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Barrow Hill Engine Shed

2007 ( page 5 of 8 )

"Class 20 Gala"

UK National railway	Barrow Hill in 2007	Barrow Hill engine shed	Heritage Railways
	Over the weekend of 14th and 15th of July in 2007, Barrow Hill held a Class 20 gala to mark 50 years since the class 20 or English Electric 1000hp Type 1 had entered into traffic with British Railways.   Three Main Line Locomotives at Barrow Hill in July 2007         Class 89001 at Barrow Hill in 2007 . In 1986 this Class 89 no.89001, was the one and only prototype locomotive for a large BR fleet of locomotives that was never ordered.   In September 1989 this class 89 was given the name Avocet. In 1992 the loco was put up for sale and sold to a team of Brush engineers, before being sold again to GNER who used it between 2000 and 2003.   It was moved to Barrow Hill in 2004. In 2006 The AC Locomotive Group purchased the locomotive and painted it in 2007 in the original InterCity Executive livery.       Class 58001 on display at Barrow Hill in 2007.       Class 33035 in washed out Network South East colours at Barrow Hill in 2007.   This class 33 no. 33035 in Network Soth East Colours was purchased for preservation in 1997 and moved to Barrow Hill.   The Pioneer Diesel Locomotive Group have now restored this locomotive and have painted it in British Rail Blue livery.It is based at the The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway.   The locomotive was built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company  in May 1961   For  photos of how good  it looked at the NVR diesel Gala in 2014 at the Nene Valley Railway click on:   Class 33035 at the NVR diesel Gala 26th September 2014     Barrow Hill class 20 Gala in July 2007 Page 1 Class 20 087 + class 20096 + class 20119 Page 2  Class 20001 + class 20092+ class 20121 + class 20904 Page 3  Class D8132 + class 20227 + D8000 Page 4  Class 20 2004  +RFS 20 2016 Page 5  Class 89001 Avocet + class 58001+  class 33035 Page 6  Class 37 217 + class 25067 + Class 26011 Page 7 Class 37079 + class 31468 + class 33021+ class 47744  Page 8 Class 04 + Class 06003 + Drewry 0-4-0 + Hunslet 0-6-0  + D 4092   This former steam roundhouse is located at Barrow Hill near Chesterfield and was saved by the Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society. The photos on this page were taken in 2007       Page updated 14/3/2018	The Re-opening Gala at Barrow Hill in September 2017 LMS Gala  at Barrow Hill in 2015 page 1 of 11   ...   The Fab 4 Gala at Barrow hill in 2012  page 1 of 13   ...   LNER Gala at Barrow Hill LNER Gala in 2009 page 1 of 13    ...   GWR Gala at Barrow Hill in  2008 page 1 of 17   ...   Gala at Barrow Hill in 2007 Page 1 of 7   ...   Class 20 event at Barrow Hill  in 2007 page 1 of 8   ...   Gala at Barrow Hill in 2006 page 1 of 10   ...   Barrow Hill in 2005 page 1 of 3

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Today Virgin East Coast, Grand Central and DRS are just some of the names on the trains. These names keep changing, but that means I have to keep taking photos. I also take photos of preserved railways with steam diesel and electric trains.There is lots more to add and I keep taking More!