08924 Celsa no2 at Cardiff Tremorfa arc furnace 17th May 2023
08924, leased out by the Harry Needle Railroad company, dressed in GBRf colours and numbered Celsa no.2, propels seven loaded scrap wagons to the scrap unloading arera of the Tremorfa Arc Furnace complex, Cardiff during the lunctime of May the 17th 2023.
This is a result of a two and a half hour stakeout here. The loco sits, engine running attached to these wagons. Another set is sat at the far end of the line being unloaded by a magnet grab. You cannot see the inside of the wagons, are the wagons with the loco full or empty? Actually you can tell. The springs are compressed on the loaded wagons, and from this tell tale you can see how many wagons are still to be empties at the unloading pad. The wagons are right next to this busy road, it is dusty, it is really quite an awful place. But as the final wagon is unloaded the loaded train begins to move, propelling down to the scrap bays. No driver either, the crew are at the far end walking with a remote control set. They swap the wagons and then its over. They may then take a billet over to the rod mill but that short line is impossible to shoot at this time of day in this light. Is it all worth the wait?, for me it is, this is a prize secured.
08924 Celsa no2 at Cardiff Tremorfa arc furnace 17th May 2023
08924, leased out by the Harry Needle Railroad company, dressed in GBRf colours and numbered Celsa no.2, propels seven loaded scrap wagons to the scrap unloading arera of the Tremorfa Arc Furnace complex, Cardiff during the lunctime of May the 17th 2023.
This is a result of a two and a half hour stakeout here. The loco sits, engine running attached to these wagons. Another set is sat at the far end of the line being unloaded by a magnet grab. You cannot see the inside of the wagons, are the wagons with the loco full or empty? Actually you can tell. The springs are compressed on the loaded wagons, and from this tell tale you can see how many wagons are still to be empties at the unloading pad. The wagons are right next to this busy road, it is dusty, it is really quite an awful place. But as the final wagon is unloaded the loaded train begins to move, propelling down to the scrap bays. No driver either, the crew are at the far end walking with a remote control set. They swap the wagons and then its over. They may then take a billet over to the rod mill but that short line is impossible to shoot at this time of day in this light. Is it all worth the wait?, for me it is, this is a prize secured.