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60063 'James Murray' working 6E52 1036 PEAK FOREST - PETERBOROUGH YARD, aggregate in MBA's, passes Ashwell on the 4th May 2006.
Cross London aggregates. 60029 is pictured taking the West London line at Culvert Road, between Longhedge and Latchmere Junctions, with 6Z71 1035 Grain to Willesden DC Rail Sidings loaded working. It's difficult to get any wider here without a ladder as you have to poke the camera through holes cut in the mesh and the buddleia prevented going to the next hole along as it would be lapping the loco bogies.
Demand for aggregates seems to be insatiable in 2022, which may be a reason for 4H65 1514 Bescot Down Side to Hindlow Gbrf running on a Saturday, in this case 26th February 2022, running empty JNA box wagons from The West Midlands back to the Peak District to be refilled with more and more limestone aggregate. This diagram is routed to the Peaks along the West Coast Mainline to Sandbach, then via the Middlewich branch to the Mid-Cheshire line and then the Cheadle Branch to reach New Mills and the line to the quarries. GBRf’s 66745 ‘Modern Railways The First 50 Years’ passes Plumley on Saturday 26tH February 2022.
P15-N461 leads #9003 down empty SSR test/training Apex quarry goods from Westall to Tottenham Yard, approaches Sth Kensington, after loading the aggregates at Kilmore East on Wednesday night 10/6/2026.
Clouds that have given us 10 inches of new snow clear to the east leaving a very cold night. The aggregate plant awaits spring weather to begin operation.
Now running to a later schedule than in more recent times has opened up West Barnes Lane (between Raynes Park and Motspur Park) as an option for BST period shots. With the thermometer showing a very uncomfortable 33c 60029 trundles through with loaded aggregates train 6Y12 1103 Angerstein Wharf (Tarmac) to Chessington South Sidings via Willesden DCR.
Freightliner Aggregate Industries GM Class 59/0 - 59005
7O68 12:35 ACTON T.C. - 14:05 PURLEY YD DAY AGGS (FLHH) on 17/10/2023 at Kensington Olympia, London W14 0NE
Aggregating Jelly (Eutonina indicans) with a parasitic Jelly-dwelling Anemone (Peachia quinquecapitata) attached to its bell with a bonus parasitic amphipod (Hyperiids sp.).
It's eight lines wide through Aggregate Valley at Washwood Heath and 66763 Severn Valley is occupying the Up Derby Goods as it speeds through the rain with 6M42 Avonmouth to Penyfford Cement Sidings empties and if you're looking for the eighth line it's the one into the former RMC terminal behind the bushes on the left.
A brand new spot for lineside photography at the time of taking this image. Here we see CargoServ diesel locomotive 1504.03 (1504 003) working an aggregates train from Micheldorf towards Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn on the stormy afternoon of the 2/10/25. The train was captured on the outskirts of Micheldorf in Austria.
First time I managed to get the Bardon livery 66 as 66711 leads 4L22 1435 Hams Hall - Felixstowe seen here at Langham junction 5/6/15.
Aggregates traffic moved between Merehead Quarry and Thorney Mill Terminal produced this view taken at Berkley in July 1988. BR Railfreight 56051 had an assortment of loaded bogie hoppers [PHA] in tow forming the 6A52 07:40 SX from Merehead to the Thames Valley terminal.
This particular Class 56 locomotive was built at BREL, Doncaster Works, being delivered in November 1978. It would join the EW&S fleet in 1995 and following withdrawal, it was later reinstated and gained the 'fertis' branding pending possible use on construction trains in France. In due course was given a new lease of life and can be seen in 2023 in Colas Rail Freight colours and aptly named 'Survival'. I do like a happy ending!
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Anthopleura elegantissima at minus tide,
North Point,
Morro Strand State Beach,
Morro Bay, California
I am still trying to make sense of this scene--one group of exposed anemones with many more bits of shells covering them on the right and the same species much less covered on the left. My very educated friend suggests that the anemones on left have more sand to protect them from overexposure, But I'm not so sure about that. For perspective, we are looking straight down at a fairly flat rock with the ocean to the left of the scene. Input welcome.
Later note: here's a better answer which I came upon while reading a great new book: “These elegant, green, pink-tipped Anthopleura elegantissima anemones grow on boulders on Pacific beaches . . . . each clone is incapable of tolerating non-self anemones within touching distance. The first result is a set of distinct border zones between clones, like the frontiers between warring states, traceable for yards across the boulders, what might be called 'the hate strips' separating one clone from another, and each an inch or two wide.”-- Adam Nicolson, Life Between the Tides
Travelling west along the 1900 opened 'Stert and Westbury' route, DB Schenker red 59202 'Alan Meddows Taylor' is seen here rounding the curve at Great Cheverell as it hauls the 7C77 12:39 Acton to Merehead train of empty aggregate wagons. 04/03/16.
60 099 Ben More Assynt rounds the curve at Wansdyke Crossing next to Great Bedwyn hauling 6M18, the 16:49 Merehead - Willesden
Lovely evening lighting, but a reported track defect at Theale resulted in all 3 of the scheduled westbound workings I was after being diverted via Didcot and Swindon
Rumbling through Sunshine north and the spot where I watched the Freight Australia run 'Apex' some 20 years ago, I wouldn't have thought I would see the same sight in 2026 but with G526 on lease to QUBE, this can once again be reality.
This scene has changed since then with a broad gauge crossover built to access the McConnell Dowell compound built on the site of the former ATN sidings The third track on the left to formerly access the Bluescope steel facility on St Albans road was also cut and ripped up when the McConnell Dowell plant was built.
With its short train of empty aggregate hoppers, G526 makes light work of the grade up towards the McIntyre Road overpass. 25/7/2026
Powering upgrade through Beverage, VL353, VL351, G512 & G515 rumble 9341 QUBE Apex towards Kilmore East. 14/6/2026
59002 (7A17) Merehead Quarry to Colnbrook Foster Yeoman. passes under Lambridge Road Bridge heading towards Westbury with a loaded stone train hauled by the Aggregates Liveried Class 59.
G532 ambles alongside Bunting St in Brooklyn mere moments away from its final destination of the Fulton Hogan siding. 9/8/2025
Before the rain...
With its drop off of aggregates complete, GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66703 'Doncaster PSB 1961-2002' passes by Elsenham working 6M14 10:17 Harlow Mill Ai Gbrf to Bardon Hill Gbrf back north 07/16/19
66197 working 6Z96 1010 BELMONT DOWN YARD - BOSTON SLEAFORD SIDINGS, aggregate in JNA's, passes Great Hale Drove on the 15th April 2021.
Initially this was 6Z96 2359 Peak Forest Up Sidings to Boston on the 13th. It was cancelled during the layover in Belmont Yard, being reinstated as this on the 15th.
Derwen Aggregates
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Aggregates Industries liveried class 59 59004 'Paul A Hammond' heads towards Kintbury with the 7A60 Merehead to Colnbrook stone train
Aggregate Industries liveried 66711 'Sence' has just joined the Great Eastern Mainline at Haughley Junction in charge of the 4L43 02.57 Doncaster Iport GBRf - Felixstowe North GBRf on the 12 March 2020.
Under an interesting sky, 66154 is seen here about to cross the county boundary between Wiltshire and (South) Gloucestershire as it heads the 6Z36 11:41 Acton to Moreton-on-Lugg train consisting of former National Power hopper wagons. 11/02/16.
Leaser GMTX SW1500 #101 (ex-PC, CR, CSX, LLPX) is used by Rawson Materials at their plant (#5) in Plainfield, CT to switch out hoppers of aggregate products.
June 13, 2021
PFT1-17 GBRf 66762 6G92 & 66712 Peak Forest
GBRf 66-762 on 6G92 09:33 Tunstead Sidings GBRF to Small Heath Lafarge GBRf hauling bogie box wagons passes GBRf 66-712 sitting at the head of its train in Peak Forest sidings.
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I thought it might be interesting to capture this once a week working of loaded aggregate from Neath Abbey Wharf to Pengam sidings (6B75) seen at Pengam Junction, Cardiff, headed by GBRf 66750. It is interesting to note that the line to Cardiff Tidal sidings, Celsa steel works and Cardiff docks has been reduced to a single track since I was last here though it does branch further along.
Having run around Monday's 6Z19, 68017 has eased the train into Sellafield sidings alongside the identical consist headed by 68016.
Both trains would head to the Drigg LLWR the following morning.
Two pairs of 68s are seen inside the Sellafield compound. The right hand pair are being prepared to head for Crewe with three FNAs as 6K73, whilst the other brace would later work 6C46 to Kingmoor.