Trains at Toton 15 April 2023

A couple of shots from our morning walk along the canal at Willington -we stay here when we visit our son and family.
Willington
66601 6G67 Tunstead - Small Heath
North Staffs Junc
70814 6Z76 Redcar BSC - Longport
Then off to Toton for a look at the depot and sidings including a good look at the scrap class 60s.

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Awesome images with trains and nice places! Good work, Andy! MEGA LIKE
Greetings from Dublin
Andrew

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you

[@wojciechzalewski6648]

For me extremely interesting. Fine that in Britain so many lines are non-electrified. A pity that so many locos are out of work. Class 66 dominates in picture and sound. Greetings from Gdynia, Poland.

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you Wojciech. Yes, class 66 dominates freight here, but I believe some Freightliner ones escaped to 🇵🇱

[@wojciechzalewski6648]

@@andyhoward1001 Thanks for the answer. There are presumably approx. 40 Class 66 locos in Poland: Freightliner PL and DB Cargo Polska.

[@jakeandfriends3554]

​@@wojciechzalewski6648 cool gbrf are putting 66 engines in 56s to make the 69 lol so they have more things of the strength without buying more

[@StormmyStormmy]

DB Schenker heaven, love it, thanks for sharing.

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you

[@marcusgallagher9173]

Top quality

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you

[@ianmacdougall8229]

@ 7:31: terrible sight, but I am glad that some of the 60s are getting restored for DC Rail

[@mccoy79productions66]

Awesome video!!

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you. Not quite as good over here compared to the monster locos you get to see every day though.

[@normanhutchins4392]

You must have been in seventh heaven when you took this video!!

[@andyhoward1001]

Sure was.

[@JJthrashing]

Great footage huge stock of class 60 at the back of the yard these look like there going for the scrap ? Lots of 66 67 EWS livery I presume these will be repainted to DB colours at some point… GBR Colas use DB yard facilities or sub hired in ? Also spotted Royal train 67 at the very back 👍

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you. The stored 60s have been there for years. Who knows what the plans for them are.

[@JJthrashing]

So much stock of 60s looks like grave yard 😢 can’t believe how big the site is and very full up not much going on a lot of static locomotives everywhere thanks for sharing really good mixture of freight trains 👍

[@spark6886]

Thanks for comprehensive coverage of Toton Depot. Have you any idea of the Colas 70 working
Taking the Crewe line at Stenson Jctn ?

[@andyhoward1001]

Thank you. The 70 is running from British Steel Redcar to a recycling facility at Longport (recycled into road stone I guess). I saw the same train the day before and it took the Birmingham line.

[@spark6886]

@@andyhoward1001 Thanks Andy for the info. Regards Les

[@TwmUkLive]

Why so many class 60s & 67s sitting Idle rusting away , what a sad sight.

[@stokes8626]

I regularly walk round the whole depot and there are some interesting vantage points in your vid that I can't fathom such as 20:22. Are you on the A52 here because the traffic is quite loud.

[@andyhoward1001]

Hi there. Yes, all views taken from public access land. The views later on are from the Brian Clough Way over bridge. There’s a lay-by on the Derby bound carriageway and you can walk up to the bridge.

[@stokes8626]

@@andyhoward1001 Many thanks, I'd discounted the road so I've been racking my brains as to where for example people take shots similar to this on Flickr and tried walking along a track 90 degrees from the canal towpath where the A52 crosses the canal and battled through undergrowth to try to find a way up the embankment which lead me nowhere lol.

[@nigelbevan8449]

@@andyhoward1001 Hiya Andy, hope all is well with you.... Do me a massive favour though bud... Don't park in the middle of the lay-by though please.... Its where I park my articulated truck, if I'm up that way and wander down the road to the bridge with notebook, pen and binoculars at the ready.... Thank you so much...