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On a late spring evening in 1969, 6706 passes Aldwarke, near Rotherham with an unbraked freight train.
Despite efforts, I've been unable to identify the train from the headcode. I believe the P within the headcode denoted a train from the Scunthorpe or Doncaster area. I'm pretty sure the words on the side of the 2nd and 3rd wagons say 'Iron Ore Tippler', The iron ore mines at Dragonby and Santon were still producing in 1969, so it's possible that this is British Frodingham ore heading for one of Sheffield's steel works.
Thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wilfmeld] for identifying the location of this photograph based on the image contents alone.
Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.
Although taken last year I never got round to posting this image, unfortunately the sunflowers aren’t there this year, and so no opportunity to revisit the shoot.
20214 on the Flixborough Branch with empty BDA wagons from Dragonby Exchange Sidings to Scunthorpe on 9 June 1992. The privately owned 08 can just be seen at the exchange sidings. E889
20214 on the Flixborough Branch with empty BDA wagons from Dragonby Exchange Sidings to Scunthorpe on 9 June 1992.
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After it's train is emptied at Roxby Landfill near Scunthorpe, GB Railfreight's 66742 'ABP Port of Immingham Centenary' passes Dragonby working the 6D61 to Doncaster Decoy on the 16th February 2018.
20214 has just left Dragonby sidings on the Flixborough branch and is heading back towards Scunthorpe. 9th June 1992. E888
Seen near Normanby Park, H010 (EX 20107) has picked up loads from Dragonby sidings to take to Flixborough wharf for unloading. 25th June 1996.
On 10th July 1995, ex-BR class 20 No.20107 was photographed at Faber Prest Ports Ltd, Flixborough Wharf. Bearing the running number H010, it was hired from R.M.S. Locotec of Dewsbury for working steel trains on the connecting branch from Dragonby Sidings at Normanby Park, Scunthorpe to the steel terminal on the wharf.
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A Freightliner arrives into the yard at Dragonby behind a Class 66.
Dragonby model railway in N gauge, 1:148 scale.
Seen at York Model Railway Show 2018.
37888 passes Crosby Mines on 25th June 1996 with a Scunthorpe to Dragonby sidings steel train. The products are destined to Flixborough wharf for unloading.
A DRS Class 68 diesel powers a Virgin West Coast Pendolino through Dragonby which is non electrified.
Dragonby model railway in N gauge, 1:148 scale.
Seen at York Model Railway Show 2018.
An Northern Class 156 awaits the off as 2 silver Class 67 diesels lurk in the background.
Dragonby model railway in N gauge, 1:148 scale.
Seen at York Model Railway Show 2018.
With steelworks of Scunthorpe in the distance 56105 climbs past Dragonby on the single line to Roxby with a binliner from the Manchester area. Class 56 locos can still be seen on the mainline,56105 being one of them, and is now owned by Colas Rail Freight.
Grid overload at Scunthorpe as 56118 arrives with the 6d65 Doncaster Belmont-Immingham enterprise,whilst 56105 awaits time before heading back to Immingham bulk terminal for another load of the black stuff and 56018 will do the d55 steel trip down the Flixborough branch to Dragonby exchange sidings
Crosby Mines Signal Box - View north from road bridge at Sawcliffe Hill toward Normanby Park on 23rd February 1988 - This is now an unrecogniseable location - the track is overgrown with silver birch and is sadly just a pallisade fenced single track railway corridor through the prolific vegetation. Box burned out and derelict by February 1999. 228/11
Pictured in the evening sunlight at Thornaby is 37258 with 20107 sneaking into view. Fresh from the Tupperware Box of Surprises, there is sadly no date with this one, but it is fair to guess mid to late 1980s. Certainly no later as 20107 became an RMS Locotec engine and, starting in January 1991, was leased to operate the steel trains on the branch line from Dragonby Sidings at Normanby Park, Scunthorpe, to the steel terminal at Flixborough Wharf.
37258 (D6958 - Built January 1965) went on to become Class 37/3 37384 in October 1998 but was withdrawn soon after during December 1999. It was cut up by Harry Needle at EMR Kingsbury during November 2005.
20107 (D8107 - Built December 1961) is happily back in service as part of the Locomotive Services fleet and is running as 20107 / D8107 "Jocelyn Feilding 1940 - 2020" with a British Railways Green / Grey livery.
35mm Slide | Photographer: Unknown | © TJW: ROTWSI
20214 with empty BDA steel wagons at Frodingham on the Flixborough branch. The wagons have been collected from Dragonby sidings and are almost back to their destination at Scunthorpe. 9th June 1992. E897
Arriving from Grimsby Docks, 20107 and 20095 are seen passing through Barnetby with a train of steel coils.
Class 20 20107 left the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns works, Darlington in January 1962 and was a 'Scottish' (large) cab window version complete with token catcher built into the cabsides. Numbered D8107, It was allocated to Eastfield, became 20107 under TOPs in 1973, then travelled south to Immingham when allocated there in December 1978. It was next allocated to Tinsley (1984) before returning to Immingham in early 1987. Like a lot of Imminghams Class 20s, it would also be seen stabled at Frodingham. In May 1990 it was allocated to Thornaby but was withdrawn from there in January 1991.
20107 was then sold to the East Lancs Railway, but never reached there. Instead, it became part of the RFS Industries small fleet of Class 20s working at the Channel Tunnel construction site in Kent. Repainted in RFS grey, it carried the number 2013 on the cabsides and 33 on the body just forward of the cab. Following completion of this work it then became RMS Locotec number H010 and, in October 1992, went on hire to Flixborough Wharf, near Scunthorpe. For the next few years it would occasionally work along the branch line from the wharf to Dragonby Sidings at Normanby Park. However, by 1999 it had fallen into disrepair and was stored near the keyside at Flixborough. It remained here, minus its bogies and sat on timber blocks, until 2006. It then found a new home at Wolsingham, on the Weardale Railway, but was moved to Barrow Hill in late 2008. Now owned by HNRC, 20107 was given a major overhaul, repainted to BR Blue livery, and returned to use during the Swanage Railway diesel gala in May 2009. Over the next decade it worked with stablemate 20096 and the pair become extremely well photographed wherever they went. In 2020 both locos were sold to Locomotive Services Limited.
Class 20 20095 also left the Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns works, Darlington as a 'Scottish' (large) cab window version (numbered D8095) and was initially allocated to Eastfield in October 1961. Then, in April 1968, it was transferred to Polmadie, Glasgow, but returned again to Eastfield in 1972. Renumbered to 20095 under TOPs in 1973, it remained in Scotland until travelling south to Tinsley in the early 1980s. By the time of this photo Immingham had been its home depot since 1987, this lasting until transfer to Thornaby during 1989. In January 1991, now surplus to requirements, it was withdrawn and placed in storage.
By May 1992 it had been sold to RFS Industries as one of a group of Class 20s acquired for use on Channel Tunnel tracklaying duties and was repainted RFS Grey with the new number 2020. On completion of this work, in August 1993, it was stored by RFS at Doncaster, along with several other Class 20s, until acquisition by BNFL in March 1995 for haulage of nuclear flask traffic.
Following a much needed overhaul, at Brush Traction, it emerged in May 1996 sporting a DRS livery and was renumbered to 20305, then later named 'Gresty Bridge' with body side black nameplates. It remains in DRS livery today and, in January 2020, double-headed the Class 20 Farewell rail tour with DRS stable-mate 20302.
As a footnote; For a short time in 1986 20172 was renumbered as 20305 (20095s later number) from 11 April 1986 to 02 November 1986. It was then renumbered back to 20172.
10.32 07 June 1988 : © TJW: ROTWSI
The working locomotive at Faber Prest Ports Ltd, Flixborough Wharf, near Scunthorpe on 10th July1995 was this ex-BR class 20 No. 20107, previously D8107 but carrying the number 'H010'. This locomotive was employed on trip working between Flixborough Port and Dragonby sidings adjacent to Scunthorpe Steelworks. She survived into preservation and can be found on the Weardale Railway.
A bucolic scene at Flixborough on the eastern banks of the River Trent as an RMS Locotel 08 diesel pounds up the very steep bank from the river up the Jurassic ridge to Scunthorpe with 4 trucks. From the exhaust you can appreciate the gradient & how hard the engine was working.
I heard it before I saw it & careered along a footpath & through a field to get the shot. Unfortunately the field was rape seed & it had rained so I ended up with wet yellow trousers. I like to think it was worth it.
This is one of the last parts of the former North Lindsey Light Railway in operation. The NNLR was built in 1907 northwards to Winteringham & Whitten on the Humber to open up the North Lincolnshire Liassic ironstone area for mining to supply the Scunthorpe steelworks. The passenger service finished in 1928 & after many years as a freight only line closed in 1951 to Winteringham. Today waste from Manchester is send by rail to Dragonby infill site.
The branch to Flixborough Wharf remains open to serve the chemical plant on the banks of the River Trent.
On the 1 June 1974 Flixborough chemical plant was at the centre of the UK's worst industrial accident when the Nypro Works was devastated by an explosion in what is known as the Flixborough disaster. Twenty eight people died and more than 100 were injured with around 100 homes in the village itself being destroyed or badly damaged
37888 is near Crosby Mines with empties from Dragonby sidings to Scunthorpe on 25th June 1996. The wagons would have been unloaded at Flixborough wharf.
97304 `John Tiley' makes its way back down the Dragonby branch towards Scunthorpe with 1Q13 13:42 Doncaster L.I.P - Derby R.T.C. 29-09-2013.
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Near Normanby Park on 4th June 1995 is Hunslet austerity No. 193 leading, with H010 (ex 20107) tailing, on a day of specials between Flixborough wharf and Dragonby sidings.
This won't win any awards for photography, but it might win one for rarity! Flixborough's RFS Class 20 chugs noisily as it propels a train of export steel up the hill from Dragonby Sidings towards what the Americans call tidewater at Flixborough Wharf; 1995.
Flixborough wharf on 4th June 1995 sees Hunslet austerity No. 193, on a day of specials to Dragonby sidings and back, which also had H010 (ex 20107) as the tail loco. The loco carries a A.F.R.P.S. headboard.
With Scunthorpe coal handling plant dominating the background,Romanian grid 56018 leaves a smokey trail as it curves away onto the Flixborough branch with the d55 tripper for the nearby Dragonby exchange sidings.
Absolutely dire, I know, but there are almost no photos anywhere of Dragonby Sidings, north of Scunthorpe, and this one shows 47779 bringing up the rear of the Roxby Rambler on 12.3 94. The Flixborough branch is in the foreground. As I recall, the photo was taken with one hand while the other hung on to a lighting tower. It was cold and miserable. At one time this was a big yard, handling steel traffic and iron ore. Anyone got any pix?
47630 crawls through Dragonby Junction with the Roxby Rambler on 12.3.94. The odd track layout enabled the Flixborough branch to be operated privately, exchanging traffic with BR at Dragonby Sidings. Nuffin' goin' on there now...
47630 crawls through Dragonby Junction with the Roxby Rambler on 12.3.94. The odd track layout enabled the Flixborough branch to be operated privately, exchanging traffic with BR at Dragonby Sidings. Nuffin' goin' on there now...
The Network Rail level crossing manager checks the operation of the Signal, as EWS Class 66 No. 66 077 'Benjamin Gimbert G.C.' cautiously passes over Dawes Lane AHB Level Crossing, Scunthorpe. With a trainload of Steel Coil for Dragonby Exchange Sidings, where the wagons will be tripped onward to Flixborough Wharf.
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56116 is on its way to Dragonby sidings on 13th June 1996. 6D56, 12.08 ex Scunthorpe, carrying steel products for Flixborough wharf.
Flixborough Wharf on 4th June 1995. Hunslet austerity No. 193 is coupled up, and H010 (ex 20107) will soon be attached to the rear, on a day of specials to Dragonby sidings and back.
Near Normanby Park on 4th June 1995 is one of the specials that ran between Flixborough wharf and Dragonby sidings. Hunslet austerity No.193 leads with H010 (ex 20107) tailing.
BLS "Humber Navigator" on the Roxby / Flixborough branch north of Scunthorpe. The tour was expected to reverse at Crosby Mines but may have gone further to Dragonby sidings looking at what is in front of the 47307.
The BLS "Humber Navigator" took 47851 with assistance from 47307 to Crosby Mines (Scunthorpe), Grimsby Docks, Immingham Docks, Killingholme and 3 terminals in the Immingham Docks area.