Grimsby, Immingham and surrounding area

[DOCJACOB]

This time we move to Melton Ross Images taken from the road over-bridge circa 6/90 From the look of the last image of 37.069 light locomotive probably used up the roll 

 

47.186 

 

31.156 and 31.273 on empty oil working towards Immingham (note was 2 running lines despite appearances at this point)

 

47.379 Total Energy oil working

 

37.379 on long engineering working 

 

37.069 Thornaby TMD light locomotive

 

31.288 empty oil working 

 

 

[DOCJACOB]

A few more to start the W/E

 

A couple of images of Immingham Depot from the roadside. Such a view is impossible now due to the plasterboard factory. 

 

37.358 P+O Containers leaving Grimsby for Cleethorpes. Not common to see locomotives in this section of track 16/11/90

 

37.069 passing Roxton Sidings on an unidentified date. suspect may have been taken same time as single image posted earlier of Roxton Siding Signal box. Only time I ever caught a locomotive working here. 

 

Another site that has changed An ex GNR somersault signal at Waltham 6/89. Currently the old trackbed is a combined cycle/walkway and the signal post is no more. 

 

A pair of images taken a few minutes apart 60.064 being held in sidings and then 60.081 heading the other direction 20/2/92.

 

An earlier image at Barnetby from 9/11/90 of 47.446 and a motley selection of wagons

 

An NPower 59 light locomotive heading into Barnetby 21/6/96 I seem to vaguely remember spotting the roof outline off A180 at Ulceby area and then made the assumption she would pass Barnetby soon after. I wasn't alone.

 

31.541 and observation coach passing Brocklesby 5/93  

 

 

Edited December 10, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[bazjones1711]

Interesting pic of 47446 , behind the tanker is a BSSC PTA iron ore tippler flanked by two RFQ rotary match wagons possibly returning from Doncaster works after repair

[DOCJACOB]

Firstly I suspect another rather illicit bunk onto Immingham TMD circa 12/89 hence the moody dark atmospheric shots. In a rush so not everyone identified.

 

Back to my usual haunt and appears to be a selection taken from 7/8/9. I must have been there a few hours as 37.719 appears twice but there are no ore workings?

 

37.719 light 

 

37.255 with just 2 loaded bogie bolsters

 

37.209 Phantom with empty oil working

 

37.241 light 

 

31.302/31.155 empty oil working

 

47.380 loaded oil working and giving it the "beans"

 

37.128/37.285 light

 

37.719 on return working from Grimsby Docks at a guess

Edited December 10, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[DOCJACOB]

First 1/2 of 91 seems to have been spent infrequently hanging over a fence off a farm track to the west of Brocklesby station for a change

 

31.286/31.210 on empty oil 

 

47.237 isn't really taxed with this load! 

 

47.308 with some ferry wagon types

 

56.086 interesting as first 2 hoppers are hooded types and I done ever remember regularly seeing them in the area 

 

37.10 light 

 

47.417 light

 

47.226 Seagull light

 

31.156 /31.126 oil working ex Immingham 

 

47.310 probably same working as 47.308 on different day 

 

Finally unidentified DMU to break the monotony of freight workings. 

[class"66"]

More awesome pictures here  

[ForestPines]

Thanks for posting that shot of the GNR concrete post that survived for many years at Waltham station. Holton Village Up Distant post was another that was still visible for a good few years after closure.

[DOCJACOB]

Spent much of the day at Ludborough and will add something to the LNER Grain wagon thread tomorrow. 

 

Firstly a few aimless hours snapping in various days 2/92. The change was obvious with increasing numbers of 60's. Particularly only one of the ore workings was a class 60 though I don't think double 37's lasted much longer on this traffic. 

 

60.003 light locomotive

 

60.067 oil working 

 

60.049 empty ore

 

37.128 light locomotive

 

37.128/37.202 on lengthy empty oil 

 

37.225/37.377 on full ore heading to Scunthorpe. Usually heard them before seeing them at bridge over A180 from my vantage point 

 

next we more to 11/90 and the area of the old goods yard at Brocklesby. Didn't venture here often and pretty sure its fenced off now anyway. I guess around this time access to the platform was stopped on closure of the station to passengers 

 

47.115/47.212 on hefty oil working 

 

unidentified 47 empty oil 

 

Finally, while looking through the box I have 2 images from virtually the same spot at Barnetby though 9 years apart 

 

20.112/20.061 

 

60.066 oil working 

Edited December 12, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[DOCJACOB]

Still in my usual haunt 

 

First lot are from 14/11/90 

 

37.421 Vale of Rheidol 

 

60.003 Christopher Wren 

 

37.219 light locomotive

 

37.893 light locomotive and assume heading back to Ripple lane 

 

47.319 Norsk Hydro hauling 47.307 Bunting

 

47.187 with oil working

 

Next short few are taken 21.2.92 again at Brocklesby 

 

47.319 with empty oil (wonder if had seen bucket and water from last image!)

 

47.010 with empty oil 

 

47.402 (by now had extra number on nose and lettering Phoenix) 

 

20.096/20.185 the almost obligatory pair of 20's ex Grimsby Docks on stainless steel coils? 

[DOCJACOB]

Just a few for tonight. 

 

Firstly a couple of single random images

 

Its Friday again and the departmentals trundle off, no date and no I/D for some obscure reason.

 

The end of Weelsby Road bridge. Currently this is now a large flat junction on Peakes Parkway. It was a Sunday and probably about 15 years ago.

 

Next back to my usual haunt and all taken 11/2/92

 

158 on Manchester service. Currently now 170 on this run.

 

47.519 light

 

31.553 ex Pyewipe (if noted correctly one of my only two 31 sightings there)  

 

60.067 James Clark Maxwell 

 

 

[RP82]

Me been a local boy I must say this is a great thread

Its brings back memories of my Dad taking me to the cattle dock out side GY Town on summer evenings waiting for the HST from London and occasionally seeing a 37 or 47 running light to or from Cleethorpes.

On your bunk round IM in December 89 it looks like the shunter is, judging by the double arrow on the battery box and cab side depot plate is 08388.

185s now rein supreme on the Trainspennines again as class 170s have now all gone to Chiltern.

Please keep the pics coming.

[DOCJACOB]

Just a few today.

 

Regrettably back to my old tricks of snapping but omitting the I/D!

 

Thanks for reminding me its 185 class now. Should know much better as was on 18:34 ex Grimsby on Tuesday en route to Birmingham and looked like a 185 to me, especially as the number was plastered on the front!

 

No idea of date. Pretty certain some, maybe not all, from same day as the trees and ballast seem to match. Guess circa spring 92 

Edited December 14, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[DOCJACOB]

Final batch for tonight and we have some I/D and even some dates! 

 

Firstly 10/90

 

Unidentified 47 suspect on of the unofficial named Tinsley jobs. 

 

60.019 Wild Boar Fell I have a funny feeling some of the test acceptance duties were on Scunthorpe Ore workings as some odd randomly allocated 60's were to be infrequently found on this working 

 

37.378 light locomotive

 

37.421 (I guess from earlier posted image)

 

Next we move to 6/92 

 

37.503 empty oil 

 

60.028 coal hopper's

 

47.212 oil working 

 

144.007 Not sure what specific working this chap was on. I wouldn't really fancy (other than for comedy value) a outing as far as Lincoln, Newark or even Doncaster on one of these! 

Edited December 14, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[DOCJACOB]

Tonight we will move out to Barnetby in the days when station was staffed and semaphores abounded. 

 

All images date from Autumn 1990 

 

47.402 on long empty oil working 

 

31.207/31.288 empty oil working from other end of the same platform 

 

37.098 hauling 31.199 and 47.033

 

37.258 with short coil working 

 

150.143 with what appear to be extra large numerals on front? 

 

37.408 Loch Rannoch going the long way round Barnetby (a particularly fine semaphore was just ahead of her) 

 

37.004/37.106 light locomotive

 

47.299 

 

47.050 with larger numerals and possibly car transporter wagons. 

 

37.023 light locomotive 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[DOCJACOB]

A few for the W/E and have to be honest covering most of what was known as Humberside? 

 

Firstly a 2 views in Cleethorpes 15/8/89 with the extensive sidings still in existence. Not sure where these were actually taken from ( ? in vicinity of old turntable) Note old 6w tank wagon and floodlights for Mighty Mariners. For the pub quiz anoraks Grimsby Town's ground is actually in Cleethorpes. 

 

Unidentified 101 

 

47.314

 

Next ex GNR 3rd at Waltham Windmill 

 

31.212 heading away from Grimsby on "back road" to Immingham (chimney of Tioxide in background and a locomotive class I very rarely spotted in the Grimsby area)

 

ADM Track Recorder at Pyewipe Junction 1/90 (an impossible image now due to road changes in the area)

 

Stallingborough 8/89 with the leaning signal box. Again all historic 

 

Next few taken at Brocklesby mainly taken 9/90 unless specifically noted  

 

47.238 Bescot Yard 11/90 (?repaired wagons to Immingham) 

 

31.302/31.286 ex Immingham Oil

 

31.199 light 

 

37.063 (with previously I/D wagons) 

 

47.22/47.295 light 

 

31.286 empty oil 

 

37.351/37.250 ore to Scunthorpe 9/92 

 

56.087 

 

56.083 Brocklesby 1/90 

 

56.108 Brocklesby 9/89

 

56/076 Melton Ross 4/90 Empty Coal 

 

56.068 Barnetby light 8/90 

Edited December 18, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[ForestPines]

The shots of Cleethorpes carriage sidings look like they might have been taken from the top of the old sea wall that ran from Suggitts Lane towards Cleethorpes a few yards inland from the modern sea wall.

 

31/4s used to be very common in the area - in the mid 80s the standard formation on the South Transpennine route was a 31/4 with 4 or 5 Mk1s.

 

I don't think Waltham Windmill had had 6 sails for very long when that was taken. In my oldest memory of it, there were only 2!

[class"66"]

More super photos,keep these coming

 

 

thanks neil.

[DOCJACOB]

Mainly double headed 47's tonight with a couple of randoms for balance!

 

First 4 are at Brocklesby junction and we have;

 

47.380/47.010 with 31.205 sneaking away light circa 9.90

 

Then 2 unidentified 47's

 

47.294/47.115 taken 10.12.90

 

47.319 Norsk Hydro/47.307 Bunting taken 14.11.90 

 

You get some idea of the length of these loads 

 

Next we move to east and were hanging over a hedge again 

 

47.423 Sceptre/ another 47 taken on 14.12.90 

 

47.319 Norsk Hydro/47.380 Immingham both definitely giving it the beans again on 22.11.90 

 

20.046/20.095 light 22.11.90

 

60.019 Wild Boar Fell on ore working 22.11.90

 

Finally we move to Barnetby 

 

47.295/47.054 

 

The 158 is a random image and may have been fortuitous its undated but i have memory of odd cross country service ending up Worcester way.

 

I may have inadvertently snapped it? 

Edited December 19, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[DOCJACOB]

Late home from work so just a few today 

 

Firstly couple of images at West Marsh sidings

 

47.209 Herbert Austin 15/3/91

 

37.509 undated

 

Then back to my usual haunt out Brocklesby way All taken on14/3/91 except the last single DMU image which is undated 

 

20.176/20.098 obligatory 2 to Grimsby 

 

150.144 Dont remember Sprinters with large numbers on side as standard

 

31.286 under the grime with a minimalist empty oil working

 

56.102 Scunthorpe Steel Centenary 

 

47.226 Seagull with ostensibly another working into Grimsby 

 

unidentified DMU 

 

 

[Davexoc]

The unidentified DMU is a class 121, most likely 55032, 33 or 34 which towards the end of their careers were Tyseley based. The rest of the class were all WR based.

Unusually there is no set number on the front, would have expected a 'Txxx' for Tyseley. It appears to be in passenger service and not departmental, so after 1992.

 

Dave

[DOCJACOB]

Thanks for the DMU I/D

 

Back to my old trick of snapping but not recording dates/numbers!

 

Must be more up to date than usual as the junction has been remodelled and the station restored to a habitable state. 

 

Also quite significant changes in locomotive livery too 

[DOCJACOB]

A few for today.

 

Mostly from my usual haunt at Brocklesby but 3 of my old friends the Bluespot Fish Vans.

 

Firstly and both unidentified. Guess early spring 91? 

 

red stripe 56 and guess a Romanian job with the front grill shape? 

 

47 and 31 (not the most common pairing) on empty oil working 

 

Next lot taken on 16/9/91

 

47.348 St Christophers Railway Home

 

37.507 Hartlepool Pipe Mill on Grimsby working 

 

60.027 

 

47.060 Halewood towing 37.891 

 

31.205/31.304 

 

37.351/37.377 on empty ore 

 

Hard to credit next images are taken 19 years ago outside Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre.

 

Currently now part of Sainsbury car park and the wagons have moved to Lincolnshire Wolds Railway.

 

Also in the background of one image is the dock area the triathletes used to swim in where the ex Humber Ferry has been scrapped and only Ross Tiger still remains 

 

[ForestPines]

I recall the Heritage Centre hiring a Rocket replica to chuff up and down the track outside on one random Saturday - I have absolutely no recollection as to why! It must have been around 94-96 as I had black and white film in my camera.

[DOCJACOB]

Usual haunt and probably same workings but many different locomotives. 

 

Haven't actually done the maths but significant numbers of each class appear to have passed in front of me. 

 

Getting to bottom of box and just a few files to go at now. I think the I/D's are better on the next lot.

 

60.005 light 22/6/92

60.039 oil 8/6/92

 

47.050 empty ferry van 7/91

60.028 John Flamsteed 7/91  

 

37.203 empty coils to West Marsh 7/91

47.438 light 10/5/91

 

60.027 Joseph Banks on a less than taxing light oil 10/5/91 

37.075 full coils ex West Marsh 10/5/91

 

20.046/20.107 steel slab to Grimsby 2/11/90

20.095/20.069 light 14/12/90 

 

56.094 (who painted the numbers?) 17/11/89 

60.021 Pen-Y-Ghent full ore 15/11/90

 

60.082 Nam Tor empty oil 7/2/92

37.069 Thornaby TMD steel slab to Grimsby 5/2/92

 

60.039 Glastonbury Tor empty ore 10/2/92

47.287 empty oil 10/2/92

 

60.054 Charles Babbage empty oil 10/2/92

37.202 10/2/92 

 

31.288/31.233 Phillips Imperial 14/2/90

47.325 Red Rum light 10/2/92

 

47.379 Total Energy late in the date 8/1/90

47.156 14/2/90 

 

31.203/31.201 Fina Energy 8/1/90 

finally new and old guard in one image I think (please correct me)

a Class 108 DMU with an unidentified 150 unit in background 8/1/90 

 

Also best Festive wishes to all who have looked in on this thread/site and my other 1/2 baked effort on the LNER grain wagon and others at Ludborough

Edited December 23, 2016 by DOCJACOB

[class"66"]

More interesting old photos!!