56301 at Clay Cross   56301 passes through Clay Cross with the 4Z56 Marshgate - Derby on 5th April 2006. The 'Grid' had been pegged at Tapton to allow the Network Rail NMT to pass. The photo below shows 301 at the signal a mile or so north of Clay Cross. Once the NMT had passed the 56 followed at slow speed having just joined the mainline to Derby. The next train that followed was top 'n' tailed Class 31's allowing for three full sun shots of three different types of relatively rare classic traction within the space of fifteen minutes. The 31 shot can be found here and the NMT shot here.
 
56301 at Tapton  

56301 is seen here at Tupton taken 5 minutes before the one above a mile up the line from Clay Cross using a 300mm telephoto. The 'Grid' appearing on the slow line came as a surprise, having lined up a shot on the main, however the 8 or 9 minutes the 56 stood at the signal allowed for the second shot of the train above.

 
56301 at Slitting Mill Farm   56301 passes Slitting Mill Farm near Renishaw on 4th April 2006 with the 6Z56 Doncaster - Derby test run. This was 56301's first outing on the mainline carrying a train since overhaul at Brush for Fastline.
 
56303 heads 4O90 Birch Coppice - Grain through Tame Bridge Parkway on 18 July. The service was running a little later than usual and the sun was coming round and off the nose pretty quick by the time 4O90 came into sight at 15:30. The grid had coasted into shot as it was approaching an adverse signal which cleared to green as it entered the station, the driver opened her up and with a full load in tow 303 screamed past… the first time I’d heard some proper 'grid' thrash in around a decade.
         
         
        56303 - Aston   56303 - 13:36 Birch Coppice - Grain (4O90) - Aston - 24/08/07
         
        56301 - Elford   Running an hour late 56301 passes Elford with 4O90 Doncaster - Grain 27/03.08.
         
        56303 - Water Orton   56303 passes Water Orton with 4O90 Birch Coppice - Grain on 07 May 2008.
         
        56111 & 56112 at Elford   On hire to Colas Rail 56311 & 56312 head through Elford with 6Z57 Immingham - Washwood Heath steel running a little late on 18/11/08.
         
        56112 - WWH   56312 & 56311 accelerate away from a signal check at Washwood Heath with 6Z57 Immingham - Washwood Heath steel on 26/11/08.
         
          56312 & 56311 are photographed a little later than the above shot reversing the train into the terminal at Washwood Heath.
         
        56303_Portway   In the last week that 4O90 ran 56303 hauls a load of fresh air through Portway. 4O90 Donny - Grain. 05/03/09.
         
          56312 passes Wetmoor Farm with 6Z57 Boston - Washwood Heath Steel. 19/03/09.
         
        56312_Catholm  

56312 passes Catholm with 6Z57 Boston - Washwood Heath Steel. 19/03/09.
         
          56312 Colas route learner, Mill Lane, Ryecroft. 6Z56 10:10 WWH - Ditton. 09/06/09.
         
          56312 thrashes through Church Brampton with 4Z91 12:00 Dollands Moor - Hams Hall. First Colas intermodal working. 15/06/09
         
          Ex Works, if you can call it that, 56303 6Z57 07:00 Boston Docks - Washwood Heath at Catholm. 10/09/09.