DB Cargo 60020 The Willows crosses Barton Lane level crossing, Attenborough working 6M57, 07:15 Lindsey – Kingsbury, 3rd July 2018.
Locomotive History
60020 was built at the Brush Falcon works, Loughborough in 1990 and was officially accepted by British Rail on the 31st January 1991, allocated to Thornaby MPD. It was first stored on the 6th January 2006 but reinstated four months later. It was stored briefly in August 2006 and continued in traffic until stored in March 2009. In September 2012 it entered Toton for overhaul and re-entered traffic in January 2013.
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Just fourteen miles off the coast of France the island of Jersey was of significant importance to Great Britain in any war with France. In 1778 the British Government decided to improve the islands defenses by constructing a series of small strong points at strategic points on the coast. Between 1779 and 1796 twenty two round towers were constructed to the same basic design. The towers are built from local granite and are round as this provides better protection to canon balls. They housed around sixty to seventy troops and were later fitted with a 12 pound canon on the roof. Eight further towers were built to a modified design between 1803 and 1837. None saw action against the French as the last attempt to capture the island was defeated at the Battle of Jersey in 1781. Some were used by the German occupation forces during World War Two. Seventeen of the twenty two original towers still survive and this one at Le Hocq, seen here on the 10th July 2018 was completed in 1781 just after the Battle of Jersey
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Freightliner 66610 heads north up the Erewash Valley passing the site of Stapleford and Sandiacre station working 6H10, 09:57 Bletchley – Peak Forest stone empties, 3rd July 2018.
Some of my early railway memories are sitting on Stapleford and Sandiacre station on a Saturday morning in the mid 1960’s (aged around 9/10) having been allowed to “escape” from the weekly visit to my Grandparents who lived in Stapleford. The station closed on the 2nd January 1967 and little trace of the station is now to be seen.
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Open top our bus J1942 park up whilst its passengers to explore the sites at La Corbiere, Jersey, 14th July 2018. J1942 is a Leyland Tiger PS1 chassis dating from around 1950 which was new to Jersey Motor Company registered J5567. It was then transferred to Guernsey and carried the registrations 2493 and 12523. Whilst in Guernsey it was re-bodied as an open top vehicle. Moved to Edinburgh in the late 1990’s and registered YSL 334 and also carried 840 XUJ before returning to Jersey and registered J1942.
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Parked up between duties at Hull is Stagecoach 19685 (FX60 HFG), 31st July 2018. FX60 HFG is a Dennis Trident chassis fitted with a Enviro 400 H47/35F body delivered new to Stagecoach, Hull depot in January 2011.
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