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DRS 66303 is seen passing Plessey on 4E65 Mossend Up Yard - South Bank Tees Dock (Drs) on January 2nd, 2022.
6M97 Georgemas Jn to Carlisle Kingmoor. 66303 (Rail Riders) in DRS compass logo livery leads with MK2 Escort coach + Flask + MK2 Escort coach + 66304 on the rear in DRS compass logo livery. Seen here on the HML passing under the footbridge at the UHI Campus.
immingham loud out
4R39 2141 ex Drax waits for the green and the shout out from the leader to proceed forward at 0.5 mph
later formed 6H57 0227 to Drax
Celebrity Railriders now in its 6th week at Knottingley and is currently our pet loco doing sterling service on the bio circuit
4D47 Inverness to Mossend. Class 66 (Rail Riders) in DRS blue Compass logo livery with Rail Riders emblem front and side powers south on the HML with the empty Tesco boxes.
4D47 Inverness to Mossend. Class 66 (Rail Riders) in DRS compass logo livery powers south towards Sunnyside on the HML with the empty Tesco boxes.
Direct Rail Services 66303 Rail Riders heads Across Ribblehead Viaduct working 6K05 Carlisle to Crewe Basford Hall on the 24/1/22
I put my camera on the rail to take a fun artsy photo. Then applied the B&W Gritty filter from Serge Ramelli. It worked so good nothing else was needed!
Direct Rail Services Class 68 68034 " Rail Riders 2020 " heads westbound at Beckfoot on 4m27 0538 Coatbridge Down Sidings - Daventry Intermodal on 22/02/2025
Gateshead allocated 47406 "Railriders" passes South Otterington on 08/Sept/1987 working a Newcastle to Liverpool Cross Pennine service.
DB cargo`s Pride liveried 66068 + 66175 "Rail Riders Express " pass Little Fenton with 6D12 the 13.32 Lackenby B.S.C. to Scunthorpe B.S.C. (ent-c) steel empties on a hot sunny 13/08/2025.
While helping to pack up the Railriders stand, the opportunity arose to get a shot of the purple skip without railings around the front
Knottingley depot
Today we had member number 0001 from Railriders.
Simon fetched the headboard for an official visit of the depot and to photograph Railriders.
Entering its 6th week at Knottingley 175 is becoming our pet shed and working hard daily on intensive biomass diagrams.
Was a pleasure to meet to man who got Railriders back off the ground.
I've always had a connection with Toton TMD, from visits with my Dad when he went there for work, to my many visits later for photography work which I was lucky to be asked to do, ending up living in the village (Yeah, I'm the idiot..) and running a webpage with the name.. I've also been lucky to attend the two staff open days last year & this, managing to gain a place through RailRiders this year to be able to partake in the guided tour around.
So this has afforded the possibility of a then and now view of the inside of the shed, from 1987 with 58s, 56,s & a 31, and this year with 66s and a 60. I know which one I prefer...
DB Cargo Class 66/0 No.66175 Rail Riders at Griffin Wharf Ipswich loading sand for Neasden Engineers Siding on 26th March 2021.
Knottingley depot
After a 6 week stint with us celebrity Railriders ventured into Cornwall for some China Clay work.
After a trip back north with 6E03 its now back for some more biomass work.
seen here after a quick rinse off
Immingham load out
4R51 doing the 0.5mph turn under the hopper.
for those who dont know the wagons are 'armed' with a key and once armed as they pass magnets at strategic points the top doors open.
magnets further along then close the doors.
a similar arrangement for unloading at Drax with the bottom doors.
it's all very clever.
66175 Railriders doing the honours and after loading loading will form 6H77 1615 to Drax.
due to the Scunthorpe landslip all our bio services are running via Brigg
On 24th September 2022, the shadows were never far away as DRS 66303 'Rail Riders' and 66431 power up in tandem on the climb to Shap summit at High Scales, in charge of the 4S43 06:40 Daventry to Mossend Tesco container train, the Class 66s replacing the usual Class 88 traction on this occasion. Unlike the two charter trains each side of this working, there wasn't a Class 47 clagging away at the rear! 66303 is one of five Class 66/3s leased by DRS from Beacon Rail, and all were to be returned at the end of the 5-year lease contract at the beginning of October.
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1W44 Sheffield to Scarborough. Class 170 Turbostar in Northern Rail livery seen here heading of towards Mexborough (South Yorkshire)
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DRS`s 68034 named "Rail Riders 2020" races passed Burn with 4N50 the 18.20 Doncaster Iport to South Bank Tees Dock Tesco intermodal 30/03/2025.
66303 Rail Riders 2020 crosses over the River Wear on Croxdale viaduct at Sunderland Bridge in county Durham with train 6N68 conveying track ballast shipped down the North Sea coastline from Leith Docks to the old Redcar ore terminal to be railed in side tippers to various civil engineers hubs, in this case Tyne Yard. October the 6th 2021.
Direct Rail Services Class 66 diesel locomotive 66303 "Rail Riders"
6U77 13.57 Mountsorrel Sidings to Crewe Basford Hall SSN
Colton, Rugeley, Staffordshire
This was a photo of opportunity, I pulled over to check out this interesting cloud formation and realized there was a commuter train coming and had only 20 seconds to set up...Lakeland, FL
47406 "Rail Riders" descends Heaton Lodge Dive-Under with a five coach Foot-ex from Wadsley Bridge to Liverpool at 18:53 on the 9th April 1988.
66175 ‘Rail Riders Express’ approaches Charfield leading 6Z60 1151 Parkandillack to Bescot loaded china clay on 2nd July 2020.
My previous shot of 66175 was 5 years earlier when it was in EWS livery..... flic.kr/p/qRLMCn
6S99 Carlisle to Georgemass Jn flask train. Class 66 in DRS blue Compass logo livery with its new Rail Riders front and side signage. With 301 on the rear (Kingmoor TMD) in DRS blue Compass logo livery. seen here on the approach to Inverness descending down the HML with Cradlehall and Smithton in the background. With the tubes in the foreground this will be a shot that disappears as the trees begin to grow.
At the Georgemas Junction flask loading facility, 68017 Hornet and 68034 Rail Riders are prepared to leave with train 6M97 to Carlisle Kingmoor on the lunchtime of August the 28th 2024. The train, which runs only occasionally as required, arrived with the evening prior with an empty flask, to be sent back to Sellafield with waste as part of the decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear power and navel facility of Scotlands Far North coastline.
This is by a long way the most Northerly rail freight terminal in the UK.
Drs`s 68034 having just been named "Rail Riders 2020" at the Crewe Heritage centre 10/06/2023.
This name was carried by Drs`s 66303 before it was it changed ownership .
66175 “RailRiders Express” leads 4S38, DB Cargo’s well loaded 1424 Seaforth – Mossend intermodal through the Lune Gorge on 4 August 2021.
DRS`s 68034 "RailRiders 2020" again races passed Burn working 4N51 the 18.20 Doncaster Iport to South Bank Tees Dock Tesco Intermodal 01/04/2025.
This time with a Pole.
A mobile phone pic of Drs`s 68034 "Rail Riders" passing Chaloners whin working a diverted 4Z27 the 05.38 Coatbridge to Daventry intermodal on a very cold sunny Saturday 11/01/2025.
4D47 Inverness To Mossend. Class 66 (Rail Riders) In DRS Compass logo livery heads south on the HML. Seen here up at Culloden Moor with the train about to pass under the road bridge before crossing the Viaduct.
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47406 "Rail Riders" begins the descent of Miles Platting Bank with a trans-Pennine express, 1M63, 10:25 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street - 22/07/1987.
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DB Cargo Class 66, 66175 "Rail Riders Express" hauls a filthy load in filthy Bank Holiday weather as it heads through Acton Bridge with 6E26 10:40 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton EFW Terminal.
Class 56 diesel-electric freight locomotive, originally built in 1978. After a period in service and even being reclassified as 56301, it was restored and recently repainted by DCRail/Cappagh into its original BR Corporate Blue livery and displayed at the Greatest Gathering Rail 200 event at Derby Litchurch Lane.
A location that has changed somewhat especially with electrification and NR tree growth! Original 'Generator' Class 47, No 47406 'Rail Riders' approaches Rathbone Road bridge on 1M26 12.25hrs Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street T/P train. The lines in the bottom foreground served the Coal Merchant based on the old ex Edge Hill MPD site and in the background is Olive Mount Signal Box controlling the Junction to the Bootle Branch which unknown has unofficially been closed! 11th July 1987.
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