Kirow crane Doncaster this morning

[Viper]

A colleague mentioned seeing something moving a kirow crane at Doncaster this morning around 09:30 but couldn't see the loco. Does anyone know what this move was and which loco was moving it please?

Thanks in advance!

 

[31160]

I saw a crane going through Clapham yesterday with 69003 on it, dunno if its the same one though soz

 

[Adrian Barr]

I think that must have been 6X75 Scunthorpe - Doncaster Up Decoy.

It was hauled by 69014 and had a Kirow crane, a long-welded-rail discharge train and some "tench" wagons on the back.

The Kirow crane was this one:

Rail Live, Kirow Crane | Trains, Boats, Planes

 

[47286Dan]

This was the working yesterday

6X75 Scunthorpe to Doncaster
69014
610099 FCA
610100 FCA
7093190137 ZOA (Kirow Crane)
610314 FCA
610313 FCA
NLU 979512 YEA
NLU 93418 JZA
NLU 93720 JZA
NLU 93611 JZA
NLU 93604 JZA
NLU 93724 JZA
NLU 93719 JZA
NLU 93718 JZA
NLU 93721 JZA
NLU 93708 JZA
NLU 93772 JZA
NLU 93723 JZA
NLU 93725 JZA
7045242382 FEA
7045240162 FEA
7045241608 FEA
7045242077 FEA
7045241707 FEA
7045241988 FEA

Hope this helps

Dan.

 

[Viper]

Thank you for finding that, much appreciated. That's exactly what my colleague saw.

Where do you guys get that info from?

 

[Adrian Barr]

Loco information for some freight trains (like those hauled by GBRF for example, but not DB Cargo) is shown on Realtime trains if you can find the working.

I think Railcam (on the subscription option) has more info on which locos are working freight trains - https://railcam.uk/whatyouget.php

You can search for freight trains through Doncaster on the Detailed search option of Realtime trains by selecting the TOC as ZZ.
For example you can search for "all day" or in this case custom times 0800-1000 for 29th April - the 4 trains with times in bold actually ran, one was a track machine and two were light engines.

Apart from that, getting loco or wagon information generally relies on someone having access to TOPS - the best place to ask is in the two dedicated threads (the first post in each explains what they are for):

Non-urgent TOPS requests:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/non-urgent-tops-requests.202237/

Urgent TOPS requests:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/urgent-tops-requests.202238/