58025 Avonmouth 12th July 1999
58025 passes Holesmouth Jun, Avonmouth with 6C80, the Westbury Blue Circle to Avonmouth BHT coal empties, a service that ran three times a week for a few years. The coal which was used in the kilns at the cement works during the manufacturing process had traditionally been railed from Midland pits but when these shut the supply was transferred to South Wales along with imports via Avonmouth.
The cement works had two kilns, the first was initially fired on 1st September 1962 and lasted until 18th September 2008. The second kiln which started operation in June 1965 was finally extinguished on 30th April 2009 bringing the end of cement production and signalled the end of the coal trains. Demolition of the site took place in 2016 although the cement silos remain in use as a storage depot.
58025 was one of the Class that was sent to Spain in May 2004 for hauling construction trains on the high speed lines being built at the time. Its believed to be currently stored at Albacete, Spain
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58025 Avonmouth 12th July 1999
58025 passes Holesmouth Jun, Avonmouth with 6C80, the Westbury Blue Circle to Avonmouth BHT coal empties, a service that ran three times a week for a few years. The coal which was used in the kilns at the cement works during the manufacturing process had traditionally been railed from Midland pits but when these shut the supply was transferred to South Wales along with imports via Avonmouth.
The cement works had two kilns, the first was initially fired on 1st September 1962 and lasted until 18th September 2008. The second kiln which started operation in June 1965 was finally extinguished on 30th April 2009 bringing the end of cement production and signalled the end of the coal trains. Demolition of the site took place in 2016 although the cement silos remain in use as a storage depot.
58025 was one of the Class that was sent to Spain in May 2004 for hauling construction trains on the high speed lines being built at the time. Its believed to be currently stored at Albacete, Spain
Pentax 6 x 7 Slide Scan