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Inseparable freight trains, 640m (6H50) part 2

Here we see the 2nd set of wagons on 6H50 running from Willesden 1-7 sidings to Tunstead (6H50), which was captured passing through Norton Bridge on the 17/6/22.

 

For info, the loco in the middle of the consist is 66614.

 

Total Train Length:

 

20*14.48m MWA wagons =290m (front consist)

22*14.0m HIA wagons = 308m (rear consist)

2*21.35m class 66 = 42.7

 

Total: 42.7+308+290 = 640.7m

 

There is a desire to run 750m freight trains with loops being extended to cater for longer trains. I wonder if this was a test run of some sort to see how it would cope on the WCML?

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Uploaded on June 19, 2022
Taken on June 17, 2022