Class 66 photos

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Jo at the wheel of 66083 on a down to up side move at Westbury. The departing Penance IET shouldn't have been there; scheduled to use the avoiding line. However, it was diverted to call at the station as the previous Plymouth service had been cancelled.

[Shedmaster]

19 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

Very interesting; thanks for posting. Once jacked-up, how do you move the loco/bogie laterally to re-rail it?

 

Hi,

 

The P-Way staff and I were on site during the process and I had exactly the same question. The P-Way found it highly amusing that the rerailing team were only able to move it up or down and weren't using the lateral beam thingy.

 

I can't honestly remember how they did it in the end, but I certainly don't remember any lateral beam being used.

 

I know they managed it in the end as I then prepped the Loco and drove it back onto Hither Green shed.

 

Thanks,

 

Shed.

[Shedmaster]

Hi,

 

Just another detail shot, no more, I promise! 🙄

 

 

Thanks,

 

Shed.

[Southernman46]

5 hours ago, Shedmaster said:

 

 

Derailments on this particular set of point became so regular, the whole of the London end of Hither Green Bramdean Sidings was remodelled as a result!

 

Kindest Regards,

 

Shed.

 

 

Looking at the extract showing the tips & fronts - not surprised in least .................................... 

[Peter Kazmierczak]

What happens when you keep buying too many locos for the layout...

A 66/4, a 66/5, a 59/0 and two 59/2s in this shot at Whatley yesterday.

[Davexoc]

11 hours ago, Shedmaster said:

 

Hi,

 

The P-Way staff and I were on site during the process and I had exactly the same question. The P-Way found it highly amusing that the rerailing team were only able to move it up or down and weren't using the lateral beam thingy.

 

I can't honestly remember how they did it in the end, but I certainly don't remember any lateral beam being used.

 

I know they managed it in the end as I then prepped the Loco and drove it back onto Hither Green shed.

 

Thanks,

 

Shed.

 

The earlier shot shows what I think we refered to as the 'kick' jack. It needs fixing or wedging against something at one end, and is then used to push the loco over at the other end. Not easy to do really. The last shot seems to show the wheelsets resting on metal plates, so lift, place plates under, then slide over basically.

The problem with lifting like that is that you have to lift high enough to compensate for the suspension preload, like changing a wheel on a car, quite a way.

We once got called to Guiness Park Royal, one of their 08s was off the rails. Turned out the front and rear wheels were off, with the centre still on and over pointwork. A case of trying to secure the middle wheels to the rails, lift one end and drop onto packing, then lift the other end and drop onto packing, followed by a swivel with the kick jack and drop it back onto the rails. All done with a Bruff rather than fetch the crane out.

[Steadfast]

11 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

Jo at the wheel of 66083 on a down to up side move at Westbury. The departing Penance IET shouldn't have been there; scheduled to use the avoiding line. However, it was diverted to call at the station as the previous Plymouth service had been cancelled.

Interesting to see the move from the other side too! That IET explains why I got routed out the north. Then had to wait behind W198 for units to shuffle about. Around 15 minutes after that was taken we were in the yard:

An ever declining number of locos retain EWS maroon and gold, so to have 3 together was too good to resist. 66121 has been DB stickered, but 66068 and 66083 retain full EWS branding. Seen in Westbury Up Yard, 068 would lead 083 on 0V14 to Margam later in the evening.

 

Jo

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Jo at the wheel part 2...

Getting the road into the Up yard.

Jo, what was on 0V14? Did anything come up from Eastleigh?

[Steadfast]

52 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

Jo, what was on 0V14? Did anything come up from Eastleigh?

66063 solo on the Eastleigh - Westbury leg, went in the gap in the New Sidings vacated by us moving 083. 

66068 led 66083 on the Westbury - Margam leg of 0V14, they went as far as ADJ according to the Margam driver. Think he said it was another loco forward from there.

 

Jo

[Peter Kazmierczak]

1 minute ago, Steadfast said:

66063 solo on the Eastleigh - Westbury leg, went in the gap in the New Sidings vacated by us moving 083. 

66068 led 66083 on the Westbury - Margam leg of 0V14, they went as far as ADJ according to the Margam driver. Think he said it was another loco forward from there.

 

Jo

 

Thanks Jo; much appreciated. I hadn't planned to stalk you on Sunday...

[Peter Kazmierczak]

One last question Jo; which signal did you reverse at, at the north end of Westbury? Or did you go into Tarmac to reverse? Thanks.

[Steadfast]

1 hour ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

One last question Jo; which signal did you reverse at, at the north end of Westbury? Or did you go into Tarmac to reverse? Thanks.

W198, which is one of the ones on the gantry next to the panel, heading towards the B&H. The left hand one viewed from here, with 4 feathers on it.

https://flic.kr/p/2mgxfRv

As a rule only FL go in the cement works.

 

We can also use the Trowbridge siding (W724) or W722 on the main line too.

 

Jo

[vulcan product fan]

The last coal train to a UK Power station GBRF class 66781 named Ratcliffe power station stops at Chesterfield station 28-6-24

Edited yesterday at 10:43 by vulcan product fan

[big jim]

Mr smith going for a ride I see!

 

I would have loved to have had one last go round ratcliffe before it shut, I worked the final fastline train to there (can’t remember if I took it in but certainly went to toton with it) and I also worked the final colas coal train out of there too

in happier times 

 

 

 

 

and some random other pics, castel key for opening the wagon doors 

 

It could get a bit cold checking the doors! 

 

the final colas coal train waiting to depart 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 13:38 by big jim

[vulcan product fan]

HI jim yes I did notice your MD getting in the cab.  In the video I took hes leaning out the cab window.  He took the loose bag of the nameplate as it was no longer covering it .  

 

Edited 21 hours ago by vulcan product fan
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[vulcan product fan]

2 hours ago, big jim said:

Mr smith going for a ride I see!

 

I would have loved to have had one last go round ratcliffe before it shut, I worked the final fastline train to there (can’t remember if I took it in but certainly went to toton with it) and I also worked the final colas coal train out of there too

in happier times 

 

 

 

 

and some random other pics, castel key for opening the wagon doors 

 

It could get a bit cold checking the doors! 

 

the final colas coal train waiting to depart 

 

 

Hi Jim was the Fastline coal services you took into Ratcliffe the one that used to pass through Nuneaton on its way from Daw Mill ?.

[big jim]

1 hour ago, vulcan product fan said:

Hi Jim was the Fastline coal services you took into Ratcliffe the one that used to pass through Nuneaton on its way from Daw Mill ?.

yeah that’s one of them, also did Hatfield to ratcliffe and Ironbridge as well as Liverpool docks to Ironbridge and immingham to ratcliffe 

[vulcan product fan]

Thanks for the reply Jim . I used to go to Nuneaton a lot and photographed the Daw Mill services a lot.

I also used to see them in the Yard at Toton . and Doncaster .

Did you drive the hired in DRS locos for Fastline ?

Edited 18 hours ago by vulcan product fan

[vulcan product fan]

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[Arun Sharma]

Lurking around the newish station at Barking Riverside yesterday, I stopped off at Leyton Midland Road around 1600. Two 66s  within a few minutes of each other passed through - one with a train of JHA and the other with a mixture of Tesco containers on ICD and IDA flats.

Both engines named.

 

 

[Claude_Dreyfus]

A had another of my occasional jaunts to Eastleigh yesterday, just a couple of hours in the afternoon.

 

Not vast amounts to see, but there was some action...

 

66044 gets to grips with the 4O21 09:20 Trafford Park Euro Terminal - Southampton Western Docks from platform 3.

 

66098 pauses at platform 1 for a crew change with the 4E68 15:48 Southampton Western Docks - Wakefield Europort service.

 

66171 with the 6O42 11:31 Halewood (Jaguar Cars) - Southampton Eastern Docks.

 

Three Colas 66s (66846, 66850, 66848) share yard space with resident shunters 08511 (to the right)  and 08683 (partially obscured). The 69 lurking in the background is 69004.

 

Notable exceptions? Well, although my visit was only a couple of hours, not a single Freightliner 66 put in an appearance.