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Colton Junction and Church Fenton

Week two of the 2006 summer tour and this part of the world is well known to me as I used to live at nearby RAF Church Fenton in the mid 1980's and never wanted to leave. The half Yorkshireman in me had a yearning to stay, but the RAF had other ideas and I did get moved away. This was however a great day on an old stomping ground and I relished the traction but wished I could be back in 1985.......with my digital camera. Sigh!!! 7/8/2006
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    These Trans Pennine units are quite colourful when nicely lit, 158813 forms 1E69 0922 Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough. Back in the mid 1980's during my time at RAF Church Fenton, this would have been a class 45 Peak with eight or so mkI's.
    Freightliner Heavy Haul 66510 clatters over the pointwork of Colton South Junction with a rake of empty HHA coal hoppers. The train ID is 4N39 1045 Drax Power Station to Tyne Dock.
    DRS 66409 was at the time on hire to Freightliner Heavy Haul and is employed on 6C55 0947 Redcar to West Burton Power Station loaded coal.