Diesels and Electrics at Barrow Hill, 8th February 2014

There is a larger set of diesel and electric pictures on Skydrive.

37261 is stored XHSS, and worked its own way to Barrow Hill on 20th January. It is understood that the locomotive is due for works repair, and will be stripped instead.

37422 was alongside, and is understood to be sitting on scrap bogies. This locomotive was in Glasgow Works for overhaul activities, and was transferred by road to Barrow Hill arriving on 8th January for attention from HNRC. The bogies appear to have been changed in the past month.

HNRC 37503, with 37521 beyond.

West Coast's 37669 was delivered to HNRC on 14th November, by rail transfer from Carnforth. Once completed, this is a new restoration to traffic for West Coast, following acquisition from DBS in March 2011.

47812 (D1916), once Pride of Eastleigh,  is currently being repaired by HNRC for GBRf, having arrived with 47843. This loco was at Eastleigh until mid-November, and did have at leastone run on the 'Torbay Express' in 2013. Similarly hired 47843 was noted at Doncaster Decoy earlier in the morning, having re-entered traffic.

Europhenix 86701 Orion is in storage, along with 86702 and 86213 of ETL.

Doncaster, 7th February 2014

After Barnetby, it was onwards to Doncaster. However services were in some disarray following an overhead line incident in the Huntingdon area, reportedly caused by a foil balloon. As a consequence, limited services to and from Kings Cross were running with HSTs.

43314 (Crewe, March 1979) arriving with 1E11 07:52 Aberdeen - Kings Cross.

GBRf 66728 13:03 Eggborough - Doncaster Down Decoy (STP working)

43468 (Crewe, November 1977) disappears away on rear of 1N93 12:53 Kings Cross - Sunderland

67026 Diamond Jubilee was started, and departed southwards as a Thunderbird.

180107 Hart of the North is moved into a platform, following the termination of a 5A63 13:50 Peterborough - York.

Previous coverage: 31st October 2012 -  6th July 2013 freight, Grand Central

Barnetby, 7th February 2014 - 66s of many colours

Four morning hours at Barnetby. The Santon ore trains were not running, although they resumed on an afternoon shift, after I had moved on. No Class 60s were seen, the oil trains to and from Kingsbury were in the hands of 66063.

'EWS' 66005 leads 06:52 Worksop - Immingham coal empties (STP working).

66118 in DB Schenker red at the front of 10:14 Immingham - Drax (STP working).

Freightliner 66547 with 4R12 07:12 Drax - Immingham.

GBRf 66720 in its unique rainbow colours, 09:50 Doncaster Down Decoy - Immingham (STP).

GBRf 66748 approaches Barnetby with 09:00 West Burton - Immingham.

66748 was imported about a year ago following delivery to Crossrail in the Netherlands, and bears number 92 80 1266 283-1 for Germany (also formerly DE6313)
GBRf 66711 passes Barnetby East with 6C09 08:45 Immingham - Eggborough, running over two hours late.

Work continues to eliminate the semaphore signalling, so please admire the signals at Wrawby Junction while they are still in operation. Lines lead to Lincoln, on the left; Brigg & Gainsborough, up the gradient in the middle, and to Scunthorpe on the right. Wrawby Junction signalbox is a listed building, although Barnetby East is not.

Photos from inside the box: one two three four five

Previous coverage: 30th October 2012 - 5th July 2013

"East Coast Giants", Barrow Hill, 8th February 2014 - taster

This picture should introduce a group of pictures forthcoming from an excursion to Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire. There should be further coverage tomorrow, then maybe more next weekend - the diesels will likely be posted first.

"East Coast Giants" at Barrow Hill
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3rd - 8th February 2014

Sunday 2nd February: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 06:10 Egham - Eastleigh one two three
Monday 3rd February: 31190 + 31452 6Y75 10:00 Eastleigh - Totton, 6Z42 23:20 Totton - Egham
Tuesday 4th February: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:10 Egham - Totton, 6Z42 23:20 Totton - Egham, 60015 6O42 11:31 Halewood - Eastern Docks one two, 6M38 23:38 Eastern Docks - Halewood 
Wednesday 5th February: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:00 Egham - Totton, 6Z42 23:20 Totton - Egham, 60045 6B43 09:39 Eastleigh - Western Docks, 6B44 12:07 Western Docks - Eastleigh, 56302 6Z30 17:18 Westbury - Eastleigh, 6Z31 20:12 Eastleigh - Westbury
Thursday 6th February: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:00 Egham - Totton, 6Z42 23:20 Totton - Egham, 56302 6Z30 17:18 Westbury - Eastleigh, 0Z31 20:12 Eastleigh - Westbury
Friday 7th February: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:00 Egham - Totton, 56302 6Z30 17:18 Westbury - Eastleigh (and was then failed with AWS fault)
Saturday 8th February: 60045 6N11 21:45 Eastleigh - Woking - Romsey (-Redbridge), 31190 + 31452 6Z42 22:15 Eastleigh - Whitton 

Pictures of Botley Landslip

Current status from SWT

ITV pictures of the slip, taken on Monday 3rd

27th January - 1st February 2014

 

66743 approaches Romsey with 6G14 (Redbridge -) Romsey - Laverstock - Woking - Eastleigh, working wrong line until the crossover seen in the background. 

66743 was new as DRS 66407 in 2003 and was hired by Freightliner for some months in 2006. For a short while in 2009 was Advenza 66842, then on to Colas and then GBRf.

66715 VALOUR came through half an hour later, with 6G15.

Still in original GBRf colours, 66715 was built in April 2003.

The first Valour  was a Great Central Railway Class 9P (LNER B3), and the GCR crest is seen here, reflecting that heritage. The general manager of the GCR at the time was Sir Sam Fay, who spent his later years at Awbridge Danes near Romsey, so it appropriate to see this heading towards Dunbridge today.

Sunday 26th January:  31190 + 31452 6Z41 07:25 Mortimer - Eastleigh, 47739 4Z47 10:45 Eastleigh - Ashford one two three four five six seven
Monday 27th January: 31190 + 31452 6Y75 10:00 Eastleigh - Totton, 6Z42 22:54 Totton - Egham
Tuesday 28th January: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:10 Egham - Totton, 56302 0Z30 17:18 Westbury - Eastleigh, 6Z31 20:12 Eastleigh - Westbury, 60066 6O42 11:31 Halewood - Eastern Docks one two three four five six seven eight, 6M38 23:38 Eastern Docks - Halewood one two
Wednesday 29th January: 56302 0Z30 17:18 Westbury - Romsey - Eastleigh one two three, 6Z31 20:12 Eastleigh - Westbury, 31190 + 31452 6Z42 22:54 Totton - Egham
Thursday 30th January: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:14 Egham - Totton, 6Z42 22:54 Totton - Egham, 31285 3Q01 21:18 Hither Green - Eastleigh
Friday 31st January: 31190 + 31452 6Z41 05:07 Egham - Eastleigh, 56302 6Z30 17:18 Westbury - Romsey - Eastleigh, 0Z31 20:12 Eastleigh - Westbury, 31285 3Q01 21:00 Eastleigh - Romsey - Cheltenham Spa
Saturday 1st February: 31190 + 31452 6Z42 23:05 Eastleigh - Egham