69010 Tuebrook Sidings
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69010 Tuebrook Sidings
Heading just beyond Earlestown station, GB Railfreight loco 60021 'Penyghent' heads towards Liverpool having travelled from the Settle and Carlisle line via Golborne and Lowton Junctions. It travels westbound, hauling the 6F69 loaded aggregates train from Ribblehead Virtual Quarry to Tuebrook Sidings.
Having been in the area to provide assistance to loaded biomass trains out of Liverpool docks, GB Railfreight Class 69 loco 69010 got a rare opportunity to venture away from the Bootle Branch, as it took the helm of one of the aggregate trains to Ashton-in-Makerfield. Here, the loco heads west at Huyton with the 6F65 return empty train, heading back to Tuebrook Sidings.
60096
Taken from my brother Tom's digital collection.
66777 Tuebrook Sidings
802213, 69010, & 66786 Tuebrook Sidings
9M09 09:02 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street
56098 Tuebrook Sidings
60026 Tuebrook Sidings
Tuebrook Sidings
2C25 17:38 Wigan North Western to Liverpool Lime Street & 1B83 14:24 Cleethorpes to Liverpool Lime Street
While loaded aggregate flows from Tuebrook Sidings tend come in two halves, the second flow ran with a less than challenging load for a Class 60 locomotive. GB Railfreight loco 60026 'Helvellyn' approaches Garswood with its three wagons, hauling the 6F63 loaded trip towards Ashton-in-Makerfield
Whilst locomotive swaps often take place when engines need transferring from Tuebrook Sidings for maintenance, they usually occur during weekends. Here on a sunny Thursday morning, GB Railfreight locos 60026 'Helvellyn' and 60095 'Whernside' approach Huyton as they head light from Tuebrook to Doncaster, where they would head onward to Toton.
GBRf Class 66 "Shed" No: 66734 'Platinum Jubilee' + Class 60 No: 60002 "Graham Farish" are seen while passing through Mossley with 0E60 Tuebrook Sidings - Doncaster Down Decoy GBRf Loco for Repair Move - 25th August 2024
GBRf Class 60 "Tug" No: 60002 "Graham Farish" is seen D.I.T behind GBRf Purple 66734 while hitching a lift on 0E60 from Tuebrook Sidings - Doncaster Down Decoy while passing through Mossley GBRf Loco for Repair Move - 25th August 2024
After travelling to Shap Quarry overnight to collect more aggregates bound for Ashton-in-Makerfield, GB Railfreight loco 60002 approaches Huyton Junction the following morning. It leads the 6F67 aggregate train from Tuebrook Sidings to Ashton, carrying the first half of the load from Shap Quarry.
Passing through Huyton station, GB Railfreight Class 60 loco 60002 'Graham Farish' heads westbound toward the setting sun from Prescot. It had taken over from 60047 on the Tuebrook aggregate circuit, hauling the 6F65 empty aggregates train from Ashton-in-Makerfield to Tuebrook Sidings.
Kept busy on moving aggregate trains in and out of Tuebrook Sidings, GB Railfreight Class 60 loco 60047 'Scafell Pike' approaches Huyton station with a loaded train. Still awaiting a repaint, the loco heads towards St Helens Cdntral on the 6F67 morning train to Ashton-in-Makerfield.
With GB Railfreight Class 60s having been cascaded from biomass trains in the Liverpool area to working trains out of Rylstone Quarry, one of the fleet has remained to work on the aggregates trains in and out of Tuebrook Sidings. Heading east through Huyton, 60047 'Scafell Pike' heads towards Prescot hauling the 6F67 loaded train from Tuebrook Sidings to Ashton-in-Makerfield.
69001 Tuebrook Sidings