RMweb Gold astropsidings Posted October 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2020 Three at Banbury: 56 068 assisting failed 47 513, 29 June 1981 56 017 with MGR empties from Didcot PS, 18 April 1983 56 095 with a Didcot bound MGR, derailed while setting back into Banbury Yard. Rerailed by the Bescot crane later in the day. In the background, a reminder of when long distance cross country trains were still fit for purpose. 14 June 1983. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted October 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2020 56081 at Dove Holes, last Thursday morning. Cheers, Phil. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeveetee Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 56 103 this lunchtime at Ealing Broadway 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted October 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2020 Colas 56302 and 56094 on todays 6M32/6E32 Lindsey Oil Refinery - Colas Ribble Rail bitumen tanks. No photos this time but a video of 6E32 passing through Brighouse here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted October 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 01/10/2020 at 09:20, astropsidings said: 56 095 with a Didcot bound MGR, derailed while setting back into Banbury Yard. Rerailed by the Bescot crane later in the day. In the background, a reminder of when long distance cross country trains were still fit for purpose. 14 June 1983. First class customers were very well served! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) Not one but 2 56's in Harrogate today on engineers jobs, great to see some interesting traction and plant. Particularly enjoyed watching the remote control whacker plate thing going over the new ballast bed, right piece of kit! Was a good morning to be out and about, iv missed the smell of burnt/unburnt diesel exhaust. Cheers James Edited November 22, 2020 by jessy1692 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) 087 and 302 back in Harrogate again this weekend. 087 has brought up the points for the new crossover going into the station and 302 looks to be on empty ballast wagons and flat wagons. 70 813 is also lurking around too. Edited November 29, 2020 by jessy1692 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted December 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2020 With the operation of this autumn's Rail Head Treatment Trains (RHTT) beginning to wind down in some parts of the country, Colas class 56s have returned to their more regular duties. Bearing the evidence of its recent use on RHTT work, 56302 'PECO The Railway Modeller 2016 70 Years' leads sister 56113 through Brighouse on 7th December 2020 with 6E32 10.05 Colas Ribble Rail at Preston to Lindsey Oil Refinery. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, 4630 said: With the operation of this autumn's Rail Head Treatment Trains (RHTT) beginning to wind down in some parts of the country, Colas class 56s have returned to their more regular duties. Bearing the evidence of its recent use on RHTT work, 56302 'PECO The Railway Modeller 2016 70 Years' leads sister 56113 through Brighouse on 7th December 2020 with 6E32 10.05 Colas Ribble Rail at Preston to Lindsey Oil Refinery. Nice pic, 302 putting the miles in, it came through Harrogate again just after midnight on Saturday on another engineers working to Knaresborough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted December 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, jessy1692 said: Nice pic, 302 putting the miles in, it came through Harrogate again just after midnight on Saturday on another engineers working to Knaresborough. It's quite educational sometimes to try to track where locos have been over a period of time and appreciate how the companies actually diagrams their assets. At the end of last week 56302 had been working RHTTs from Shrewsbury Coleham SS. From 5/12 I believe it then worked; 0C82 17.08 Coleham ISU (CE) - Doncaster CHS (21.15) 6C82 22.05 Belmont Down Yard - Knaresborough (00.35) - for the engineering work along the Harrogate line on 6/12; 6C82 18.00 Skelton Jn (York) - Doncaster Up Decoy (19.07) 0C81 21.58 Doncaster Up Decoy - Barnetby Sidings Colas Rail (22.54) on 7/12; 0E34 01.44 Barnetby Sidings Colas Rail - Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas (02.09) 6M32 03.13 Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas - Colas Ribble Rail (08.10) 6E32 10.05 Colas Ribble Rail - Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas (14.11) 0E33 14.47 Lindsey Oil Refinery - Barnetby Sidings Colas Rail (15.14). Which is where it should be now. As you say 'putting the miles in'. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 47 minutes ago, 4630 said: It's quite educational sometimes to try to track where locos have been over a period of time and appreciate how the companies actually diagrams their assets. At the end of last week 56302 had been working RHTTs from Shrewsbury Coleham SS. From 5/12 I believe it then worked; 0C82 17.08 Coleham ISU (CE) - Doncaster CHS (21.15) 6C82 22.05 Belmont Down Yard - Knaresborough (00.35) - for the engineering work along the Harrogate line on 6/12; 6C82 18.00 Skelton Jn (York) - Doncaster Up Decoy (19.07) 0C81 21.58 Doncaster Up Decoy - Barnetby Sidings Colas Rail (22.54) on 7/12; 0E34 01.44 Barnetby Sidings Colas Rail - Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas (02.09) 6M32 03.13 Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas - Colas Ribble Rail (08.10) 6E32 10.05 Colas Ribble Rail - Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas (14.11) 0E33 14.47 Lindsey Oil Refinery - Barnetby Sidings Colas Rail (15.14). Which is where it should be now. As you say 'putting the miles in'. Cheers 4630, top info, it really is educational to see how these things are diagrammed, 302 has certainly put a shift in in the last 36 hours or so. Great to see how nearly 40 year old traction still earns its keep. All the best James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 56112 Worksop 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithlington smithe Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 56113 this morning from Mirfield East Junction to Doncaster,having already passed Hapton station earlier at 8.50(sounding very well indeed,but missed it)but then running round at Blackburn to pass through again at 1010 cheers David 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Just been looking on Wiki to check there are preserved class 56s, if the re-engineering to class 69 goes well, any remaining suitable donors may end up being converted - a bit like with the 73s that went through an upgrade - some out of preservation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithlington smithe Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Yes it will certainly be interesting to see how the 69’s go,I for one think they will be successful or should be anyway,a proven loco with a proven reliable engine and with plentiful parts,GBRF will be hoping they are and if they are probably won’t need to keep importing 66’s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 56090 Bescot mid 80s 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
46011 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 56129 on empty MGR's coming round the back of Gateshead depot, 10:55 on 20th June 1985. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 17/01/2021 at 11:55, woodenhead said: Just been looking on Wiki to check there are preserved class 56s, if the re-engineering to class 69 goes well, any remaining suitable donors may end up being converted - a bit like with the 73s that went through an upgrade - some out of preservation. There's a possibility that they'll run out of suitable prime movers before they run out of suitable 56 donors....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 There's two in this photo I took at Washwood Heath. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium drjcontroller Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 56031 spreads exhaust over Middlesbrough as it takes a rake of empty MGR's from Tees Yard to Redcar coal terminal, 5/3/2001. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 56113 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50929024298/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) On a misty 1st March 2021 morning, Colas Rail Freight 56049 'Robin of Templecombe 1938-2013' accelerates through Brighouse with 6E32, Colas Ribble Rail to Lindsey Oil Refinery, discharged bitumen tanks. Edited March 1, 2021 by 4630 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithlington smithe Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, 4630 said: On a misty 1st March 2021 morning, Colas Rail Freight 56049 'Robin of Templecombe 1938-2013' accelerates through Brighouse with 6E32, Colas Ribble Rail to Lindsey Oil Refinery, discharged bitumen tanks. Interestingly it came up cancelled on RTT this morning from Lindsey but it seems 56049 went light to Colas Ribble Rail this morning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, smithlington smithe said: Interestingly it came up cancelled on RTT this morning from Lindsey but it seems 56049 went light to Colas Ribble Rail this morning Yes, I'd noticed this morning when I checked the schedule that 6M32, the loaded working, hadn't run. As todays 6E32 brought back a long rake of discharged wagons from the last 6M32, which ran on 25th February, I guess that there aren't any wagons left stabled at Preston. Presumably that means the next time that 6M32 runs, then the loco will return light engine from Preston. Have to see what happens. Edited March 1, 2021 by 4630 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithlington smithe Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 56049 and 56113 on the return to Lindsey oil Refinery from Colas Ribble rail after leaving the tanks at Preston seen at Rosegrove station cheers David 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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