TRIP 499

Doncaster Flyer

07/03/15

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66732 at the former Royal Mail terminal 66124 hauls 60021 through Doncaster. 37688 and 37425 on a test train at Doncaster Stourbridge Junction Middle Signal Box
All by Chris Weeks

Notes: All items are gauge 4ft 8.5" unless stated.
Due to the flyer nature of the trip, all sightings can be considered as "not seen by all", and locations are view only unless stated otherwise.
Wagons are given in consist / row order where possible.
* = assumed.

Bristol Temple Meads.
Diesel: 66592 Johnston Stevens Agencies.

Bristol Parkway
DEMU: 220034.

Patchway
Diesel: 43030 Christian Lewis Trust, 43182.
The compound next to the station was viewed, but no road-railers were present on this occasion.

Stourbridge Junction Station Yard (view).
Diesel: 68011/014. DMU: 168108. Carriages: Mk3: 10274, 12604/617/618/619/623. DVTs: 82309. Passing DMUs: 168215, 172213/339.

Field next to M1 between Junctions 34 and 35 (view from M1).
At least 7 body only 4w van wagons.

Doncaster Decoy North / Former RMT.
Diesel: 47815 Great Western, 47843 VULCAN. Wagon: 371013.

66732 GBRF The First Decade 1999-2009 John Smith MD.
departed north with
7067910218 7069553035 371065 7067910598 7067910457 7067910648 371066 371022 7067910051 371016 371112 371002 7069552042 7067910465 7067910150 7067910622 7067910887 371024 371057 7067910820 7067910697 371006

Doncaster Decoy South.
Diesel: 08782*. OTM: 99 7095150022*(Railvac 2).
Wagons: 100033 110088 12912 12919 12930 12952 12976 12988 DR 92261 92273 92277 380402 380604 380605 380606 380502 380024 380173 380175 380174 380322 380035 380203 380206 380198 380334* 380139 380140 380143 380311 37 8049090632

Doncaster Europorte.
Diesel: 66502.
One other Freightliner loco was here, TOPS lists suggest 66954.

Doncaster Wood Yard.
Diesel: 66018.
Wagons: 12973 12910 12914 12920, 29377 29047 29305 29418, DR 92246, 112025, 380019 380159 380155 380157 380318, 394939, 501036, 501035 501223 501224 501095 501071 501153 501151 501152 501011 501001, 501121 501122 501123 501061, 501323 501349 501348 501347 501303, 501118 501068 501143, 501219 501217 501033 110073, 503098, 980204 12963 12947 12955 12996, 967620.

Doncaster Carr Depot / Ten Pound Walk.
Road/Rail: NR: 979041-9 AE05ETR Unimog 207282, 979045-0 AE05ETO Unimog.

The former Carr shed is now totally demolished and all track lifted. Groundworks for the new IEP depot appear at an early stage.

AE05ETO departed before all trip participants viewed this location.

Doncaster Roberts Road Depot.
Diesel: D4157 (08927)*, 66770/771/772 plus several UID.
Wagons: 3477 3486 3403 3513 3487.

Viewing the depot from the road off of Hexthorpe Road allowed identification of 66770, 66771 and the wagons. 66772 was actually identifed by viewing from the roof of the Frenchgate car park.

Sidings South of Doncaster Station.
68001 Evolution.

Doncaster Marshgate.
OTM: 75301*, 77802, 79201*.
Wagon: 967606*.

Wabtec.
Diesel: 08669 Bob Machin, (47703)*, 47739 Robin of Templecombe 1938-2013.
Electric: 90009 Diamond Jubilee.
EMU: Set: 465239. Individual class 460/458 vehicles: 67901, 67907, 74403, 74408, 74423, 74424, 74438.
Carriages: Mk3: 11028. NPCCS: 6378, 6379*, 96374. Wagons: 3478, 502022, 83 7047980300.

Note: A complete newly painted but unnumbered 458/5 was present, as well as several other unnumbered and newly painted individual vehicles.

Doncaster West Yard.
Diesel: 67003.
EMU: 321901.
Snowploughs: 965576 966577 966098* 966099.
Wagons: GMC 92506, GERS 97221, 600020, 7027953087 8049091341 8446670481 8746670896 8749040105 8749040113 8749040121 8749040188

Siding between mainline and Wabtec north of station.
OTM: 73110.

Passenger Services:
Diesel: 43251/257/272/274/295/302/307/309/310/312/313/317/318/319/423 Valenta 1972-2010/465/468/484 Peter Fox 1942-2011 Platform 5, 67022.
Electric: 91107 SKYFALL/109 Sir Bobby Robson/113/115 Blaydon Races /118/120/124/125.
DMU: 142016/017/019/025/038/052/086, 144008/009, 156406/497,
158792/794/848/851/905/910 William Wilberforce, 170303/304/308/309, 185106/114/142/143/145.
DEMU: 180110//111/112 James Herriot/113,
220009/020/022/024/029, 221126/127
EMU: 322482/483.
Carriages: Mk3: 40433, 40704/720/740/742, 41066/091/092151/152/164/170/190/203/206,
42106/116/122/128/179/180/181/182/186/188/190/226/241/242/243/244/355/363,
42407/408/409, 44031/058/080/098.
Mk4: 10303/304/312/320, 11277/278/303/304/325/403/404/425,
12217, 12301/322/327, 12401/421/446/459/464/478/480, 12518.
MK4 DVT: 82203/207/209//215/216/219/225.

Freight Services / Light Engine Movements:

0??? Unknown location to Roberts Rd depot.
66727 Andrew Scott CBE hauling 66733 Cambridge PSB.
66727 later worked a rake of wagons to Decoy from Roberts Road.

6E89 Hexthorpe to West Burton??(part consist not in order)

66706 Nene Valley
502003/004/005*/006*/009/010/011/012/017/018/025*/026/027*/028*/031*/
502032*/033/034/039*/040*/043/044/047/048/051/052/059*/060*.

Moving around in / near Belmont Yard light engine
66198

4L85 Leeds to Ipswich (* with assistance from wwrail.com).
66591
608243 608244 640120* 640119* 608558 608445 6849430978 8049091101 6849094147* 640001* 640002* 6849097124* 608081 608080 6849094139*

6D16 Cottam Power Station to Gascoigne Wood (* with help from wwrail.com).
60010
4409* 9833* 4405 9809* 9817 9821 9800 4402 9808 9819* 9803* 9801* 9807 9816* 9827* 9820* 4419* 9813* 4416* 4407*

6O73 Scunthorpe to Dollands Moor (* with help from wwrail.com).
66137
7049387414* 7049383066* 7049387408* 7049380072* 7049381401* 7049381799* 7049387184 7049385279 7049380163 7049381518 7049383132* 7049381476* 7049380940*

6D30 Tyne Coal Terminal - Doncaster Down Decoy
66725 & 66731 InterhubGB
7067910283 7069552083 371119 7067910135 371077 7067910689 371074 371098
371011 7067910309 371004 7067910416 371033 7069552117 371049 7067910440
7067910796 7067910721 371052 371118 371082 7067910580 371014

4D56 Biggleswade to Heck
66238
5444 4681 5292 5425 4694 5290 5442 5429 4675 5291 4687 5426 5272 5275 4679 4680 5441 5276 5283 5271 4690 5436

6D88 Goole to Scunthorpe
66149
8046470138 8046470039 8046470161 8046470179 8046470245 8046470468 8046470203 8046470120 8046470286 8046470351 8046470237 8046470062

0D04 Immingham to Belmont Yard
66124 with 60021 D.I.T.

1Q03 Doncaster West Yard to Derby
37688 Kingmoor TMD Top'n'tail with 37425 Sir Robert McAlpine / Concrete Bob (1 name either side).
Carriages: Mk1^/Mk2: 6263^, 5981, 9523.

4D50 West Burton to York
66616
370190 370390 370425 370393 370129 370012 370080 370402 370082 370348 370375 370197 370333 370370 370125 370101 370229 370109 370005 370050 370060

4E26 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe (all consist with help from wwrail.com).
66206
7049380619 7049380122 7049387158 7049383175 7049385204 7049385170 7049380296 7049385111 7049385147 7049385386 7049387358 7049381104 7049387034

6E66 Margam to Scunthorpe (on station avoiding line viewed from Frenchgate carpark - All consist with assistance from ww.rail.com).
66055
900248 900182 900112 900132 900154 900175 900049 900121 900081 900186 900214 900137 900283 900101 900017 900176 900231 900150 900198 900079 900030 900000 900126

0D01 Rylstone to Doncaster Belmont
66070