Retford-29.3.10 (Monday)

Waited 3 hours at Thrumpton Lane hoping to see a test train-no joy, just the one coal train.

66509 10.15E

Grove Road crossing:

66530 4L85 Doncaster-Felixstowe 12.45

Nikon D40

Clarborough-26.3.10

A couple of shots on the way home from work. Canon G7, iso200

Retford-24.3.10

Seeing this in the loop, I managed to get a shot from the road bridge at Sutton.

Canon G7, iso200.

Retford-22.3.10 (Monday)

Pretty slow on the low level line again today:

Pics shot today on Fuji 6500fd at iso 400/800

66706 coal 11.55E

66170 6E84 Middleton Towers-Barnby Dun 12.35

66577 4L85 Doncaster Railport-Felixstowe 12.55

Pics can be found here

Retford-15.3.10 (Monday)

Rushey sidings 11.00-12.20

66525 coal 12.13W

Gamston

66189 6E84 Middleton Towers-Barnby Dun

91125 le 12.54N

66538 4L85 Doncaster Railport-Feloxstowe 12.55

A few more pics here.

Retford-8.3.10 (Monday)

Decided to shoot everything on my Canon G7 today. ISO settings were either 100 or 200 which give good clean results.

Caledonian Road footbridge was the first port of call for an hour, then over to the footbridge over the main line.

66118 6D16 Cottam-Ferrybridge gypsum in open box wagons 11.10

66193 coal 11.32W

66704 coal 12.00E

Annoyingly I just missed getting a shot of 2 class 321 EMUs heading north on the main line

66582 4L85 Doncaster Railport-Felixstowe 12.43

NMT 1Q07 Heaton-Ferme Park 13.30

A nice surprise when First Capital Connect liveried 321404 came south at 13.35

66095 6E84 Middleton Towers-Barnby Dun running a good 90 mins late at 14.20

More pics here

Rushey sidings-22.2.10 (Monday)

Had a foul cold today, so an hour sitting in the car next to the level crossing was enough.

66512 coal 11.10W
66704 coal 11.32E
66612 coal 12.10W

More pics here

Retford-19.2.10 (Friday)

Half term week so I decided to have a longer spell at Retford today. Nice sunny day.

67029 & 67002 Kings Cross-Stanhope charter 9.55-10.03
Track machine 10.25S
66xxx gypsum 11.29 - missed it
66147 4L45 Wakefield-Felixstowe 11.42
66xxx Fl coal 11.54E
66566 4E22 Felixstowe-Leeds 12.16
66173 6E84 Middleton Towers-Barnby Dun 12.35
66593 4L85 Doncaster-Felixstowe 12.50
66514 coal 13.46W
66556 coal 14.58E

Went to the footbridge connecting the golf course for some shots and also investigated Clarborough tunnel.

More pics here.

Retford-8.2.10 (Monday)

I re-discovered a location that I'd taken some shots at about 20 years ago on a footbridge down Caledonian Road. Quite a decent spot.

66051 coal 11.10W
66729 coal 12.03E
66051 coal 12.10E
66549 4L85 Doncaster Railport-Felixstowe 12.43
New Measurement Train 13.33S
66xxx coal 13.34W

More pics here.

Worksop-1.2.10 (Monday)

I hadn't been to Worksop to take pics for at least 20 years, so I thought I'd have a couple of hours. It turned out to be fairly busy and some different unit livery with the Robin Hood line trains to Nottingham.

66094 4R17 Cottam-Immingham 11.20
66722 gypsum 11.30W
66156 6F09 Cottam-Immingham 11.43
66719 coal 12.40W
66094 4R13 Worksop-Immingham 12.45
66622 coal 12.47W

More pics here.

Retford-25.1.10 (Monday)

Quite a productive couple of hours today:

66728 coal 11.54E
66560 coal 12.08W
66725 LE 12.21S
66162 6E84 Middleton Toewers-Barnby Dun 12.42
66702 dragging 91129 12.44N
66594 4L85 Doncaster Railport-Felixstowe 12.45
66154 6F25 Immingham-Cottam 12.55
66731 gypsum in containers 13.14W - not sure of destination, possibly Kirby Thore

More pics here.

Retford-23.1.10 (Saturday)

Called in for an hour and a half after work; managed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time to photograph the coal trains on the low level.

66xxx EWS coal 13.35E
66510 coal 13.56E
66150 LE 13.54S
66xxx EWS coal 14.10E
66xxx EWS coal 15.08E

More pics here.

Retford-18.1.10 (Monday)

Sat in the car at Thrumpton Lane crossing. Typically there was more freight action on the main line than usual. Nikon D40

66520 4K02 Cottam-Doncaster Decoy 12.10
66705 4K55 West Burton-Thoresby
66xxx liner 12.15-12.36S
66xxx sand 12.37N
66xxx freightliner 12.45S
66105 4R09 Worksop-Immingham 13.30
66722 6F22 Welbeck-Cottam 13.43
66xxx liner 14.05S

More pics here.