Garston Stone at Halton Jcn. 1
Viewed from Halton Junction box, 66613 disappears into the distance with 6F70 the 0956 Tunstead - Garston FLT aggregate working. The material in these rear wagons looks more like a dark sand as oppose to the bright white limestone chippings seen in the front portion of the train.
66613, 6F70 0956 Tunstead - Garston FLT comprising 23 loaded MWA's.
Halton Junction, 12.22 on Wednesday 17th May 2017
A new traffic flow has popped up in the North West.
In order to record this new rail business I've attempted to record it with a number of iffy shots that ordinarily wouldn't see the light of day.
This was the second time I have happened across the train. This time I was at Halton Junction and the train was in its second week of operation.
The working is operated by Freightliner Heavy Haul on behalf of Tarmac and conveys bits of Derbyshire from Tunstead to Garston FLT.
The first week of operation was w/c Monday 8th May with the working booked to run MWFO, the following week it was booked to run SX.
There was then to be two weeks when the service would not run then the cycle would repeat again, two weeks of running, two weeks of no service. I've not really been observing how this has panned out but certainly it appeared to be running initially pretty much as advised.
I thought that this might be possibly for road construction or similar but in talking to Freightliners Supervisor at Garston as I do when working at Speke, he advises that it's for general distribution and as such it should be an ongoing flow of traffic and not just a short term contract.
Running out as 6F70 it departs Tunstead at 09.56 then is routed via Peak Forest, Chinley, New Mills South Jcn, Hazel Grove HL Jcn, Northenden Jcn, Skelton Jcn, Deansgate Jcn, Northwich, Hartford CLC Jcn, Hartford Jcn, Weaver Jcn, Ditton, Speke Jcn, Garston.
Arrival time is 12.29 @ Speke Jcn before the train runs round at Church Road before setting back to arrive at the FLT @ 13.08
The return, 6H68, runs in the early hours using the same route and is booked to depart Garston at 23.52.
Booked for a class 66/5 and up to 23 MWA wagons it makes for a bit more variety on my new patch.
Garston Stone at Halton Jcn. 1
Viewed from Halton Junction box, 66613 disappears into the distance with 6F70 the 0956 Tunstead - Garston FLT aggregate working. The material in these rear wagons looks more like a dark sand as oppose to the bright white limestone chippings seen in the front portion of the train.
66613, 6F70 0956 Tunstead - Garston FLT comprising 23 loaded MWA's.
Halton Junction, 12.22 on Wednesday 17th May 2017
A new traffic flow has popped up in the North West.
In order to record this new rail business I've attempted to record it with a number of iffy shots that ordinarily wouldn't see the light of day.
This was the second time I have happened across the train. This time I was at Halton Junction and the train was in its second week of operation.
The working is operated by Freightliner Heavy Haul on behalf of Tarmac and conveys bits of Derbyshire from Tunstead to Garston FLT.
The first week of operation was w/c Monday 8th May with the working booked to run MWFO, the following week it was booked to run SX.
There was then to be two weeks when the service would not run then the cycle would repeat again, two weeks of running, two weeks of no service. I've not really been observing how this has panned out but certainly it appeared to be running initially pretty much as advised.
I thought that this might be possibly for road construction or similar but in talking to Freightliners Supervisor at Garston as I do when working at Speke, he advises that it's for general distribution and as such it should be an ongoing flow of traffic and not just a short term contract.
Running out as 6F70 it departs Tunstead at 09.56 then is routed via Peak Forest, Chinley, New Mills South Jcn, Hazel Grove HL Jcn, Northenden Jcn, Skelton Jcn, Deansgate Jcn, Northwich, Hartford CLC Jcn, Hartford Jcn, Weaver Jcn, Ditton, Speke Jcn, Garston.
Arrival time is 12.29 @ Speke Jcn before the train runs round at Church Road before setting back to arrive at the FLT @ 13.08
The return, 6H68, runs in the early hours using the same route and is booked to depart Garston at 23.52.
Booked for a class 66/5 and up to 23 MWA wagons it makes for a bit more variety on my new patch.