Photo EWS Class 66086 UK Diesel Loco and Coal Hopper Train 2004

Class 66086 EWS Diesel Locomotive Didcot Parkway

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

EWS Freight, Class 66086 diesel loco hauling a long rake of 102 tonne coal hopper wagons, photographed about to enter Didcot station on a bright summer's day in 2004.

UK Diesel locomotive Class 66086 was built in April 1999 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)

The three remaining Didcot Power Station cooling towers, seen top right of photo, were demolished in August 2019.

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Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '502' image)

Class 66044 at Northampton

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66187 at Wellingborough

Class 66206 at Northampton

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66509 at Wellingborough

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66717 at Wellingborough

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s Wellingborough

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Photo Class 50036 'Victorious' UK Diesel Loco in BR Blue Livery 1989

Class 50026 Diesel Locomotive 'Victorious', Shrub Hill Station

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

UK British Rail diesel locomotive Class 50036, bearing the nameplate 'Victorious' after a Royal Navy aircraft-carrier, stands in BR Blue livery at Shrub Hill station, Worcester, in May 1989, after pulling in with a rake of Network South East liveried coaches.

Although Class 50036 - original numberD436 -  was out-shopped in standard blue livery, it did in fact carry two other liveries; large logo BR blue, and BR blue with grey roof.

The Class 50 locomotives were dubbed with the nickname 'Hoovers' due to their shape and the noise they made whilst in operation.  However, others maintain that the nickname was in fact attached to the 50's by staff at Paddington station.  

50036 'Victorious' was named on the 16th May 1978.

On the 10th May 1987, the loco had the 'honour' of operating the final loco-hauled service from Paddington to Worcester.

Class 50036 was withdrawn from service on the 12th March 1991 and scrapped at Booth-Roe scrapyard , Rotherham, in July 1992.

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Photo Brush BR Ruston Class 56302 Diesel Loco Wolverton 1980s

Class 56302 Diesel Locomotive, Wolverton Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Class 56302 diesel locomotive, in Fastline livery, thunders through Wolverton station, on the West Coast Mainline, with a freight train of containers.

The locomotive was built by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) at Doncaster Works and the whole fleet of 135 Class 56s were built between 1976 and 1984.

Class 56302 is seen passing through Wolverton station in the 1980s.




Wolverton railway station historical note:
It was at Wolverton railway station in Buckinghamshire, on the 9th September 1845, that bare-knuckle fighter, Bendigo, stepped from a carriage of a London & Birmingham Railway train surrounded by a horde of his supporters.

His destination was the nearby town of Newport Pagnell where it was arranged that he would take part in an illegal fight with Ben Court.

At the last possible moment, for various reasons, the venue was switched to the village of Lillington Lovell, 4 miles north of Buckingham.


The match went ahead with Bendigo being heralded the winner after 96 gruelling rounds.

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Photo Class 66717 GBRF Diesel Loco Wellingborough 2014

Class 66717 Freight Loco, Wellingborough 

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

General Motors EMD Class 66717 diesel locomotive, in GBRF Freight livery and carrying the name 'Good Old Boy', passes through Wellingborough station on the freight-only line heading towards Bedford in June 2014.

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Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '502' image)

Class 66044 at Northampton

Class 66086 at Didcot

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66187 at Wellingborough

Class 66206 at Northampton

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66509 at Wellingborough

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s Wellingborough

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Photo Class 66206 EWS General Motors Diesel Loco Northampton

EWS Class 66206 Freight Loco

Photo: Charles Moorhen

Using the Rugby to Northampton loop line, General Motors EMD Class 66206 diesel locomotive, in EWS Freight livery, enters Northampton station heading south hauling a train of motor vehicles.

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Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '66502' image)

Class 66044 at Northampton

Class 66086 at Didcot

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66187 at Wellingborough

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66509 at Wellingborough

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66717 at Wellingborough

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s Wellingborough

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Photo Class 66044 General Motors EMD EWS Diesel Loco Northampton 2014

Class 66044 EWS Diesel Loco, Northampton Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

Running north on the up line, General Motors EMD Class 66044 in English, Welsh & Scottish Railway livery spotted passing through Northampton station in 2014.

Class 66 diesel locomotive, Class 66044, was built in December 1998 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and allocated to Toton TMD (Notts.).

At the time that this photo was taken Northampton station was still in the process of reconstruction, as can be seen by the temporary footbridge above the train.

Finished its operations for the day a London Midland Trains Class 350 stands on the station sidings in the background.

The new, modernised Northampton station was opened on the 12th January 2015, three months later than its proposed date.

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Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '66502' image)

Class 66086 at Didcot

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66187 at Wellingborough

Class 66206 at Northampton

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66509 at Wellingborough

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66717 at Wellingborough

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s Wellingborough

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Freightliner Diesel Locomotive Class 66509 Wellingborough 2015 Photos

Class 66509 Freightliner Diesel Loco, Approaches Wellingborough Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen

General Motors EMD Class 66509 diesel loco in Freightliner livery, as it approaches Wellingborough station from Kettering heading towards Bedford, after passing under Mill Road bridge on the 28th July 2015

Class 66509 was built in June 2000 and allocated to Leeds Midland Road TMD.

Close-Up of Freightliner diesel locomotive Class 66509
Photo: Charles Moorhen  

Class 66509 Approaching Wellingborough Station 
 Photo: Charles Moorhen   

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Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '66502' image)

Class 66044 at Northampton

Class 66086 at Didcot

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66187 at Wellingborough

Class 66206 at Northampton

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66717 at Wellingborough

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s at Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s at Wellingborough

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DB Cargo Class 66130 Diesel Loco Waits For Green Light Banbury 2018

Class 66130 DB Cargo Diesel Loco, Banbury Train Station

Photo: Charles Moorhen 

 

DB Cargo diesel locomotive Class 66/0 66130, built in July 1999 and allocated to Toton TMD (Notts), waits at a red light, while heading towards Oxford at around 22:40 hrs., for a number of timetabled Chiltern Railways DMU's to clear the line at Banbury station on 13th April 2018.

This image, and the one below, was one of the hardest that I have ever tried to capture.  The available light was minimal to say the least.  To the naked eye it seemed as though it was not much better than candlelight.  I'd left my tripod in the car and knew that if I went back to collect it, Class 66130 would be gone by the time I returned to the platform.

With no other options left open to me I decided to try for a hand-held shot.  At the far end of the platform there was nothing to support the camera on, so it was a matter of hold and pray.

I set my Nikon D3200 to 6400 ISO, a shutter speed of 1/30th of a second and an f-stop of 5.6.  Not an ideal combination, but better than nothing...if it worked.

I manually focussed, as naturally the auto focus would not operate in this amount of light, tucked my elbows into my sides, held my breath and pressed the shutter button.  

Looking at the screen after taking the photo I wondered if, with a bit of editing, I might, with a lot of luck, be able to produce some sort of passable image.

As it turned out things were not too bad in the end.  

After an hour of messing about with the editing, (not my favourite pastime) I ended up with a picture that, apart from the amount of film grain and noise, I was reasonably happy to have - given the circumstances.

Next time I'll try to remember to take my tripod with me!

DB Cargo Class 66130 at Banbury 2018   Photo: Charles Moorhen

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Class 60016 Brush Mirrlees 'Rail Magazine' EWS Diesel Loco Didcot 2004

Class 60016 EWS Diesel Loco on Didcot Sidings

Photo: Charles Moorhen   

On my first ever spotting trip to Didcot railway station, Oxfordshire, on the 6th October 2004, I was lucky enough to photograph a good number of locomotives such as Class 66s, Class 67's, a Class 37, a couple of Class 57's, as well as Class 43s and a number of Chiltern Railways DMUs.  

Unfortunately, for some reason or other, the majority of the images taken at the time were lost. Though a few did survive.  

Amongst the survivors were Class 66086 and Class 66237; plus the image above of EWS Class 60016 diesel locomotive.  

It wasn't until a little later that I discovered I had actually photographed the scruffy-looking 60016 with its 'Rail Magazine' nameplate (previously the loco had carried the name 'Langdale Pikes') which it would carry for only one more month before being renamed 'Pathfinder Tours 30 Years of Railtouring 1973-2003'.

Class 60016 was built on 9/2/93 at Brush Traction, Loughborough.

Photo: Charles Moorhen

 

UPDATE at time of writing: 
Following the 500th issue of 'Rail' magazine, Class 60016 was renumbered 60500 and stands on a 'scrap' line at Toton Maintenance Depot/Toton Sidings.

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