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Direct Rail Services Class 37 English Electric Locomotive 37716
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6X22 1019 from Canton to Tyne S.S. with part of a Network Rail Track Renewal Machine (DR 78832) as the consist
Mill Lane, Walsall, West Midlands
Class 70 locomotive No. 70813 approaches Ryecroft Bridge near Hemington in Leicestershire with 6M57, the 07:02 Lindsey Oil Refinery to Kingsbury Oil Sidings working on Thursday 8th December 2022.
Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station, whose cooling towers can be seen here, is due to cease generating electricity in September 2024.
66522 with sleepers from Washwood Heath running nearly 2 hours early during a colourful variety of locos all in 45 mins
22.11.97 Mighty Moguls after their dramatic ascent of the Lickey Incline there was a possibility that the Pathfinder tour with the Moguls 7325 and 2968 could cross with black five 44767 on Days Out tour running from Tyseley back to Crewe with both around Walsall about 3.00pm. First heard the black five up the grade from Walsall and then could see the Moguls approaching. Apart from on the S&C this was a first.
Copyright Neville Wellings
anybody interested in this new location this is the view from Ryecroft Rd bridge the path runs along side the arrivial lines with many footpaths throughout the site worth getting any shots before all the trees they have planted grow up and any further industrial development
there are various access points to get photos on this vast site many i haven't explored yet
this is the Freightliner service arriving around midday and waiting at the stop board to acess the terminal DB and GBRF serve the site during a normal day
I can still feel the chill of waiting for this freight at Ryecroft Junction on 7th January 1977. It must be around mid-morning, and the encrusted frost still coats the sleepers while the lingering mist ensured that the temperature will not rise much above freezing all day. The scene also graphically shows Ryecroft Junction as it was, with the branch to Birchills Power Statiom and Cannock Chase Line diverging to the left. Class 44 No. 44002 is heading a Toton-Bescot freight off the South Staffordshire Line from Lichfield while on the right is the Sutton Park Line. Copyright Photograph john Whitehouse - all rights reserved
English Electric Type 3 Nos. 37101 and 37278 take the Sutton Park line with the first of three Pathfinder Railtours Ironbridge Rambler shuttle trains between Walsall and Ironbridge on 6th May 1990.
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66150 DB RED @ RYECROFT BRIDGE , Castle Donnington with the 6X13 03.57 DOLLANDS MOOR - TOTON NORTH YARD New flow of Cartex, Friday 04th February 2022
DB Class 66 No 66069 on the 0502 Southampton Docks to Masborough passes No 66020 at Ryecroft Road Bridge near East Midlands Gateway West Junction with the 1055 East Midlands Gateway TML DBC to Felixstowe North DBC on 30th August 2024
Copyright Robin Stewart-Smith - All Rights Reserved
Having arrived at Kings Norton On Track Plant Depot on Monday 30th September as 0J01 from Bescot Up Engineers Sidings GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotives 66752 "The Hoosier State" and 66701 perform the honours on the first Kings Norton to Bletchley railhead treatment train. Running as 3J01 the train is seen approaching Mill Lane, Ryecroft in wet weather conditions.
Colas Rail Class 59 diesel locomotive 59003 "Yeoman Highlander" approaches Mill Lane, on the approach to Ryecroft Junction, working 6M50 07.13 Westbury Down Yard to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings.
56113 with 56051 Survival working hard at the head of 6M57 Lindsey to Kingsbury leaving Ratcliffe power station behind and shaking the Ryecroft Road bridge as they passed beneath.
Colas Rail Class 66 locomotive 66846 and Class 70 locomotive 70814
0Y70 15.24 Hinksey Sidings to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings
Ryecroft, Walsall, West Midlands
Halls of Heddon. This is an interesting cultivar as the newly opened blooms differ very much from the mature flower.
Colas Rail Class 70 diesel locomotive 70805 approaches Mill Lane, Ryecroft, at the head of Westbury to Bescot Up Engineers sidings freight working.
66749 with a new working from Cotton hill to Wellingbourgh the wagons had come empty from Tonbridge !
GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66735 "Peterborough United" approaches Mill Lane, on the approach to Ryecroft Junction, working 6M42 09.05 Avonmouth Hanson Sidings to Penyffordd Cement.
For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
George Gissing
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
This is Walsall station on a gloomy day in the mid 1960's a DMU is waiting to leave for Dudley and and electric class 304 is stabled in a siding on the far right. I can see no evidence of OHL equipment, was the class 304 brought in by diesel?
The DMU is a Gloucester RC & W class 100, it was allocated to Walsall (Ryecroft) and has the 2G code painted on the buffer beam, this code was first used in September 1963.
The goods yard has now been built over, the station has had a major re-build and both units are long scrapped.
Peter Shoesmith mid 1960's
Copyright John Whitehouse & Geoff Dowling; all rights reserved
14.4.2016. DRS Class 68 No 68016 'Fearless' leaves Walsall and approaches Ryecroft Junction with a lightly loaded Bescot - Toton working.
66150 DB RED @ RYECROFT BRIDGE , Castle Donnington with the 6X13 03.57 DOLLANDS MOOR - TOTON NORTH YARD New flow of Cartex, Friday 04th February 2022
Direct Rail Services Class 68 diesel-electro locomotives 68006 "Pride of the North" and 68002 "Intrepid" top and tail 6M63 1200 Bridgwater Freight Depot to Crewe Coal Sidings. The train is seen approaching Ryecroft Junction, Walsall.
Hemington, just east of Castle Donington, is a location that oddly enough I haven't visited before, well I would have gone when the power station was in full action but that coincided with 'stay at home' messages. The outbound train off the East Midlands Gateway branch ran early, so I made do with a Leeds - Southampton Freightliner. On the left is the base of 'I Need a Funfair', the company for all your funfair needs.
Class 103 Park Royal M50402 [probably coupled to 56158] leads as it gets away from Harlech in July 1982.
Allocations
w/e 17/5/58 new to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
May-58 Transferred to 3C (Ryecroft)
Jun-60 Depot code change21F
Sep-63 Depot code change2G
w/e 07/01/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
6/5/73 depot code changeCH
Dec-82 Withdrawn from CH (Chester).
As you can see it didn't have long left when this photo was taken!
With thanks to Railcar.co.uk for the allocation details.
Hemington, just east of Castle Donington, is a location that oddly enough I haven't visited before. This view was favoured in the late 20th century, the sun is 3/4 in the mornings and instead of the flat roof line of Marks & Spencers warehouse, you had the cooling towers of Castle Donington Power Station. 6D44 Bescot - Toton departmental.
The Mill Lane over bridge at Ryecroft Junction makes for a handy frame as 6Z30 Devonport Royal Dockyard to Crewe Coal Sidings gets underway after a signal check. 66304 and 66301 were in charge of a single KUA MODA double bogie wagon.
25327 rumbles over the junctions at Ryecroft north of Walsall with a pw train coming off the Cannock line. 1/4/1980. A new housing complex is being built.
DB Class 66 No 66020 approaches Ryecroft Road Bridge near East Midlands Gateway West Junction with the 1055 East Midlands Gateway TML DBC to Felixstowe North DBC service on 30th August 2024
Ratcliffe Power Station in the distance....
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