66089 4V01 coal empties Bedlinog. 28th October 2022
66089 lifts coal empties from Hope Cement works up the final few miles to the coal washery at Cwmbargoed, climbing steadily up through the steep sided old mining village of Bedlinog. Here the train is around halfway up the Taff Bargoed, its destination will be right at the head of the valley. The train has had a long journey, setting off at 23:44 the previous night from the cement works in the Peak District as train 4V01, its destination will be reached at 13:20. In just under two and a half hours the train will be loaded and on its way back to the Cement works. This may be a long journey, but many see the end has passed for UK mined coal. This is a valid point, on this autumnal day the temperatures reached eighteen degrees celcius. But so long as we build, we will use cement. And coal is used in its production. Where should it come from and how should it get here, in a bulk carrier from a huge hole in another continent whilst the corporates concerned wave carbon neutral flags in the air?
October the 28th 2022.
66089 4V01 coal empties Bedlinog. 28th October 2022
66089 lifts coal empties from Hope Cement works up the final few miles to the coal washery at Cwmbargoed, climbing steadily up through the steep sided old mining village of Bedlinog. Here the train is around halfway up the Taff Bargoed, its destination will be right at the head of the valley. The train has had a long journey, setting off at 23:44 the previous night from the cement works in the Peak District as train 4V01, its destination will be reached at 13:20. In just under two and a half hours the train will be loaded and on its way back to the Cement works. This may be a long journey, but many see the end has passed for UK mined coal. This is a valid point, on this autumnal day the temperatures reached eighteen degrees celcius. But so long as we build, we will use cement. And coal is used in its production. Where should it come from and how should it get here, in a bulk carrier from a huge hole in another continent whilst the corporates concerned wave carbon neutral flags in the air?
October the 28th 2022.