56004 Hallen Marsh 15th April 1999
On one of its last workings before being withdrawn 56004 passes Hallen Marsh Junction with industrial coal which had been loaded into MEA wagons at Bennetts siding in the local docks. At the time there was no weighbridge at Bennetts so the wagons were tare and gross weighed on the coal silo weigh bridge in the BBHT. This meant numerous trips back and forth with the loco running round each time. The train would leave at 14:29 as 6M15 to Rugby where the coal was roaded the last mile to the cement works in the town. This train ran 3 times a week for a number of years utilising 37's 47's 56's 58's & 66 in the later years.
The two lines trailing off to the right have now been ripped up but once lead to the Britannia Zinc sidings that saw daily trainloads of coke from South Wales along with numerous wagons loads of metals and acids out. In later years fertiliser trains (Norsk Hydro) also headed that way to a private siding.
With high engine hours the Romanian built 56 was withdrawn in April 1999 and used as a source of spares at Toton lingering on until August 2005 when it finally broken up at Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham. It was fitted with new cabs including the large horn grill cabs in 1982 after a major collision at Lindsey oil refinery.
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56004 Hallen Marsh 15th April 1999
On one of its last workings before being withdrawn 56004 passes Hallen Marsh Junction with industrial coal which had been loaded into MEA wagons at Bennetts siding in the local docks. At the time there was no weighbridge at Bennetts so the wagons were tare and gross weighed on the coal silo weigh bridge in the BBHT. This meant numerous trips back and forth with the loco running round each time. The train would leave at 14:29 as 6M15 to Rugby where the coal was roaded the last mile to the cement works in the town. This train ran 3 times a week for a number of years utilising 37's 47's 56's 58's & 66 in the later years.
The two lines trailing off to the right have now been ripped up but once lead to the Britannia Zinc sidings that saw daily trainloads of coke from South Wales along with numerous wagons loads of metals and acids out. In later years fertiliser trains (Norsk Hydro) also headed that way to a private siding.
With high engine hours the Romanian built 56 was withdrawn in April 1999 and used as a source of spares at Toton lingering on until August 2005 when it finally broken up at Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham. It was fitted with new cabs including the large horn grill cabs in 1982 after a major collision at Lindsey oil refinery.
Pentax 6 x 7 Slide Scan