Jamesb

A few more...Thanks for all the positive ratings. Enjoy! 'If you go down to the woods today...'. 60 020 at Latchford. Blue skies above 60 015 as we wait time at Latchford MSC sidings. I didn't record the number, but probably either 062 or 063 with empty wagons at Latchford Loaded trains used the 'football field' or MSC sidings to run round as they are pretty much level, with empties using 'the old line' or 'the bank'. This was the stub of the former CLC line to Skelton Jnc and beyond. Another night time shot. This time its 60 020 again, at Walton MSC with the chemical plant providing the background. Now its 063's turn to pose at night. Waiting to come off Arpley for Liverpool bulk terminal, which means it's probably the first service of the week, early hours of Monday morning. (The LBT-Fiddlers trains didn't run on a Sunday). And finally its 017's turn for the limelight (or should it be moonlight?). We've just arrived at the LBT and stopped at Strand Road cabin. If the loading bunker wasn't fully charged or there was another train under the bunker, we'd wait here and share a brew with the PIC (person in charge), the flies and the resident mice...

A few from my photo archives.. A brand spanking new 60 011 at Buxton, circa 1989 (?) 60 030 at Peak Forest, 2006 ish. One of them is definitely 054...Peak Forest again, 2006 ish Busy times at Peak Forest! Receiving the token for the single line at Great Rocks Jnc. 60 019. Token onboard and off it goes. One for the weathering fans. 60 027 at Buxton URS.

A couple more from me. 66 109 with 6F60 (Arpley - Runcorn, Folly lane) waiting to gain access to the WCML at Hartford. Looking the other way. 66 024 at Northwich. Waiting for the shunter to turn up so we can fetch some crippled wagons out of the terminal sidings. 66 113 shunting at Clitheroe cement works. Cab of 66 040 on Knottingley TMD.

Because I've had the unfortunate pleasure of driving them. Whether it's the driving seat with the unadjustable back rest, the windows that are a finger trap hazard, the fact that all the controls work in the opposite direction to everything else on the network or the fact that they throw their teddies out with frightening regularity, I just don't like them. That's why!

A couple from me. My least favourite class of loco, but worthy of photography nonetheless. 25/7/14 92 016 at Eden Valley loop. 30/06/2006. 92 022 in the Up bay at Warrington Bank Quay. 30/06/2006. 92 022 heading north with log carrying wagons. Don't know the reporting number or destination of this service. Somewhere near Lichfield Trent Valley ( I forget where exactly), waiting at a red due to a track circuit failure ahead. Although not a complete view, it does give some idea of the cab layout of these god awful things.

This may help out the OP. https://www.flickr.com/photos/120184076@N06/26324350816/in/dateposted-public/ The two bridges crossing the Mersey are bottom left. The steam shed was on the patch of ground immediately below the diesel depot and stretching back to where the high level bridge crosses the Cheadle - Tiviot Dale line. The factory that is currently being demolished is top right. The M60 runs straight through where Heaton Mersey sidings were (between the running lines and the diesel depot).

That isn't the steam shed that is being demolished. The steam shed was underneath the industrial estate on the right as you head towards Stockport from Cheadle on the M60. The building being flattened is the old biscuit factory.

Everyone except the people that had to spend 7 or 8 hours on them, being deafened and shaken to pieces...

66's. What spiffing machines to spend time on... 66 on Arpley sidings. I didn't get the number. 66198 with (I think) the tripper to Marcroft wagon works at Stoke. 66 004 in Black and white at Halewood sidings. 66 110 in the JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) compound, Halewood. 66 107 running round the Folly Lane trip at Northwich. 66 136 at Wigan, Springs Branch depot. Sent to muster the cranes for a derailment near Immingham, by the time we'd finished farting about they were no longer needed... They didn't need us so lets go home....

They are most impressive machines, as you well know. If only they'd put the seats from a 66 into a 60.... Indeed! I did not take a step further. What appears to be a bulkhead light mounted near the floor is actually the reflection of the light above in the spilled oil. What you can't see from the pictures is that while the mess on the bodyside looks spectacular, the real damage was being done underneath. Of the 204 gallons of engine oil initially present, what didn't escape out of the roof and sides drained out through the holes in the bed plate. It took an hour for assistance to arrive from Arpley and for all of that hour, 'Clitheroe Castle' sounded like a sink with the tap left running. The Network Rail MOM sent out to wind the points over (I had failed and managed to block the pre-set route as well), nearly had a heart attack when I told him it was gallons and not litres....

Glad you like the pics! A few more... The view you don't want to see (unless its stopped). Underneath a 60 at Arpley. 60 024 at Walton MSC sidings. Waiting to come off one morning. 60 063 at Walton MSC. A wet and windy night to be running round on your own.. 60 024 'Clitheroe Castle' at Earlestown after failing in spectacular fashion. A 50p banjo bolt somehow worked loose and the attached oil feed suddenly became 'unattached' and dumped all the lube oil. As you can see, it was under high pressure and found its way out via any means possible..

I've only just come across this thread. My favourite loco. Lovely to drive and strong as an Ox. Some pics taken by me. 60 035 sets off from 'the bank' at Latchford as I wait for the road from 'the football sidings' on 60 015. (Nearly) the end of the line at Latchford. 60 020 during a driver only run round. Bringing 60 063 off shed. If I recall correctly, this 'thing' was the source of many a swear word from drivers. This was due to it running with the auto sanders isolated (awaiting a new part), which meant it slipped like a ######. It slipped to a stand on Spellow bank and I had to use the slow speed control setting to drag me up to Walton lane. What should have taken about 6 minutes took more like 20... Another driver only run round, this time with 60 065 and in 'The Wapping'. Running round in a tunnel, at night. Lovely.. I surprised myself with how well this came out. While waiting for the loading bunker at Fidlers Ferry to clear, I snapped this. Considering it was taken on my smart phone, it aint half bad..