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60040 approaches Attenborough on 11/08/10 with 6E46 0437 Kingsbury-Lindsey empty oil tanks. |
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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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Number 82, formerly BR 20066 stands outside the HNRC workshops at Barrow Hill in July 2010 after being repainted into Tata livery, the parent company for Corus. The loco is hired by them from HNRC for hauling CWR trains in the Scunthorpe steel works site. |
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37116 "Comet" is seen with an empty steel train on Beattock bank at Harthorpe in January 1991. |
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57003 passes Chevin, Milford on 31/07/10 with the 1Z20 0530 B'ham International-Sheffield (destined for Carlisle), 37610 was on the rear. |
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66843 passes through Beeston with 6Z57 1651 Boston-Washwood Heath loaded steel on 21/07/2010. |
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Running 3 hrs late 20305 & 20304 pass Bagworth on 20/07/10 with 8X23 0930 Litchurch Lane-Old Dalby 'S' stock move, 20302 & 20301 were on the rear. |
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Recently reinstated 60010 passes Barrow on Trent with 6M00 Lindsey-Kingsbury oil tanks on 19/07/10. |
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66842 passes through Attenborough with 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston steel empties on 16/07/2010. |
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57003, 37087, 37229, 66429 & 37607 stand on display at DRS's Grestly Lane open day on 10/07/2010. |
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47009 waits in the platform as 47219 approaches Elgin on 27/02/1985. PRC |
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44008 stands on the fuel point at Toton with another class mate on 05/03/1976. PRC |
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37426 stands alongside Fort William station on 10/05/2003 with the ECS from the West Highland sleeper. |
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37423 approaches Chester on 10/07/1999 with a Holyhead-Birmingham working. PRC |
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50015 is seen through the tunnel between Bury Bolton Street station and the loco depot on 29/06/2010. |
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37109 stands at Heywood waiting to depart for Bury during a driver experience day on 29/06/2010 |
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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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66606 passes Sutton Bonnington with an empty coal working from Ratcliffe to Daw Mill on 21/06/2010. |
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31106 and 31601 pass Wilmorton on the approach to Derby with 1Z14 1605 ex Selhurst to the RTC. |
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37712 heads through Spondon on 19/03/2001 with 6T19 1230 Chaddesden-Toton spoil empties. |
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With such lovely light I thought it worth a chase from Lenton for 47749 & 47727 with 6Z57 Boston-Washwood Heath loaded steel, here they are for the second time on the evening of 03rd June 2010 passing Wetmore near Burton. |
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When it was billed as possibly the last Colas steel to run ex Boston for a while, I made a note in the diary that I wanted this shot if the weather played ball, it turned out to be an evening with spanking light so here are 47749 & 47727 passing Lenton South Jn between Nottingham and Beeston with 6Z57 Boston-Washwood Heath loaded steel on the evening of 03rd June 2010. |
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47727 & 47749 approach Lenton South Jn, Nottingham with 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston empty steel train, 03rd June 2010. |
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47618 arrives at Nottingham on the morning of 01/10/1993 with the last working of 5D95 0915 Derby Etches Park-Nottingham mail ECS. This train would sit in platform 1 at Nottingham until around 1800 before forming a parcels service to the South. This service was withdrawn at the end of the summer timetable. |
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After overhaul at Cardiff Canton, 37406 was forwarded to Toton for repainting into EWS livery, on the sunny morning of 09/05/2003 the scruffy loco (but with ex works underframe & bogies) approaches Sawley viaduct between Stenson Jn & Sheet Stores Jn with 6G25 0503 Bescot-Toton. Note I have removed some power lines from the sky. |
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33116 & 33051 depart Nottingham station on 22/03/97 with a 1Z33 0835 Kings Cross-Skegness "Swineshead Revisited" railtour (image reprocessed). |
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31601 exits Stanton tunnel on the Old Dalby test track on 18/05/10 whilst carrying out calibration testing on a new test vehicle, 31454 was at the rear of the train. I have wanted a good picture of a Serco train on the test track for years but up until this week weather/train/me have never all coincided. It helped that the train was based on the test track all week, rather than the few hours on a Monday 'every so often' how it usually operates. |
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31601 passes the site of Widmerpool station on the Old Dalby test track on 18/05/10 whilst carrying out calibration testing on a new test vehicle, 31454 was leading the train. |
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37608 and 37610 top and tail a 4Q40 1747 Derby RTC-Didcot test train out of Derby on 17/05/10. |
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60096 heads passed Weston upon Trent between Sheet Stores Jn & Stenson Jn on Sunday 16/05/10 with 6F18 1900 Toton-Warrington Yd. |
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47749 & 47727 pass Beeston on 13/05/10 with the 6Z57 1651 Boston-Washwood Heath steel, this was one of the moments where 30 seconds earlier the light was much worse, but 30 seconds later and it was much much better... |
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47727 & 47749 pass Lockington between Stenson & Sheet Stores Jn's with Colas Rail's 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston empty steel train, 13th May 2010. |
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After running round, 20905 & 20901 stand at Derby with 6Z20 from West Ruislip LUL depot, waiting to take 2 x barrier wagons into to Litchurch Lane works. |
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20901 & 20905 stand at Derby just after arrival with 6Z20 from West Ruislip LUL depot, taking 2 x barrier wagons to Litchurch Lane works. |
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Seen from the station footbridge, and photographed through the glass window, 20901 & 20905 stand at Derby just after arrival with 6Z20 from West Ruislip LUL depot, taking 2 x barrier wagons to Litchurch Lane works. |
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47727 & 47749 pass Trent Meadows between Trent East Jn & Attenborough Jn with Colas Rail's 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston empty steel train, May 2010. |
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47727 & 47749 accelerate away from a stop on the up goods line at Clay Mills with Colas Rail's 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston empty steel train, May 2010. |
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47727 & 47749 approach Wetmore Jn, Burton on the up main line as they slow for the junction with the route set towards the up goods with 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston empty steel train, May 2010. |
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47739 waits in Chaddesden yard, Derby with 4Z49 1300 to Gloucester on 03/04/2010 with a train of 21 former Fastline freight coal hoppers being taken away for store following the demise of the Jarvis group. |
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56312 and 56311 pass between Attenborough and Beeston on 26/04/10 with the 6Z56 0602 Washwood Heath-Boston Colas steel train. |
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56312 and 56311 approach Trent Jn on 21/04/10 with the 6Z57 1700 Boston-Washwood Heath Colas steel train. |
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37510 & 37667 power through Duffield on 21/04/10 with 6Z90 0837 Tyne Dock-Sheerness scrap. |
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59201 stands at Toton on 20/04/10 with a coal service for Ratcliffe that emanated from Liverpool BT the previous day but owing to unloading problems at Ratcliffe, it sat in this spot for 24hrs. I believe this was the first working of a class 59 into Ratcliffe./ |
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60074 pilots 66132 on Saturday 17/04/10 with a 6H92 High Marnham-Toton engineers train consisting of an 'Octopus' high output ballast train. |
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47580 brings a special ECS from Chaddesden to Derby station on 16/04/10 consisting of 4 Cargo-D mk11 coaches and an ex-works condition 66729 on the rear. The 66 had just been named it Litchurch Lane works and the train was about to work a luncheon special to Melton and back for the invited guests. |
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31465 top and tailed with 31602 arrive at Derby on 16/04/10 with a 2Q08 Derby-Barrow Hill-Derby calibration run. |
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I have added 21 photos to the Miscellaneous album, mostly BR publicity photos and some photos taken by BR staff from the Nottingham area. These pics are reproduced with the kind permission of D.Thornley, former station manager at Nottingham who saved them from an old admin building prior to its demolition in the early 1990s. |
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66841 passes through Attenborough with 6Z56 Washwood Heath-Boston steel empties on 13/04/2010. |
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37069 and 37259 stand at the rear of Derby of station on 12/04/2010 with 4Z06 2140 Derby RTC-Bristol test train. |
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An almost obsolete livery which once adorned numerous 153,156, 158 & 170 DMU's is seen on 153376 (paired with EMT liveried 153310) as it arrives at Derby on 11/04/10 with the 1453 Nottingham-Matlock service. 66149 sits on the goods lines behind waiting for a path to take its engineers train to Toton. |
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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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6233 Duchess of Sutherland powers passed Stapleford just North of Toton on 10/04/10 making its first run since being repainted into LMS black livery. The train was the 1Z41 0632 Leicester-Scarborough which the steam loco took over at Derby. 57601 is on the rear providing ETS. |
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47739 & 47727 pass through Attenborough on 08/04/2010 with the 6Z56 Washwood Heath-Boston empty steel. 47727 had shut down in the Burton area and 47739 was dragging it dead in the consist. |
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D400 and 50033 head South at Colton Jn on 05/06/1993 with 1Z41 "Bishops Triple" charter returning from York to Minehead. The train had headed North with 50007 also on the front, this had been takej into the NRM for short term display. Also note the Pilkington 'K' Glass liveried stock. |
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47727 passes Derby East Midlands Control Centre on 03/04/10 with 4Z48 1200 Chaddesden-Gloucester conveying 20 ex Fastline Freight coal hoppers which are to be stored pending the outcome of the Jarvis company administration. |
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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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31105 ticks over at the side of Derby station on 27/03/10 as the driver disposes of the train after arrival on 4Q14 from Mossend. |
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20901 & 20905 pass Ratcliffe on 26/03/10 with one of the workings of the year so far, 6Z22 1355 Chaddesden-Peterborough Yd hauling 10 GBRF coal hoppers which had been on hire to Fastline freight. GBRF were quick to take back their assets once it was known that the Jarvis parent company was heading into administration. |
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60096 passes Castle Donington on 16/03/2010 with the 6M00 Humber-Kingsbury oil tanks. |
