09005 shunts wagons from a short term contract to stockpile ballast at a virtual quarry at Healey Mills. 29/10/99.

31199 and 31210 haul a Tilcon stone train out of Healey Mills, probably bound for Hull, having stabled at Healey Mills over the weekend. 3rd October 1988. Thanks to Michael Cooper for the caption information.

31304 leaves Healey Mills with 7E34 11.10 Ashton to Lindsey. 3/10/88.

31319 and 31243 leave Healey Mills on 3rd October 1988, with 7E60 Preston Docks to Lindsay. Those who are familiar with Healey Mills will notice how few trees are on the banking behind the locos, compared to nowadays!

31449 passes the former Roberts wagon works at Horbury with a Dewsbury to Earles cement working. 3/10/88. This scene is somewhat different today.

37213 enters Healey Mills Yard with a local Speedlink coal working. 3/10/88.

37377 enters Healey Mills yard with a ballast train on the 29th October 1999.

37405 stabled at Healey Mills in the early morning of 22nd June 2004.

37670 "St Blazey" stands in Healey Mills Yard with 47401 "North Eastern" on the 22nd June 2004. The 47 had been attending a diesel gala at the KWVR and if memory serves had run a hot box, so had to be repaired before it could travel onwards to it's home at Butterley.

37802 passes Addingford on the 21st June 1999 with 6M68 Dewsbury to Earles. This train of course is now in the hands of Freightliner.

47379 "Total Energy" runs into Healey Mills Yard with an unidentified train of "Elf" tanks. 3/10/88.

47802 leaves Healey Mills with 6D77 Wakefield to Doncaster "Enterprise". 8th September 1998. Both the loco and the consist of this particular train were somewhat unusual.

56029 roars away from Healey Mills at Addingford with an unidentified haul of HEAs. 17th September 1991.

56056 leaves Healey Mills with 6D36 Doncaster to Wakefield Cobra. 29/10/99. Not being a dark sider, I've no idea what those containers are. I don't remember seeing their like since.

56070 leaves Healey Mills yard on the 31st May 2002 with 6E82 12.59 Seaforth to Lackenby.

56071 clags through Addingford with an empty MGR from Fiddlers Ferry on the 3rd October 1988.

56071 leaves Healey Mills under the eye of a lookout man on the 11th May 2001. The train was 6E14 10.50 Seaforth to Tinsley.

56071 leaves Healey Mills with 6E34 Ashton to Lindsay. 14/07/03.

56072 stands in Healey Mills yard with steel empties, on the 4th October 2003.

56083 leaves Healey Mills with 16T spoil wagons on the 3rd October 1988. This is just the sort of scene that is sadly missing from today's railways; steam age wagons behind classic traction!

56110 enters Healey Mills with 6G80 Rylstone to Dewsbury, on the 29th October 1999.

56115 leaves Healey Mills with 6E82 to Lackenby on the 23rd September 2003. This was before it gained celebrity status as one of the last two working Class 56s.

56115 stands in Healey Mills Yard with a GM waste train on the evening of the 30th April 2000.

56127 passing Healey Mills with 6M07 10.45 Roxby to Pendleton. 11/5/01.

56133 enters Healey Mills for a crew change with 6M05 Roxby to Northenden. 12/7/99.

60014 "Alexander Fleming". Horbury. 6M05 09:20 Roxby to Northenden. 13/4/02.

60014 reverses 6M07 into Healey Mills Yard. 9/10/06. This photo was published in the December 2006 edition of Rail Express.

60035 "Florence Nightingale" passes the site of Horbury & Ossett station with 6M05 Roxby to Northenden. 8/9/98.

60052 "Glofa Twr" arrives at Healey Mils with 6D79 13.30 Neville Hill to Healey Mills tanks on the 8th June 2004.

60052 & 67012 shunt a couple of tanks at Healey Mills on the 8th June 2004. Typical June weather!

60053 "Nordic Terminal" leaves Healey Mills with 6E06 10.00 Bredbury to Roxby. 9/10/06.

60059 "Swinden Dalesman" at Healey Mills with 6M05 09.30 Roxby to Northenden. 28/2/06.

60076 is stabled with autoballasters in Healey Mills Yard on the 9th October 2006.

66033 passes Healey Mills with 6M68 Dewsbury to Earles on the 29th October 1999. Doesn't it look strange now to see an EWS loco on the cement!

66054 enters Healey Mills Yard with 6M83 08.45 Redcar to Warrington Arpley. 9/10/06.

66058 leaves Healey Mills with 6E06 Bredbury to Roxby. 29/10/99.

66068 reverses a ballast working from Shap into Healey Mills Yard on the 29th October 1999. Note the line of stored 47s. Numbers anyone?

66081 crawls out of Healey Mills Yard with 4L56 17.35 to Harwich. 31/5/02.

66172 prepares to leave Healey Mills with 6D37 to Doncaster. 11/5/01.

66173 leaves Healey Mills with 7L56 to Harwich. 23/9/03.

66512 passes Addingford with 6M89 Dewsbury to Earles. 11th May 2001. Pity that the sun wasn't a bit further round.

66541 passes Healey Mills with a diverted 4M45 04.43 Ipswich to Ditton. 19/10/02.

66552 passes Healey Mills with 6M89 Dewsbury to Earles on the 22nd June 2004.

66565 sneaks round Healey Mills Yard with 6M89 10.00 Dewsbury to Earles on the 8th June 2004.

66617 leaves Healey Mills with 6M89 09.51 Dewsbury to Earles. 19/2/04.

67027 enters Healey Mills yard with 6G85 10.31 Doncaster Belmont to Healey Mills on the 28th June 2005.

All seems to be over, in the UK at least, as a line of stored EWS 56 and a 47 repose in Healey Mills Yard at 05.58 on the 22nd June 2004. Big up Fastline for bringing some back to life!

Before the start of the scheduled Arriva loco-hauled services, several crew training runs were undertaken from Healey Mills, where the train was initially based. On the 4th October 2003, 37408 leads 37411 on 5Z37 11.25 Healey Mills to Carlisle, clagging away in fine style.