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One of GBRfs' second batch of 66's, 66768 passes through Duffryn at the head of 6V32 10:07 Tilbury IRFT - Trostre on 14/7/2017.
This unusual locomotive was visiting the West Somerset Railway.
She is a S160 no 6046
This heavy freight engine was built during the Second World War in the USA for use in Europe. Some members in the class worked in Britain and were seen and heard at Taunton but the majority went to Europe where some worked until steam ended across the continent.
I caught her easing out of Crowcombe station heading for Minehead.
47647 'Thor' at Stockport with a train of empty FGA wagons for Trafford park.
This loco was much renumbered. Into service from Crewe works in 1965 as D1677 then 47091, 47647 47846 and 57308
40122 heads back to Carlisle with an evening freight, near St Helens, Flimby in early 1984 as twilight gathers over the Solway. It was the twilight of the class 40s too, although 40122 - as a celebrity - would be kept going for another four years, by this time the loveable dinosaurs were effectively finished.
Mossend Yard on 10th July 1990, 20185 and 20148 about to depart with a northbound Speedlink working. This was an incredibly busy yard with an amazing selection of wagons on display, the old slag heap (or small hill) at the north end gave a great views of the yard and all the comings and goings at the north end. K333
40025 trundling through Portwood, Stockport en route to Dewsnap sidings from Glazebrook. 'Coal' wagons loaded with steel wire from the long defunct works in Irlam. Pretty much everything in this photograph is gone, today the M60 Manchester ring road and a Tesco's superstore occupy this location.
After a freighless afternoon, three run between 5 and 6 o'clock. This is the fist with GBRF 66764 leading the 1156 Angerstein Wharf to Bardon Hill near Kibworth
A train with fresh ballast for railway maintenance on the Avenida Emídio Navarro in Coimbra approaches the traffic lights.
My next batch of two freight cars include a BMR-style Boston & Maine boxcar and a revamp of an old New Haven gondola MOC.
I really wanted to do a boxcar with the doors open and hobos ridin' the rails, and I also wanted the open door to partially cover the stickers. After some debate, I settled on a 50' version of the B&M: 50' because the door would've covered too much of the sticker on the 40'!
The gondola is an older MOC of mine that I reworked to make the connections between the sides and ends better. I also got some new stickers from OK BrickWorks. Old version here (the new version is much better!).