60024

Rob Reedman has sent in this mighty fine shot of Tug 24 working 6E41 on the 13th of June.

6E41 Times

Timing list for the usually solid "echo forty-one", courtesy of Richard Holmes.
WESTRLEGH 11:41
YATE PASS 11:51
CHARFIELD PASS 11:58
STANDISHJ PASS 12:11
GLOS YDJN PASS 12:20
GLOSBARNJ PASS 12:22
CHELTEMHM PASS 12:31
ALSTONUGL 12:35 13:15
ASHCHURCH PASS 13:25
ABBOTWDJN PASS 13:35
STOKEWKJN PASS 13:46
BROMSGROV PASS 13:49
BARNT GRN PASS 13:55
LONGBRIDG PASS 13:58
KINGNRTN PASS 14:04
LIFFRD EJ PASS 14:06
BORDSLYJN PASS 14:12
STANDRWSJ PASS 14:13
LANDORSTJ 14:16 14:18
WASHWDH 1 PASS 14:22
BROMFRDBG PASS 14:29
CSTLBROMJ PASS 14:37
WATEROWJN PASS 14:41
WATERORTN PASS 14:43
KINGSBRYJ PASS 14:47
TAMWRTHHL PASS 14:53
WICHNORJN PASS 15:00
BURTON PASS 15:06
CLAY MLSJ PASS 15:11
NTHSTFDJN PASS 15:18
STENSONJN PASS 15:19
SHEETSTSJ PASS 15:43
TRENTEAST PASS 15:45
BEESTONSJ PASS 15:51
LENTONSJN 15:54 16:10
MANSFLDJN PASS 16:14
NOTTINGHM 16:21 16:23
NETHERFDJ PASS 16:28
LOWDHAM PASS 16:41
FISKERTON PASS 16:51
STAYTHRPX PASS 16:53
NEWARKCSL PASS 17:01
NEWARKXNG PASS 17:02
NEWKXNGEJ PASS 17:03
BOULTHMJN PASS 17:26
WHOLMESJN PASS 17:28
LINCLNCEN PASS 17:30
PELHAM ST PASS 17:31
LANGWORTH PASS 17:40
WICKENBY PASS 17:46
HOLTONLEM PASS 17:57
WRAWBYJN PASS 18:08
BARNETBY PASS 18:10
BROCKSBYJ PASS 18:22
ULCEBY PASS 18:24
LINDSEYOR 18:33

The Afternoon Commute

East Anglia has been blessed with some very nice weather recently and, if I manage to get away from work fairly sharpish and the trains are running to time, this brings the opportunity of capturing a couple of freights that run in the region.
Although Class 66 hauled, I am thankful that I don't live somewhere where freight trains are non-existent, so if I'm in the mood I will capture them for posterity. I have learned with regret that it is prudent to record what at the time may seem mundane as once the chance has gone, you'll rarely get another go. Things change so quickly on the railways.
First along is a freightliner heading for Felixstowe:

A few minutes later, 6A33 North Walsham-Harwich passes conveying oil condensate:

6A33 and its northbound empty equivalent are quite familiar to me and in the 20 years I've worked in Needham Market, I've seen single and double headed Cl.37s, Cl.58, EWS Cl.66 and now GBRf 66s handle this working. Whilst I managed to get a few photographs of British built traction on these trains, the advance in technology means that these days it is simply a case of using the mobile phone to grab an image.

Getting There

Having only just got Tug Twilight towers connected to the rest of the world via the interweb (most of my posts being made on the mobile 'phone) I was getting increasingly frustrated with how my admittedly ancient iMac and its equally decrepit browser was handling, bumbling down the Information Super Highway like a milk float! We're now up to speed though with the most modern version of OS X the Mac will run and a major leap from Safari 2.0.4 to version 4.1.3! Carl Rayner's Class 60 Phots has been updated in Tugs on the Web, giving Picasa a try as a photo host.

Dad and I have just returned from a delightful couple of days away and managed to visit Newark Air Museum before heading into Tug territory the following day. We had to let 60045 go on 6E46 Kingsbury-Lindsey tanks but did get in position for 074 on 6E54 Kingsbury-Lindsey which runs later in the day.

There was very nearly a Midlands Tug fest with a possibility 084 might have been allox 6M00, 040 on 6D44 and 015 on 6E41. Unfortunately none of these came to anything so we headed north to Matlock and then took the short train trip to Belper to meet up with Rob Reedman for a few pints. My first meeting with the man who at times has kept TT going!
The following morning we drove the short hop to Peak Forest and having missed 099 which left earlier for Hope Street, had to be satisfied with a glimpse of 60010 ticking away on the stabling sidings.


Glorious weather and (as ever) stunning scenery in this part of the world meant any disappointment was short lived and we headed home perfectly satisfied.

Tugs on the Web Updated

With fotopic apparently dead and buried (for now at least) Tugs on the Web isn't giving much joy. Rob Reedman is giving flickr a try and his link has now been updated. I personally find flickr rather "clumsy", so hopefully better alternatives will soon be found for the railway photographer's art.
There also seems to be an issue on the "Followers" gadget. Again, to be resolved swiftly I hope.