Looking rather stylish in debranded DRS Malcolm livery 66412 now on long term hire to Freightliner hauls 4O49 Birch Coppice - Southampton through South Moreton on the 3rd of October 2011, maybe the first candidate for a 66 to receive 'Powerhaul' livery?
Shortly after the re-opening of the Bristol Freightliner Terminal the Saturday only 4V30 from Ipswich was routed via Bristol Parkway, on the 3rd of July 2010 66501 is seen providing the power for the service as it passes Filton Abbey Wood, this working is quite unique, mainly made up of MSC containers and with a maximum of 2 x 20ft containers on each wagon the weight of the cargo is clear to see! Each container is also adorned with a sticker which states 'WARNING - Bulk Liquid'
66502 shines brightly at the head of 4O49 Crewe Basford Hall - Southampton near Cranberry on the 15th of September 2011
66502 heads south through Stoke Hammond with 4O35 Crewe - Southampton on the 31st of March 2011
66502 pairs up with 66537 though Elford on the morning of the 28th of June 2010 with a fully loaded 4E01 Southampton - Leeds
66504 works hard at the head of 4M68 Southampton - Birch Coppice through Kings sutton on the 8th of April 2011
66505 heads a lightweight 4O09 Trafford Park - Southampton through Hinksey on the 3rd of October 2011, within a hour or so of this photo being taken the Indian summer that had graced England for nearly a week came to an abrupt end, while driving home along the M4 a thick wall of fog and cloud was rapidly heading East, back to normality!
66505 conveying mostly invisible boxes while working 4O54 Leeds - Southampton on the 7th of March 2011, Plenty of boxes in the background outside the huge Argos distribution centre though!
In the early hours of the 8th of February 2010 66507 pauses at Bristol Temple Meads for a driver change with 6Z21 Earles - Moorswater loaded cement
66508 powers 6V87 Purley Yard - Bristol Barrow Road through Shrivenham on the 29th of September 2011, since the Bristol Binliner ceased operating in the Spring of 2011 Freightliner have been making use of the sidings near Lawrence Hill at Bristol Barrow Road to stable a rake of stone hoppers before later being forwarded to either Avonmouth, Neath or Cardiff Docks for loading for their next working to the Eastern side of England
66509 heads 6Y12 Cheltenham - Westbury via East Usk engineers, seen passing through Patchway on the 17th of July 2011, unusually for this part of the world the consist is made up of a rake of mainly EWS liveried MHA and MTA style wagons
66509 leads 6M36 Westbury - Earles empty cement tanks through Pothir on the 27th of August 2010, thankfully for once a gamble paid off as a nice blue hole appeared in the sky above me just before the train appeared
In a very small sunny patch 66510 leads 4F07 Ironbridge - Crewe Basford Hall through Slindon on the 19th of August 2011, out of view on the rear of the train is 70011 clinging on for dear life
66510 traverses the River Clyde over the Crawford Viaduct on the 27th of April 2011 while woking 4S41 Fiddlers Ferry - Hunterston
As the early morning fog burns back 66510 departs Pilning loop with 6A21 Cardiff Pengam - Theale on the 16th of November 2010
With different liveried rakes of autoballasters in tow 66511 works 6Y35 Westbury - Lydney via East Usk through Filton Abbey Wood on the morning of the 23rd of April 2011
As the shadows dash across the field 66512 manages to just about evade them while working 6M51 Immingham - Rugeley on the 12th of April 2011, heading in the opposite direction is 66141 out of sight working 6D36 Milford - Immingham loaded coal
With 6M00 Humber - Kingsbury in the loop at Elford, 66513 passes the berry laiden bushes with 6M49 Hull - Rugeley on the 11th of October 2010
66515 passes Wandel on the 27th of April 2011 with 6E71 Ravenstruther (pronounced Renstrie) - Drax loaded coal, in recent times the green team have become completley dominant in moving coal on the Scotland - England stretch of the WCML
66518 powers 4O54 Leeds - Southampton on the 3rd of October 2011 on the approach to South Moreton, quite happy with this one as not only was the HST bearing down rather rapidly but being a Monday the load is normally next to nothing on this particular working
66520 heads through my local Pilning with 6Z21 Cardiff Docks - Theale on the 28th of September 2010
With the clouds building from the north 66520 passes Newton St Loe with 4V60 Calvert - Bristol Barrow Road on the 21st of September 2010
With its slime end leading shabby 66522 works 4R12 Barrow Hill - Immingham through Melton Ross on the 11th of April 2011
66522 provides the power for 4V60 Calvert - Bristol Barrow Road seen passing Shrivenham on the 8th of March 2011
With the Bristol binliner due to stop running soon a trip was made to Hinksey north to capture 66522 heading 4V60 Calvert - Bristol Barrow Road on the 4th of March 2011
66523 heads 4V47 Rugeley - Stoke Gifford in the final miles of its journey on the 20th of January 2011 seen passing Ram Hill near Coalpit Heath
66527 heads 4R78 Doncaster - Immingham through Melton Ross on the 13th of April 2011
66527 glints in the low afternoon light as it passes Portway while working 6M51 Barrow Hill - Rugeley on the 11th of October 2010
Curving round from Ulceby and about to pass under the A180 dual carriageway 66528 leads 6R18 Immingham - Ferrybridge in the low evening sun on the 11th of April 2011
66528 hammers through Elford with another 1000+ tons of imported coal while working 6M66 Immingham - Rugeley on the 28th of June 2010
66532 heads the Bristol 'Wineliner' through Bourton on the 29th of September 2011, the majority of this traffic has originated from the biggest wine warehouse in Europe which is situated in Avonmouth near Bristol, the containers are then tripped between Avonmouth and the Bristol Freightliner Terminal near Parson Street in Bristol and vice versa by road and can regularly be seen using the busy A4 route between the two sites, on this day the reporting code was 4L32 Bristol Freightliner Terminal - Tilbury
66533 passes Stoke Hammond at the head of 4M58 Southampton - Crewe Basford Hall on the 24th of February 2011, The sun was trying its best to burn through the thin high level cloud
66534 heads a very well loaded 4L32 Bristol Freightliner Terminal - Tilbury on the 8th of October 2010 through Cholsey Manor Farm
66535 glides through Cranberry with a well loaded 4O49 Crewe Basford Hall - Southampton on the 30th of September 2011
66535 powers through Bourton near Swindon with 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton on the 29th of September 2011, this working is now easily identifiable by the consist made up of low liner and pocket wagons to allow 9 feet 6 inch containers to be loaded throughout the train if needed
66536 heads a lightly loaded 4M58 Southampton - Crewe Basford Hall through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of March 2011
66537 passes Cholsey Manor Farm in beautiful spring light while hauling 4M68 Southampton - Birch Coppice on the 4th of March 2011
With part of the Didcot Power Station complex visable in the background 66539 heads through South Moreton with Freightliners 4O27 Garston - Southampton on the 2nd of September 2011, at this location now you need a 2 step stepladder just to be able to see whats coming
66542 heads 4O27 Garston - Southampton through Lower Basildon on the 1st of September 2011, in only a matter of weeks this bridge will no longer exist as it is due to be replaced by a higher bridge in readiness for electrification on the Great Western Mainline, work is expected to start in October and the bridge to be out of action until March 2012
66547 leads its rake of increasingly shabby HHA's through Catholme on the 14th of July 2011, running as 6M49 Hull - Rugeley
Another Freightliner Heavy Haul diagram that ran for a short period of time was coal from Daw Mill - Didcot Power Station seen here passing Kings Sutton on the 8th of April 2011 is 66548 in charge of 6Z98
After joining the Great Western Mainline at Westerleigh Junction 66548 nears journey end with 4V47 Rugeley - Stoke Gifford as it eases through Ram Hill on the 23rd of March 2011
Rusty 66548 heads 6M49 Hull - Rugeley through Portway on the 7th of March 2011 with its uniform rake of HXA's in tow
Once a 100% EWS stranglehold Barnetby is far from this now with GBRf and Freightliner providing variety (If not excitement) and on the 16th of September 2010 66549 heads 4R12 Barrow Hill - Immingham
66550 accelerates away from Westerleigh Junction as it passes Ram Hill with 4V47 Rugeley - Stoke Gifford on the 20th of January 2011
After two whole days in the area the sun finally showed its face for more than 1 minute at a time on the 16th of September 2010, And with the sun just high enough to clear a rake of HHA's in the reception sidings at Barnetby 66550 hauls 4R10 Ferrybridge - Immingham under the iconic and unmistakeable semaphores
66551 heads its rake of loaded PCA's while working 6V23 Crewe Basford Hall - Aberthaw Cement Works, the 4 wheel tanks contain Fly ash which originates from Drax Power Station, seen here passing Ponthir on the 12th of September 2011
On a stretch of line that is pretty devoid of freight 66551 hauls the lengthy 6Y33 Gloucester - Taunton Fairwater through Brent Knoll on the 24th of April 2011, this was one of three engineering workings that passed this spot within a hour
66552 heads 6E71 Ravenstruther - Drax seen while passing through Wandel on the 28th of April 2011
66554 heads through New Barnetby to Immingham on the 13th of April 2011 from Barrow Hill with 4R12 to be loaded with its next load of coal destined for Rugeley, the pure amount of coal that leaves Immingham is clear by the amount of coal residue / dust on the tracks that has been blown off of loaded trains!
4Z51 Uskmouth - Stoke Gifford climbs through Pilning with 66554 in charge on the 16th of November 2010
With the village of Pill dominating the scene 66554 approaches its destination of Portbury with a empty rake of HXA's forming 4C09 from Stoke Gifford on the 12th of July 2010, this photo is taken from the vantage point of the M5 Avonmouth bridge and really is a cracking spot, just a shame that so little enters the docks during the afternoon and evening to make good use of this location
Another flow which Freightliner Heavy Haul have taken over from DB Schenker is the service to provide coal to Uskmouth power station, Here 66555 heads 4Z51 off of the Bishton Flyover and back to Stoke Gifford on the 24th of November 2010
One of those days where i didn't quite get my sun angles right but by the time i got to Wickwar it was to late to move to a better location as the possession trains i went for were already on the move, 66555 leads a rake of Autoballasters of varying liveries on 6Y34 Ashchurch - Westbury on the 27th of June 2010
66557 climbs up towards South Tottenham on the 12th of March 2010 with 6L45 Earles - West Thurrock loaded cement, the majority if not all of the cement on board will be transported by road to the constuction site for the London 2012 Olympics
66558 works 4V50 Southampton - Cardiff Wentloog through Shrivenham on the 29th of September 2011, a surge in container traffic in late 2010 and 2011 can see upto 4 different Freightliner diagrams at present per day grace this stretch of the GWML between Didcot and Swindon
Rust patched 66558 passes Coedkernew on the 12th of May 2011 with 6A21 Cardiff Pengam - Theale loaded grit stone, due to major signalling work to enable the transfer of power from Newport Panel to Cardiff Signalling Centre both relief lines were out of use meaning that freight was guaranteed to use the main line
66558 heads 6F46 Immingham - Cottam through Barnetby on the 29th of June 2010
66559 passes Bathampton with 4V60 Calvert - Bristol Barrow Road on the 22nd of June 2010
66560 takes the relief line through Melton Ross while working 6M51 Immingham - Rugeley on the 29th of June 2010
66562 is seen heading 4L93 Lawley Sreet - Felixstowe through Stoke Hammond on the 24th of March 2011 with the sun trying its best to shine through the high level cloud
66563 at the head of 4O51 Cardiff Wentlooge - Southampton passes South Moreton on the 3rd of May 2011, after passing under the road bridge it will cross onto the relief line in front of the stationary 4O23 seen in the background
With plenty more used / dumped railway paraphernalia on show courtesy of our friends at Network Rail 66563 approaches Didcot with 4O14 Birch Coppice - Southampton on the 24th of March 2011
66565 heads towards Wychnor Junction at Catholme with 4O55 Leeds - Southampton on the 14th of July 2011, this service was recently introduced to cope with increased demand for container movement between the major South coast port and the Yorkshire terminal, and as can be seen its certainly a well used service with not a single empty flat!
With the sun breaking through the early morning mist 66565 slows for the junction at Didcot north with 4O18 Lawley Street - Felixstowe on the 24th of March 2011
Ex HeavyHaul division loco 66566 heads 4O27 Garston - Southampton through Hinksey north on the 4th of March 2011. Of note are the 9' 6" boxes on standard flat wagons in the consist due to recent guage clearance work, Good news indeed!
66567 is seen passing Kings Sutton on the 16th of June 2011 with 4O09 Trafford Park - Southampton, the high tree line here means that there is a short window of opportunity when the sun is far enough around but not casting shadows on the train
66567 hammers through Cholsey Manor Farm with 4O54 Leeds - Southampton on the 8th of October 2010, a couple of seconds later a HST passed the other way, lucky!
66568 heads through Stoke Hammond with 4L97 Trafford Park - Felixstowe on the 24th of February 2011
66568 exits the Bishton Flyover with a fully loaded 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton on the 24th of November 2011 with the start of the autumn colour starting to shine bright in the background
66570 approaches South Moreton at the sharp end of 4O54 Leeds - Southampton on the 2nd of September 2011
66570 roars through Stoke Hammond with a very well loaded 4M58 Southampton - Crewe on the 19th of July 2010, of note is that this service no longer operates due to recent guage upgrades on the Southampton - Oxford route it now runs via Didcot and recoded 4M28
66571 is about to head under Campbell Road Bridge Eastleigh with a very well loaded 4O18 Lawley Street - Southampton Millbrook, with the trees above the loco taking on a brownish tinge already you would never think it was only September the 1st
66571 heads through Kings Sutton on the clear blue day of the 8th of April 2011 with the fully loaded 4O27 Garston - Southampton
66572 heads through Severn Tunnel Junction on the 28th of September 2011 with 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton Freightliner service
While working 4M68 Southampton - Birch Coppice 66572 crosses paths with a London Paddington bound First Great western HST, seen here at Lower Basildon on the 2nd of September 2011
66575 after just exiting the Severn Tunnel approaches Pilning with 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton on the 23rd of March 2011, On the left of the picture is the unmistakeable second Severn road bridge
Due to a loco shortage on the 16th of November 2010 the usual 4V50/4O51 Southampton - Cardiff Wentloog freightliner was cancelled and rescheduled for an afternoon run, 66576 heads 4Z50 Southampton - Cardiff Wentloog through Pilning in the low winter sun
66577 passes the location of Elford with 4O54 Leeds - Southampton on the 30th of September 2010
66585 rolls through Undy with 6A21 Cardiff Pengam - Theale loaded grit stone on the 8th of March 2011, The train is loaded the day previous at Neath Abbey Wharf and recesses in Cardiff Pengam siding overnight
On the 15th of November 2010 66587 is seen in charge of 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton through Bishton, such a pity it was a poor load on this day
66588 grinds towards Pilning station with what is now currently the norm in the shape of a fully loaded 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton formed of a complete rake of lowliner and pocket style wagons, unusually today on the 17th of September 2011 this working was allowed to pass a pair of 153's while submerged in the darkest wet depths of the Severn Tunnel, which must mean there were no dangerous goods on board as on a typical day the signal on the gantry which the train is passing under will turn from green to amber to prevent anything entering the tunnel until this has exited
66588 speeds South through Slindon with 4O09 Trafford Park - Southampton on the 15th of September 2011, not an ideal location or indeed vantage point which sees you trying not to scewer yourself on the disease of the WCML that is palisade fencing
66588 heads through Lower Basildon with a late running 4M61 Southampton - Trafford Park on the 2nd of September 2011, again another fully loaded working, how long until yet more services from the South Coast port are needed?
66589 slowly works its way towards Pilning on the 1st of October 2011 with 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton, the heat haze can be seen towards the rear of the train in this telephoto shot on a day where temperature records were broken in Gravesend, Kent for the warmest October day on record
With the Didcot skyline dominated by the power station 66589 ambles along the relief at the head of 4O49 Birch Coppice - Southampton through South Moreton on the 3rd of May 2011
66589 heads 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton through Patchway on the 19th of February 2011, The later running of this train on a saturday in a later path allows the sun to have moved around in to a much better position here, Although today the sun was a big added bonus as it was 95% cloud
66590 heads out of the dull and into the light while working 4L93 Lawley Street - Felixstowe while passing through Stoke Hammond on the 31st of March 2011
66590 heads down Elford Loop with 4O54 Leeds - Southampton on the morning of the 28th of June 2010
66591 heads south under the wires at Stoke Hammond with 4L93 Lawley Street - Felixstowe on 24th of February 2011
66591 is seen at the front of 4O27 Garston - Southampton as it heads through the lovely location of Cholsey Manor Farm on the 8th of October 2010
66593 approaches Pilning with the ever more frequent and normally well loaded 4V52 Southampton - Cardiff Wentloog on the 13th of September 2011
With only one of the three visible towers of Didcot Power Station lightly steaming 66594 powers 4O49 Crewe - Southampton towards South Moreton on the 2nd of September 2011
66597 trundles through Severn Tunnel Junction with 4F56 Uskmouth Power Station - Stoke Gifford on the 13th of September 2011 a recent upsurge in coal for the power station was clear as i was quite lucky to get this working because pulling away from the signal behind me was the second Uskmouth coal of the day with 66598 at the helm
66599 catches the early morning sun while passing near Cranberry in Staffordshire with a rake of empty Heavy Haul hoppers while forming 4Z67 Rugeley - Crewe on the 19th of August 2011
66602 heads through Pilning on the 1st of April 2011 at the head of its rake of LaFarge JPA's in the form of 6M36 Westbury - Earles, unusually it passed Patchway on time and then proceeded to miss out its 30 minute stop here in the loop
66603 passes a field of oil seed rape at Newton St Loe with 6A21 loaded grit stone from Pengam - Theale on the 19th of April 2011
66605 heads a colourful rake of HIA's while forming 6Z21 Cardiff Docks - Theale through Patchway on the 7th of September 2010
66605 approaches Filton Abbey Wood on the 23rd of May 2010 with 6C58 Stoke Gifford - Burngullow empty MJA box wagons
66606 heads 6R18 Immingham - Ferrybridge through Ulceby on the 12th of April 2011
With the cloud rappidly building from the west 66606 finds a bright spot while heading through Melton Ross with 4R14 Drax - Immingham on the 29th of June 2010
66607 passes through Pilning and the ever encrouching buddleia bushes with 6M36 Westbury - Earles empty cement tanks on the 2nd of August 2010
Mainly included because its now a resident of Poland 66608 passes Denchworth with its rake of IOA's on the 20th of July 2010 while working 6M22 Westbury - Stud Farm
66612 leads 6Y33 Taunton Fairwater - Charfield through the lovely location of Brent Knoll on the 17th of June 2010
66612 powers through Worle with the second half of the Taunton HOBC set running as 6Y21 East Usk - Taunton Fairwater on the 6th of June 2010, looking to the north a huge bank of cloud engulfs Bristol and didn't budge for a few hours as it was still in place when i got home!
66613 is seen on the approach to Parson Street station on the 3rd of July 2011 with 6Y11 Aschurch - Taunton Fairwater, due to an engineering possesion this working had to go via East Usk to run around before making its way through the Severn tunnel for its onward journey to Taunton, a splash of colour is in evidence with thanks to the huge amount of Buddleia bushes, only problem is with their growth rate they could render this location useless in a matter of years without substantial pruning!
66614 edges out of Pilning loop after its booked stop with 6A21 Cardiff Pengam - Theale on the 9th of March 2010, a slightly wider angle than usually taken which gives a good view of part of the old station building on the left now in use by AMCO Rail
66615 heads up its rake of jumbo IOA boxes in the form of 6M22 Westbury - Stud Farm through Shrivenham on the 8th of March 2011
66616 leads the truly huge 6Y11 Alston UGL - Taunton Fairwater through Wickwar on the 27th of June 2010 with 66612 bringing up the rear still deep inside the tunnel
66616 approaches Worle with half of the Taunton HOBC set on the 6th of June 2010, after heading down the River Severn top and tailed to East Usk yard the whole set was split in half for the onward journey, this portion being 6Y11 East Usk - Taunton Fairwater
Seen crossing onto the relief line 66617 heads 6Y34 Taunton Fairwater - Gloucester on the 23rd of April 2011, the rear of the train is still passing through Parson Street station on the south side of Bristol, with 100 concrete sleepers on each wagon and 24 wagons in tow thats a hell of a lot of sleepers!
On a easter weekend of major engineering work near Cheltenham 66618 is seen passing Brent Knoll with the huge HOBC set while working 6Y11 Barnt Green - Taunton Fairwater on the 24th of April 2011
66620 departs Pilning loop on the 9th of April 2011 with 6V60 Angerstein - Cardiff Pengam empty HIA's, after standing on the station waiting for this it was looped so a quick dash to the road bridge was needed! Nothing actually passed it while it was in the loop so i guess it was just to retain its path after it left the Severn Tunnel
66622 makes its way slowly down Elford loop with 6M66 Immingham - Rugeley on the 30th of September 2010, some of the FLHH pool of locos are suffering from peeling paint, I wonder what they will look like in 10 years time?
What a sunday treat! 66623 heads 6C58 Stoke Gifford - Burngullow formed of a rake of MJA box wagons through Worle on the 27th of June 2010
With its rake of loaded HXA's in tow 66951 passes Crawford and struggles up the climb towards Beattock summit on the 28th of April 2011 with 6E65 Ravenstruther - Drax
66954 approaches Didcot north junction with 4O14 Birch Coppice - Southampton on the 3rd of May 2011
With a rather unusual megafret wagon at the front of the consist 66955 powers 4O24 Bristol FLT - Thamesport through Cholsey Manor Farm on the 3rd of May 2011
66955 heads a very well laiden 4M61 Southampton - Trafford Park though Cholsey Manor Farm on the 4th of March 2011
66956 heads 4O51 Cardiff Wentloog - Southampton through Pilning on the 2nd of April 2011 in its usual saturday path
66957 gathers pace as it departs Pilning loop in its booked path with 4F56 Uskmouth - Stoke Gifford on the 17th of September 2011
66957 makes a pleasing sight passing under the semaphores of Barnetby with 4R33 Eggborough - Immingham on the 12th of April 2011, maybe not quite as interesting as a grid on HAA's but still plenty of freight passes by this always popular location