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Just 27 minutes after photographing the RHTT heading north at Church Stretton (see previous upload), the Colas sheds head back south having turned at Shrewsbury.
The location is the aggregate quarry at Bayston Hill, which used to be rail served, and frequented by Class 40's on the stone trains back in the day. Sunday 19.11.17
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59104 Village of Great Elm alongside the Kennet and Avon at Crofton in charge of 6C31, the 10:14 Theale - Whatley empties
Unfortunately, a slight breeze had sprung up by mid morning ruffling what I had hoped to be a mirror like reflection
A bitterly cold but perfectly lit winters day at Wolfhall finds 66603 at the head of 6A27, the 08:43 East Usk Yard - Hayes & Harlington
Taken with the aid of a pole
On an early Spring morning 60 028 winds its way past Hungerford Common at the head of 6Z52, the 07:04 Tytherington - Quainton Railhead with aggregate for the HS2 project
Taken with the aid of a pole
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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.
DB Cargo Class 66/0 No. 66151 threads its way through Edale on the Hope Valley line with 6Z89, the 11:49 Peak Forest Cemex – Peterborough West Yard loaded aggregate working on 6th January 2019.
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.
Deserted platforms at York on Thursday 20th December 2018, herald the arrival of GB Railfreight 66766 heading the 6L61 08:52 Thrislington to Chesterton Junction loaded construction aggregate. Everyone must have been in town doing their last minute Christmas shopping or ordering on-line at home, or even at work of course!
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Freightliner 70002 heads a Crewe to Mountsorrel empty aggregates train through Burbage Common,just east of Hinckley.
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.
GBRf liveried Class 66, No.66770 roars towards the camera at Ashfordby Hill (between Melton Mowbray and Syston Junction) whilst in charge of 6M60 the 11:12 Whitemoor - Mountsorrel empty aggregate service consisting of a rake of Network Rail yellow 'JNA' wagons.
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.
An industrial yard caught just before morning. Stone blocks, heavy equipment, and reflected light create a still moment before the day fully begins.
GBRf 'Shed' Class 66 66728 passes over Ribblehead Viaduct while working an Aggregates train from Arcow Quarry. This was taken on Tuesday 14th August 2018
Aggregates livery 59004 heads an empty rake of stone wagons back to Whatley Quarry past Berkeley. The White Horse can just be seen on the hilltop in the distance.
6V62 13:21 Southampton Up Yard (Fl) - Whatley Quarry F Liner Hh.
With the closure of the Goblin line for Electrification work several freight diversions are making it quite busy through here. Aggregate Industries 59002 comes through on platform 10 with the Dagenham Dock ARC to Acton TC hoppers.Going through platform 10a 70017 is passing on the Garston to London Gateway liner.A London Overground 378 unit is about to depart for Richmond.
In tidepool below Rosario Head in Deception Pass State Park.
Usually these grow tightly together, but in recent years, their numbers have dwindled to only a few; possibly because of the King Tides we've gotten in the winter.
Anthopleura elegantissima
Aha, a special livery...
With Network Rail strike action looming from 18:00 on Christmas Eve, passenger services across the network generally came to a close by late afternoon, to allow for the setting up of engineering possessions taking place over the Christmas shutdown.
Wearing the Aggregate Industries livery, GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66711 'Sence' heads through Stansted Mountfitchet with engineering consist in tow working 6T65 09:55 Whitemoor Yard L.D.C Gbrf to Camden Road 24/12/22
They are elegant flowerlike animals that have a tube-shaped body crowned with tentacles. (Elegantissima means most elegant) Sizes can vary; the crown’s diameter can get up to 80 mm (3.5 in) and the column diameter can get up to 60 mm (2.5 in). They do not need to go seek food; it comes to them constantly as the current carries tiny crustaceans and other animals past their tentacles. All they have to do is capture prey by stinging it with the nematocysts on the surface of their tentacles. Anemones can even ingest small crabs and then spew out the shells.
Aggregating anemones live on rocks in the middle intertidal pools and crevices, either alone or in dense masses. Although they live side by side, clone mates from different groups are enemies.
Sticky bumps on their bodies collect sand and bits of shells, which provide camouflage and prevent them from drying out. If they get buried by drifting sand, they can survive for more than three months. Oil spills or oil from storm drains, however, can destroy anemone habitats—and it can take two years or more for habitats to recover. If you go tide-pooling, be careful not to walk on or disturb anemones or other tide pool creatures. (more than one tired tide-pooler has sat down on a rock for a short rest, only to discover they are sitting on a wet and squishy anemone!)
Aggregates Industries bulk carrier Yeoman Bank, headed north towards Glensanda Quarry on the Morvern Peninsula for another load of stone.
NAME: Yeoman Bank
IMO: 7422881
MMSI: 636009548
Call Sign: ELOG5
Flag: Liberia [LR]
AIS Vessel Type: Cargo
Gross Tonnage: 24870
Deadweight: 43728 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 204.96m × 27.26m
Year Built: 1982
14/02/2019 (Thur) 1930
Peak Forest (Buxton)
60039 Dove Holes
6E19 1917 Peak Forest to Attercliffe stone
(Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZF2 Planar with Fotodiox lens adapter)
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59103 Village of Mells runs through Dalston Kingsland with the return JNA Aggregate empties on the Chelmsford recp to Acton TC. When I got back to Ipswich the sun came out Great!
DB Cargo 66221 approaches Harrowden Jct. Wellingborough on the 20:52 Moreton-on-Lugg to Radlett aggregates.