Since the privatisation of the UK rail network, Toton TMD has been operated by DB Cargo UK. As at 2021, it is home to the Class 60 and Class 66 diesel locomotives. Changes in the maintenance of locomotives have also meant that Toton is now the only TMD within DB Cargo UK where heavy maintenance is carried out on locomotives.

A re-conditioned engine from Doncaster is hoisted from a low loader by a 76 ton breakdown crane ( a crane was later installed inside the depot). Such work (Level 5) was not done at Toton at that time.

60094 Is shunting the Cowans Sheldon 75 Tonne rail crane at Crewe Diesel depot on a cold snowy morning. 22nd June 2002, the Bennerley derailment. Photographed from Awsworth Road bridge, the Cowans Sheldon crane is being prepared to recover MGR wagons from the derailed south bound coal train.

The introduction of heavy diesel locomotives as part of the modernisation plan generated a requirement for higher capacity breakdown cranes, existing breakdown cranes having a capacity of only 45 tons. Twelve 75 ton (76 tonne) capacity cranes were therefore ordered from Cowans Sheldon of Carlisle, they were steam powered.

‘Cowans Sheldon’ crane (LNER works order No.6871), originally built in 1939 as a 45-tonne crane, was delivered in February 1940 as LNER No.941599, subsequently numbered 330110 by BR. This crane carried number ADRC95218 prior to conversion from steam to diesel-hydraulic in August 1986, following which it was renumbered to ADRC96719 and ...

De afbeelding op zijn website in Toton in 1960 is een Cowans Sheldon 75 ton stoomkranen (met verlichting van boogschieten); in rode lever.

2024年7月10日 · The very last steam crane of any size or type to survive in BR service was the 1955 3-ton Thomas Smith crane ADRS 95000 (later 024984) which survived as an internal user asset at Toton TMD until c. 2000 when it was out of use awaiting disposal. It is now preserved at Woodside Farm, Welland.

Most large sheds had breakdown cranes until recent years but very few remained on the National Network after privatisation on BR in the late 1990’s. Our crane was built in 1936 as Cowans and Sheldon works number 5755 with a lifting capacity of 36 …