Welcome back
Although class 60s still appeared in Workington into 2008 the class 66 became the usual traction from the summer of 2007. On 29 June 2012 there was a rare visit of a class 60 to Workington with 60049 turning up on 6C68. By this time the containers and tanks no longer shared the same train, the boxes were running only twice a week and the tanks ran as a separate working on Fridays only. On this particular Friday the four tanks it brought from Carlisle were added to eight already in the yard which were there following disruption of the network caused by heavy rain. Fellow Flickrite Richie B was also on hand to record this welcome tug return.
The tanks carried on 6C48 – in the main – contain china clay slurry (or kaolin) but some also carry a form of calcium carbonate known as precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) a grade specifically used in paper making. Both products are used by Iggesund in the production of high quality card, the mill creating over two thousand tonnes of multilayered folding box board known as Incada.
Welcome back
Although class 60s still appeared in Workington into 2008 the class 66 became the usual traction from the summer of 2007. On 29 June 2012 there was a rare visit of a class 60 to Workington with 60049 turning up on 6C68. By this time the containers and tanks no longer shared the same train, the boxes were running only twice a week and the tanks ran as a separate working on Fridays only. On this particular Friday the four tanks it brought from Carlisle were added to eight already in the yard which were there following disruption of the network caused by heavy rain. Fellow Flickrite Richie B was also on hand to record this welcome tug return.
The tanks carried on 6C48 – in the main – contain china clay slurry (or kaolin) but some also carry a form of calcium carbonate known as precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) a grade specifically used in paper making. Both products are used by Iggesund in the production of high quality card, the mill creating over two thousand tonnes of multilayered folding box board known as Incada.