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Out looking for the northern lights (which didn't show) I took a long exposure of a passing car with the rising Moon in the background. Taken with NightCap. Light Trails mode, 5.21 second exposure, 1/3s shutter speed.
60006 'Scunthorpe Ironmaster' heading East at Melton Ross with Ore empties on Thurs 27th August 1998.
100ASA slide scan.
Got a bit lucky or unlucky depending on your point of view with this one. 60066 is seen at Thorne Junction with 6N38 1843 Scunthorpe to Lackenby, whilst 158855 photobombs going the other way with 2C74 1905 Doncaster to Goole. 22nd May 2021.
During the recent 1Z10 organised tour of the Scunthorpe Steelworks site, some excellent and unusual run past opportunities were organised, here coupled to a number of Billet Wagons 0-6-0ST No 3 "Cranford" comes into position ready for the merry group to continue the Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society Steelworks tour.
14th March 2020
Deep within the steelworks complex at Scunthorpe taken from the back of a guards van on the high level section of the works rail network.
It was as industrial a photo as you could take with the steam from one of the 3 blast furnaces rising in the background.
The industrial loco number 5 seldom leaves the high level lines.
During the summer I spent an evening alongside the North Lincolnshire Main line somewhere between Scunthorpe and Doncaster, just as the sun sets I caught 60092 heading into the setting sun with a steel train for Teesside.
60092 6N73 20:35 Scunthorpe to Lackenby
This shot featured in this YouTube Video, youtu.be/XbGKKpkTWuw
13th July 2022
0-6-0ST No 3 "Cranford" under repair before use on a Steel Works tour. Restored and operated by the Appleby Frodsham Railway Preservation Society which has its shed and workshops within the Scunthorpe Steel Works complex and gives tours at weekends for the public
The locomotive was built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1924 for the Staveley Coal and Iron Company and is now in their livery. It finished its working life at Cranford ironstone quarry in Northamptonshire.
Happy to report that the repairs were completed for the afternoon running session after there had been a diesel substitution in the morning
A pair of class 20's nos. 20044 & 20025 pass through Scunthorpe with a steel train on 31st August 1988.
It's that time of the year, the daffodils are almost gone, the pink blossom is on the trees and in the woodlands of the UK - the bluebells are out in their millions.
Recently overhauled and repainted into its Teenage Cancer Trust colours 60074 still looks ex works as it heads through Abbotswood Junction with 6V40 04:25 Scunthorpe - Cardiff empty steel on 25th Feb 2012.
Cooling plant and a Braithwaite modular water tank outside the Caster No.5 building at Scunthorpe steelworks.
The Braithwaite company dates back to 1884 under the name of Braithwaite and Kirk at Crown Bridge Works, West Bromwich. Today the business continues as part of the Rowecord Group. www.braithwaite.co.uk/
EWS retro repaint 56006 arrives at Scunthorpe to run round 7C75 10.44 Immingham-Scunthorpe loaded MGR on 10/10/03, during its final weeks in traffic, being withdrawn on 1st December 2003.
After the National Railway Museum turned down the offer by EWS for this historic loco (the first class 56 in traffic) it survived long enough to enter preservation with the Class 56 Group in 2012.
PENTAX 67, PENTAX SMC 105mm, Fujichrome PROVIA 100F
22.10.2021.
GBRf liveried Class 66 No 66795 takes the avoiding line round Scunthorpe station with 6E57, the 04.10 Renwick Road Biffa - Scunthorpe Roxby Gullett loaded waste.
Bombus terrestris, the Buff-tailed Bumblebee or Large Earth Bumblebee, is one of the most numerous bumblebee species and is one of the main species used in greenhouse pollination. The queen is monandrous which means she mates with only one male. B. terrestris workers learn flower colours and forage efficiently.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Bombus
Species: B. terrestris
Common Name: Buff-tailed Bumblebee
As the clouds started to break up we were treated to a wonderful view of the northern lights here in north west Lincolnshire. Standing over my usual vantage point of the M181 motorway just outside Scunthorpe - this view gives me the traffic trails on my long exposure photos - and it's only a minutes drive from my house...
This was the best display of the aurora from my town for a very long time. Recent sightings have been rather faint or totally blocked out by clouds. On this instance, all came together nicely.
Under dynamic skies, EWS liveried 66158 approaches New Barnetby in charge of 4C73, the 13.39 empties from Scunthorpe BSC to Immingham Bulk Terminal.
This Willowbrook bodied Leyland Leopard is seen in the gloom of Scunthorpe bus station. Some people say the best way to see Scunny is in the dark ... I say the best way to see it is in the rear-view mirror.
With only a few months left in service, 56104 gets away from Scunthorpe's Trent Yard with the 6M07 Roxby to Pendleton Bins
October 2003
Scunthorpe - GBRF 66785 works 4R79 Doncaster Down Decoy - Immingham with a rake of empty coal wagons, destined to be loaded at the docks.
66550 runs round empty tipplers to form the 6K21 08.20 Scunthorpe Ore Plant to Immingham Dock empties on the last day of Freightliner operating these services - DB resumed on March 15th 2020.
Above the wagons are the cooling towers of the on site power station, above the loco are the blast furnaces.
Our brake van tour of Scunthorpe Steelworks was great and gave a fascinating insight to the plant and provided some amazing photo opportunities. As if that wasn't enough our hosts hooked up 4 Billet wagons and did a couple of run pasts. What a treat, and it was fantastic to see the ex industrial 0-6-0 called Cranford (Built by the Avonside Engine Company in 1924) doing what she was built to do.
I wasn't sure how to present this shot. The lighting and livery made it extremely difficult to balance.
I opted for this black and white offering as it seemed more natural and authentic.
Big thanks to the crew for accommodating us.
After watching loaded Ore arrive at Scunthorpe Steelworks, I thought I had plenty of time to find an interesting composition for the empty departure, not this time though.
After a quick turnaround and only 20 minutes after arrival 66525 gets underway 25 minutes early with the returning empties back to Immingham.
66525 running as 6K27 18:42 Scunthorpe Ore Terminal - Immingham.
10th July 2019
This is Church Lane, Scunthorpe after the snow on the last day of February 2018. This is just after noon and I was on a mission to get some snow photos - for the first winter in many years - before I had to head off to work later in the afternoon.
22.10.2021.
DRS liveried Class 66 No's 66426 and 66423 work 3S14, the Grimsby - York Thrall RHTT.
Seen here approaching Scunthorpe station.
Following on from yesterday's shot of a short consist 6M18 at Long Eaton, this week's Saturday double helping goes even shorter, posing the question...."was it really worth it?"!...............
Secondly, GBRf's 'aggregates' liveried 66711 'Sence' passes Trowell Junction with a one wagon 6O01, the 10.18 departure from Scunthorpe Trent to Eastleigh East Yard.
22.10.2021.
DB Cargo Class 66 No 66130 creeps round the bend with 6D61, the Roxby - Rossington empties.
Hopefully, the future outlook for the workforce at Scunthorpe is somewhat more promising and stable than in recent times and the new owners allow them to demonstrate their capabilities.
An image taken during a photo charter around the British Steel Scunthorpe facility. Thanks to AFRPS and British Steel for their hospitality during this event.
11th March 2017
Like many others, I went to Scunthorpe for the 20s, which turned back at Barnetby. However, I had a good session, with quite a bit of freight. Here we see 66130 on the 6D61 Roxby-Rossington, 22.10.21.