Whitley Bridge, West Yorkshire, BR Coal Sector 56093 ‘The institute of Mining Engineers’ (17.18 Kellingley Colliery - Eggborough P.S) October 25th 1994.
The most concentrated merry-go-round operation on BR was the Aire Valley in Yorkshire.
Major power stations at Drax, Eggborough and Ferrybridge were fed by around 300 coal trains a week. Knottingley MPD was responsible for traction requirements on all local flows.
Here BR Coal Sector 56093 leaves 'Super Pit' Kellingley Colliery with a train of loaded MGR's bound for Eggborough Power Station …a distance of barely four miles.
Whitley Bridge, West Yorkshire, BR Coal Sector 56093 ‘The institute of Mining Engineers’ (17.18 Kellingley Colliery - Eggborough P.S) October 25th 1994.
The most concentrated merry-go-round operation on BR was the Aire Valley in Yorkshire.
Major power stations at Drax, Eggborough and Ferrybridge were fed by around 300 coal trains a week. Knottingley MPD was responsible for traction requirements on all local flows.
Here BR Coal Sector 56093 leaves 'Super Pit' Kellingley Colliery with a train of loaded MGR's bound for Eggborough Power Station …a distance of barely four miles.