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Classic Traction move with a 56,45,31 & 47 to the NYMR at Beighton - 9245
No we get to it and With no sign of this move having left Chesterfield or entered the sidings at Barrow Hill to pick up the 4th loco in the convoy, it was beginning to look as if, just possibly, the set had turned off at Tapton junction, onto the Midland Main Line and headed north west towards Dronfield, the Bradway Tunnel and Sheffield. This behaviour mimicked the move 2 class 20's made on Saturday morning which also came up from the south and were expected past here but in fact turned of at the junction behind the convoy and went to Woodburn, reversed and then went on through Rotherham; meeting up with this line again at Aldwarke, must to my dissappointment as I was stood at Treeton waiting for them! Anyway, just as the pair of us were getting despondent, at just past the hour, the leading loco came into view beyond Beighton Junction and in no time at they flew past heading north; with leading loco in what looks like, DCR, Devon & Cornwall Railway livery, class 56, 56104, is in charge of some great looking locomotives. Behind 56104 is class 45, 45060, 'Sherwood Forest' in British Railways blue livery coming up next, class 31, 31271, 'Stratford 1840-2001' in Trainload Construction Livery and, at the rear, class 47, 47596, 'Aldeburgh Festival in Network Southeast Livery; something I haven't seen before. The convoy is on its way north to Grosmont for the NYMR on the 0Z47 Derby move; what an absolute charm this lot was... Very nice indeed..
Classic Traction move with a 56,45,31 & 47 to the NYMR at Beighton - 9245
No we get to it and With no sign of this move having left Chesterfield or entered the sidings at Barrow Hill to pick up the 4th loco in the convoy, it was beginning to look as if, just possibly, the set had turned off at Tapton junction, onto the Midland Main Line and headed north west towards Dronfield, the Bradway Tunnel and Sheffield. This behaviour mimicked the move 2 class 20's made on Saturday morning which also came up from the south and were expected past here but in fact turned of at the junction behind the convoy and went to Woodburn, reversed and then went on through Rotherham; meeting up with this line again at Aldwarke, must to my dissappointment as I was stood at Treeton waiting for them! Anyway, just as the pair of us were getting despondent, at just past the hour, the leading loco came into view beyond Beighton Junction and in no time at they flew past heading north; with leading loco in what looks like, DCR, Devon & Cornwall Railway livery, class 56, 56104, is in charge of some great looking locomotives. Behind 56104 is class 45, 45060, 'Sherwood Forest' in British Railways blue livery coming up next, class 31, 31271, 'Stratford 1840-2001' in Trainload Construction Livery and, at the rear, class 47, 47596, 'Aldeburgh Festival in Network Southeast Livery; something I haven't seen before. The convoy is on its way north to Grosmont for the NYMR on the 0Z47 Derby move; what an absolute charm this lot was... Very nice indeed..