66111 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe Redbourne Sidings 4E26 empty steel from Ebange

DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66111 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo is photographed working 4E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 26 September 2014. It was also photographed by Tom Merrill later on route passing Grassthorpe. This service returns empty FIA 'Multifret' twin intermodal flat wagons used to transport steel for export in billet form from Tata Steels Scunthorpe complex on South Humberside in Lincolnshire (see Andy Pictons photo) to a freight yard at Ebange in Eastern France via Dollands Moor and Calais Fréthun through the Channel Tunnel (click here for the route ). Laurent Knop photographed Euro Cargo Rail's loco number E 186-317 at Valenciennes (Nord - department 59) hauling loaded wagons working from Calais Fréthun to Ebange on 2 April 2014. Nicolas Tomaszewski also videoed a loaded train passing Beuvrages hauled by Euro Cargo Rail's E186 162-4. Once in Ebange the steel is used at Tata's Hayange rail mill to produce rail for SNCF's LGV Est européenne construction programme to extend the French high-speed rail network. Wagons being hauled included numbers 33 70 4938 743 0, 33 70 4938 511 1, missed, 31 70 4938 321 7, 31 70 4938 110-4 and 31 70 4938 505 5. 66111 (works number 968702-111) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1998 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Stellamare" at Newport Docks on 29 May 1999.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings in the UK were;

Dollands Moor Sidings .........0750.......................0745.........................5E

Ashford International ............0804.......................0805...........................1L

Maidstone East [MDE] 1.........0832 1/2.................0828 1/2...................3E

Otford Junction[XOT]............0859 1/2.................0901 1/4......................1L

Swanley [SAY] 1.......................0911 1/2...................0916 1/2....................5L

St Mary Cray Junction...........0921........................0921 3/4...................RT

Bickley Junction[XLY]............0925 1/2.................0922 1/2..................2E

Bromley South [BMS].............0930.......................0926 1/4...................3E

Shortlands [SRT].....................0932.......................0928.........................4E

Shortlands Junction[XOR]....0933.......................0929.........................3E

Bellingham [BGM]...................0936.......................0932 3/4..................3E

Nunhead [NHD] 1....................0950.......................0947 1/4...................2E

Peckham Rye [PMR] 3...........0953 1/2.................0950 1/4..................3E

Crofton Road Junction..........0955.......................0952 1/2..................2E

Denmark Hill [DMK] 1.............0957.......................0953 1/2...................3E

Voltaire Road Junction ........1002 1/2..................0959.........................3E

Latchmere Junction...............1008 1/2..................1008 1/4....................RT

Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2..........1011 1/2....................1010 3/4....................RT

West Brompton [WBP] 4.......1013 1/2...................1013...........................RT

Kensington Olympia [KPA]...1016 1/2...................1016...........................RT

Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2.......1018.........................1018 1/4.....................RT

North Pole Signal Vc813.......1020........................1020 1/4....................RT

North Pole Junction...............1020 1/2..................1020..........................RT

Mitre Bridge Junction............1026........................1022 1/4....................3E

Willesden Junction [WIJ] 4...1030/1032..............1029 1/2/1031 3/4...RT

Kensal Green Junction..........1034........................1034..........................RT

Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1.....1038........................1036 3/4....................1E

West Hampstead [WHD] 2...1040 1/2..................1039 1/4.....................1E

Hampstead Heath 2..............1044 1/2..................1043...........................1E

Gospel Oak [GPO] 2..............1046 1/2..................1045...........................1E

Kentish Town West 2.............1048........................1047 1/4....................RT

Camden Road Junction........1049 1/2..................1049..........................RT

Holloway South Junction.....1058 1/2..................1056..........................2E

Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3....1117...........................1116 1/2......................RT

New Southgate [NSG] 4........1119 1/2....................1119 3/4.....................RT

Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4...........1123 1/2...................1123...........................RT

New Barnet [NBA] 4...............1125.........................1124...........................RT

Hadley Wood [HDW] 4..........1127 1/2...................1126 1/4......................1E

Potters Bar [PBR] 4.................1131 1/2....................1129 1/2......................1E

Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.......1134 1/2...................1131 1/2......................2E

Welham Green [WMG] 2.......1136 1/2...................1132 3/4....................3E

Hatfield [HAT] 3.......................1140.........................1135 1/2.....................4E

Welwyn Garden City 3..........1144 1/2...................1139 3/4....................4E

Digswell Junction...................1146 1/2...................1147............................RT

Welwyn North [WLW] 2.........1147..........................1148 1/2.......................1L

Woolmer Green Junction.....1149.........................1151............................2L

Knebworth [KBW] 4................1151..........................1152 1/2.......................1L

Stevenage [SVG] 4.................1154 1/2...................1154 3/4....................RT

Hitchin [HIT] 2..........................1200........................1200..........................RT

Arlesey [ARL] 2........................1204........................1205 1/2......................1L

Biggleswade [BIW] 4..............1207 1/2..................1211.............................3L

Sandy [SDY] 2..........................1210.........................1213 1/2......................3L

St Neots [SNO] 1......................1218.........................1220..........................2L

Huntingdon [HUN] 3..............1225 1/2..................1227 1/2....................2L

Holme Junction [XHO]..........1234 1/2..................1237 1/4....................2L

Peterborough [PBO] 4...........1243........................1245 1/2....................2L

Helpston Junction..................1249 1/2..................1253 1/4.....................3L

Tallington Junction................1254........................1258 3/4....................4L

Stoke Junction........................1308/1308 1/2.......N/R/1316 1/2..............8L

Grantham [GRA] 2..................1315 1/2...................1325 1/4....................9L

Claypole Loop.........................1324........................1335..........................11L

Newark North Gate 1.............1328........................1339 1/4....................11L

Newark F.C. [XNK]..................1331.........................1340..........................9L

Carlton On Trent Loop..........1338/1424 1/2........1345/1423.................1E

Retford [RET]............................1440 1/2..................1437...........................3E

Loversall Carr Junction.........1453 1/2..................1448 1/2....................4E

Doncaster [DON] 2WG..........1459 1/2/1501 1/2..1510 1/4/1513 1/2....12L

Adwick [AWK] 2......................1508 1/2..................1519 3/4....................11L

Thorpe Marsh Junction.........1519 1/2...................1528...........................8L

Thorne Junction......................1531.........................1538...........................7L

Crowle [CWE] 2.......................1539........................1546 1/2.....................7L

Althorpe [ALP] 1.......................1545 1/2..................1553 1/4.....................7L

Gunhouse Loop......................1547 1/2..................1554 1/2.....................7L

Scunthorpe [SCU] 1................1551 1/2...................1558 1/2.....................7L

 

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