66197 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe 6E26 rail and empty steel

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DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66197 in maroon with zigzag gold band rebranded into DB livery at minimal cost by removing the large letter EWS from the side of the locomotive and applying a DB sticker to the cabside is photographed working 6E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 25 October 2014. 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. 66197 (works number 968702-197) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Stellanova" at Newport Docks on 1 March 2000.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

Dollands Moor Sidings .......0923.....................0921............................2E

Ashford International ..........0937.....................0937..........................RT

Maidstone East [MDE] 1.......1002 1/2...............1001 3/4.....................RT

Otford Junction[XOT]...........1023......................1024.............................1L

Swanley [SAY] 1.....................1034......................1037 1/4......................3L

St Mary Cray Junction..........1039......................1043............................4L

Bickley Junction[XLY]..........1042......................1044 1/4......................2L

Bromley South [BMS]...........1044 1/2................1048 1/4......................4L

Shortlands [SRT]....................1045 1/2...............1050............................4L

Shortlands Junction.............1046......................1050 3/4....................4L

Bellingham [BGM].................1049 1/2...............1053 3/4.....................4L

Nunhead [NHD] 1...................1054 1/2...............1101 1/4........................6L

Peckham Rye [PMR] 3..........1056......................1102 1/2......................6L

Crofton Road Junction........1057......................1104 1/2.......................7L

Denmark Hill [DMK] 1............1058......................1105.............................7L

Voltaire Road Junction........1102.......................1109.............................7L

Latchmere Junction.............1112 1/2..................1115 3/4.......................3L

Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2........1115 1/2..................1118..............................2L

West Brompton [WBP] 4......1117........................1120.............................2L

Kensington Olympia ............1120.......................1121 3/4........................1L

Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2.....1121 1/2..................1123..............................1L

North Pole Signal Vc813.....1124 1/2.................1125............................RT

North Pole Junction..............1125.......................1125............................RT

Mitre Bridge Junction..........1126 1/2.................1127............................RT

Willesden Junction 4............1129 1/2/1131 1/2..1129 3/4/1131.............RT

Kensal Green Junction........1133 1/2.................1133 1/4......................RT

Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1...1137.......................1135 1/2........................1E

West Hampstead 2...............1140.......................1137.............................2E

Hampstead Heath 2.............1143 1/2.................1140 1/4.......................3E

Gospel Oak [GPO] 2.............1145 1/2.................1142 1/2.......................2E

Kentish Town West 2...........1147.......................1144 1/2.......................2E

Camden Road Junction.......1148 1/2.................1148 1/2......................RT

Holloway South Junction....1205 1/2...............1205...........................RT

Finsbury Park [FPK] G..........1213 1/2.................5E...............................D2

Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3...1218 1/2.................1215 3/4......................2E

New Southgate [NSG] 4......1220 1/2...............1218 1/4.......................2E

Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4.........1223......................1221..............................1E

New Barnet [NBA] 4.............1224......................1222............................2E

Hadley Wood [HDW] 4.........1226......................1223 1/2......................2E

Potters Bar [PBR] 4...............1229......................1226 1/4......................2E

Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.....1233 1/2................1228............................5E

Welham Green [WMG] 2.....1236 1/2................1229............................7E

Hatfield [HAT] 3.....................1242......................1231 1/2.....................10E

Welwyn Garden City 3.........1249......................1235 1/4....................13E

Digswell Junction..................1251.......................1237..........................14E

Welwyn North [WLW] 2........1252......................1239..........................13E

Woolmer Green Junction....1255......................1241 1/4.....................13E

Knebworth [KBW] 3..............1256 1/2...............1242 3/4...................13E

Langley Junction...................1258......................1244 1/2....................13E

Stevenage [SVG] 4...............1259......................1245 1/4....................13E

Hitchin [HIT] 2........................1303 1/2................1249 1/4....................14E

Arlesey [ARL]..........................1308 1/2................1254 1/4....................14E

Biggleswade [BIW] 4............1313.......................1259 1/4....................13E

Sandy [SDY] 2........................1316.......................1302 1/2...................13E

St Neots [SNO] 1....................1324......................1311 1/4......................12E

Huntingdon [HUN] 3.............1331 1/2.................1318 1/2.....................12E

Holme Junction [XHO].........1343/1350............NoRep/1351................1L

Fletton Junction....................1358......................1400............................2L

Peterborough [PBO] 5.........1400......................1404 1/4......................4L

Helpston Junction.................1410.......................1412.............................2L

Tallington Junction...............1414 1/2.................1416 3/4......................2L

Stoke Junction.......................1436 1/2................1435 1/2.....................RT

Grantham [GRA] 2.................1445 1/2................1441 3/4......................3E

Claypole Loop........................1458/1509 1/2.....1453 3/4/1508 1/2.....1E

Newark North Gate 1............1515.......................1514 3/4.....................RT

Newark F.C. [XNK]................1516.......................1516............................RT

Carlton On Trent Loop.........1523 1/2/1532.....1521/1533....................1L

Retford [RET]..........................1546......................1548............................2L

Loversall Carr Junction........1559 1/2...............1601 3/4......................2L

Doncaster [DON] DG............1607/1612.............1616 1/2/1616 1/2.......4L

Adwick [AWK] 2.....................1619 1/2.................1623 1/4......................3L

Thorne Junction....................1652 1/2...............1642 3/4.....................9E

Crowle [CWE] 2......................1701 1/2.................1707............................5L

Althorpe [ALP] 1.....................1708......................1713 3/4......................5L

Gunhouse Loop.....................1710.......................1715 1/4.......................5L

Scunthorpe [SCU] 1...............1714.......................1720............................6L

Scunthorpe West Jn.............1716.......................1721 1/4.......................5L

 

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