June 19th, 2009
We headed from High Wycombe up to Barnetby, a busy freight location every trainspotter we met told us we had to visit.
Banbury, England
(map) Banbury is a few miles north of Oxford.
Birmingham, England
(map) Birmingham is the site of a large Freightliner intermodal facility south of Derby in central England.
Doncaster, England
Doncaster is a popular trainspotting location between Manchester and Grimsby.
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GBRF 66717 passes through Doncaster station light power.
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An EWS gondola train passes through Doncaster station.
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An EWS rail train goes through the bypass track on the far side of Doncaster station.
Barnetby, England
Barnetby is a very busy freight junction with a less busy passenger station in the middle of it well suited to watching the freight between Doncaster and Grimsby in north-east England.
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A Freightliner oil train introduces us to Barnetby station.
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EWS 66159 passes Barnetby station with a hopper train.
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Two First passenger trains pass through Barnetby station.
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An EWS gondola train passes through Barnetby station.
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A self-propelled passenger coach comes through Barnetby station.
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A Freightliner hopper train slowly passes Barnetby station.
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An EWS gondola train heads west through Barnetby.
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An EWS concrete train is met by a local passenger train at Barnetby station.
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A GBRf hopper train heads west through Barnetby.
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A tamper comes to a rest at Barnetby.
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A First TransPennine Express passenger train heads through the station meeting an EWS gondola train at the platform.