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A topical livery at the moment. 56099 passing another Grid going the other way with empties through Arpley Yard with a Healey Mills - Fidlers Ferry MGR 36 years ago on 1st May 1986
92004 'Jane Austen' attacks Shap at a freezing Greenholme with a rake of MGR's which I think was a Walton Old Jn - Carlisle working though I stand corrected. 15 December 1999.
20106 and partner with an empty MGR train off the Erewash Valley line, heading north at Clay Cross South Junction , Summer 1989
56016 nearing Fidlers Ferry PS with a loaded MGR from Healey Mills and with the peg off for the Power Station crossover, 7 April 1983.
From the full sized scan I believe this is 56 051, sadly the original print with the details is missing
A northbound working of MGR empties takes the Nottingham line at Trent Junction
Red Stripe 56068 at Monks Sidings, a shot only possible in high summer from the north side but I have to live with the shadows, Healey Mills -Fiddlers Ferry loaded MGR on 25 July 1988. It's probably a forest now.
47212 has a heavy MGR behind it, the train had been checked at Denaby Crossing and was now accelerating, producing a cloud of smoke as it does. All around are the decaying signs of industry in the final stages of use, the weather is suitably dull and misty.
D1862 was built at Crewe and entered service 13/05/1965 at 41A Tinsley, it became 47212 under TOPS in February 1974. The loco was never renumbered and did not carry any names, it was withdrawn 31/01/2004 and by 28/02/2004 it had met its maker, literally because it was cut at Crewe Loco Works by R. Garrett.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 15/06/1979: All rights reserved
47371 approaches Trowell Junction on 24/April/1987 with a oddball working,with empty ballast hoppers and loaded MGR HTVs
40 years ago today a friend and I caught the then X48 Sheffield to Manchester bus to Woodhead in the hope of catching some Class 76 action in the couple of hours we were going to be there before the bus would return to Sheffield. As it turned out, the weather was very grey and miserable (unlike today) and we only saw one west bound train before it was time to 'leggit' up to the road for the bus home. But, just before 8 p.m as we waited, we were rewarded with an East bound empty MGR climbing towards the Tunnel - 76021 working solo with a string of 26 HAA hoppers, bound for Wath ? who knows.
So armed with only with Dads old Agfa camera with a maximum shutter speed of 1/200th sec is my record shot taken from the roadside on 13th July 1981.
This was to be the last working I photographed, with the line closing Four days later....
56098 poses with HDA & HMA MGR wagons on B track at the now disused coal unloading house at Drax power station, taken during a charity photo charter on 17/08/24.
Editing notes: Class 37 removed from behind the 2nd wagon & shiny buffers darkened.
Devoid of Sector decals(Common at the time) 58037 passes Clay Mills on 04/Oct/1994 with southbound MGR empties
58019"Shirebrook Colliery" pulls out of Old Bank Sidings ,Toton ,on 02/May/1997 with a loaded MGR to Ratcliffe P.S.
Lawley Street freightliner depot was sometimes used by Didcot to Toton empty MGR trains to stable overnight, 56084 is doing just that. The train will be away at dawn to collect another load of power station coal from one of the many pits in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire coal fields.
Such a thing would not happen now, this was when it was all BR and freightliner had a small 'f', I dread to think of the red tape involved in leaving a coal train in a Freightliner depot now.
The picture was taken from the car park at Saltley power box on a misty evening,
56084 was built at Doncaster Works, it entered service 26/10/1980. The loco was withdrawn in March 2009 and cut by C.F. Booth (Rotherham)
A black and white has been seen before, I have only just found the colour slide.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 06/03/1984: All rights reserved
31261 and 31116 are arriving at Denby with an empty MGR, they are about to enter the yard.. As with Coxbench station Denby station closed 01/06/1930, but under the weed growth the platform is just about in situ.
The day has bitter-sweet memories for me, I had bought the first brand new motorcycle I had owned since a Raleigh moped in 1971 it was a BMW R80 and this was my first (and last) long trip. I hated it, the vibration was not nice and I didn't like the handling a lot either, after only four weeks of ownership I traded it for a used K100 BMW "flying brick" it was superb and stayed with me for three years.
31261 was built as D5689 it entered service new to Sheffield Darnall. The loco was withdrawn 05/01/1987 and cut at Stratford depot in November 1990
31116 was built as D5534, it entered service new to March depot 11/06/1959, although older than 31216 it was not withdrawn until 04/02/2000, it was cut by T.J. Thomson (Stockton) in July 2003
Copyright Geoff Dowling 05/09/1986: All rights reserved
The impact of mining subsidence on the Coalville line railway infrastructure is clear to see in this view taken in November 1983 of BR 56053 recorded approaching Moira West Junction with an empty MGR formation heading for reloading at one of the local opencast coal disposal points.
All images on this site are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed written permission of the photographer. All rights reserved – Copyright Don Gatehouse
Coal empties ease past Shirebrook depot in the summer of 1987.
Replaced with a larger and improved image January 2021.
20113+20106 passing the well worn location of Old Alder Lane Winwick with a Bickershaw Colliery - Fiddlers Ferry loaded MGR. 1 June 1991. Bread and butter back then but oh so sorely missed nowadays.
56094 named 'Eggborough Power Station' passing Melton Ross lime and chalk quarry heading towards Barnetby with the 7C77 loaded MGR coal train.
Transrail 60092"Reginald Munns" passes Melton Ross on 15/March/2003 working a Immingham to BSC Scunthorpe loaded MGR
With Coal Sector decals removed prior to the change to Mainline,58035 passes Stenson Junction on 05/Sept/1994 with a Northbound MGR
56025 passing Ashley working a Milford Jn. to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station MGR, diverted from its usual route due to Manchester Victoria being closed for remodling work 31-012=92
76010 and 76016 get ready to depart from the sidings at Barnsley Junction with the last but one MGR to Fiddlers Ferry via Woodhead.
During a charity photo charter at Drax power station on 17th (and 18th early hours!) 20132 & 20118 pose with the MGR wagons at the coal unloading bunker.
A big thank you to Mr Gee and the stewards, crew etc for pulling this one off and persevering into the early hours to ensure we got all the planned shots, well worth the 0230 arrival at home...
Consecutively numbered 76012 & 76013 are approaching Dinting station with an empty MGR which would have taken coal to Fiddlers Ferry power station., the train is crossing Dinting viaduct.
Copyright Geoff Dowling 04/07/1978; all rights reserved
An image taken at Pengam Junction on a Saturday morning in May 1990, where the 6C85 07:10 MGR empties from Aberthaw Reception Sidings was snaking its way into the No. 2 reception line adjacent to the Freightliner terminal. BR 37897 would then complete a run round and then deliver the hoppers to Cardiff Tidal Sidings, from where they would be moved to Cardiff Docks for loading.
All images on this site are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed written permission of the photographer. All rights reserved – Copyright Don Gatehouse