The Flickr 185144 Image Generatr

Transpennine Express Class 185s 185118 and 185144 at Grangetown Junction, 28 February 2025.

TransPennine Express Class 185 waits to depart with 1B92 1919 to Cleethorpes.

1K24 Hull (15:03) to Liverpool Lime Street (17:34).

Newton-le-Willows
22 December 2024

Yet another treat this last week, last Monday it was the Colas RHTT which had had a class 66 removed for wheel turning in Crewe and a class 56, 'Grid', 56105, substituted for the SOuth Yorkshire RHTT and that's been running all week, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/54137081208/
Today on an 'STP', 'Short Term Path' working, 5Z06, went in very early and was 'activated' at 06:49, all good news as this usually means the service will run, and it did. The '5' in the 5Z06 headcode is reserved for coaching stock moves and in this instance, that usually means a loco, or two, with some form of test coach set, in this case it was the single green liveried inspection coach, 'Caroline, 975025. It has been a good long while since I was last in this area and, as it turned out, it was the passage of a steam charter, the 'Hope Valley Centenarian' on the 3rd of November, 2019, just over 5 years ago, with a double headed 'Black 5' pair, 44871 & 45409, see the two videos here-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/49018891738/
and departing-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/49018888723/
and with a few still shots, shown here-
www.flickr.com/photos/daohaiku/49019612642/
Not to much has changed in this area other than the completion of a large housing development, right next to the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, to the south-east over beyond the station. All the derelict land which was once used by the traditional, and very dirty industries in this area, has now been used up by housing.. there is now continuous habitation all along the S&SYN, all the way south to Kilnhurst...
Running around 10 minutes early after leaving York, the set rapidly came south and at one point, on the way over here, leaving it a bit late to set off, it looked like I may well just miss this working passing through Swinton Station. It lost 9 minutes of the headway and ended up being signal-checked just north of Moorthorpe Junction, awaiting passage of a slightly late Cross Country set from Edinburgh, the 1V54 with 220007 220024 heading for Plymouth; so a little time in hand to enjoy some passenger traction passing through the station on this warmish mid-day..
At left, coming along south from Moorthorpe, three minutes later, 'Loram Track & Maintenance Services' are operating their class 37, 37418, ex-D6971, 'An Comunn Gaidhealach', pushing the inspection saloon, 975025, 'Caroline' south to Derby R.T.C. on the 5Z06 working. There doesn't look to be many 'inspectors' aboard and in fact whilst watching the loco be 'readied' in the sidings at York Station, I didn't see anyone get aboard other than the 2 driving crewe. Both the coach and loco look very good in the low, bright, and troublesome, sunlight...
At right, now running on time, the set was due to pause for about 8 minutes at the station, but, it didn't, robbing me of a quick foray onto the platform to get a better shot of the 37, so this view had to do. There were just 3-4 folk about showing any interest and in this instance, the awful blue footbridge helped to block some of the stark over-head sunlight, making this shot redeemable in Lightroom. There's a double-yellow on S0464, which looks like its going to be slowed up a bit by the Cross Country Voyager, ahead in the next section, so the 8 minutes it picked up again buy not stopping in the station was lost further south. It arrived at Derby R.T.C. a few minutes late at 13:08..

After the Inspection Coach, 'Caroline', had been pushed on south by 'Loram Track & Maintenance Services' class lass 37, 37418, the timetable showed there was now 3 other trains of interest about to pass north and south through the station. As it was a Friday lunchtime and a day in the working week, then the liner trains to and from the south pass along the MIdland line here either coming from, or going too, the two terminals ion the Rotherham area; the Masbrough Newell & Wright Depot and/or their Depot in Tinsley Yard which also accommodates similar moves by Freightliner. In the this mosaic of 4 pictures we have at-
Upper left. Freightliner 66528, 'Madge Elliot MBE', on the 4L85, Tinsley Intermodal Term to Felixstowe North F.L.T move
Upper right. Freightliner 66528 crossing over the up main line to head north through Mexborough and Doncaster, then on south to Felixstowe.
Also in this picture, one of the 7 passenger moves, this one a Northern class 150, 150210, on the 2R25, Adwick to Sheffield service,
ready to pull into platform 3 at the station.
Lower left. Five minutes later and over on platform 1, another liner working from the south, this time GBRf with 66740, 'Sarah' on the mid-day 4L11, Masbrough Newell & Wright Depot also south to Felixstowe, but now the North(GBRf) terminal. Both this and the containers hauled by Freightliner, were long trains, getting on for around 40 I would estimate, I didn't count them this time though...
Lower right. A very close view of the containers rattling along and passed the north-bound signal, S0461, the 'S' now superfluous as all these signal are controlled from the York, 'Railway Operating Centre' just next to the station, the lit divergence 'feather' atop the signal had also changed aspect by this time. The turn-out speed across the junction onto the north-bound line through Mexborough, is 30m.p.h. for freight and 40m.p.h for passenger stock.

Swinton Interchange, passenger & freight workings, in order of passage, during the 30 minute visit!. One freight listed here, with a short rake of new rail panels and not shown here, passed south just after the 1st liner train, this was Freightliner 66565 on the regular lunchtime working, 6M73, Doncaster Up Decoy to Toton North Yard...

1P. NT. Scarborough 1J44 Sheffield 170454
2P. TP. Liverpool Lime Street 1B72 Cleethorpes 185131 185144
3P. NT. Sheffield 2R24 Adwick 150270
4P. NT. Leeds 2N10 Sheffield 158787
5P. NT. Sheffield 2N13 Leeds 1139 150001
6P. XC. Edinburgh 1V54 Plymouth 220007 220024
7F. LOR. 'Loram Rail' 'Network Rail' York Parcels Sidings 5Z06 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail)
37418, ex-D6971, 'An Comunn Gaidhealach' 975025 'Caroline'
8F FL. Tinsley Intermodal Term 4L85 Felixstowe North F.L.T. 66528 'Madge Elliot MBE'
9P. NT. Adwick 2R25 Sheffield 150210
10F. FL. Doncaster Up Decoy 6M73 Toton North Yard 66565
11F. GB. Masborough N&W(Gbrf) 4L11 Felixstowe North(Gbrf) 66740 'Sarah'

185129 + 185144 - Doncaster

1B68 0719 Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes

On an ECS working, 5E70 (1525 Liverpool Lime Street to Huddersfield).

1B81 1324 Cleethorpes to Liverpool Lime Street

1B81 1324 Cleethorpes to Liverpool Lime Street

1B88 1719 Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes

Transpennine Express Class 185s 185127 and 185144 at Eaglescliffe, 29 April 2024.

After the coal train departed around the corner by the side of the Biomass plant, now 18 minutes late, the Empty Coaching Stock move from Knottingley didn't set out straight away but was 16 minutes late, maintaining the time difference between the 2 workings. So, at the top of the hour, with a red D.B.S. class 66 in charge, a set of mixed livery coaches heads south once again along the platform 4 'goods' line through the Masbrough Station site. This is 66107 with a rake of 5 coaches-
* M9525: BR InterCity Mk2E Brake Open Standard Coach
* M35469: BR Mk 1 Brake Corridor Second built 1963. Chocolate & Cream
* 3336: Anglia MkII livery, the type of which Network Rail have used, repainted in canary yellow, in their 'Test Train' sets as the 'Radio Survey Coach'
M6054: BR Mk 2f Tourist Second Open built 1973. BR Rail Blue and Pearl Grey
E6158: BR Mk 2f Tourist Second Open Riviera Trains.
Makes a fine show passing through the station with, for comparison, a more modern version of coaches used on Cross Country services, this time its class 220, 'Voyager', 220033, on the 20-station stop, almost 9 hour, 1V52, Edinburgh to Plymouth service. I have been informed that these 5 coaches have been converted and toilets installed, and this is the last of the bunch so Knottingley is now clear of E.C.S. stock, so in this instance, this _was_ the last day for this type of move... (thanks to Marcus for the 'gen'). Passing south with a smart red D.B.S. at the front, 66107, this is the 5Z45, Knottingley T.M.D. to Burton-on-Trent, Wetmore Sidings, E.C.S. move all looking rather splendid in the lighting conditions present and a small band of 'enthusiasts' to chat too... Cooked breakfast was awaiting however, so, that's the lot..

A chance finding by viewing various Flickr sites and finding the last regular coal working in the UK is about to come to an end, this last week looked like it was the end but since last Thursday it now appears there is to be one or two more before the _actual_ final day on Friday June 28th. It also looks as if there will be a commemoration of this event, 'The Last Coal to Power Station' move, there still being coal moves from Immingham via Scunthorpe to Earles Sidings, providing coal deliveries to the Castleton Cement Works; one, 6M83, ran on Monday 10th June, hauled by a DBS loco with 1600 tonnes of coal. As usual now for my picture material, an attempt is made to try and portray a short, or sometimes long, story relating to what is happening in the scene and these two sets of 3-part mosaics are no exception; the 'Window on the Past' series follows this tennet more extensively. On this day, Thursday, June 13, 1 week away from the longest day!, two interesting traction working were passing through the area within 15mins or so of each other, both taking the 'Old Road' south, the first to Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station and the second, to Burton-on-Trent, Wetmore Sidings; places which in themselves, spark interest.
At upper left passing along the platform 4 'goods' line, and today running about 20 mins late, at first putting it closer to the next arrival, but that turned out to be late too, is class 66, GBRf, 66781(was 66016), 'Darius Cheskin' running on the 6M61, Immingham H.I.T. to Ratcliffe Power Station with a rake of 24, full, HTA-E Coal Hoppers. The coal the UK requires, and that's not much anymore, now comes from abroad and passes through a handling terminal in Hull, the 'Humber (coal etc)Import Terminal'. The last coal train I photographed turned out to be ... this one over a year ago on March 7th, also here at Masbrough, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/52736355583/
with the same GBRf loco and a full coal train. A notable one almost 2 years before that, on 10th August, 2021 was a move along the S.Y.J.R. at Anston Wood, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/51374188004/
and part of the narrative from that time, '... G.B.R.f 66784 is on the continuing, for 1 more day, 6B70, Immingham H.I.T. to West Burton Power Station with a rake of full, 23 HTA Bogie Coal Hopper Wagons for stock-piling at West Burton...'. The plant ended generation on 31 March 2023. But better news followed, '...After it was first listed as a candidate in June 2021, on 3 October 2022, the site was announced as the planned location for the first nuclear fusion power plant to be built under the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme...'
It had been indicated that this was the last week coal-to-power station would run, the last move on the day following looked to have been cancelled, but ended up setting off over two hours late and in fact wasn't the last run, one has run today, June 17th. The actual end of this working is slated to be 28th June when a special service will run, with headboard, announcing the last coal train running in the UK, see-
www.itv.com/news/central/2024-06-04/i-bleed-ratcliffe-wha...
and-
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-68912006
It has to be mentioned however that a coal train does currently run in this area, relatively frequently and that is the, once a week, 6M83, operated by DBS on a Monday, taking about the same quantity of coal seen here, to Earles Sidings on the Hope Valley line, for onward transport to the Castleton Cement Works. This coal train sets off from Immingham at 05:09 on 6D39 with a load of 2200 tonnes and arrives in Scunthorpe T.C. at 06:55, though on this week's run it was 27 minutes late. From Scunthorpe, after unloading some of the coal there, it sets off once more, now with 1600 tonnes on the 6M63 at 06:48, though this week it was delayed by 52 minutes and arrived in the Hope Valley at 10:03, just 9 minutes late, the 45 minute wait in the Brightside Sidings, having not taken place; it is not likely this move will cease anytime soon...
To the left of the approaching coal train along the down passenger platform 2 line, is a T.P.E. unit, class 185, 185144 on the hourly Cleethorpes to Liverpool Lime St. service, this one, 1B71.
I the lower picture, 'Old' meets 'New' as a long rake of coal wagons passes the 1Mega-Watt Templeborough Biomass Power Station generating electricity for the local area, there is a further, similar, power station further along the Lower Don Valley near Tinsley Viaduct, at Blackburn Meadows, this one generating 30Mega-Watts of power..

Transpennine Express Class 185 185144 and 185127 at Eaglescliffe, 29 April 2024.

185107 & 185144 pause at Leeds working the 1P76 1351 Saltburn to Manchester Victoria TPE service on 2nd May 2024

Der gefährliche Ort - Uhlerborn:-) Auf dem Weg nach Süden wird man da öfters reingestellt, wenn Mainz-Bischofsheim noch nicht so weit ist (z.B. kein Ablöser da) oder von hinten etwas "Wichtigeres" drückt. So war das auch diesmal. Ich habe aber diese "Pause" für ein paar Bildaufnahmen genutzt.

Auf dem Weg nach Mainz-Bischofsheim. Zwischenstopp zwischen Abzweig Kostheim Ost und Abzweig Kaiserbrücke Ost.

The low winter sun reflects off the smooth side of 185144 as it heads north through Ulleskelf with a service for York, 4th March 2010.

185144 & 185136 Batley
1P73 11:44 Manchester Airport to Saltburn