Class 56

56078

56078 heads west through Totnes light engine to collect a Rail-Vac, forming: 0C54 09:15 Westbury to Burngullow. Friday 23rd September 2016

56078 hauling Rail-Vac 7095150048 passes Totnes eastbound at 16:38 on 6X54 14:15 Burngullow to Riverside. Friday 23rd September 2016

56087

56087 heads west through Totnes heading for Laira for water (coolant) forming the 0Z56 14:20 Newton Abbot to Newton Abbot via Laira. Thursday 1st August 2013

56081

56081 & 56104 head west through Totnes working 0Z56 10:02 Leicester Depot to Laira. The 56's were heading to Laira to collect a rake of FGW Mk3 coaches for refurbishment in Kilmarnock. Thursday 3rd March 2016

56094

56098

56098 & 56104 head west through Totnes with coaches 6330 41140 40718 42196 42294 42099 42287 42289 44037 6338 on: 5W56 05:27 Kilmarnock to Laira. . Saturday 7th November 2015

56098 named "Lost Boys 68-88" & 56301 head west through Totnes at 12:32 working a Rail Operating Groups 5V56 02:29 Kilmarnock to Laira. The formation was: 6330 41089 40810 42310 42504 42221 32062 42068 44022 6338. Saturday 30th January 2016

56103

56104

56104 & 56098 head north through Totnes with coaches 6338 40809 42261 44030 42344 42216 41126 42268 42506 6330 on: 5M56 11:00 Laira to Kilmarnock. Sunday 8th November 2015

56104 & 56081 head west through Totnes working 0Z56 10:02 Leicester Depot to Laira. The 56's were heading to Laira to collect a rake of FGW Mk3 coaches for refurbishment in Kilmarnock. Thursday 3rd March 2016

56104 & 56081 head north through Totnes at 10:27 running an hour early on 5S56 10:53 Laira to Kilmarnock with Mk3's for refurbishment. The consist was: 6330 44004 42014 42012 42360 42166 42013 40204 41016. Friday 4th March 2016

56113

56301

56301 & 56098 arrive into Totnes working Rail Operating Groups 5S56 10:45 Laira to Kilmarnock. The consist was: 6330 42310 44022 42068 42062 42221 42504 40810 41089 6338. The train was stopped at Totnes due to a track circuit failure and was talked past a red signal. Sunday 13th December 2015

56302

56302 & 47375, both owned by Nemesis Rail, operating under the WCRC business sector head west through Totnes in heavy rain at 16:01 forming the: 0Z21 10:00 Burton on Trent Wetmore Sidings to Par. The loco's were off to Burngullow to collect TEA 'Silver Bullet' tank wagons out of storage. Monday 28th November 2011.

56302 makes a very rare appearence of a Class 56 hauling a freight in Devon. 56302 & 47375 dead in train and 10 TEA 'Silver Bullet's head north through Totnes at 11:27 forming the 6Z23 10:00 Burngullow to Burton on Trent Wetmore Sidings. After several years of storage in Burngullow, the wagons were heading north to have their track friendly bogies removed and will be put onto different wagons. Thursday 8th March 2012.

56302 hauling stored 60096 head north through Totnes forming the 0Z53 10:15 Bodmin General to Toton. 60096 was in long term storage in St Blazey until acquired by Colas to be restored to mainline operations. Monday 29th September 2014

56303

56311

56311 & 56312 head west at 10:30 forming the: 1Z80 05:47 Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance "The Cornishman" Saturday 26th June 2010.

56312

On a very cold and frosty morning, 56312 hauls the Colas HOBC & 47739 northbound through Totnes at 08:02 forming the: 6Z76 07:35 Tavistock Junction to West Ealing Plasser. Class 56's on freights in Devon have always been VERY rare. Thursday 20th January 2011.

56312 wearing "York National Railway Museum Railfest 2012" livery heads west through Totnes forming the: 0Z56 10:00 Barton Hill to Laira. The 56 was enroute to Laira to collect barrier coaches but returned light engine back to Barton Hill that afternoon. Monday 18th June 2012.

56312 heads north through Totnes with two Virgin Mk2's and two FGW barrier coaches, formin the 5Z56 10:00 Laira to Crewe HS. The previous day, 56312 brought down 2 converted FGW buffet cars from Kilmarnock. Wednesday 11th July 2012.

56312 & 56103 head west through Totnes at 13:53 on a test run, 0Z56 09:56 Washwood Heath to Plymouth. Thursday 17th July 2014

56312 & 56103 return north through Totnes at 16:58 on the 0Z57 16:29 Plymouth to Washwood Heath. Thursday 17th July 2014