66069, 66202, 66249 and 66233 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe 6E26 empty steel

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Having sat at Dollands Moor since Saturday 23 May Euro Cargo Rail locomotive numbers 66202 (GB 92 70 0 066202-7), 66249 (GB 92 70 0 066249-8) and 66233 (GB 92 70 0 066233-2) continue on their way to Toton dit behind 66069, one possibly requiring the repair services of Crewe IEMD. The convoy were also photographed later on route by Bill Bass at Oakleigh Park, by Tom Merrill at Egmanton and by class_70_jamie at Huntingdon .

 

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 is photographed working 6E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 25 May 2015. 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.

 

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.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

Dollands Moor Sidings .........0813...................0814.........................1L

Ashford International UML...0825..................0829 1/2................4L

Maidstone East [MDE] 1.........0851...................0854 1/2................3L

Otford Junction[XOT]............0915 1/2............0918.......................2L

Swanley [SAY] 1.......................0928..................0929.......................1L

St Mary Cray Junction...........0933..................0934 1/4.................1L

Bickley Junction[XLY]............0935..................0935.....................RT

Bromley South [BMS].............0939..................0938 1/2...............RT

Shortlands [SRT].....................0941...................0941 1/4................RT

Shortlands Junction...............0942..................0942 1/4...............RT

Bellingham [BGM]...................0945..................0945 1/2...............RT

Nunhead [NHD] 1....................0951...................0953......................2L

Peckham Rye [PMR] 3...........0953..................0954 3/4................1L

Crofton Road Junction..........0954..................0957 1/4................3L

Denmark Hill [DMK] 1.............0956..................0958......................2L

Voltaire Road Junction.........1000 1/2............1002........................1L

Latchmere Junction...............1008 1/2............1013 1/2..................5L

Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2..........1011 1/2..............1016........................4L

West Brompton [WBP] 4.......1013 1/2.............1018 1/4..................4L

Kensington Olympia .............1016 1/2.............1020.......................3L

Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2.......1018....................1021 1/4..................3L

North Pole Signal Vc813.......1020...................1023 1/4.................3L

North Pole Junction...............1020 1/2............1023.......................2L

Mitre Bridge Junction............1026...................1025......................RT

Willesden Junction 4.............1030...................1028.......................3E

Kensal Green Junction..........1034...................1030 1/2.................3E

Brondesbury Park 1................1038...................1033 1/4.................4E

West Hampstead 2................1040 1/2............1037........................3E

Hampstead Heath 2..............1044 1/2............1041 3/4................2E

Gospel Oak [GPO] 2..............1046 1/2............1044 3/4.................1E

Kentish Town West 2.............1048...................1047.........................1E

Camden Road Junction........1049 1/2............1048 3/4...............RT

Holloway South Jn.................1057...................1058........................1L

Finsbury Park [FPK] G............1100/1111 1/2......1101 3/4/1105........6E

Alexandra Palace 3................1117.....................1121 1/2...................4L

New Southgate [NSG] 4........1119 1/2..............1124 1/2..................4L

Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4...........1123 1/2..............1127 1/2..................4L

New Barnet [NBA] 4...............1125....................1128 1/2..................3L

Hadley Wood [HDW] 4..........1127 1/2..............1130 1/4..................2L

Potters Bar [PBR] 4.................1131 1/2...............1133..........................1L

Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.......1134....................1134 3/4.................RT

Welham Green [WMG] 2.......1135 1/2..............1136........................RT

Hatfield [HAT] 3.......................1138 1/2..............1138 1/2.................RT

Welwyn Garden City 3..........1142 1/2..............1141...........................1E

Digswell Junction...................1144/1152...........NoRep/1151............1E

Welwyn North [WLW] 2.........1153 1/2..............1152 1/2...................1E

Woolmer Green Jn.................1156....................1155 1/4.................RT

Knebworth [KBW] 4................1157....................1157........................RT

Stevenage [SVG] 4.................1159 1/2.............1159 3/4................RT

Hitchin [HIT] 2..........................1203...................1203 3/4...............RT

Arlesey [ARL] 2........................1207...................1208 3/4.................1L

Biggleswade [BIW] 4..............1210 1/2.............1213.........................2L

Sandy [SDY] 2..........................1213....................1215 3/4.................2L

St Neots [SNO] 1......................1220...................1223 1/2.................3L

Huntingdon [HUN] 3..............1227...................1231.........................4L

Holme Junction [XHO]..........1235 1/2............1242........................6L

Peterborough [PBO] 5...........1243...................1251 1/2..................8L

Helpston Junction..................1249 1/2............1259 3/4..............10L

Tallington Junction................1254...................1305......................11L

Stoke Junction........................1308/1309 1/2..NoRep/1321 1/4...11L

Grantham [GRA] 2..................1315 1/2..............1327 1/4.................11L

Claypole Loop.........................1324...................1337......................13L

Newark North Gate 1.............1328 1/2.............1342 1/4...............13L

Newark F.C. [XNK]..................1329...................1343......................14L

Carlton On Trent Loop..........1336/1424 1/2..1348/1417...............7E

Retford [RET]............................1440 1/2............1432 1/2.................7E

Loversall Carr Junction.........1452 1/2............1446 1/4................6E

Doncaster [DON] DG.............1508...................1506 1/4..................1E

Adwick [AWK] 2......................1524 1/2............1524.......................RT

Thorpe Marsh Junction.........1548 1/2............1533......................15E

Thorne Junction......................1609...................1547 1/2................21E

Crowle [CWE] 2.......................1619....................1559.....................19E

Althorpe [ALP] 1.......................1625 1/2............1605 3/4..............19E

Gunhouse Loop......................1627...................1607 1/4...............19E

Scunthorpe [SCU] 1................1631....................1611 3/4................19E

 

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