4M31 6 hours late with 66069 Dollands Moor to Hams Hall (from Domodossola Italy via Switzerland and France)
66069 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894M31C019 1 * HAMHLDBSI N 8D A
Having been caught up in the Otford area due to loss of signalling 4M31 Dollands Moor to Hams Hall hauled by 66069 arrives just over 6 hours late typically passing here between 02:30 and 03:00. According to DB Schenker the entire journey normally taking 35 hours. For a map of the route click here.
DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66069 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo. The locomotive was photographed working 4Z91, hauling Unit45.com intermodal containers mounted on IKA 'Megafret' 'low floor' twin intermodal flat wagons containing manufactured goods, drinks and retail produce from Dollands Moor to Hams Hall Birmingham railfreight terminal and logistics hub owned and operated by Associated British Ports (ABP) on 19 September 2014.
According to Graham Jenkins the wagons being hauled were numbers 6849093735, 6849094287, 6849091689, 6849093545, 6849091077, 6849093826, 6849094733, 6849091580, 37 80 4909 165-5, 33 68 4909 374-3, 6849096738, 6849094998, 6849094667 and 6849093529.
For a photograph of Domodossola yard on 23 July 2013 see Marcel van Eupen picture. luethiro photographed this service between Zug and Kiesen, Bern Switzerland on 13 July 2014 and returning to Hams Hall on 14 April 2013, while Mattias Catry photographed it at Spiez, Canton of Berne, Switzerland on 18 May 2014 where a locomotive change occurs. 66069 (works number 968702-069) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1998 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Fairlift" at Newport Docks on 5 February 1999.
In Switzerland the route passes;
Bern..............................
Gumligen.....................
Thun..............................
Spiez.............................
Frutigen........................
Kandersteg..................
Brig................................
before crossing the boarder for Domodossola.
4M31 6 hours late with 66069 Dollands Moor to Hams Hall (from Domodossola Italy via Switzerland and France)
66069 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894M31C019 1 * HAMHLDBSI N 8D A
Having been caught up in the Otford area due to loss of signalling 4M31 Dollands Moor to Hams Hall hauled by 66069 arrives just over 6 hours late typically passing here between 02:30 and 03:00. According to DB Schenker the entire journey normally taking 35 hours. For a map of the route click here.
DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66069 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo. The locomotive was photographed working 4Z91, hauling Unit45.com intermodal containers mounted on IKA 'Megafret' 'low floor' twin intermodal flat wagons containing manufactured goods, drinks and retail produce from Dollands Moor to Hams Hall Birmingham railfreight terminal and logistics hub owned and operated by Associated British Ports (ABP) on 19 September 2014.
According to Graham Jenkins the wagons being hauled were numbers 6849093735, 6849094287, 6849091689, 6849093545, 6849091077, 6849093826, 6849094733, 6849091580, 37 80 4909 165-5, 33 68 4909 374-3, 6849096738, 6849094998, 6849094667 and 6849093529.
For a photograph of Domodossola yard on 23 July 2013 see Marcel van Eupen picture. luethiro photographed this service between Zug and Kiesen, Bern Switzerland on 13 July 2014 and returning to Hams Hall on 14 April 2013, while Mattias Catry photographed it at Spiez, Canton of Berne, Switzerland on 18 May 2014 where a locomotive change occurs. 66069 (works number 968702-069) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1998 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Fairlift" at Newport Docks on 5 February 1999.
In Switzerland the route passes;
Bern..............................
Gumligen.....................
Thun..............................
Spiez.............................
Frutigen........................
Kandersteg..................
Brig................................
before crossing the boarder for Domodossola.