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37066 in BR Engineers Plain Grey livery is captured at Healey Mills having recently arrived from Castleton with a Civil Engineers working with redundant track.
Nikon 801
18/80mm/F2.8
250/F8
Agfachrome RS200
August 5th, 1986
Healey Mills
Class 37s 37042 (TE) and 37083 (GD) arrive with a tanker train from Lancashire. Behind is another Class 37, 37001 (later 37707). The Class 56 is either 56113 or 56125 which were both on shed that day.
Ref 12-06
This colour slide is not in very good condition, improved as best I can with Photoshop
Links: HM / Class 37 / Collections
66553 slowly reversing up the headshunt line. The box wagon contents seen piled up on the right.
Wider view of today at Noon in the Yard. 6Y20 from Doncaster in the yard with ballast wagons 26.02.25
66553 seen here in the new headshunt in the yard lunchtime today.
66553 & 66546 T&T 6Y20 0412 Doncaster Up Decoy to Horbury Up Goods Loop, then into the yard from loop.66546 was at the head of some auto ballast wagons up the westerly exit line, to the top left of photo. Just happened to be breaktime when I arrived.
EWS 37717 at rest at Healey Mills
Nikon 801
300mm/F4 with 1.4 x Converter
250/F8
Fuji Provia 100F
10 locos in all
The re-laid westerly exit from the yard. Close to being ready for use again at Healey Mills Yard. Needed a pic from here looking towards that exit line. Todays ballast train waiting after unloading all its ballast. 66518 & 66518 . 6Y27 0519 Doncaster Up Decoy to Horbury Up Goods Loop. Left later as 6Y27 1705 Healey Mills S.S. to Doncaster Up Decoy
Very Dull & damp 66506 & 66518 T&T 6Y24 Tyne SS - Horbury Goods Loop. + 66311 with 6E09 Biomass to Drax passing also. The engineers train the first train into the yard in more than a decade.
2012 Seacow's waiting their fate in the yard, eventually they where taken away. Found this on a hard drive from my old pc. thought it was worth saving.
More track laid, double section as expected on left, going to single under bridge. progress coming along.
Well sort of connected again, will need finishing off and joints made permanent either bolted of welded. we'll see. Update, has been used by several ballast trains into yard this week, 3 so far and another two this week 13/02/25
EWS 56096 has just pulled into the yard with the loaded "Binliner" from Bredbury (Stockport), where it will remain until its scheduled 3.00am departure for Roxby (Scunthorpe). HM Driver Walt Cavell who had brought the train into the yard informed me that the tank to the right of the image contained Anti-Freeze for the locos, which was probably not needed in the July when the image was taken.
Nikon F5
80/200mm/F2.8
1 Sec/F9 (Tripod)
Fuji Provia + 1 Stop
Work ongoing a bit more of late. looking busy on the ground.
66561 Hunslet yd to Crewe Basford hall, passing the soon to be New entrance into Healey Mills yard
Cracking on a bit now with things.
If you wait long enough, it all comes around again. After many years of no through service, we now have a Manchester - York service via Wakefield Kirkgate. After many years of closure, Healey Mills yard is coming back to life as a depot for LNER during the trans-pennine upgrade.
The 05:40 Wilton - Knowsley passes Healey Mills behind 66084. In the background is ballast laid out for the trackwork for the temporary LNER depot.
A different view of the exit route. a few months and we will see trains back in here hopefully.