Bygone Railways of East Lincolnshire

37046 on platform 6 at Skegness on Friday 31st August 1984. It had worked in as the 1D17 0846 from Sheffield, to where it would return as 1J27 at 1755. It stands alone as this through train operated Monday to Friday, the other services to Leicester and Derby/Burton on Trent operated on Mondays to Thursdays. 37046 entered service on 13th July 1962 as D6746. It was withdrawn on 30th September 2008, and scrapped by C.S. Booth of Rotherham on 1st September 2009.

47086 "Colosus" approaching, and after arrival at Skegness, working the 1D07 0936 Saturdays only service from King's Cross on Saturday 6th August 1983. Entering service on 27th March 1965 as D1672, it was later renumbered 47641 on 4th March 1986. It was withdrawn on 1st July 2003, and cut up by Booth of Rotherham on 1st July 2009.

47975 "The Institute of Civil Engineers" is seen with a Track Recording Train at Skegness on 2nd February 1994.  Built by Brush Traction, Loughborough, it entered service on 17th March 1964 as D1723. It was subsequently renumbered 47132/47540. It was renumbered 47975 on 24th August 1990, and then renumbered back to 47540 on 18th December 1995. Withdrawn on 1st May 1998, it later spent time at the Wensleydale Railway, but due to its condition deteriorating, was scrapped by TJ Thompson of Stockton on 31st March 2016. More about the history of this locomotive can be  found here. The Inspection Carriage, DB999508, built in 1960, has since been preserved at Rowden Mill.

The very first appearance of Class 33 locomotives at Skegness took place on Saturday 8th January 1994, when 33109 and 33116 worked the Hertfordshire Railtours "Jolly Push-Pull Fisherman" from Waterloo. It was intended to be 2 x 4TC sets, but one had developed a fault and had been removed from the consist. The following illustrate it before its return to King's Cross.  More information about the tour can be  found here.

Thursday 16th August 1984, and 47459 at the head of a rake of Mk.2 air conditioned stock at Skegness. It would depart later as the MThO 1M45 1845 through train to Burton-on-Trent. A bit of a change from 2x Class 20's and Mk.1's normally on the service in this era.

Aptly illustrating the busy nature of summer Saturdays at Skegness station in the 1980's; 37042 is seen after arrival on platform 5 having worked the 1E17 0710 summer Saturday  through train from Sheffield on 20th July 1985. It would be a quick turnaround: Once all passengers had alighted, it would reverse into the carriage sidings for the locomotive to be detatched, then reattached to the front end. After reversing back into platform 5, loaded with outgoing passengers, thence off at 1043 with the 1E02 service to Sheffield, non-stop to Nottingham. 37042 entered service on 15th June 1962, as D6742. It has since been preserved.

Adding a splash of much needed colour to an overcast Sunday 3rd August 1986, is 47573. It was working the SuO 1D11 0800 Cambridge to Skegness, and would return as the 1H01 1800 to Cambridge later that day.  47573 was built by Brush Traction, Loughborough, entering service on 30th October 1964 as D1768 (later 47173). It was withdrawn on 1st May 2001, and cut up by C.S. Booth of Rotherham on 1st October 2005.

Skegness on Saturday 7th July 1984. 47283 had arrived with the 1E85 0932 SO from Derby earlier. Passengers having alighted, the empty train has reversed into the carriage sidings and the locomotive detatched and moved forward. Senior Railman John Thornley (seen on the left of the picture), has been appointed  shunter for the day, and is about to pull the lever to change the points to allow the locomotive to travel on a parallel siding, and then be attached to the other end. It will then reverse back into the station to form the 1M35 1238 SO service to Derby. 47283 was built at Crewe Works, entering service on 17th January 1966 as D1985. It was withdrawn on 31st August 2004 and scrapped on 30th September of the same year.

Saturday 23rd June 1984, and Old Oak Common based 47484 is at Skegness to work the 1A38 0946 to King's Cross. This was one of the few trains which, rather than the sidings, used the now removed crossover between platforms 4 and 5 to position the locomotive at the front end. The summer Saturday morning through train to King's Cross was introduced in 1980 and continued up to 1984. After a year of haitus, in 1986 it was replaced by a morning departure to York in 1986, Leeds in 1987, and Newcastle upon Tyne from 1988. 47484 was built at the Crewe Works, entering service on 27th February 1965 as D1662. Some time after my photographs were taken, it was repainted into green for the GWR 150th Anniversary in 1985. It was withdrawn on 1st June 1998, and is currently awaiting restoration. 47484 and its train after arriving on the 5A38 ECS from Nene Sidings, Peterborough. Having negotiated the crossover from Platform 4 to 5, the locomotive awaits being reattached. Senior Railma

Sunday 23rd June 1985, and 37136 makes a change from the usual pair of Class 20's, having worked the 1E26 0833 Leicester to Skegness. It rests at platform 7 in Skegness before its return on the 1M88 1835 to Leicester. Built by the English Electric it entered service as D6836 on 19th April 1963. It was withdrawn on 1st December 1998 (then numbered 37905). It has been preserved and currently resides at the Mid Hants Railway "Watercress Line".

58039 became the first member of its class to visit Skegness on 20th September 1986. It was hauling the "Lincolnshire Coast Pullman", more information about which can be found  here.

Skegness on Wednesday 21st August 1985, and the very last class 25 to reach the terminus. 25173 worked in as the 1E04 0939 Long Eaton to Skegness Relief. Here it is seen stabled on platform 5 before returning as the 1Z98 1835 Relief to Nottingham. Built at Derby Works, it entered service on 12th January 1965 as D7523, and was withdrawn on 19th March 1987. It is now preserved and currently located on the Battlefield Line.

Skegness on Saturday 20th September 1986. 45103 awaits departure on the 1E02 1043 to Sheffield. This summer Saturday service was non-stop to Nottingham which it reached in an impressive 105 minutes, scheduled to arrive there at 12.28. New on 1st September 1961 as D116, after just under 27 years service, 45103 was withdrawn on 2nd August 1988, and scrapped by MC Metals (Springburn) on 24th August 1990. Behind is 58039 "Rugeley Power Station", the first class 58 to reach Skegness. It was on the Hertfordshire Railtours "Lincolnshire Coast Pullman", which had worked in from King's Cross, and was awaiting to depart on its next leg to Cleethorpes by way of Sleaford, Lincoln, and Doncaster. 58039 was new in March 1986 and withdrawn on 30th December 1999. It currently resides at Alizay Depot, Rouen, France, awaiting scrapping.

45066 departing from Skegness with the 1M35 1240 to Derby on Saturday, 23rd August, 1986.

On Monday 17th August 1981, and for the following three days, 45033 worked the 1E86 0851 Leicester to Skegness and return 1M22 1853 to Leicester. It is illustrated at the Carriage Sidings in Skegness after working 1E86, having reversed there from the station. 45033 has already been detached, and is in the process of using a parallel siding. After which it will be attached to the other end of the train and reversed into the station ready for the evening 1M22 departure. 45033, then based at Toton, entered service at Derby on 20th July 1961 as D39. It was withdrawn on 4th February 1988, and cut up at MC Metals of Springburn on 10th February 1992. The carriage M35278 is a Mk1 Brake Corridor Second which was built by Gloucester RCW in 1960.

The following article was first published in the May 1958 issue of The Railway Magazine . Sutton-on-Sea station, looking towards Willoughby, in August, 1957. Skegness diesel train entering Thorpe Culvert station.