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Not the best of weather, or indeed the best of photos, but here's 66773 nearing journey's end approaching Gisburn Tunnel on 21 August with 4N00 0934 Carlisle NY to Clitheroe Castle Cement empties.

 

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66740 heads the 6G11 09:02 Eastleigh East Yard - Dorking across the Arun flood plains - 22nd August.

 

 

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A bit of an odd situation with this one. It was due through Pulborough at about 10:00 that morning, but was running just under 5 hours late at this point. I was tracking it on RTT as far as Havant, when it seemed to stop. A consult on Open Train Times (which is usually reliable) showed that it had been diverted up the Portsmouth direct, so I thought no more about it. I was actually after another engineers train when this one turned up, but I am not sure how it turned back and then found its way back long the coastway without a couple of run rounds (Guildford and Havant?). 

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A few more Derbyshire/Notts/Leics. sheds from me, all from Flickr links.

 

Firstly 3 weekend possession trains from Toton to Wychnor/Elford, all shed-hauled:

 

EWS 66014 - 6B02, Stenson

 

DB Maritime 66142 - 6B03, Stenson

 

DB 66104 T&T 66012 - 6B04, Stenson


GBRf 66722 on a motley collection of possession wagons passing Ratcliffe PS:

 

GBRf 66722 ‘Sir Edward Watkin’ – 6L15, Ratcliffe


Colas 66847 heading south from attention at Toton through Barrow on Trent:

 

Colas 66847 'Terry Baker' - 0Z47, Barrow on Trent


In slightly better weather, 66533 working south to Southampton from Leeds at Trowell:

 

Freightliner 66533 - 4O95, Trowell Jn


Aptly-named 66601 'The Hope Valley' working the Briggs ICI Sidings to Small Heath LaFarge new aggregates flow:

 

Freightliner 66601 'The Hope Valley' - 6G89, Stenson

 

Finally from today, two green sheds on intermodals. First BR Green 66779 'Evening Star' passing East Mids Gateway:

 

GBRf 66779 'Evening Star' - 4E34, Lockington

 

...then 66563 arriving at EMG from Felixstowe, with a heavy train of fresh air, under a dark cloud:

 

Freightliner 66563 - 4M86, Lockington

 

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The Small Heath service is one of our new jobs, on the first day it ran I was on it, the shunter and I got it into Small Heath about half an hour early (after running round in the dip at Tyseley) and sat there for hours waiting for the digger driver to arrive and unload the train....... he never turned up, he wasn't told about the new flow, so we ended up leaving the wagons there and I went light engine back to Landor Street and got relief....!

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8 hours ago, Richard Croft said:

Class 66 body and roof section on a trailer, this would make a great model!

 

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Put some ends on and it would make a great shed.................

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DBC 66075 rumbles across Thornhill LNW Junction onto the Down L&Y at Ravensthorpe on 1st September 2020 with 6E26, 10.40 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton Efw Terminal, loaded binliner.

 

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8-9-20. Crows nest Junc' Hindley, a new working for my local line this week, according to the Realtime trains site its the 068K  Warrington Arpley sidings to Peak Forest up sidings Tues, Weds, and Thurs' only working. 66 148 passes an hour late at 11.48am, great to see another loco' working on this line as normally the only loco's i see here are on the Wilton-knowsley bin-liners, which is'nt running it seems so far this past week!

 

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9-9-20. Another few light engine sightings today seen at Crows Nest Junc' Hindley. 66 167 & 66 155 meet a 142 at 11.14am on the Peak Forest to Wigan LIP. 35 mins' later 66 069. heads the other way to Peak Forest. I can only assume the runs are for route training purposes for future traffic?:dontknow:

 

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19 hours ago, Claude_Dreyfus said:

66763 heads the 6M42 09:06 Avonmouth Hanson - Penyfford cement service across the Chirk viaduct - 14th September 2020. At this point it was running over an hour early.

 

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That’s a really nice photo. I really like it. 

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Another Avonmouth service - this time it's 66774 in charge of 6M90 empties to Clitheroe Cement works on 19/9/20.

Slowing to a stop at signal DS9 at Langho as it was hard on the heels of the previous passenger service and the block from Langho to Clitheroe is longer than Daisyfield Jn to Langho.

(Pic from private land with permission)

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I've put a few recent 66 pics on Flickr, including the southbound loaded working of Mick's previous post. These are all from Flickr, so click if you want to make them bigger!

50281677171_2b562f1afc_b.jpg66206 6C03 Horfield / Lockleaze by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr

66206 struggles up Filton bank between Horfield and Lockleaze with 6C03 Northolt - Severnside waste train. This train was only half loaded and it was still hard work!

50296248752_c9e81f131b_b.jpg66006 6C03 Crofton by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr

Under stormy skies in a lucky patch of sun, 66006 leads 6C03 Northolt - Severnside bins past Crofton in a view that until recently was overgrown. Red 66115 was on the back.

50296279601_6f7c22ab17_b.jpg66002 Westbury Down Yard by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr

66002 pauses between shunts on a hot summer day in Westbury Down Yard, with a single Balfour Beatty TRM attached. 50304610428_6d012b0c22_b.jpg66567 4M99 Cholsey by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr

66567 dodges the shadows as it passes through Cholsey working 4M99 Southampton Maritime - Trafford Park.

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Former Fastline Freight (remember them?!) machine 66303 now in DRS' current simple livery passes Badgworth working 4V44 Daventry - Wentloog Stobart / Tesco service.

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After a quick dash for some food, we were back in time for 66175 'Rail Riders Express' which was running a little early working 6V92 Corby - Margam empty steel train, seen passing Badgeworth near Cheltenham.

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A mere seven minutes behind 6V92, 66774 passes Badgeworth  working 6V84 Clitheroe - Avonmouth loaded Hanson cement with a nice mix of JPA bogie tanks and PCA four wheelers. Not my favourite livery, but a nice picture to finish the day.

 

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There have been a couple of 'Shed' workings of interest through Derbyshire in the last few days. The first was Freightliner 66553 topping DRS 66425 on the DRS-operated 4E49 Daventry to Doncaster Marshgate 'Tesco's'. The southbound working from Tees Dock had failed that morning so 553 dragged 431 (the failure) onwards, and presumably worked the return to re-position 553 in the North East. This is only the second time (from memory) that something other than a DRS operated 'Shed' has worked these trains, the other occasion being 37218! I doubt a single tractor would cope now, as the trips load to 40 flats, usually mostly loaded too (39 boxes in this shot).....

 

Freightliner 66553 & DRS 66425 - 4E49, Barrow

 

Freightliner 66553 & DRS 66425 - 4E49, Barrow

 

...And again at Barrow on Trent, on Monday the 6K50 Toton to Crewe trip produced 4 'Sheds' in 4 colours from 2 different operators. Pink ONE 66587 led Freightliner Green 66554, DB 66044 and Maritime 66051...

 

Colourful Quartet

 

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(All pics are my Flickr links, click for more info)

The modern railway is nothing if not colourful.

 

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