Skegness station, seen on August 4th 2021, still retains much of its semaphore signalling, although only platforms 2 and 3 remain in regular use with platforms 1 and 4 nominally available but now essentially unused. The former engine release points at the buffer stops in the station have been removed and any locomotive-hauled working requiring run-round propel out of the station into the loop to the left of the picture, which occupies the site of once-extensive carriage sidings, Photo: Michael Smyth.

East Midlands' class 156 No. 156473 is seen on arrival at Skegness on August 4th 2021 with a stopping service from Nottingham. Photo: Michael Smyth.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Skegness was a popular destination for Summer Saturday holiday trains originating in the Midlands, for which pairs of Class 20s were often the motive power of choice. On August 4th 2021, the Tyseley Locomotive Group re-enacted one of these in the form of 1Z85, the 07.29 Tyseley Warwick Road to Skegness, seen on arrival behind 20227 and 20189. Photo: Michael Smyth.