“Grid” Group News
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Sunday 2nd July – 0Z06 Leicester- Derby Etches Park (ROG Class 37 +56006)
0Z06 1330 Leicester L.I.P. to Etches Park Sdgs Runs on 2nd July 2017 Diesel locomotive WTT Realtime Route Allowances Location Pl Arr Dep Arr Dep Dly Line Path Eng Pth Prf Leicester L.I.P. 1330 1330 Leicester [LEI] UDS 1333 1340 1333 1340 FL Leicester North Jn. pass 1341 pass 1341 Humberstone Rd Jn pass 1342 […]
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Galleries for all locos in class
We have now created galleries for all 135 locos in the class, take a walk down memory-lane with us here
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CANCELLED – Humber Grid Railtour – 9th September 2017
Unfortunately this tour has now been cancelled.
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UKRL 56 x 2 appear at Midland Railway Gala
This one crept under our radar but 56081 & 56104 are currently at the Midland Railway Centre Butterley as part of this weekends diesel Gala. Picture shows 56081 during a layover at the Gala yesterday (18th June 2017). Picture from C56G member Gareth Yates
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56006 to attend East Lancs Diesel Gala 7th – 9th July 2017
Please see text in bold for the latest news 56006 has been invited back to the Eat Lancs Diesel Gala and the Committee and Volunteers are currently working hard to ensure the tyre turning required can be completed in time for 56006 to hitch a ride on the Gala convoy which will operate a few […]
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Class 56 Gallery- progress update
While the main photo galleries are updated with the thousands of images we have to upload , anyone with an eye for excellent railway photography and class 56’s could do worse then have a look at this website. There is a section on 56 but be warned you’ll easily find yourself engrossed in this site […]
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JUNE 2017 CLASS 56 WORKINGS
24/6/17 Operational locos were located as follows 56078 Barnetby, 56087 + 56113 Derby , 56094 Shrewsbury , 56096 +56105 Doncaster , 56202 Grangemouth, 56303 Chaddesden. (SEE FURURE WORKINGS for what these locos should do over the weekend) 22/6/17 – 56078 has run from Barnetby to Lindsey Oil Refinery and worked 0940 Lindsey OR- West Burton […]
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More Grid Galleries …
Yep, we now have galleries up for the first 50 members of the class. Take a look at our galleries pages here
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First 20 Grid Galleries published
We have just published our first two albums containing fots of the first 20 locos in the class. Join us for a walk down memory lane and keep your eyes on the site as we add fots of all 135 locos over the coming weeks and months 🙂 Take a look at our galleries here
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CLASS 56 GROUP AGM DATE 1ST JULY 2017
The annual meeting of the Class 56 Group will take place on the above date. Details are available in the latest edition of Gridiron which should be with members any time now. As always we encourage as many members as possible to attend and contribute to the direction the group takes in future.
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