Ray M Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 All from having a clean up at York works (celebs only) And a photo shoot (day & night) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2023 A dodgy video of 0E69 today passing Settle. 66419/556/534/413/565. Two sheds shades of orange. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Just found this one on an old card, so for testing purposes a bit of what is now historical imagery. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 1 hour ago, LBRJ said: Just found this one on an old card, so for testing purposes a bit of what is now historical imagery. History is yesterday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Midland Rd 17-6-18 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6150 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Hello, I think this is GBRF's 66748 (going by the "Safety" branding) with an unidentified class 73. Ferryhill, Aberdeen this morning, presumably having just uncoupled from the Caledonian Sleeper. View from the old Wellington Suspension Bridge. Thanks Ken 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 A couple from this week. This year, the Christmas shutdown sees a lot of work taking place around Reading. The wagons here seen on the Down Reception at Westbury would form 6C20 to Kennet Bridge Junction, top and tailed with Colas locos. The 29 wagons (Balfour Beatty Kirow crane plus 3 KFA support wagons, 9 JNA-Y Hawks and and 16 YKA Opsreys) were a tight fit on the Reception. With such a long train formed over two roads in the Down Yard, the shunt to join it up and move to the Reception took me up the bank and to the outskirts of Dilton Marsh! 66143 on yard duties here, after returning earlier in the day with an RDT from Margam. Chittening Platform closed in 1964, so it's nearly 60 years since this station has seen passengers. Located on the Henbury Loop near Hallen Moor, the platform is now heavily overgrown. 66175 'Rail Riders Express' is seen waiting time at Chittening, with 6C03 Northolt - Severnside. This is part of the move to get from Avonmouth BBHT (where the train has just run round) onto the Severn Beach line, which will see the train propel and stop near St Andrews Road station, before drawing forward onto the Severn Beach line to reach Severnside. The weather was as cold as it looked, on a stormy day, combined with the strong wind off the Severn Estuary. Jo 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted December 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2023 A few pictures taken at Didcot back on 6th December 2006. 66034 rests between RHTT duties in the company of a resident shunter. 66138 on manoeuvres at the stabling point. 66224 arrives with a coal train for the then still operational power station. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted December 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2023 In steady rain on 30th December 2023, GBRf 66785 'John Ellis' waits to leave an engineers' possession with 6G80, Bradley Junction to Crewe Basford Hall. Shortly after sunrise on 31st December 2023, Freightliner 66547 approaching Brighouse with 6Y30, Bradley Wood Junction to Carlisle New Yard... ...followed a short time later by GBRf 66784 'Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 50th Anniversary 1968-2018' working 6G83, Bradley Wood Junction to Carlisle New Yard. These three workings, together with three others, were in connection with Transpennine Route Upgrade work taking place around Mirfield between 29th December 2023 and 2nd January 2024. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) Not the best picture quality ever, but it is not that often you see a bit of wrong line shunting and a Voyager together at Par station. I cannot recall any details but looking at the light and the greenery I guess it was late evening in summer. Edited January 6 by LBRJ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 One from tonight As 2023 draws to a close on a wet and wild 31st December, here's 66150 sitting on the Up Reception at Westbury waiting to go forward to Margam as 0V14. The working originates at Eastleigh, but that loco stayed here, with 150 going forward. Hopefully the Margam driver taking it on got to see some New Year fireworks while driving back. GBRf's 66779 lingers on the Back Road in the background. It should have gone to Cardiff from Eastleigh, but only got this far before stabling and being shut down. Jo 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Colas 848 on Midland Rd 1-1-24 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6 A detail for the really keen modeller Eccles Road 05/01/2024 (Friday) Number of 66701 and End of Steam 1968 - 11/8/1968 and Good Riddance written in the dust 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Today 66192 was entrusted with a Royal duty…only a test run for 7 of the Royal Train coaches, but still probably the most glamorous job it has ever done! The working was 5Z25 Crewe to Wolverton CS after having set out as 5Z24 earlier this morning. Flickr and YouTube links below: Thanks, Jack. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) Night is trying to become day as sky turns blue before the sun comes up. Carrying the debranded livery of former operator DRS, now operated by GBRf 66304 is seen on the Down Reception at Westbury. Having been tail loco on the return 6G70 from Southall West Junction, the train is about to propel up the bank and then drop into the Down Yard. The loco would then run round the traffic, and join up with Euro cab loco 66762 at the other end to go light to Eastleigh. The formation of the train was 3 Falcon, 2 Lobsters, 3 Falcon, 1 Super Tench, 2 Falcon, 2 Lobsters and 3 Falcon, believed to be a drainage job as the Lobsters had pea shingle in them. After the loco got to Eastleigh, it went onto an MoD circuit, and the following day @big jim was on it in the midlands before it went to Carlisle. Shows how these locos get about - and what a small world of RMweb members we live in! Jo Edited January 10 by Steadfast 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Meanwhile, back at, er, Westbury... 66144 is stabled by the staff block on the night of Storm Henk (Jan 2nd). Lines were closed due to obstructions of fallen trees and flooding. Lots of potential passengers milling around going nowhere. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 6A50 1026 Whatley Quarry - Hanwell Bridge Loop approaches Pot Lane (between Frome and Westbury) on 8th January, behind 66604 and 66572. At Hanwell the train will divide. 66604 will come off the front and 66572 will work the front portion as 6M72 1342 to Churchyard Sidings (near St Pancras). 66604 will then drop back onto the rear portion as 6L52 1426 to Dagenham Dock. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 23 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Meanwhile, back at, er, Westbury... Centre of the railway world isn't it? 😉 10 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: 6A50 1026 Whatley Quarry - Hanwell Bridge Loop approaches Pot Lane (between Frome and Westbury) on 8th January, behind 66604 and 66572. At Hanwell the train will divide. 66604 will come off the front and 66572 will work the front portion as 6M72 1342 to Churchyard Sidings (near St Pancras). 66604 will then drop back onto the rear portion as 6L52 1426 to Dagenham Dock. I can't get used to these new Mendip headcodes. From what I've watched go past, the London jumbos via the B&H now seem to be mainly pairs of 66s, 59s doing heavier out and back single portion jobs from the quarries it seems. Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Apparently 66709 66307 and 66782 are currently heading to Ipswich from Doncaster for 307 to be named. Then heading back to Doncaster after the naming ceremony cheers Craig 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnesiac Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 66797 heading south at Northampton 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted January 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16 66183 runs around its train at Ely, 2nd September 2022 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted January 20 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20 GBRf 66304 leads the 6G12 11:02 Eastleigh East Yard - Gatwick service through Pulborough on 20 January 2024. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 66524 waiting for the road across Westbury South Jn, with Oxford (Banbury Rd) - Whatley stone empties. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 66780 [ex 66008] The Cemex Express GBRf worked a train of Autoballasters onto the ECML immediately south of York a couple of hours ago. Photos in https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/belmondgbrf66 Paul 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan product fan Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 66620 on the 6D17 Tunstead to Elstow Readland sidings passes the former crossing at Wingerworth near Chesterfield on the 22-1-24 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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