RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2014 The day the music died....or so we thought at the time. 56078, Warrington Arpley in the early hours of 31st March 2004 with 6E37 to Doncaster. 56078 would go on to play it's part in the Grid Gooybye railtour later that day. image.jpg I didnt realise 56078 was the large logo 'retro' grid, of course now with colas and one of my regulars!! Those wolverton trains, would they have gone over the bletchley branch from oxford? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Yes Jim, Swindon jobs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Thanks Brian, I was only 11 when the stone trains stopped running to Wolverton. Yes jim,from books I've read they did run over the flyover. Which is funny as that line runs at the back of my house. Only get a few loco's running on it now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekEm8 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) The day the music died....or so we thought at the time. 56078, Warrington Arpley in the early hours of 31st March 2004 with 6E37 to Doncaster. 56078 would go on to play it's part in the Grid Goodbye railtour later that day. image.jpg On the 'Grid Goodbye' later the same day at Mills Hill (between Rochdale and Manchester) 56111 Mills hill 31 March 2004 Edited December 27, 2014 by DerekEm8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Your picture above is most likely to be Pathfinder's “Manchester Excursion/Marauder” tour on January 27th 2001 Derek. 56078 & 56115 were the only locomotives involved in the farewell. 56111 was a 'big' cop for haulage and the only other tour I know of she did (in Loadhaul at least) was the “Wig and Weasel” but that was a Hertfordshire spinner, Blackburn to Doncaster 8/3/03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Colas rail freight 56094 Washwood heath/Boston... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40044 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 56028 & 56009, Llandudno, 11th August 1991. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 In 1989 BR ran some services on the Settle - Calrisle line featuring freight locos double heading with the train loco here is 56104 and 47503 on the 12:42 Carlisle - Leeds 4/11/1989 56104 + 47503 arrive at Armathwaite. 56104 + 47503 cross Armathwaite viaduct 56104+47503 in Appleby station. Cheers Steve 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2014 With the setting sun glinting off the side of the locomotive, 56042 heads along the Midland main line at Chiltern Green, just south of Luton. 56042 Chiltern Green 1989 RMWeb.jpg 56042, by far the worst of the class. Remember secondmaning on it in the mid 80s by could this thing slip. We had it on a job from a siding between Easington and Seaham known as Hawthorn junction. This was a short lived job while they built the white elephant that was Dawson's rapid loader. This loco had a hell of a job getting out of there, I was driving while the guard layer sand down, took us ages. Nowadays there would have been massive delay charges as we must have put loads of time into other trains. The other thing I remember about it was how the bogie's graunched when going round curves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_09_2013/post-4474-0-78123600-1378407266.jpg Which wagons is this hauling please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40044 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Which wagons is this hauling please? Foster Yeoman aluminium-bodied PHA/PXAs. They weren't a huge success and were scrapped after a few years in traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Thanks very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) Immingham/Barnetby...1997... Bring back the years please... :locomotive: Edited May 29, 2015 by class"66" 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted December 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2014 I have very few decent pictures of 56s...this is the only one worth sharing really... 56096 at Carlisle. This looked to be a crew change, c. 1994 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 094 at Carlisle looks like the Wisbech -Deanside Pet food train. It ran via Tyne Valley for a few months before being diverted back to ECML under Transrail then onto the WCML and ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 New Year 2003 style...... Carlisle 1st January 2003 56060 + 56067 Carlisle 1/1/2003 56109 Carlisle 1st January 2003 + 90028 in its Belgian Livery waits with the TPO Stock. Cheers Steve 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Great pictures David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40044 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 56083, Ashton-in-Makerfield, 3rd July 2002. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Not sure if ive posted this one, just been looking back through some of my old photobucket albums 56301 in platform 1 at manchester piccadilly, this was when i used to work the fastline barton dock job, we were booked into longsight excursion platform on a friday for a pnb after dropping off wagons there for stabling but i used to ask the signaller i could come into the station instead as there were better facilities!! Edit: just realised i had posted the original pic before on page 1 so here is the same loco and location but viewed from the other end!! Edited January 5, 2015 by big jim 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 059 Workington docks 111 Immingham shed Ray 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 How on earth have I missed this excellent thread?!! Thank you to all those that have posted photos on here, there are some absolute crackers!I am seriously loving the Large Logo ones, oh and the Original Railfreight, Red Stripe Railfreight and Coal ones too! A few from me, apologies for the quality! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Not my photos but found these excellent shots earlier and thought that they should be shown on this thread: Loving this one! https://flic.kr/p/bP69DD https://flic.kr/p/dceVbN https://flic.kr/p/dVmBVC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted January 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2015 Not my photos but found these excellent shots earlier and thought that they should be shown on this thread: Nice one! Every shot an absolute belter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Brand new 56102 in the Snow at Doncaster works 13/12/1981 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 56095 Doncaster Works 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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