Washwood Heath & Cossington - Friday 7th September 2012
While on route to the Great Central Railway Diesel Gala on Friday 7th September, we decided to make a day of mainline photography as we traveled north to Loughborough for the weekend. We didn't plan the locations until our first service station stop on the M42, as the weather was looking favorable for all three days of our Midlands visit we decided the first call was Washwood Heath in Birmingham. We spent the mid morning at this popular location to capture the newly released Class 56 from Colas. In the afternoon traffic flows indicated that Cossington (Midland Mainline) would provide some variety of freight / passenger services into the early evening. Below is a selection of images from the day.
Washwood Heath (Birmingham)
On hire from Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 66 No.66556 hauls Freightliner Intermodal's 4L93 10:8 Lawley Street - Felixstowe through Washwood Heath.
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Cross Country Class 170 No.170116 passes through Washwood Heath heading east.
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Three car Class 170 No.170102 passes Washwood Heath heading for Birmingham New Street.
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Cross Country Class 220 No.220028 passes Washwood Heath heading for the north of England.
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Cross Country HST formed of 43378 & 43384 pass Washwood Heath with the 1V50 Edinburgh - Plymouth service.
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Cross Country Voyager 220019 passes Washwood Heath.
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Cross Country Class 170 No.170522 passes Voyagers 034 and 007 working the 1V52 06:00 Glasgow - Plymouth diagram.
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Colas Rail Freight Class 56 No.56094 powers away from Washwood Heath with the loaded 6E07 11:51 Washwood Heath - Boston Docks steel service.
Cossington (Midland Mainline)
'Rainbow Warrior' GBRF Class 66 No.66720 passes Cossington on the Midland Mainline hauling the 6E80 13:20 Hotchlet Hill - Doncaster.
EMT 'Meridian' Class 222 No.222102 races south at Cossington on route to Londo St Pancras
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Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 66 No.66508 passes Cossington with a Daw Mill - Ratcliffe loaded coal.
Class 66 No.66737 passes Cossington heading for Somerset hauling the 5V01 13:50 Butterley to Bristol. Next day the inspection saloon would continue to Bishops Lydeard from Bristol, organised for as a private event for a DEPG member.
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Freightliner's 'Fuglies' are now settling down into service. 70014 passes Cossington hauling the 6L87 13:37 Earles Sidings to West Thorrock cement.
Former Northern Trains Class 156 No.156473 now carries the colourful East Midlands Trains colours and is pictured at Cossington.
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EMT 'Meridian' Class 222 No.222013 races north through Cossington.
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EMT 'Meridian' Class 222 No.222012 heads south for London St Pancras at Cossington.
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DB Schenker Class 66 No.66083 passes an EMT HST at Cossington while hauling the 6M53 10:28 West Thorrock to Mountsorrell
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DB Schenker Class 66 No.66172 passes Cossington hauling the 6E63 14:48 Mountsorrell to Peterborough.
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EMT Class 156 No.156404 heads south to Leicester at Cossington.
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After a points failure further South EMT services were diverted to the slow lines for a short period, 43045 passes through Cossington.
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EMT 222014 takes the slow lines at Cossington heading north having been turned in the Leicester area.
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EMT liveried Class 43 No.43054 and No.43049 head south at Cossington with a Nottingham - St Pancras service.
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EMT liveried Class 43 No.43061 leads No.43043 at Cossington working the 1B58 15:28 Nottingham to St Pancras.
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Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 66 No.66603 hauls the 6M91 11:24 Theale to Earles through Cossington.
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DB Schenker Class 66 No.66164 leads the 6V12 Aldwarke - Westbury engineers move through Cossington.
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