Class 66 photos

[ERIC ALLTORQUE]

 

[Ray M]

Looks like a new set of lights for 563

at Midland Rd 14-11-22

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Through the rain at Deighton on 15th November 2022, Freightliner 66957 heads east with a rake of JYA box wagons working 7E53, Crewe Basford Hall to Gascoigne Wood Sidings.

 

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Class 66    66754 at a dull and misty  Doncaster heading south 14-11-22 

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66770 powers through Doncaster northbound 14-11-22

[eastwestdivide]

Rotherham Road canal basin today, a double 66 on a lightweight train and a single on a heavyweight.

 

Two red ones standing out in the gloom on a Wakefield Europort-Tinsley working of empty container flats. I believe the flats used on the Tinsley/Felixstowe circuit run to Wakefield for maintenance:

 

And a single EWS livery one on the alternate-Saturdays Tinsley-Immingham steel working:

 

Was hoping for a tram-train going the other way, but the steel ran slightly later than booked, which might make the driver's job a bit easier, as if it runs to time it can get checked at the signal here.

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GBRF class 66 66782 approaches Chesterfield station with return empties back towards the quarries around the peak district on a dull Monday 21-11-22

[eastwestdivide]

Another from Rotherham, here a Tinsley-Felixstowe container train passing the Parkgate tram stop today:

 

Just missed a tram, so no side-by-side shot. The dodgy-looking display on the left is a camera artifact - it's fine in real life.

Edited November 22, 2022 by eastwestdivide
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66733 on its way to Eastleigh through Chesterfield with rails from Scunthorpe  on 21-11-22

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A couple of engineers' workings from the past week.

 

GBRf 66787 on 20th November 2022 at Deighton with 6G82, Morley to Doncaster Up Decoy, via a reversal at Marsden.

 

A similar working on 27th November 2022, this time as 6G83, in the hands of 66786 'Cambridge University Railway Club', at Colne Bridge.

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Old king coal on its way to Ratcliffe power station to keep the winter lights on. Power is provided by GBRF class 66 752  on the 28-11-22.     66768 from the quarries in the peak passes Chesterfield 28-11-22

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66622 on the way south with a loaded cement train runs through Chesterfield station 28-11-22 

66703 approaches platform 1 at Chesterfield station on its way back into the peak district .

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DB class 66 66181 rolls through Doncaster with its container train 29-11-22

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Rummaging through my archives looking for something else and I came across these from 11th February 2005, taken at Milford Junction;

 

EWS 66179 crossing over to the Up Normanton line with a load of empty HAA hoppers...

 

 

Freightliner 66557 crossing from the Up Normanton line to the Up Pontefract with loaded coal hoppers.

 

 

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A couple of engineers' workings through Deighton on 4th December 2022, a very dull and wet morning along the Colne Valley.

 

Shortly after daybreak Freightliner 66545 passed with 6Y31, Slaithwaite to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard...

 

...the drizzle had stopped an hour or so later when, following a reversal at Marsden, GBRf 66788 LOCOMOTION 15 approached with 6G82, Morley to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard.

 

On 5th December 2022, GBRf 66770 with loaded aggregate hoppers rumbles towards Brighouse with 6M72, Rylstone Tilcon to Bredbury Tilcon.

 

Edited December 5, 2022 by 4630
to correct a typo

[Rugd1022]

Wembley Yard yesterday, bloody freezin' it was...!

 

 

 

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Westbury was a bit chilly and snowy last evening, too...

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Two for the price of one at Brighouse on 22nd December 2022.

 

DB Cargo 66004 leads sister 66177 with 6M16, Healey Mills Staging Sidings* to Knowsley Freight Terminal, empty bin liner.

 

 

*66177 was working the empty bin liner as 6M26, Wilton EFW Terminal to Knowsley Freight Terminal, solo overnight on 21st-22nd December but encountered difficulties just west of Wakefield at Horbury Junction.   The working was recessed at nearby Healey Mills until 66004 arrived from Knottingley some hours later to take the entire working forward in a Very Short Term Plan path as 6M16.

 

Edited December 22, 2022 by 4630

[Rugd1022]

Small Heath yesterday...

 

 

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Plenty of class 66 action down here in Sussex today. Three trains ran through in the space of just over an hour from Eastleigh to engineering works in the Wandsworth/Clapham area. Sadly the weather wasn't great, but it got me out of the house for a while.

 

First up is 66742 'Port of Immingham Centenary', heading the 6G15 10:42 Eastleigh - Wandsworth Common. The river is in flood, as usual for this time of year; a combination of recent heavy rain, the fact the river Rother joins the Arun just to the right of the picture and, despite this location being about 15 miles inland, the Arun still being tidal at this point.

 

I then hastily made may way down to the field that can be made out behind the train for the next instalment.

 

A very near miss. 66594 'NYK Spirit of Kyoto' heads up the 6Y90 11:16 Eastleigh East Yard - Wandsworth Common at Hardham, just as a southbound passenger train creeps into the shot. I left it as late as possible before pressing the shutter!

 

66585 trailed dead in transit. The lineside building to the right can just about be made out in the first picture (behind the 11th and 12th wagons).

 

Finally I wandered off to my last location, another of my favourites; the footbridge just south of Hardham.

 

A rather smoky 66035 was putting some effort into this train; the 6N35 11:47 Eastleigh East Yard - Clapham Junction. RTT stated that this had a timetabled trailing load of 2,000 tonnes. Not sure if it was quite that heavy, however there were some auto-ballasters at the end of the train which would no doubt have added to the weight.

 

All-in-all a rather successful hour or so - three trains, with four locos from three different companies.

 

 

Edited December 24, 2022 by Claude_Dreyfus
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In the late afternoon and through the gloom and light rain at Brighouse on 27th December 2022, Freightliner 66562 with 66517, 66519 and 66957 together with a single MWA wagon pass through with 6Z44, Carlisle New Yard to Leeds Balm Road.

 

 

 

 

[Steadfast]

On 24/12/2022 at 16:23, Claude_Dreyfus said:

A rather smoky 66035 was putting some effort into this train; the 6N35 11:47 Eastleigh East Yard - Clapham Junction. RTT stated that this had a timetabled trailing load of 2,000 tonnes. Not sure if it was quite that heavy, however there were some auto-ballasters at the end of the train which would no doubt have added to the weight.

I think it's 15 Falcon and 5 Autos, difficult to tell in the gloom, which would give 1800t max trailing (20x 90t)

 

Jo

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Spot on.

 

[Grampus]

Morning all. Out for a walk yesterday afternoon whilst visiting family in the area, I came across 66752 on a freightliner in what remains of Tinsley yard. Great to see a train there but utterly unrecognisable from what had gone before. Mind you, last time I was there was on a shed visit (with a permit) on a school trip, a round-robin which took in Coalville, Tinsley and then Toton Open day, in 1979. All done in an old Transit van, with wooden bench seats in the back - it was a bit of a flog there and back from Salisbury! Huge respect, too, to the long-suffering teacher (himself an enthusiast) who drove us there and back. Oh for a Tardis and a digital camera!

 

Happy New Year all,

 

Paul

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