Coal trains were always my favourite.The 56s were the last proper locos built for BR.The demise of coal decimated the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire freight scene.Great video keep up the good work.
I first went to Knottingley in late September 1983 and what a place to go. BRILLIANT. All those 56's out based from Toton and Tinsley. KELLINGLEY COLLIERY and BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT 56124 were always there. No matter what anyone said the GRIDS were a SUPERB LOCOMOTIVE. Thank you Soi another gem of a video , BRILLIANT 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🚄🚅
mark poole When I first went to Knottingley it was full of D18** locos later to become 47/3 it was only possible to see them in this area as they never strayed far away.
Yes, some of those non boilered 47s pretty much stuck to their booked duties. In summer it was possible for some to escape onto passenger work and of course they were always handy to rescue a failed train, even Inter-City services!
Fantastic as always. I grew up in Essex so we never had any of this. In the late 80s my late grandmother moved to Beighton near Sheffield so when visiting her I often went to the railway by Rother Valley County Park and watched the MGRs and other freight pass by. Happy memories.
I remember when Knottingley had regular trains to Leeds, a station with a roof like Wakefield and three signal boxes, A, B and C. In addition, it was an important diversionary route off the ECML during relaying work with Class A4 streamliners passing through.
Ooo i not commented, must o been on a dark spell lol. Lovely footage sir. Cant get enuf 56 MGR's in my brain lately, plenty of footage to see, helps as she didn't drive them haha. Anyway, went there once from Kent just to get the stored 56124. I see 56066 (one i never got a snap of) with round buffers no.1 end there, usually the preserve of the romanian grids. 56092 srtill with her white numbers and 56108, the last FEDN code Yorks coal 56 left in Railfreight red-stripe livery until repaint 1.94. I got my model 56's out so i'm off to Knottingley June 1990 now! :D
Absolutely fantastic is there a finer sight than a 56 working hard on coal duty... I don't think there is.... Where's all the graffiti? Haha... Love these vintage vids great stuff thanks 👍
To think that MGR HAA hopper wagons are now but a memory, save the few that are preserved. And now the 142's are being scrapped with only a few left in service. Top footage as always Soi.
Back in the day, I worked with more MGR trains, than any other. We used to run with 45 HAA`s from Liverpool Docks to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station ( that`s closed now ) 2500 Ton, they were the Biggest coal trains in the country. Usually had a class 60 or two 56`s in Multi. All gone, we thought it would run forever.
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I know, there were nearly a thousand MGR wagons, on the circuit and one of the larger power stations could burn up to 5 million Tons of coal a year, that is simply staggering. Like you say, politics over practicality.
Coal trains were always my favourite.The 56s were the last proper locos built for BR.The demise of coal decimated the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire freight scene.Great video keep up the good work.
Thank you. I do have more coal train action to upload over time......
I first went to Knottingley in late September 1983 and what a place to go. BRILLIANT. All those 56's out based from Toton and Tinsley. KELLINGLEY COLLIERY and BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT 56124 were always there. No matter what anyone said the GRIDS were a SUPERB LOCOMOTIVE. Thank you Soi another gem of a video , BRILLIANT 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🚄🚅
Thank you..... I always found Knottingley to be busy, always an MGR train coming from one direction or another!
Went to knottingly a few times hell of a place to go, always packed full of 56s and 58s. brought back really good memories.
mark poole When I first went to Knottingley it was full of D18** locos later to become 47/3 it was only possible to see them in this area as they never strayed far away.
Yes, some of those non boilered 47s pretty much stuck to their booked duties. In summer it was possible for some to escape onto passenger work and of course they were always handy to rescue a failed train, even Inter-City services!
Fantastic as always. I grew up in Essex so we never had any of this. In the late 80s my late grandmother moved to Beighton near Sheffield so when visiting her I often went to the railway by Rother Valley County Park and watched the MGRs and other freight pass by. Happy memories.
Thank you..... i'm pleased you enjoyed it.
I remember when Knottingley had regular trains to Leeds, a station with a roof like Wakefield and three signal boxes, A, B and C. In addition, it was an important diversionary route off the ECML during relaying work with Class A4 streamliners passing through.
Ooo i not commented, must o been on a dark spell lol. Lovely footage sir. Cant get enuf 56 MGR's in my brain lately, plenty of footage to see, helps as she didn't drive them haha. Anyway, went there once from Kent just to get the stored 56124. I see 56066 (one i never got a snap of) with round buffers no.1 end there, usually the preserve of the romanian grids. 56092 srtill with her white numbers and 56108, the last FEDN code Yorks coal 56 left in Railfreight red-stripe livery until repaint 1.94. I got my model 56's out so i'm off to Knottingley June 1990 now! :D
Absolutely fantastic is there a finer sight than a 56 working hard on coal duty... I don't think there is.... Where's all the graffiti? Haha... Love these vintage vids great stuff thanks 👍
Wow..what a noise at 10.39..pure power...thanks for sharing
Yes, Grids did have a bit of poke!
Brilliant video, i absolutely love the 56s what a great noise they made. Keep safe, regards Gary.
Yes, they were nice, thrashy locos, thank you....
To think that MGR HAA hopper wagons are now but a memory, save the few that are preserved. And now the 142's are being scrapped with only a few left in service. Top footage as always Soi.
At the time, it was an everyday scene that you think would last forever. Now coal trains are all but history........
Back in the day, I worked with more MGR trains, than any other. We used to run with 45 HAA`s from Liverpool Docks to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station ( that`s closed now ) 2500 Ton, they were the Biggest coal trains in the country. Usually had a class 60 or two 56`s in Multi. All gone, we thought it would run forever.
Yes, it's amazing to think how coal traffic has been decimated. Politics ablove practicality i'm afraid!
@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I know, there were nearly a thousand MGR wagons, on the circuit and one of the larger power stations could burn up to 5 million Tons of coal a year, that is simply staggering. Like you say, politics over practicality.
Nice footage! Thumbs up and greetings from Finland,
Juha :)
Thank you. I have plenty more railway bids to upload-enjoy!
2:54 & 10:03 those couplings took a heavy load with a bang.
Yes, those MGR's really went bang when the drivers applied the power, used to be a fair bit of weight those trains
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