Freight

Yorkshire BLS tour raises £15k for charity

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

THE Branch Line Society and West Coast Railways operated the ‘Luca Pezzulo Express’ on July 20, visiting rare freight lines around Yorkshire. Highlights included a rare trip over the remnants of the Woodhead Route, running beyond the Network Rail boundary into Liberty Steel’s Stocksbridge Steelworks, near Sheffield, and the former Tinsley Yard. The train also…
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Staff charter takes GBRf ‘50s’ back to Scotland

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

July 6 saw Class 50s Nos. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance work a GB Railfreight staff charter from Motherwell to Scarborough via the East Coast Main Line. The train worked the empty stock north from Burton to Motherwell via Lancaster and Carlisle on July 5, and then ran via Edinburgh and York to the North…
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DCRail expands with new bulk material flows

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Sam Hewitt

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30th August 2019

DCRail started a new service on June 24 which is conveying used rail ballast from Westbury to Southampton for recycling by L&S Waste. The new flow follows shortly after the introduction of a similar ‘as-required’ flow of used ballast from Carlisle Kingmoor to Boston in Lincolnshire. On arrival at Southampton the ballast is processed and…
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Test run paves way for Heathrow construction railhead

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Sam Hewitt

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29th August 2019

Thorney Hill aggregates terminal, on the Colnbrook branch, saw its first train for six years on June 21. GB Railfreight (GBRf) operated a test train into the reactivated facility, which is three miles to the north of Heathrow, and close to the site of the planned third runway. Class 66 No. 66775 HMS Argyll hauled…
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GWR sheds make way for Old Oak Common hub

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Sam Hewitt

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19th August 2019

Demolition of former Great Western Railway sheds at Old Oak Common, in west London, was completed in July.
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BLS tour brings Class 31 back to the main line

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Sam Hewitt

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6th August 2019

JUNE 9 saw a Class 31 return to main line action after a gap of several months. Nemesis Rail’s No. 31128 Charybdis, currently the only Brush Type 2 authorised for use on Network Rail metals, powered the Branch Line Society’s ‘Sunday Yicker’ tour in top-and-tail formation with West Coast Railways’ No. 37668 and just four WCRC Mk1…
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Freightliner ‘66’ in the pink

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Sam Hewitt

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26th July 2019

FREIGHTLINER’S No. 66587 became one of the most instantly recognisable locomotives on the network in June after it gained a striking new magenta and white livery. The ‘66’ has been re-liveried and was named AS ONE, WE CAN at Southampton Maritime Terminal on June 11 to mark the freight operator’s new contract with Japanese shipping company…
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Hope Works celebrates 90 years

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Sam Hewitt

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19th July 2019

MORE than 2,000 people visited Breedon Group’s cement works at Hope, in Derbyshire, as the UK’s largest cement plant celebrated 90 years of operation. June 1 open day attractions at the Peak District plant included 0-6-0T industrial Nunlow, returning to its former home, and LNWR ‘Coal Tank’ No. 1054, as well as the resident ex-BR…
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Power station decline continues as Cottam faces closure

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

EDF Energy has announced it will stop electricity generation at Cottam Power Station, in Nottinghamshire, on September 30, writes Chris Booth. The coal-fired 2,000MW facility is one of two EDF power stations in North Nottinghamshire, and although West Burton ‘A’ will remain open, the company says Cottam will not be ‘economically viable’ beyond the end…
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Extended Buxton sidings boost Peak stone traffic

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

Hogshaw Lane Sidings in Buxton have been transformed by a £14million project to accommodate longer limestone trains from local quarries. The two sidings, close to Buxton station, are on the site of the former London & North Western Railway (LNWR) engine shed, and are used by Freightliner and DB Cargo trains to and from the…
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