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Direct Rail Services General Motors/EMD JT42CWRM Class 66/4 diesel-electric locomotives at Nethertown on the Cumbrian Coast railway with 5X41 a BNFL Sellafield to Carlisle Kingmoor TMD train. Class 37 602 is seen here on the rear of this train.
Direct Rail Services (DRS) 57301 'Goliath' drags Great Northern 365501 and 365505 pass Ely working the 5Q65 1106 Hornsey E.M.U.D. to Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings. The two BREL 365s were going to Ely Papworth Sidings for storage.
Direct Rail Services Class 68 68022 "Resolution" cruises through University with the 08:29 Swindon to Scarborough "York Moors Explorer". It was good to see an almost entirely BR blue and grey formation of loco hauled stock on a route that doesn't see much of it, this rake consisting mainly of Mark 2s with a Mark 1 kitchen vehicle. However, there was a single Anglia Mk 2 towards the end of the train.
December 2019 saw Kilkenny gain an NTA City service,operating on 2 routes:
KK1-Loughboy Retail Park-N77 Roundabout,
KK2-Purcellinsch-St Lukes Hospital
Both operating half hourly.
Services are operated by the Galway based City Direct,using 4 Wright Streetlights.192-G-1613 swings onto Johns Bridge on a Northbound KK1 working.
July 2020
Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 37422 diesel-electric locomotive approaches St. Bees on the Cumbrian coast railway line with Northern's 2C47 the 17:31 Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle passenger service.
Direct Rail Services' 37422 erupts out of Derby, leaving a large puff off white smoke behind with shiny 37407 in tow working 0Z31, 10:47 DERBY R.T.C.(NETWORK RAIL) - 13:57 DERBY R.T.C.(NETWORK RAIL).
Thursday 08/02/2018.
The following are some general methods of drying:
Application of hot air (convective or direct drying). Air heating increases the driving force for heat transfer and accelerates drying. It also reduces air relative humidity, further increasing the driving force for drying. In the falling rate period, as moisture content falls, the solids heat up and the higher temperatures speed up diffusion of water from the interior of the solid to the surface. However, product quality considerations limit the applicable rise to air temperature. Excessively hot air can almost completely dehydrate the solid surface, so that its pores shrink and almost close, leading to crust formation or "case hardening", which is usually undesirable. For instance in wood (timber) drying, air is heated (which speeds up drying) though some steam is also added to it (which hinders drying rate to a certain extent) in order to avoid excessive surface dehydration and product deformation owing to high moisture gradients across timber thickness. Spray drying belongs in this category.
Indirect or contact drying (heating through a hot wall), as drum drying, vacuum drying. Again, higher wall temperatures will speed up drying but this is limited by product degradation or case-hardening. Drum drying belongs in this category.
Dielectric drying (radiofrequency or microwaves being absorbed inside the material) is the focus of intense research nowadays. It may be used to assist air drying or vacuum drying. Researchers have found that microwave finish drying speeds up the otherwise very low drying rate at the end of the classical drying methods.
Freeze drying or lyophilization is a drying method where the solvent is frozen prior to drying and is then sublimed, i.e., passed to the gas phase directly from the solid phase, below the melting point of the solvent. It is increasingly applied to dry foods, beyond its already classical pharmaceutical or medical applications. It keeps biological properties of proteins, and retains vitamins and bioactive compounds. Pressure can be reduced by a high vacuum pump (though freeze drying at atmospheric pressure is possible in dry air). If using a vacuum pump, the vapor produced by sublimation is removed from the system by converting it into ice in a condenser, operating at very low temperatures, outside the freeze drying chamber.
Supercritical drying (superheated steam drying) involves steam drying of products containing water. This process is feasible because water in the product is boiled off, and joined with the drying medium, increasing its flow. It is usually employed in closed circuit and allows a proportion of latent heat to be recovered by recompression, a feature which is not possible with conventional air drying, for instance. The process has potential for use in foods if carried out at reduced pressure, to lower the boiling point.
Natural air drying takes place when materials are dried with unheated forced air, taking advantage of its natural drying potential. The process is slow and weather-dependent, so a wise strategy "fan off-fan on" must be devised considering the following conditions: Air temperature, relative humidity and moisture content and temperature of the material being dried. Grains are increasingly dried with this technique, and the total time (including fan off and on periods) may last from one week to various months, if a winter rest can be tolerated in cold areas.
Refractance Window drying: Refractance Window™ Technology is a novel drying system, developed by the owners of MCD Technologies, Inc. in Tacoma, Washington. It uses circulating water at atmospheric pressure as a means to carry thermal energy to material to be dehydrated. The products are spread on a transparent plastic conveyor belt and unused heat is recycled. Products on the moving belt dry in a few minutes, contrary to hot air tray or tunnel dryers which take several hours, or freeze dryers which dry overnight. Refractance Window™ drying is believed to have a major advantage over drum drying or spray drying, in that foods and pharmaceutical ingredients are exposed to much milder temperatures and final products maintain good sensory qualities, such as color and aroma. The technology is relatively inexpensive and the equipment is simple to operate and maintain.[2]
Infrared Zone Drying: Infrared Zone Drying™ (RZD™) Technology is an establish drying technology, patented by Columbia PhytoTechnology. It uses infrared energy applied to a thin film of product in a series of zones. This allows product to be maintained at a low enough temperature to avoid damage while in its liquid state. The end result is dehydration time less than 10 minutes and almost complete preservation of nutrients, flavor and color.[3] Unlike other gentle drying methods, such as freeze drying, it is a continuous high throughput process. Unlike low temperature spray drying RZD can dry liquids with suspended solids, such as purees, and also liquids that contain sugar without significant losses, such as fruit juice concentrates. The technology allows for independent control of the drying temperature and the infrared wavelength through the drying zones. A patent was filed that shows changing the wavelength effects the efficiency and drying rate. Targeting infrared wavelengths with high water absorption are critical to the dryer operation, output and product quality.
Direct Rail Services 37259 erupts from Platform Eight at Crewe, paired with 37612. The locos were working from Crewe Gresty Bridge to Derby RTC.
DRS Class 66 66432 passes Rugeley TV with the 1200 Crewe Basford Hall to Cliff Hill Stud Farm Quarry on 15th August 2019
Direct Rail Services Class 68 68005 "Defiant" departs from Birmingham New Street on the rear of the 15:47 Kidderminster down goods loop to Burton ot Wetmore sidings. Don't these locos look good!
1999 Volvo V70 2.5D XLT.
Supplied by Bickets of Kilmarnock (Volvo).
Tax expired on 31st May 2022 and last MoT test expired on 5th September 2022.
68028 coasts past the fine array of semaphore signals at Great Yarmouth on 21st August 2017. 2017 was a great time for photographers along the Wherry Lines, with the fine selection of semaphore signals in use and two loco hauled sets working diagrams for Greater Anglia.
Direct Rail Services Class 88, 88008 "Ariadne" eases the late running 4M48 18:54 Mossend Euroterminal to Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) through Hartford. The DRS bi-mode was trying to make up time but being thwarted somewhat by the final London Northwestern stopper of the night (2K99) in front of it.
Direct Rail Services Class 37/0 37229 'Jonty Jarvis 8-12-1998 to 18-3-2005' diesel-electric locomotive approaches Caldew Junction at Willowholme in Carlisle on the west coast main line with 6C42 the 13:38 BNFL Sellafield to Kingmoor depot nitric acid and Caustic Soda tank train.
Direct Rail Services Vossloh/Caterpilar UK Light Class 68s 68017 'Hornet' and 68003 'Astute' top and tail Arriva Rail Northern's 2C40 the 08:42 Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness passenger service at Seascale on the Cumbrian coast railway line.
Direct Rail Services Class 37's 37609 + 37259 are pictured heading west through the MetroCentre, as the head of the Seaton on Tees to Sellafield 'Flasks', on March 10th 2017.
Direct Rail Services liveried Class 66/4 No. 66434 pilots its stablemate Class 66/3 No. 66305 as they approach Platform 3 of Acton Bridge Station, working the 06:16 Daventry Drs (Tesco) to Mossend Euroterminal Intermodal service, on 26th August 2015.
Another Class 68 shot from 'the wrong side'...... but the sun side didn't give such a wide angle.... Operating the diverted 4S43, the 06:11hrs from Daventry to Mossend Euroterminal... the 'Tesco Express', passing through Killingworth....... with the marker and headlights on the correct frequency this time!
An eastbound "Midtown Direct" train to Penn Station starts the final leg of its trip from Newark Broad Street into the heart of Manhattan with only one more stop ahead at Secaucus.
NJT 6216 @ Automatic M65, Harrison, NJ
NJTR ALP46A 4658
Direct Rail Services 37423 'Spirit of the Lakes' sits at Carnforth station whilst swapping Network Rail crew. The working is 1Q82 1632 Carlisle High Wapping Sdgs to Blackpool North and was seen here on Thursday the 23rd May 2019.
L249YOD was a Mercedes 709D / Plaxton Beaver B25F new as Plymouth City Transport number 249 in August 1993. Ten years later it passed to Travel Direct, and is seen in Paisley. The combined Hill/Hutchison Group fleet comprised of 31 vehicles which were broken down as follows:-
Ann Hill t/a Fairway Coaches 5 buses
Raymond Hill t/a Fereneze Travel 8 buses
William Hutchison t/a Travel Direct 6 buses
Pheonix Buses 12 buses.
The actual vehicles could move from fleet to fleet as required.
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Direct Rail Services Class 37s No. 37059 and 37218 are seen passing Cockwood Harbour with 1Z81 the 16:07 Penzance to Tame Bridge Parkway return leg of Pathfinder Tours' Mazey Day Cornishman railtour on Saturday 29th June 2019.
Direct Rail Services Class 88s 88006 + 88004 are pictured approaching Platform 2 at the MetroCentre, at the head of the Seaton-on-Tees to Sellafield 'Flasks', on November 12th 2018.
Direct Rail Services Class 37/0 No. 37069 leads a five loco convoy through Clay Cross on the 0Z23 Crewe Gresty Bridge to Barrow Hill loco move on 8th April 2011.
Sister locos 37259, 37409 "Lord Hinton" and 37688 make up the quartet of 'Tractors', along with Class 57/0 No. 57010 which was collected from Derby en route.