Class 20 "chopper" new and old photos...

[steve1]

Butterley a few years ago

 

 

 

 

steve

[meurglysIII]

Hope this is OK here

3 x DRS 20s at Wigan in 2006

[60091]

Rotherham 19th July 1985.

20009 rescues failed 45127.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Sneaking into Sheffield on leaf-busting duties in 2012, blinds down against the low autumn sun:

 

And approaching Brightside from the Barnsley line in 2013, spraying

Edited March 29, 2018 by eastwestdivide

[Ian Smeeton]

Well hidden in this one

 

 

But, there is a chopper hiding behind the 08 . Corkerhill 1981 (I think)

 

Regards

 

Ian

[capt_darling]

Bought a model class 20, love the pictures

Edited April 3, 2018 by capt_darling

[Owd Bob]

Some 1980's pics' taken around the Wigan & Warrington area

[Kylestrome]

It's time for some more Scottish ones.

 

David

 

20048 standing on the siding at Fort William station, April 1986.

 

20048 shunting west of the signal box at Mallaig Junction yard, April 1986.

 

20083  shunting Mallaig Junction yard, 1984.

 

20114 shunting Mallaig Junction yard, September 1983.

 

20114 just starting out on a trip working to Corpach from Mallaig Junction yard, September 1983.

 

[CloggyDog]

Butterley a few years ago

 

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steve

 

I remember spending a weekend at Butterley balanced on a plank across the nose-end buffers of 8001, stripping all the paint off the nose (layers of yellow and then the original green) ready for a repaint. Having first successfully fought with the bolts holding the discs on - the lower middle requiring some serious contortionism over the traction motor blower to get at the retaining nut in the dark recesses of the nose.

[Chris M]

SVR diesel gala

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2018 by Chris M

[Owd Bob]

Preserved on the E.L.R. April 2018. 

[Owd Bob]

Some recently found and scanned pics' showing the double headed twenties topping and tailing the MGR's from Springs branch to Bickershaw Colliery Leigh on a foggy day in early Jan' 1992. The class 60's took over not long after these pics' were taken.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Nothing in this thread for a while, so...

Out last Sunday, glorious day for a walk in the Peak District, and in the morning, en route from Hope to Castleton across the fields, we heard a train rumble along the branch from Hope Cement Works to Earles Sidings. If we'd been 5-10 minutes later leaving Hope, we'd have seen it at the foot crossing.

However, imagine my surprise when on the way back down from Lose Hill (grandstand view of the main line by the way), we reached the footbridge over the branch and heard another rumble in the distance:

 

So that was at least two trips along the branch on a Sunday, one in the morning and another (above) in the afternoon, about 14:45.

 

Edit: a week later... we're out walking in the Peak again, and a line of empty coal hoppers appeared in Earles Sidings during the day (Sunday), in other words they weren't there when we came past in the train from Sheffield to Edale, and were when we walked back to Hope. Being empties, I assume they must have been brought down the branch from the cement works.

 

Edited May 19, 2019 by eastwestdivide

[Owd Bob]

20 090 & 20 082. Warrington and Wigan in the early '90's.

 

[smithlington smithe]

Some class 20 pics from the East Lancs Diesel Gala yesterday 

 

cheers

 

David 

 

20314,20311,20096 and 20132

[RusselBridge2017]

Caught 20142 assisting Bahamas today....

[Davexoc]

20007 and 20142 depart Quainton Road for their first time today on a UK Railtours charter, Marylebone - Quainton - Rickmansworth - Quainton - Marylebone. Same again tomorrow.....

 

[mpb56125]

20118 & 20132 at Crewe on 25th September 2019 whilst working DCR 6Z36 1541 Basford Hall Yard to  Pinnox Branch Esso Sidings. Conveying used ballast.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2019 by mpb56125

[mpb56125]

20107 & 20096 at Long Eaton on 20th September working from Chaddesden Sdgs to Barrow Hill

 

[balders]

On 25/09/2019 at 21:14, mpb56125 said:

20118 & 20132 at Crewe on 25th September 2019 whilst working DCR 6Z36 1541 Basford Hall Yard to  Pinnox Branch Esso Sidings. Conveying used ballast.

 

 

 

 

The livery just suits them down to the ground in my opinion. For a 60 year old design they still do the business. Great photo thanks!

 

Regards

 

Guy

[mpb56125]

20118 & 20132 working 6Z21 1219½ Ellesmere Port M Wharf Fhh to Garston(Speke) T.C.

 

Passing  Ince & Elton

 

Passing Daresbury

 

Mark

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2019 by mpb56125
place names

[Powerhaul 70 Pey]

20118 and 20132 on 6Z21 Ellesmere Port Manisty Wharf to Garston (Speke) T.C. cargo wagon move at Helsby station in Cheshire.

[Covkid]

On 29/05/2019 at 09:46, Owd Bob said:

20 090 & 20 082. Warrington and Wigan in the early '90's.

 

 

Thanks for posting these. 

Notice the sooting from the exhausts of these locos, which follows many other of the class over the years. You tend to find that the exhaust staining trails away from the cab on both sides even though they tend to spend half the time running in either direction. The only explanation I can think of is the aerodynamics resulting from the cab.  

[montyburns56]

20042 & 20209 - Deepdale Mill Street, Preston.

 

 

20094 & 20080 - Deepdale Mill Street, Preston

 

 

Hudswell Clarke & Class 20 at Bedlay Colliery

 

 

[rodent279]

On 18/08/2013 at 17:40, eastwestdivide said:

No "Skeggies" yet? That'll never do. Here's a couple of gloomy ones from 1984, Nottingham:

 

A "gone but not forgotten" Swindon cross country unit stands in the other platform-i wish I'd recorded and photographed these units more! They got everywhere.