56039 is seen at Stanton Gate on 3/5/78 with a North bound MGR train.

56043 heads a loaded MGR train Southbound at Stanton Gate on 3/5/78.

56039 runs light engine towards Toton, seen at Stanton Gate on 3/5/78.

56013 passes Stanton Gate on 3/5/78 with an MGR train.

56022 is seen at Stanton Gate on 11/5/78 with a loaded MGR train.

56050 is seen in the process of being built at Doncaster Works on 18/6/78.

The finished article, 56047 gleams at Doncaster Works on 18/6/78.

56049 is seen at Redditch on 7/8/82 with DAA's 'Grid Iron Grice', 1Z24, 0800 from London Bridge.

Later on the smae tour see's 56003 at Walsall.

56103 is seen at Sheffield on 20/11/82 while working LCGB's 'Trans Pennine' railtour, 1Z30, the 0825 from Liverpool Lime Street.

56098 is noted at Nuneaton on 3/7/83 after hauling the 1200 Wolverhampton to Euston across from Birmingham.

An overrun of the engineering work see's 56083 haul the 1A25, the 1600 Wolverhampton to Euston as far as |Coventry on 10/7/83.

56033 is at Worcester Shrub Hill on 31/7/83 working 1Z39, the 0550 Plymouth to Scarborough Railtour.

56097 hauling 86221 'Vesta' have just arrived at Wolverhampton on 23/12/84 with 1G28, the 1230 from Euston.

56054 leaves Marks Tey on 9/4/91 with 6G30, the 1415 to Mile End Yard on 9/4/91.

56021 stands at Coventry on 26/5/91 before working a Pathfinder Railtour to Bristol Temple Meads.

56028 + 56009 wait at Llandudno on 11/8/91 with 1T56, the 1325 to Crewe. This was one of the trains taking part in the trainload coal gala day on the North Wales Coast.

56082 + 56083 arrive at Worksop on 5/9/93 with a Hertfordshire Railtour from London.

56089 + 56100 wait at Sheffield on 5/9/93 with 1Z30, the 1003 to Cottam Power Station run for the Worksop Depot Open Day.

Another picture of 56089 + 56100 at Sheffield on 5/9/93. Even the new fangled go-cart has gone...

56097 is amongs the slate at Blaenau Ffestiniog on 10/10/92 working 1Z44, 0615 Bristol Temple Meads to Holyhead, Patrhfinder's 'Gaerwen Grid'

56097 is now at the port of Holyhead ready to work to Chester on 10/10/92 with 1Z44, 1640 to Bristol Temple Meads.

56007 hauls the Ipswich to Ditton empty BOC tanks up Belstead Bank.

Unidentified Coal sector Class 56 heads the Ipswich to Ditton empty BOC tanks up Belstead Bank.

56018 stands at Channelsea Junction, Stratford on 26/4/94 with 6M83, 1419 Ipswich to Ditton BOC.

A few days later 56018 is working the same train but was diverted via Cambridge, seen at Dullingham on 29/4/94.

56055+56031 haul 59002 and jumbo train at Woodborough on 9/2/86, ready to test the 59 from a standing start with this massive train

Another view of the trials at Woodborough on 9/2/86.

56113 gets ready to haul 86247 to Nuneaton on 22/6/87, the train being 1A06, 0856 Wolverhampton to Euston.

My first 56 for haulage was 56061. The loco is seen here as it arrives at Birmingham New Street on 11/5/80 with 1G30, the 1240 Euston to Wolverhampton service.

Quite a rare working is 56042, fitted with class 58 bogies, it is seen entering Oxford on Bank Holiday Monday, 26/5/80 with 1E63, the 1135 Poole to Newcastle service.

56052 has just attatched to 87101 and 1G28, the 1040 Euston to Wolverhampton service at Nuneaton on 3/8/80.

A brand new Class 56 is hauled through Ipswich.

56076 rests by the buffer stops at Manchester Piccadilly on 21/8/94 before working to Crewe on Pathfinders 'Crewe Cruisers' railtours.

56090 is at Newcastle Central on 10/9/94 and has just coupled onto a Hertfordshire Railtour. 1F52, the 0718 Kings Cross to Jarrow.

56093 waits at Stockport on 17/9/94 while working to Buxton on Pathfinders 'Lancastrian' week-end jaunt.

The only passenger working for 56122 was on 31/7/83 when it worked a Pathfinder railtour from Doncaster to Scarborough and back. Here we see the loco at Scarborough waiting to leave as 1Z39, the 1710 to Plymouth.

Another view of 56122 at Scarborough on Pathfinder Tours 'White Rose Rambler'

56040 'Oystermouth' is seen at Paddington on 19/8/83. The loco worked in hauling a failure from somewhere.!!

56036 is seen shunting a defective coach out of the train at Westbury on 20/8/83 while it was working 1Z83, 0725 London Bridge to Llanelli, DAA's 'South Wales Venturer'

56029 rolls into Nuneaton on 18/9/83 working the diverted 1200 Wolverhampton to Euston service.

56005 approaches Toton on 3/5/78 with a loaded MGR Train.

56033 waits at Hastings on 3/5/87 working 1Z36, the 1534 Eastbourne to Bristol Temple Meads Pathfinder charter, The Hastings Belle.

56036 is seen at Reading on 20/12/86 hauling a failed Class 47 on the 1050 Paddington to Swansea relief train.

56062 waits at Victoria on 17/1/87 before working the 1824 to Ramsgate. Numerous trains in Kent were loco hauled during this period due to heavy snow.

The 1000 Wolverhampton to Euston rolls into Nuneaton on 15/3/87 with a Class 56086 hauling failed 58009 and train loco 87018.

56062 'Mountsorrel' rolls into Ipswich on 20/9/97 working 1Z65, the 0625 Crewe to Felixstowe Town, Pathfinders 'Marching Cat' railtour.

56096 passes the Suffolk Showground near Ipswich with a Ipswich bound 'liner during the June 1998.

56018 has just run through Westerfield with an Ipswich bound 'liner sometime in June 1998.

56018 this time leaving Ipswich Upper Yard with a Felixstowe bound 'liner during June 1998.

56113 rolls into Ipswich on 8th September 1996 working 1Z56, the 0838 Bristol Temple Meads to Felixstowe railtour, Pathfinders 'The Great Eastern Grid'

56066 stands underneath the roof at York on 15th February 1997 while working 1Z33, the 0732 Kings Cross to Scarborough charter for 33111 Charters, the 'Robin Reliant'

56044 stands in Barry Docks on 19/4/97 while working part of 1Z63, the 0703 Crewe - Cwmbargoed, Pathfinders The Welsh Wizard.

56118 stands at Cwmbargoed on 19th April 1997 while working 1Z63, the 0703 from Crewe, Pathfinders 'The Welsh Wizard.

At the other end of the train is 56044 'Cardiff Canton' Cwmbargoed, 19th April 1997.

56031 'Merehead' at Ipswich Fueling Point on asnowy day.

56109 & 56117 both wait for departure time at Felixstowe South FLT on 22nd November 1995.

56050 waits at near Westerfield on 3/9/95 working 4L89, 0018 Leeds to Felixstowe North service.

56050 seen at Cambridge on 3rd September 1995 working 4L89, 0018 from Leeds to Felixstowe North.

56050 rests at Ipswich Fueling Point.