorry drivers are present and correct waiting to shuttle the
containers to and from the unloading pad, but the British Gypsum reach stacker driver has failed to show, causing the lack of action. |
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66701 stands at Kirby Thore upon arrival with 4M91 from West Burton on 03/07/09. |
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66704 on hire to Fastline Freight passes Trent Meadows between Attenborough and Trent Jn with a Hatfield-Ratcliffe coal working on 01/07/09. |
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66709 passes Sutton Bonington between East Midlands Parkway and Loughborough on the up fast line with 4M82 West Burton-Hotchley Hill on 28/06/2010. |
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Whilst waiting in vain for a 60 on a tank train which i'd unbeknowingly missed, 66711 appeared on 4M82 West Burton-Hotchley Hill, this train has recently started running and for the previous
couple of weeks ran via Worksop, Pinxton and Toton so to photograph it by pure chance at Attenborough on 10/10/07 was a big bonus. |
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After finding by chance the day before that 4M82 West Burton-Hotchley Hill had started running via Nottingham, I camped out around the same sort of time at
Trent and it again appeared, just after Midday. Trent (Long Eaton) 11/10/07. |
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66716 passes Stanton Gate on 16/06/09 with a slinger train en-route running as 4M20 from Scunthorpe to Wellingborough. |
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66717 passes Ratcliffe power station on 24/08/07 with a slinger train en-route to Wellingborough, I didn't know this train was coming and was lucky to nail it whilst waiting for a HST. |
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Having dashed into the field at the last moment, I startled the horses, making them run into the perfect area in the shot! 66718 passes Attenborough after running round in Beeston Yard with a Fastline service to Ratcliffe power station on 22/11/08. |
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66718 arrives at Toton on the down high level goods line working 6Z27 1359 Peterborough Yd-Booths scrap yard on 30/04/09 with unwanted former Gat-Ex mk11s for scrapping. |
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66719 discharges its train in Ratcliffe power station on 12/05/08, the 6D00 0700 from Daw Mill, this was Fastline freights' first coal working, the train is formed of hired loco and half a train of GBRF HYA's plus a number of unbranded Fastline HYA's at the rear. |
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66719 passes Long Eaton town with 4G81 1200 Ratcliffe-Daw Mill Fastline freight coal working on the their 1st day of coal operation, note the 1st half of the train formed of unbranded Fastline HYA's and the remainder of GBRF HYA's. |
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66723 is seen passing Attenborough nature reserve on 21/03/09 on hire to Fastline freight with a Daw Mill-Ratcliffe coal working after running round at Beeston. |
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66726 passes Stapleford and Sandiacre shunt frame box on 08/04/09 with a Hatfield-Ratcliffe Fastline freight coal working. |
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66727 rushes through Loughborough with 4E80 Hotchley Hill-West Burton gypsum empties on 01/10/09, the sun was trying its best but the high squiffy cloud was taking more than the edge off the light. |
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66727 passes through Attenborough on 13/10/09 with 4M82 West Burton-Hotchley Hill loaded gypsum. |
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66729 top and tails 66715 on an empty gypsum train from Hotchley Hill to West Burton on 29/09/09 seen from the overbridge at Cossington. The train was top-and-tailed due to running as a loaded train from Rugeley power station. Hard to believe maybe, but this was the first time i've ever been on this well known bridge! |
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66841 passes through Attenborough with 6Z56 Washwood Heath-Boston steel empties on 13/04/2010. |
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66842 passes through Attenborough with 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston steel empties on 16/07/2010. |
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66843 passes through Beeston with 6Z57 1651 Boston-Washwood Heath loaded steel on 21/07/2010. |
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Recent tree felling by contractors clearing the way ready for a flood defence wall to be built has opened up this view at Trent Meadows between Trent Jn and Attenborough Jn. The felling left in place a 30ft 'totem pole' which is at a reasonable angle for climbing, allowing this eastbound view of 66954 passing with the diverted 4L90 Lawley St-Felixstowe liner on 04/04/09. |
Class 67's |
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67001 waits to leave Derby with 1Z68 1727 York-Birmingham International Northern Belle charter on 27/10/07, 67029 was on the rear. |
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67002 passes Melbourne Jn between Derby & Stenson Jn with 1Z03 Royal ECS to Wolverton works on 24/10/03. Peartree station is just the other side of the road bridge. |
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67005 departs Derby on Sunday 01st April 2007 with 1Z47 0840 Doncaster-Cardiff footex. Despite the good forecast the weather was very hit and miss in the morning, the sun just missing for this shot but completely in for the other train with 67029 on.
The frame of my new office looms in the background, I wonder what the shot will be like from there ?! |
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67005 heads the Royal train ECS passed Lockington on 20/02/09 after depositing the Prince of Wales at Beeston. Train running as 1005 Beeston-Wolverton. |
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67007 heads passed Achallader on 11/04/09 with 1Y11 0450 Edinburgh-Fort William. |
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This was a bit desperate as it was pretty much pitch dark! But as it was coming as we were driving through we stopped and had a go, 67007 arrives at Crianlarich on 12/04/09 with 1B01 1900 Ft William-Edinburgh. |
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67014 passes the site of Long Eaton Town station closed in the Beeching cuts, with a lightweight 6K50 1512 Toton-Crewe on 31/07/07. |
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67028 passes Wollaton on the Trowell Jn-Radford Jn branch near Nottingham working a 1Z53 Chester-Cambridge charter on 09/05/09, 67029 was on the rear. |
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67029 in EWS silver livery departs Derby on 29/07/06 working a 6Z32 0900 Toton-Clay Cross-Derby-Toton turning move for the engineers wagons which required to face the opposite way prior to being unsed on an engineers possession later that night. 20D. |
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67029 propels the EWS managers train passed Sutton Bonington on the MML running as 5Z05 1355 Toton-Kings Cross on 29/05/07. |
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67029 hauls the 1Z61 0740 Northern Belle charter from Leeds to Bath on Friday 24th August, the train is passing Breadsall just North of Derby. |
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67029 pushes the DBS managers train through Swarkestone on the Stenson-Sheet Stores freight line on 12/05/09 during a round the country jaunt, this leg being 1Z06 1319 Stoke-Reading via Ipswich!. |
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67029 hauls the DBS managers train through East Midlands Parkway during a turning move from Toton-Leicester-Melton-Toton, 06/08/09. |
