RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16 Same location as last week, longer lens and with a Freightliner presence this week.... 4M87 Felixstowe - Crewe being passed by 390141 4M29 Felixstowe - Birch Coppice 6O51 Daventry - Dollands Moor 4M23 Felixstowe - Hams Hall 6E84 Stewarts Lane - Tunstead 4M47 London Gateway - Hams Hall 66715 also crept up and passed southbound on 4L05 Birch Coppice - Felixstowe. And all in just over 90 minutes.... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17 (edited) Hitching a lift through Brighouse on 17th March 2024 DRS 66427, led by Chiltern Railways liveried 68014, working light locomotives as 0Z14 from Crewe Gresty Bridge to Leeds Balm Road, presumably for tyre turning at Freightliner's Midland Road facility. Edited March 17 by 4630 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22 (edited) On 21st March 2024 GBRf 66728 ‘Institution of Railway Operators’ passes through Keighley, currently being refurbished, with loaded aggregate bogie hopper wagons working 6D25 from Rylstone Tilcon to Hull Dairycoates. Image taken from over the fence from the adjacent Keighley & Worth Valley station as I was there for the steam gala. Edited March 22 by 4630 To correct the date - fat finger syndrome. 🙄 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 30 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30 There are around 12 engineers' trains, all operated by GBRf, scheduled to run over the next six days in connection with TransPennine Route Upgrade work between Dewsbury and Huddersfield. The return working of the first of these approaches Brighouse on 29th March 2024, with recent acquisition from Europe now GBRf 66308, in charge. 66308 6G80 Marsden to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted March 30 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30 (edited) Sorry I wasn't in a position to hang around for 727 to emerge from the bushes! There are a couple of additional, non-66 snaps in my album at Edited March 31 by phil_sutters 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 31 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31 Infrastructure work on 31st March 2024 in connection with the Transpennine Route Upgrade produced three engineers' trains at Mirfield. GBRf 66773 Pride of GB Railfreight slowly draws through the worksite on the Up Huddersfield Fast with a mixed consist of JNA and MXA wagons... ...taking up a position next to 6G81 which is standing on the Up Huddersfield Slow, and is top 'n' tailed by, in the far distance (according to RealTime Trains) 66725 SUNDERLAND and 66722 Sir Edward Watkin. In the opposite direction also on the Up Huddersfield Fast line is (again according to Real Time Trains) 66784 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 50th Anniversary 1968-2018 with 6G83, standing adjacent to signal HM566. With its work completed at Mirfield, GBRf 66773 Pride of GB Railfreight leads 6G82, Bradley Wood Junction to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard through Brighouse, taking a lengthy route via Stockport and Sheffield to reach its destination. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 31 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31 (edited) 12 minutes ago, 4630 said: Infrastructure work on 31st March 2024 in connection with the Transpennine Route Upgrade produced three engineers' trains at Mirfield. GBRf 66773 Pride of GB Railfreight slowly draws through the worksite on the Up Huddersfield Fast with a mixed consist of JNA and MXA wagons... I thought that drilling machine was a semaphore shunt signal at first glance on my iPhone screen also there’s certainly no GBRf pride in the state of that loco, I noticed the decals were peeling the other week and it’s absolutely filthy! Edited March 31 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 31 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31 3 minutes ago, big jim said: also there’s certainly no GBRf pride in the state of that loco, I noticed the decals were peeling the other week and it’s absolutely filthy! Yes, I thought exactly the same, that it could do with a bit of tlc . I'm guessing that it was on rail head treatment duty last Autumn, but that finished almost four months ago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted Saturday at 17:02 Share Posted Saturday at 17:02 (edited) GBRf Convoy through York today Individual photos are in the collection. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/belmondgbrf66 Paul Edited Saturday at 17:24 by hmrspaul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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