56037 starts its journey from Gascoigne Wood to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station.

An old shot from 1984. Class 56 No. 56 129 in company with other class members at Knottingley.

An old shot from 1984. Class 56 No. 56 124 "Blue Circle Cement" in company with other class members at Knottingley. This loco is now 56 302 and operating for Jarvis Fastline

56041 still wearing obsolete Railfreight Construction livery on the 1854 Stalybridge to Immingham.

With Ferrybridge power station in the background, 56100 heads off to collect another load of coal.

In freshly applied Load Haul livery, 56084 joins the main line at Brocklesby on the 1652 Immingham to Foxton.

The driver of 56079 applies the power as 56079 pulls over the manual crossing at Waldesea on the 1850 Wisbech to Deanside.

The 0942 Ordsall Lane to Park Royal was diverted for a number of weeks in the summer of 1995 due to a problem at Greenford. 56029 passes North Acton "underground" station on the diversion route wi... (more)

56 070 seen in the yard at Crewe Works on a very wet day back in 1982.

The unusual sight of a class 56 - 56 101 on a passenger working. This happened because of the overhead power supply being turned off for maintenance work on this Sunday in March 1982

56064 eases across the weighbridge as it leaves Tower Colliery with another train of coal for Aberthaw Power Station.

Class 56 action at Aberthaw. 56053 sets off with a loaded coal train for the power station whilst a classmate waits in the background with a train of empties.

L to R 20001 56006 20227 inside Barrow Hill roundhouse. The 56 was being turned on the turntable to hide a cracked window in readiness for display in the sunshine out in the yard. This class 56 is... (more)

56 049 passes Little Bedwyn with empty stone hoppers

Northbound Stanton-Hartlepool pipes - a flow that normally produced a class 56 towards the end of their careers.