Boxed in
20007 and 20205 propel their largely empty rake of DB branded MMA box wagons on to the apron for loading to be completed by wheeled excavator (the first scoop ready to load can be seen in the background). A few boxes had been loaded via the overhead conveyor and bunker earlier, this was the first set back movement of the choppers on to the loading pad after their arrival in the early hours of the 17 October 2022 ex the Oz20 ex Derby RTC.
The enormous piles of crushed limestone at the rail head are regularly topped up by massive dump trucks which back in preciously to the edge to discharge their load, resulting in an avalanche of stone with every delivery.
The empty MMA boxes in the foreground were incoming from
Wembley (6M46) hauled by 66160.
Monday 17 October 2022
Boxed in
20007 and 20205 propel their largely empty rake of DB branded MMA box wagons on to the apron for loading to be completed by wheeled excavator (the first scoop ready to load can be seen in the background). A few boxes had been loaded via the overhead conveyor and bunker earlier, this was the first set back movement of the choppers on to the loading pad after their arrival in the early hours of the 17 October 2022 ex the Oz20 ex Derby RTC.
The enormous piles of crushed limestone at the rail head are regularly topped up by massive dump trucks which back in preciously to the edge to discharge their load, resulting in an avalanche of stone with every delivery.
The empty MMA boxes in the foreground were incoming from
Wembley (6M46) hauled by 66160.
Monday 17 October 2022