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'Coastway' stone working. 59204 approaching Havant with loaded stone train 6O68 0911 Westbury Tarmac to Crawley Freight Yard. With the changes to the Mendip stone train schedules, caused mainly by FLHH no longer using Acton Yard, the 'Coastway' route now has a quite regular freight east of Chichester.
Crossing over the Gowanbrae viaduct, G526 & G532 rumble south with 9332 loaded aggregate. This train stabled at North Dynon instead of heading into the Hanson Brooklyn concrete plant. G526 is on lease from Pacific National to QUBE. 18/7/2026
The new WHA aggregate wagons being used for grain at Fremantle on 27 December 1985. The WHA wagons were used for hauling aggregates from Chris Hill in the Avon Valley. It was a joint venture involving Westrail and Quarry Industries. The wagons ultimately ended up on the Loongana limestone trains to Parkeston. Photo: Phil Melling.
Chiltern Rail liveried 68014 comes off the freight line at Stenson working 6U77 13:42 Mountsorrel Sidings-Crewe Basford Hall S.S.N is seen passing DB Cargo 60020 'The Willows' with the late running 6E54 10:34 Kingsbury Oil Sidings-Humber Oil Refinery. 06/03/2018.
Aggregate Industries/GBRf livery 66711 named "Sence" is captured in the evening sun working 4F23 Ironbridge Power Station-Liverpool Bulk Terminal biomass empties.
Hanson branded GM Type 5 59102 'Village of Chantry' had charge for the 6A74 Whatley to Theale aggregates service recorded at Westbury.
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Concrete street gutter a few blocks from my home
Saturation +100
Contrast +60
About the worst aggregate I have ever seen - the concrete is much stronger with angular aggregate.
Probably from stream gravel deposits from the S. Platte River about a mile to the west. Possibly 50 to 60 years old. Today most of our aggregates come from crusher plants, so it is much sharper and more uniform.
A new aggregate flow has commenced in connection with construction work for HS2. GBRf No. 66713 'Forest City' has just passed the site of the long closed Sutton Park station as it works through Sutton Coldfield on 31st August 2020 with 6G99 0539 Dowlow Hindlow GBRf - Washwood Heath RMC GBRf in tow. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Another special liveried locomotive and despite the sun being side on, it would have been rude not to have taken a picture. Here we see GBRF celebrity locomotive 66789 sporting the BR livery working the loaded 17:14 aggregate service from Mountsorrel to Whitemoor Yard, which was captured in Cossington on the evening of the 19/4/21.
59 202 runs past the stabling yard, loop and Plasser Works at West Ealing with an aggregate train in tow. A dead 66 558 sits on the rear. This was my first shot of any Freightliner engine in the new Orange and Black livery. I'd seen 59 202 the day before here but from the other side so therefore in the shade. You can pretty much tell this new livery even head on as the cab front yellow is a lot brighter than the standard yellow used.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Muricoidea
Family:Turbinellidae
Subfamily:Vasinae
Genus:Hystrivasum
Species:H. barkleyae
93.08mm
Buckingham Member of The Tamiami Formation
SMR Aggregates, Sarasota, Florida, USA
Zanclean Pliocene 3.6-4.2 M.Y.A
From my collection
An image from July 1988 taken at Warminster, where Cardiff Canton's Railfreight 56036 was hauling loaded PXAs forming the 6O89 MTTHO 06:45 Whatley Quarry to Woking aggregates service.
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Aggregate Industries 59004 comes over Carpenters road curve with the Bow ECCQ Private sidings to Acton TC empty hoppers.To traffic in May 1986 so now in its 31st year.
Still looking very clean following it's recent re-paint, 59004 passes Langley Burrell with 7C66 1750 Wootton Bassett F.Y. to Merehead Quarry stone empties on 12th May 2016
Thanks to Dan for the inspiration!
59204 hurries the 6O68 Westbury Tarmac to Crawley loaded limestone boxes along the Coastway route, pictured at Church foot crossing between Emsworth and Southbourne on a bright but chilly late November day. Note the new front end lighting banks that highlight the lemon yellow loco ends compared with the more usual warmer yellow applied to rolling stock.
The frequency of this service has sharply declined of late, running once or twice a week compared with 4 days a week when first introduced. The Chichester stone has not run for weeks again and the 6O40 / 6V57 Ardingly stone routed along the Coastway is also a very fickle runner, running once this week.
Image dated Wednesday 26 November 2025
After a gruelling 18 mile cycle ride in the midday heat to reach this spot, on what was the hottest day of the year - here we see DRS locomotives 66403 (front) and 66423 (rear) pass through Norton Bridge at Searchlight Lane Jn with 6U76 from Mountsorrel to Basford Hall on the afternoon of the 17/6/22.
P18 leads 9504 into Brooklyn Junction with P16 trailing. This train reverses down to Newport then heads back towards Tottenham in order to access Tottenham Yard. This spot was basked in sun 2 minutes before the train came around the corner and being Melbourne, the rain arrived. 6/6/2026
Pacific National’s GT46C ACe’s TT106 and TT110 are seen passing through Matthews Lane on aggregate train 1297 from Cooks River to Peppertree Quarry.
DRS 68007, in a new weird colour scheme, is seen passing Grange over Sands with 6Z13, 17.34 Shap Quarry to Sellafield with aggregate for covering nuclear waste in trenches ( the high-tech solution).
15 April 2026
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TT110 (with TT103 at the rear) lead 1225 empty aggregate train from Rooty Hill to Lynwood Quarry through a wet and miserable Exeter.
(28/3/25)
Aggregate Industries liveried 59001 'YEOMAN ENDEAVOR' and Hanson liveried 59103 'Village of Mells' pass through Twyford with the 7A09 Merehead - Acton 'jumbo' stone train on the morning of 25th July 2018. Once the train reaches Acton is will be split and delivered to various locations around the London area.
59206 John F Yeoman Rail Pioneer brings 7A09, the 07:12 Merehead - Acton aggregates past Hungerford Common on a fine March morning
Unfortunately 7A09 was short formed so didn't stretch back around the S bend through the station
Taken with the aid of a pole
Photographed during a minus tide.
Although it is still wet, it is several feet above the water level.
This is a large example of Puget Sound's common Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima).
It was a very sunny day, I shaded them with an umbrella to avoid the mass of specular highlights. But have reflections of the sky and my white umbrella, which I did not realize until I got it up on the computer screen.
Has been cropped so the texture of the sea anemones can be seen.
Do enlarge to see a bit more.
With the re-casting of the timetable for the Mendip Rail operations, regular afternoon favourites such as 7C77 have ceased running and class 66 locomotives are now the preferred traction for the majority of workings along this route. The closest train to the path of the former 7C77 is an as-required working from Purfleet to Merehead. Fortunately on this occasion with a class 59 locomotive deputising for the booked class 66 traction, a relatively clean 59205 is seen rounding the curve towards The Green at Great Cheverell with 6V40, the 09:12 Purfleet to Merehead train consisting of a short rake of empty aggregate box wagons.
20/08/24.
An industrial yard caught just before morning. Stone blocks, heavy equipment, and reflected light create a still moment before the day fully begins.