The Final "Royal Duchy" 2016
Due To Problems At The Midland Railway 46233 Was Unable To Haul The Tour And Was Replaced By 57314
02-10-16
The Cornishman
Thame Bridge Parkway - Penzance
D1015 running as D1071 Western Renown
17-09-16
BELMOND NORTHERN BELLE
Birmingham International to Penzance & Return
68001 - Evolution & 68022 - Resolution
NENTA's 'Plymouth Invader' Tour
47854 + Failed 47851 On 1Z68 Norwich To Plymouth
And The Return Home Back To Norwich, Now In Top & Tail Formation In Really Poor Light With A heavy Rain Storm Pending
West Somerset Steam Expres Returning To Paddington Hauled By 47580
The Royal Duchy Diesel Leg
Bristol To Taunton - Diesel hauled By 57316
07-08-16
Belmond Northern Belle
Swansea to Par
68017 Hornet tnt 68008 Avenger
And Back Home To Swansea............
The Torbay Express 24-07-16
Sadly 6100 failed it's FTR Exam This Week
And Was Replaced By 66093
Seen Passing Oath On The Somerset Levels
And The Return.........Cogload Farm
The Lakeland Explorer - 68003
ECS Move - Taunton Fairwater Yard To Eastleigh
17-07-16
The Herd of The Wildebeest Tour
73962 73963 T&T 73107 73128
1Z74 Paignton to London Waterloo
16-07-16
The Royal Scotsman Tour
66746 66743
At Westbury 12-07-16
The Royal Scotsman Tour
66743 66746
Through Oath On The Somerset Levels 12-07-16
The West Somerset Rambler 09-07-16
1Z62 Cardiff Central to Minehead West Somerset Railway
66732 GBRf The First Decade 1999-2009 John Smith MD
The Mazey Day Cornishman
66070 1Z50 Eastleigh -Penzance 25/06/16
(A double disappointment rubbish weather & a class 66 - whatever happened to the glorious heritage traction of a couple of years ago......... ?)
& The Return.......Through Cogload Junction
GBRf 'Tonbridge Trailblazer' Charter
73961 'Alison' & 73964 'Jeanette'
Ashford International - Weston-Super-Mare - Bishops Lydeard & Return
18-06-16
The Whistling Ghost
47237 47773 1Z73 Tyseley to Bishops Lydeard & Return
18-06-16
The Diesel Parts Of The Dartmouth Express 47245 & 47760
47245 tnt 47760 - Woking To Taunton (Creech St Michael)
47760 Bring Up The Rear.........
47760 On The Rear With 34052 Lord Dowding Blackening The Skies At The Front On The Way To Kingswear
47760 On The Rear On The Home Run To Westbury
Where 34052 Lord Dowding Was Removed And Then 47760 Worked Solo To Woking
Where 34052 Lord Dowding Was Removed And Then 47760 Worked Solo To Woking
47425 Left On "The Naughty Step" At Taunton After Suffering A Traction Failure
Northern Belle Swindon To Par
68016 'Fearless' top & tailed with 68017 'Hornet'
Through West Huntspill 04-06-16
And The Return.............Par To Swindon - Through Banklands
The Quantock Pullman 14-05-16
London Victoria to Minehead
59201 (Location Near Somerton Tunnel)
And The Return..............
******* Wizzo In The West *******
Western Challenger Tour
1Z52 0737 London Paddington to Okehampton.
Another Rainy Saturday Sees D1015 Running With different Numbers & Names As Normal -
Today D1058 Western Nobleman
Though Oath On The Somerset Levels. 07-05-16.
And The Return..............
Okehampton To Waterloo Seen At Crediton
"The Cornish Explorer"
Chester to Penzance
57315 57313 30-04-16
And The Return................
12-03-16
Tre Pol And Pen
1Z52 Euston to Plymouth Friary via Fowey Docks Etc.
66109 tnt 66117 Through Cogload Junction
Class 59s clock up 30 years20 February 2016 19:56:23
Aggregate Industries are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the class 59 locomotives by commissioning a special plaque, one of which will soon be attached to newly painted loco 59004. The plaque bears the inscription “30 years” and has a background of tiny photographs of members of staff associated with the 59s over the years.
The class 59s have been a great success and their story is now the stuff of legend. The tale begins in the early 1980s when Foster Yeoman had serious concerns about the reliability of the locomotives provided by British Rail to work the company's growing number of stone trains. The business entered into negotiations with BR to obtain permission to acquire and operate its own locos on the national rail network. On 16 November 1984 the contract for four locomotives that would become the first of BR's class 59 was signed by Foster Yeoman, General Motors and BR at La Grange, Illinois, in the USA. The locomotives were ready for shipment just before Christmas 1985, and on the 8 January 1986 began their ocean crossing to the UK. They arrived at Southampton Western Docks on 21 January and were unloaded the following day.
Once at Merehead, the four locomotives were commissioned by GM engineers before being towed to Derby for inspection and testing by BR's engineering development unit. On 29 January two of the locomotives returned to Merehead for further tests to assess performance. During these trials the 59s showed what they were capable of, one hauling a record-breaking load of 4,639 tonnes on 14 February. Following the successful conclusion of the trials the locomotives went into service on 17th February, hauling trains leaving the quarry for Eastleigh, Theale and Purfleet. Since then they have travelled millions of miles and hauled many millions of stone from Torr Works.
© Yeoman Link, 2013
Aggregate Industries are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the class 59 locomotives by commissioning a special plaque, one of which will soon be attached to newly painted loco 59004. The plaque bears the inscription “30 years” and has a background of tiny photographs of members of staff associated with the 59s over the years.
The class 59s have been a great success and their story is now the stuff of legend. The tale begins in the early 1980s when Foster Yeoman had serious concerns about the reliability of the locomotives provided by British Rail to work the company's growing number of stone trains. The business entered into negotiations with BR to obtain permission to acquire and operate its own locos on the national rail network. On 16 November 1984 the contract for four locomotives that would become the first of BR's class 59 was signed by Foster Yeoman, General Motors and BR at La Grange, Illinois, in the USA. The locomotives were ready for shipment just before Christmas 1985, and on the 8 January 1986 began their ocean crossing to the UK. They arrived at Southampton Western Docks on 21 January and were unloaded the following day.
Once at Merehead, the four locomotives were commissioned by GM engineers before being towed to Derby for inspection and testing by BR's engineering development unit. On 29 January two of the locomotives returned to Merehead for further tests to assess performance. During these trials the 59s showed what they were capable of, one hauling a record-breaking load of 4,639 tonnes on 14 February. Following the successful conclusion of the trials the locomotives went into service on 17th February, hauling trains leaving the quarry for Eastleigh, Theale and Purfleet. Since then they have travelled millions of miles and hauled many millions of stone from Torr Works.
© Yeoman Link, 2013