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* Masbrough
Seen passing south through the station on the Midland Main Line to Sheffield, at upper left, the one working I had noticed before arriving, it was shown to be having 2 locos on the move which, I had assumed, would be on the front, but no, it was 'top-and-tailed'. At the front GBRf 66740, 'Sarah' and with 66751, 'Inspiration Delivered - Hitachi Rail Europe' at the back on the 4M03, Doncaster Down Decoy to Peak Forest Cemex(GBRf) working with a rake of 19 Touax HYA Bogie Cement hoppers. The light engine which was waiting at signal S0425, still stands waiting, on its way north to Doncaster on the 0E69, Loughborough Brush to Doncaster Down Decoy working with class 57, 57305, ex-47822, and it is now waiting for clearance north due to an approaching Freightliner...
At upper right, now looking south-west towards Sheffield, the rear of the Cement train, with GBRf 66751, 'Inspiration Delivered - Hitachi Rail Europe', comes into view at the back of a rake of 19 Touax HYA Bogie Cement hoppers. The leading loco 66740, 'Sarah' has disappeared around the corner towards Holmes Junction. The 'Red Bull' public house, once 'The Tivoli Inn', is still extant, and looking the same as it ever has, since closure almost 10 years ago now, in 2015.
At lower left and right, with GBRf 57305 still standing at the north bound signal, the now once more, daily liner service from Leeds passes it by on the south-bound freight line along platform 4. GBRf 57305 will return through here in around 2 hours, hauling two bright green Barrier Translator Coaches, 975978 & 97574-
'Perpetiel', see-
www.departmentals.com/photo/975978name
and 'Paschar'-
www.departmentals.com/photo/975974name
Today, there's a Freightliner class 70 hauling the line train, also quite common now, on the 4O95, Leeds F.L.T. to the Southampton Marine Container Terminal, arriving just 9 mins later tonight at 21:00.
As the GBRf working, 0E69, with 57305 had been running around 40 mins early on departure from Loughborough, it had to wait time here for its allotted path and ended up leaving around 10mins after the Freightliner had passed south and no less than 8 scheduled passenger services passed through on the mainline to and from Sheffield, by then, 57305 was running just 10mins early...

* Masbrough
Had thought that after seeing what was to be seen at Tinsley, that would be that, but no, turned out that there were no less than 6 moves of interest at Masbrough Station, between around 13:00 and 15:30, though the next to last, 5M69 and the last, 5Z45, I didn't hang about for. These were respectively, the return from Doncaster of 57305, to be seen here, with 2 Barrier Translation Coaches, 975978 & 97574
'Perpetiel', see-
www.departmentals.com/photo/975978name
and 'Paschar'-
www.departmentals.com/photo/975974name
Following that just a few minutes later!, the blue Pulman HST set with 43049 and 43055, so bit of a catch there if prepared to hang around over 2 hours!
Here, in the upper left picture, a quite late running container trainer from the Newell & Wright Container depot at the old Masbrough Freight Depot; this facility was mentioned earlier in the pictures taken at Tinsley, regarding the HGV traffic outside the depot on Sheffield Road. In the is set, there are more than 20 container slowly heading for the north-end signal, S0425, at the old Masbrough Station. I guess it being 62 minutes late, has resulted in it missing its 'slot' through the lunchtime traffic at the station and on north, the passenger services being rather frequent from mid-day; it picked up some time and arrived in Felixstowe only 29mins late. This is the regular container service from N&W running usually just before mid-day, the 4L11 working with class 66, 66762 providing the power and passing the old 'BloodAxe' graffiti on the concrete wall, once the side of the the Masbrough Goods shed; the ex-Millmoor Football ground appears to persist!
At upper right, the signal still at red and will persist for some time as main-line services come and go and only just got away before the next light engine working arrived on the scene. The station walls have been repeatedly graffiti'd all the way along to this end and then painted over by Network Rail.. The driver had just got back in the cab from a trip over to the signal-post phone, though I missed this happening, there is a shot of him getting in the cab and shortly after, the train pulled away.
At lower left, just a few minutes behind the departing container train, a light engine which had been waiting at the signal around the corner, on its way north to Doncaster on the 0E69, Loughborough Brush to Doncaster Down Decoy working with class 57, 57305, ex-47822, being the motive power. This is the loco mentioned above which will return back through here in around 2 hours, hauling two bright green Barrier Translator Coaches, as detailed above.
At lower right, 57305 has come to a halt at S0425, and passing by, the one working I had noticed as it was shown to be having 2 locos on the move which, I had assumed, would be on the front, but no, it was 'top-and-tailed'. Leading the way through the station on the main line to Sheffield along the platform 2 line is GBRf class 66, 66740, 'Sarah' and with 66751, 'Inspiration Delivered - Hitachi Rail Europe' at the back on the 4M03, Doncaster Down Decoy to Peak Forest Cemex(GBRf) working with a rake of 19 Touax HYA Bogie Cement hoppers.