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Class 59/0 (After 01 August 2021)
The Engines that started the GM Revolution in the UK. 5 built but 59003 was exported to Germany in 1997.However in 2015 it was repatriated and has started working in the UK for GBRf leaving 4 working out of Merehead for Aggregate-Industries who took over Foster-Yeomans.
SWRly's 159016 waits at the signal protecting Clink Road Junction with '1V23' the 10:38 from Basingstoke to Yeovil Junction via Westbury whilst 59005 passes with '7B12'.This being the 11:23 from Merehead going up to Wootton-Bassett.
..17 july 2023..
59005 'Kenneth J Painter' in 'AI' colours passes the large herd of cows in the fields at Berkley Marsh with '7V12; the 15:38 from Woking to Merehead empty JNA-boxes.
..22 june 2023..
'Paul A Hammond' 59004 passes Clink going to Whatley from Appleford (12:49 off) as '6C48'.
..5 june 2023..
59005 'Kenneth j Painter' is seen with '6C61' the 10:56 from Neasden-Charringtons going to Merehead passing Frome at Clink albeit with half the JNA's still with their loads intact!.Note the Mayflower Blossom has now largely gone at this location leaving just the greeness of Summer.
..2 june 2023..
'Paul A Hammond' 59004 with '6V62' the 13:21 from Southampton Up Yard to Whatley empty JNA's cruises down through Berkley Marsh in the superb spring lighting we have today...
..30 may 2023..
Minutes after 'The Pink One' 66587 passed on '6M20' 59005 appeared with '7B12' the 11:23 from Merehead heading for the self-discharge stone terminal at Royal Wootton Bassett.A nice sunny morning her at Clink for a change lately!
..20 april 2023..
'AI'-59004 crosses the pointwork ar Clink Road Junction with '7A77' the 12:03 from Merehead going up the Theale.No doubt a few hundred-weight on mendip dust will have been lost by the time in arrives at its destination nr Reading.
..18 april 2023..
'Kenneth J Painter' 59005 in 'AI' colours approaches Clink with '6C48' the 13:59 from Appleford empties bound for Whatley.
..13 april 2023..
Despite te fact that this location here at Berkley has just had the 'palisade treatment' shots are still easily possible throught the slat gaps. All very fine until the vegetation which has now become inaccessible begins to grow quite tall as it inevitably will! Anyway here is 59005 'Kenneth J Painter' with '6A19' the 10:38 from Whatley to West Drayton-Freys Sdg's'.Still failry sunny but this would fade away as the hazy cloud covered moved further East.
..22 march 2022..
'AI' 59005 with the heavy '7A17' 10:24 from Merehead to Colnbrook creeps slowly past Master's Crossing nr Fairwood Junction.
..15 february 2023..
This working '6A19' runs in the same path as the more usual '6M20' the 10:38 from Whatley,today going to West Drayton-Frey Sdgs instead of Churchyard Sdgs at St Pancras.'AI' 59002 being todays power.
..18 january 2023..
'AI' 59004 rolls through an absolutely freezing cold sub-zero albeit quite sunny Clink Road Junction with '7B12' the 11:23 from Merehead bound for Wootton Bassett.
..15 december 2022..
Unbelievably this was the only 59 noted all day during 6 hours of standing around in the cold but thankfully sunny conditions.Here is 59004 'Paul A Hammond' with '7A17' the 10:24 from Merehead bound for Colnbrook.Viewed passing Lock-56 on the B&H West of Crofton.
..9 december 2022..
One last shot today before the sunniness folded completely.This is '7B12' the 11:23 from Merehead going to Wootton Bassett with another full load of aggregate in bottom discharge hoppers.59002 'Alan J Day' doing the honours today as it passes a golden Clink Road Junction.
..17 november 2022..
59005 catches the now quite low middaysunlight as it approaches Clink Road Junction with '6C31' the empties from Theale (10:08 off0 to Whatley.
..18 october 2022..
'AI' 59005 'Kenneth J Painter' was todays loco unusually on '6M20' the 10:38 from Whatley Quarry going up to Churchyards Sidings at St Pancras in the Capital.Seen at Berkley nr Frome.
..17 october 2022..
Now in the closing week or so of September the lineside trees and shrubs are beginning to show the first signs of the onset of Autumn here at Clink in Frome as 59005 'Kenneth J Painter' passes with '6V18' the 11:20 from Allington returning emptied hoppers to Whatley Quarry.
..23 september 2022..
'Kenneth J Painter' 59005 today did a turn on '6M20' the 10:38 from Whatley Going up to the Capital at Churchyard Sidings.
..15 july 2022..
Barely 7 minutes after 66531 had passed with '6M20', '59002 passes with 7A17' the 10:24 from Merehead going up the B&H as well but this one to Colnbrook-FY. Although this overbridge has recently been blighted with palisade fencing on all 4 corners shots are still possible with a short pair of steps or by simply poking you camera lens through the fence slats---It's still shite though to look at!
..8 july 2022..
Here is the heavily delayed '7C77' 12:15 from Wembley to Merehead passing Berkley nr Frome.59004 doing the job.It ws held at Southall for over 3 hours due to a fatality resulting in an 'all stop' status until the situation was resolved.
..6 july 2022..
59002 'Alan J Day' passes the wheat fields at Berkley heading for Merehead with the 12:24 from Wembley Reception Sdg's 1-7.Note the Pot Lane bridge in the back ground currently this week being ruined by palisade fencing on all 4 corners.So poinless and un-necessary given the problem free rural location.
..22 june 2022..
5 minutes after 59002 had passed with '7V12' another AI, this time 59004 'Paul A Hammond' is seen with 7C64' the 14:57 from Wembley heading for Merehead.
..20 june 2022..
AI liveried 59002 'Alan J Day' brings '7V12' the 15:38 from Woking to Merehead through Berkley Marsh on a superbly clear evening without a single cloud in the sky.
..20 june 2022..
'Alan J Day' 59002 draws '7C66' the 19:07 from Royal Wootton Bassett to Merehead empty hoppers through Berkley at Pot Lane.
..17 june 2022..
With excellent low evening lighting any train looks good,even a good old Class-59/0! So here is 59004 'Paul A Hammond' with '6C64'' the 14:46 from Wembley Reception Sdgs c/w its mid-train 'combi' loco 66572 that is just visible.No hoppers today hence the '6' coding instead of '7'.Seen at good old Berkley Marsh nr Frome.
..31 may 2022..
59002 'Alan J Day' leads the 13:26 from Southampton Up yard to Whatley Quarry empties at Berkley in nice low evening lighting.The code '6V62' now used for this working used to allocated to the famed Fawley Oil/Bitumen Tanks going down to Plymouth most weekdays.It was a solid Class-37 working back then as well!
..4 may 2022..
59002 'Alan J Day' finally passes Berkley Marsh after a substantial delay caused by a failed stone working at Clink (loss of brake-air on the loco 59104).The train is '7Z60' the 11:16 from Brentford Town (Days Agg) to Merehead.
..21 april 2022..
59002 brings '7C31' the 10:08 from Theale to Whatley into Westbury from thr Trowbridge direction having been diverted from its normal route via the B&H for some reason.
..8 february 2022..
So here we are at just 15:00 in the afternoon and with the 'clocks' altering the previous weekend,already the sun is looking quite yellowy with the sun now quite low on the horizon. This is 59004 working the returning empties to Merehead from Acton-TC (12:41 off) as '7C77.Pictured at Cowleaze Lane nr Bratton on the B&H.
..2 november 2021..
GBRf's Westbury resident 'pet' loco 59003 'Yeoman Highlander' passes Arn Hill nr Warminster with '6V41' the 14:48 from Eastleigh East Yard to Westbury engineering trip working. Load today being rather colourful with a single 'IOA' and 10 MXA's known as 'Lobsters'.
..21 october 2021..
59002 'Alan J Day' with its set of heavily graffitied loaded hoppers powers through Bratton on the B&H with '6M20' the 10:38 from Whatley Quarry to Churchyard Sidings in the Capital.
..21 october 2021..
GBRf's 'Yeoman Highlander' 59003 is once again back on its regular working '6O41' the 10:14 from Westbury to Eastleigh East Yard. The loading was a long string of JNA's well loaded with fresh ballast.Here seen passing an increasngly autumnal scene at Warminster Station.
..19 october 2021..
59002 'Alan J Day' with the early morning sunlight nicely on the front-end gets away from Clink Road Junction with '6A74' the 08:58 from Whatley Quarry heading up to Theale with yet more aggregates.
..29 september 2021..
Annoyingly it has been a good year for the trees and bushes growth here in the cutting on the approach to Clink Road Junction in Frome.Plenty of heat and moisture have dramatically increased the greenery for sure.That coupled with the sinking autumnal sun now make this location a less viable location. So here is 59004 with '7C31' the 10:08 from Theale going down to Whatley Quarry with its string of empty hoppers.
..27 september 2021..
AI-'Alan J Day' 59002 works up through Berkley Marsh with the 10:38 from Whatley going to Churchyards Sidings in the Capital as '6M20'.
..27 september 2021..
The 'Westbury Pet' 59003 continues to stagger up and down between Westbury and Eastleigh East Yard on an almost daily basis.Here the GBRf lone 59/0 passes the Maritime Container Depot with '6V41' the 14:48 from Eastleigh East Yard to Westbury with a load of nine JNA's full of scrap wooden sleepers. Note the double stacked containers on the right.That is how the USA version of our container trains are loaded when travelling across the States.No loading gauge restrictions there!
..8 september 2021..
A rather tidy looking 59004 heads '7V07' the empty boxes from Chichester (13:41 away) to Merehead.Seen at Arn Hill nr warminster running just 10 miutes behind '6V41' with 3 GM-GBRf's on it!
..26 august 2021..
Under a threatening looking sky 'AI' 59004 works '7A17' the 10:24 from Merehead Quarry to Acton-TC up through Berkley in an all too brief patch of blue sky.