Bromshall Junction
Following the cessation of steel making at Shelton Steelworks (Etruria) in 1978; steel blooms were transported from Lackenby by a daily train, the overnight 6M78. Invariably a pair of Thornaby class 31's, they struggled rather up the bank past Uttoxeter.
Here 31123 & 31249 with an additional afternoon working (6Z78) struggle past Loxley Lane AHB Crossing (the former Bromshall junction - see www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/2129185270/in/set-72157...). The erstwhile Stafford & Uttoxeter Railway diverged to the right through the site of the p-way cabin.
As demand increased at Etruria, so did the length of the trains. pairs of 37's eventually took over followed by pairs of 37/5's and eventually class 60's with 56's on some of the shorter trains - all came to an abrupt end in 2000 with the inevitable closure of Shelton Bar Steelworks.
August 1985.
Bromshall Junction
Following the cessation of steel making at Shelton Steelworks (Etruria) in 1978; steel blooms were transported from Lackenby by a daily train, the overnight 6M78. Invariably a pair of Thornaby class 31's, they struggled rather up the bank past Uttoxeter.
Here 31123 & 31249 with an additional afternoon working (6Z78) struggle past Loxley Lane AHB Crossing (the former Bromshall junction - see www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/2129185270/in/set-72157...). The erstwhile Stafford & Uttoxeter Railway diverged to the right through the site of the p-way cabin.
As demand increased at Etruria, so did the length of the trains. pairs of 37's eventually took over followed by pairs of 37/5's and eventually class 60's with 56's on some of the shorter trains - all came to an abrupt end in 2000 with the inevitable closure of Shelton Bar Steelworks.
August 1985.