Class 66 photos

[vulcan product fan]

66419 on its way to Toton through Chesterfield station on 10/5/22

[DOCJACOB]

Usual type on Immingham to Stanton Ore round trip this AM 

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Amongst the boxes at Southampton Maritime.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Peter Kazmierczak

[Gilbert]

Some of mine from the last few days..a change of trains at Stafford provided some opportunities...between showers..

Felixstowe to Basford Hall

E Midlands Gateway to Seaforth 4F62

[Gilbert]

There's more..Arpley to Bescot

4L18 Trafford Park to Felixstowe

4L92 Ditton to Felixstowe

4L90 Crewe to Felixstowe

Willesden to Tunstead

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Meanwhile, back at Eastleigh; crew change on the late afternoon Wentloog - Southampton. 

[Gilbert]

and in Keynsham today..

6A27 Est Usk to Hayes and Harlington

Edited May 12, 2022 by Gilbert

[Gilbert]

31 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

Meanwhile, back at Eastleigh; crew change on the late afternoon Wentloog - Southampton. 

I haven't been down to Eastleigh for a while - is there a "good" day in the week for freight and other interesting workings?...hopefully it will coincide with AC models being open - definitely worth a visit...

[Jack374]

Today GBRf's 'Glory to Ukraine' 66708 could be found on the Bescot NDS circuit, so I popped to Stenson Jn this afternoon to see it top the 6G45 Toton North Yard to Bescot UES, with 66710 for company.

 

 

Thanks,

Jack.

[Jack374]

Ex-'Euro Shed' 66028 (with repainted EWS maroon cabsides) leads UK Railtours' 'The Powerful Pieman Panorama' tour ECS through Attenborough earlier today. The tour had run from Toton North Yard (where the shed was attached) via Doncaster to Nottingham and was headed for Toton TMD when I saw it, to detach the shed. The skips either end were 67016 & 67013.

 

 

Thanks,

Jack.

[Claude_Dreyfus]

66703 heads the 6O64 13:06 Ferme Park - Tonbridge West Yard away from Clapham Junction - 13 May 2022.

 

[phil_sutters]

Now you know what 'fly ash' looks like! Best keep your cab windows shut tight, I guess.

Edited May 14, 2022 by phil_sutters

[Claude_Dreyfus]

I saw that service pass through Clapham a bit later. It was moving surprisingly quickly and I was not on a convenient platform, so only captured a rather indifferent photo.

[4630]

A weekend of track work in north Manchester between Ashton-under-Lyne North Junction and Brewery, Miles Platting and Philips Park South Junctions produced a couple of engineers' trains along the Huddersfield line.

 

Passing through Deighton on 14th May 2022 66722 'Sir Edward Watkin' with 6X72 from Doncaster Up Decoy Yard to Stalybridge, conveying track panels and point carriers...

 

 

together with Kirow cranes DRK 81624 and DRK 81623.

 

 

Approaching Deighton on 15th May 2022 returning from the worksite, 66710 'Phil Packer BRIT' with a lengthy train of assorted MNA and JNA wagons loaded with spoil, working as 6G73, Ashburys West Junction to Doncaster Up Decoy Yard.

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by 4630

[Gilbert]

Bristol Parkway today....455s going to Newport for scrapping 5Q55 Stewarts Lane to Newport Simms

Rubbish! 6C03 Northolt to Severnside

A genuinely short train. 6C66 East Usk to Stoke Gifford 1 wagon only.

Stabled..

[Gilbert]

Newport this afternoon

6H25 Llanwern to Margam

6V75 Dee Marsh to Margam

[rodent279]

Back in time over 20 years, to December 2000, when 66's were still relatively new on the scene. 66040 moves onto the depot at Leicester.

 

 

 

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And again on the return to Ratcliffe loaded

 

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[4630]

Several 66s that have passed through Brighouse in the last few days...

 

GBRf 66773 'Pride of GB Railfreight' on 17th May 2022 with 6E50, Ashburys to Doncaster Down Decoy Yard, empty box wagons.

 

 

 

On 21st May 2022 GBRf 66766 heading to weekend engineering works as 6G52, Crewe Basford Hall to Thorpes Bridge Junction.

 

 

On 22nd May 2022 Freightliner 66545 returning after overnight engineering work on the Calder Valley line working as 6Y30 Greetland Junction to Doncaster Up Decoy Yard...

 

 

In a reasonably uniform set of open wagons, I kind of like the odd, one of a kind wagon, at the end of this rake.

 

 

 

 

[4630]

On 24th May 2022 Colas 66850 'David Maidment OBE' leads 70801 with 6E32, Colas Ribble Rail at Preston to Lindsey Oil Refinery, discharged bitumen tanks through Brighouse.

 

Colas 66s have never been regular visitors in this part of West Yorkshire, on either the trans-Pennine route through Huddersfield or the Calder Valley line, so this was a slightly unusual combination, for which there is an explanation*.

 

 

 

* The Explanation - On 23rd May 2022 the loaded bitumen tanks (6M32) from Lindsey to Preston was allocated to 70801.

 

Evidently the 70 experienced a loss of coolant and was declared a failure between Hall Royd Junction and Stansfield Hall Junction at Todmorden, having just diverged from the Calder Valley line onto the route over Copy Pit towards Blackburn and Preston.

 

I would surmise that the driver had used his route knowledge to halt 6M32 where he did.  This ensured that the Calder Valley line wasn't blocked and also before the loaded train tackled the stiff gradients to reach the summit at Copy Pit, where 'rescue' might have been more of a challenge.

 

As it was, it took several hours before a '1Z99' rescue locomotive in the form of Colas 66850 was able to travel from Doncaster to reach the failed 6M32.  Following recovery of 70801 6M32, which should have reached Preston at 08.11, finally reached its destination at +515 minutes at 16.46.

 

I presume at that stage it was decided to run 6E32 from Preston back to Lindsey, these are the discharged tanks from the previous time that 6M32 has run, today, ie 24th May.

 

Hence the unusual sight of 66850 leading the failed 70801 with 6E32 through Brighouse on 24th May 2022.

[Gilbert]

Not mine but posted with permission..Theale today..

DB 66107 on Whatley to Acton stone, GBRf 66795 on empty stone to Tonbridge and FL 66601 on empty cement to Hope

Chris

[Gilbert]

Weedkiller work for 66719 and 66751 3Q99 Westbury to Margam

Edited May 25, 2022 by Gilbert