RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2016 29 June 2016 Eccles Road 66114 on 6M43, 18:13, Trowse Yard Redland Siding - Mountsorrel Sdgs (21:49) - empty stone (2 HOA, 2 JGA, 1 HOA, 1 PGA, 4 HOA, 2 PGA, 7 HOA) 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2016 by 4630 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) Saturday 02nd July 2016 0X09 Margam to Bescot Yard Class 66 positioning move via Gloucester pictured at Bishton Flyover, Newport. NB: The bridge is closed for one week shortly for works to be undertaken to make it "safe" for OHL works. Edited July 2, 2016 by Great Western 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 66516 still on temporary bogies and an odd exhaust 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted July 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2016 Saturday 02nd July 2016 0X09 Margam to Bescot Yard Class 66 positioning move via Gloucester pictured at Bishton Flyover, Newport. NB: The bridge is closed for one week shortly for works to be undertaken to make it "safe" for OHL works. 66014 (second in the convoy) is the first 66 I've seen that's lost the EWS lettering from the bodyside, but still got the Beasties on the cabside, instead of a DB sticker. Cheers, Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 DBS 66094 waits for the road alongside the Portsmouth line, south of Woking Junction, with the 12.39 Woking Down Reception to Cliffe Brett Marine empties. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Right Chaps, this is a question, so might get moderated out, but ....... Does anyone know the current availability and utilisation figures for the Class 66 fleet,taken as a whole? Does TOPS, or whatever its successor is, have a query that could answer this? (Actually, that two questions; sorry!) I ask, because I see an awful lot of Class 66 doing not an awful lot, day after day, (I just counted about ten doing nothing at Willesden), so suspect that utilisation is incredibly low. Unless, being tethered either end of a ballast train in a siding, counts as being utilised, which it certainly didn't used to. Kevin The reason you'd have seen so many at Willesden is because of the HOBC programme, not all ten would have been employed on this job but it requires two fully fuelled locos to be made available, there's also the support train which runs alongside it within the worksite which may also required to be top 'n' tailed. Some of the others you saw may have been recessed on their way to Hither Green or elsewhere. Just over a week ago we had three 66s on the HOBC at Northampton when one was low on fuel (it was running on vapour, not the Driver's fault I should add, the message was relayed to Control the day before but nobody had acted on it!). It might look as though they're sitting idle but the nature of engineering work and the diagrams they entail means there will always be some down time involved. Edited July 3, 2016 by Rugd1022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 A busy hour at Rounton Gates North Yorkshire (Teesside-Northallerton line) last Wednesday evening. I had called to see the 60 hauled oil train and rewarded with these movements. The celebrity light engines took me by surprise as they were booked earlier in the evening. Mike Wiltshire 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) Rubbish Train Pictures. Not up there with the greats in terms of quality, being iPhone shots, some terribly cropped, but I thought Class 66 aficionados might find these pictures of operations between Quainton Road and Calvert today of passing interest. The first train is the one from Bow East, the second from Northolt. Even to a person with no great sympathy for Class 66, a freight train, on a single track line, in attractive countryside is a worth pointing a phone at. Kevin Edited July 5, 2016 by Nearholmer 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 More interesting 66 pictures.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Earlier today, GBRf 66770 powers 4N68 Tyne Coal Terminal - North Blyth (Battleship Wharf Coal Terminal) - approaching Freeman's Crossing (Blyth & Tyne). A few minutes later 66770 'crosses the road' to enter Battleship Wharf, having arrived a few minutes early. Mal Edited July 8, 2016 by Alcanman 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Another dodgy iPhone picture, this time a SB freight liner at Milton Keynes Central a few minutes ago. The loco is a namer is a strange MSC livery. The iTrainSpotting is rather different from sending a 127 roll film away for processing, and waiting a week to find out whether any of the pictures were any good! K PS: RTT seems to indicate that this was 4L18 (it wasn't the immediately preceding 453E, because I saw that go through too), but indicates that it is electric hauled; does RTT often tell fibs? Edited July 8, 2016 by Nearholmer 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) 66424 passes Duffryn enroute to Wentlog Freight Terminal with a Tesco/Stobart intermodal service from Daventy. Friday 08th July 2016 Edited July 8, 2016 by Great Western 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2016 Another dodgy iPhone picture, this time a SB freight liner at Milton Keynes Central a few minutes ago. The loco is a namer is a strange MSC livery. 66709 "Sorrento" Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 This is how I normally see sheds.... Sitting stabled on the transfer bridges in Swindon, not sure if this is off the scrap train or the steel train as both were in at the same time. It was 66174 I saw on same duty the week before 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted July 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2016 66720, stopped for a crew change at Toton. It made quite an impressive sight & sound when it set off again, hauling 20 loaded IOA's. Cheers, Phil. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2016 This is how I normally see sheds.... Sitting stabled on the transfer bridges in Swindon, not sure if this is off the scrap train or the steel train as both were in at the same time. image.jpeg It was 66174 I saw on same duty the week before 6B50, Swindon - Llanwern Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 1Z64 Minehead to Cardiff Central charter leaving Newport, South Wales with 66732 leading. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Evening southbound GBRF from Tyne Dock 66705. Mike Wiltshire 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 66540 Ruby at Midland Road depot yesterday 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb56125 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Royal Scotsman currently on a UK Grand tour. 66746 at Runcorn East on 10th July 2016 66743 at Chester on 10th July 2016 Mark https://mark5812.smugmug.com 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2016 by 4630 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Seen this evening at South Muskham, 1Z84, Royal Scotsman Cambridge - Scarborough with 66743 leading and 66746 on the rear. Edited July 14, 2016 by Richard Pike 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 66749 heading 0Z32 convoy comprising of 37905, 56006 and 31271, being moved from Leicester to the Wensleydale Diesel Gala, seen passing through Chesterfield today. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 After waiting a few minutes in the loop at Newsham (Blyth &Tyne) for the signal, GBRf 66769 proceeds with 6B24 / 11:48 North Blyth - West Burton P S. Mal 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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