I was there in August 2009, I thought it was great for freight, although the Doncaster-Scunthorpe line was being worked on at this time, so all freight trains from Scunthorpe which would normally have used that route were routed via Barnetby yard, where the loco ran round and then took its load via Lincoln. All the TransPennine passenger services were replaced by buses, and the only passenger trains at Barnetby were the Lincoln-Cleethorpes services - all Class 153 single-car DMUs. For those interested, I stayed in a lovely B & B - Holcombe House - I think there are three premesis, none of which are more than 10 minutes from Barnetby station, the nearest two are less than 5 minutes walk, with a handy chip shop, a convenience store, and a post office just across the road from both, highly recommended!
Pics (AND signals) can be seen here:-
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http://daverowland.fotopic.net/c1755830.html
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