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Peak 45060 Sherwood Forester heads a line of preserved British Railways diesel traction at Ruddington, Great Central Railway (North), 11th February 2018. Behind Sherwood Forester is 33035, 56098 and D8154 (20154).
Locomotive History
45060 was built at Crewe Works and was originally D100. It entered service allocated to Derby MPD during May 1961. It was named Sherwood Forester four months later at Derby Station on the 23rd September 1961. It would always remain a “Midland” engine being allocated to Toton for virtually its entire career, arriving from Derby in March 1964, with only an eighteen month break at Cricklewood from November 1974. Originally built with vacuum train brakes it was fitted with dual (air/vacuum) train brakes during a classified repair at Derby Works in October 1975 and received its last classified repair during January 1980. The end came for 45060 on the 8th December 1985 when it was withdrawn at Toton still in full working order. After a year in storage it was sold for preservation during January 1987
B854944 stands in the yard at Swithland, Great Central Railway, 21st February 2019.
Wagon History
B854944 is one of two thousand and seventy five 12 ton Ventilated Goods Vans built to diagram 1/218 and is basically a standard diagram 1/208 van fitted with shock absorber equipment. These vans in theory provided greater protection to the load from shunting activities and traffic use in unfitted trains. This was achieved by allowing the body to move in relationship to the underframe with the movement being controlled by a series of springs which can be seen below the door. Consequently these vans were known as “shocvans”. B854944 was one of a batch of four hundred and seventy five vans built at Faverdale, Darlington in 1958 to lot number 3117.
76006 leads 76024 westward at Torside with a train of Yorkshire coal, 20th February 1981.
Locomotive History
76006 was originally E26006 and was built at Gorton works with electrical equipment provided by Metropolitan Vickers. It entered traffic in January 1951 initially working trials allocated to Ilford before moving north to Wath in June 1951. It was one of the class to be fitted with dual brakes for operating with modern air braked wagons. It survived until the end of the Woodhead route in July 1981 and was broken up at CF Booth Rotherham in May 1983. 76024 entered traffic in October 1951 as E26024 and like 76006 was withdrawn in July 1981 and broken up at CF Booth Rotherham in June 1983.
Canon AT1, Ektachrome 200
It's almost summer! Although it looks very cold here, it was actually wonderfully invigorating feeling the lingering bite in the chill morning air on this gorgeous February 1st!