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This Dutch Cargo Ship is seen on the River Humber at South Ferriby, She is nearly ending a Voyage from Rotterdam to Flixborough which is on the River Trent . Photo taken from a moving Bus Window ..
An RMS Locotel 08 diesel with 4 trucks pounds up the very steep gradient from Flixborough on the eastern bank of the River Trent (just visible top left) up the Jurassic ridge to Scunthorpe.
I heard it before I saw it & careered along a footpath & through a field to get the shot. Unfortunately the field was rape seed & it had rained so I ended up with wet yellow trousers. I like to think it was worth it.
This line was a branch off the former North Lindsey Light Railway. The NNLR was built in 1907 northwards to Winteringham & Whitten on the Humber to open up the North Lincolnshire Liassic ironstone area for mining to supply the Scunthorpe steelworks.
It was later absorbed by the Great Central Railway and, on grouping, it passed to the London and North Eastern Railway. The passenger service finished in 1928 & after many years as a freight only line closed in 1951 to Winteringham. The branch is one of the last parts still in operation & connects with the Doncaster-Cleethorpes line at Frodingham.
I believe the branch to RMS’s Flixborough Wharf remains open to serve the port and chemical plant on the banks of the River Trent but I'm not sure how often it is used.
A beauty of a sunset taken from Flixborough Grange looking across to the wharf at Flixborough Stather on the River Trent.
Some investment on the line between Dragonby Sidings and Flixborough Wharf on the 25th June 1996.
Class 20, numbered H.010, formerly 20107, passes the track gang near Normanby Park with a trip from Dragonby sidings to Flixborough Wharf with steel sections for transfer to shipping.
Although a lot of steel is still dealt with at the wharf, it no longer comes by rail, trips ending around 2012 from what I've read.
There are plans to serve a new 'Energy from Waste' facility at the wharf using the reinstated and upgraded branch line.
20107 is still in use with Locomotive Services.
©Dave Peachey.
Flixborough Wharf 12 July 2023
Built in 1993 by Peene-Werft GmbH, Wolgast (yard no. 408) as ELKE K. for Krohn Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG, Wien (Österreichische Lloyd Ship Management GmbH & Co KG, managers) Sold in 2001 to Rufinia Beheer BV of Delfzijl (Flagship Management BV, managers) without change of name. Ownership transferred to Lian Shipping BV in 2015 and K & T Holland C.V. in 2017, still under Flagship management. Sold in 2018 to Elke Shipping Ltd (Regency Shipmanagement SA, managers) and renamed ELKE under Panamanian flag. Management transferred to Baden Shipmanagement SA of Hamburg in 2021.
Sold in 2023 to TQ Istanbul Shipping Ltd (TQ Ship Management Ltd, managers) and renamed TQ ISTANBUL under flag of Palau.
Flixborough 22 August 2025
Built in 2024 by PT Karya Teknik Utama, Batam (yard no. KTU-1368) as VICTORIA for Ergon Beta Ltd (Manajemen Kapal Eurasia PT, managers). Sold in 2025 to Ems Shipmanagement GmbH & Co KG (4 Ems Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG), Leer and renamed EMS LAKE.
Flixborough 26 September 2011
Built in 1999 by Barkmijer Stroobos BV, Stroobos (yard no. 290) for Arklow Shipping BV of Zaandam (Arklow Shipping Ltd, managers). On completion, ownership transferred to Rederij Steggerda BV, still under Arklow management. Management transferred to Arklow Shipping Nederland BV in 2003 and ownership transferred to BBS Bulk I K/S in 2006. Renamed BBS STAR in 2012 and placed under management of Risor Management A/S. Renamed PS STAR in 2014 and sold later the same year to Karl Meyer Shipping International GmbH & Co KG of Stade and renamed VÄRMLAND.
Scanned from an original colour print.
20.169 and 20.117 await departure from Dragonsby sidings on the Flixborough warf branch bound for Scunthorpe.
Inward bound for Flixborough Wharf on the River Trent 23 July 2006.
Built in 1984 by Jh. van Eijk & Zonen BV, Sliedrecht (yard no. 357) as HANNE for Nordenhamer Bereederungs GmbH (P/R MS 'Helga). Renamed HELGA in 1990. Named FAST KAREL 1994-98 when chartered to Fast Lines Belgium NV. Sold in 2008 to Bonus Holdings OU of Estonia (Baltic Maritime Service Ltd, managers), still named HELGA under Antiguan flag. Sold in 2010 to Caribbean Shipping Ltd (Baltnautic Shipping Ltd, managers), again without change of name or flag. Sold in 2013 to Helga Shipping Ltd (Antares Shipping Agency Ltd, managers). Management transferred to Pegasus Shipmanagement SIA of Riga in 2022.
FREDA CARLESS is a barge of steel construction built by John Harker of Knottingley in 1964.The vessel carried various cargoes under the ownership of Flixborough Shipping. It was sold for scrap in the 1970s but later sold to Acaster Water Transport and returned to operational service.
The vessel was laid up in Goole in 2005 and was sold for preservation in 2009.
20214 on the Flixborough Branch with empty BDA wagons from Dragonby Exchange Sidings to Scunthorpe on 9 June 1992. The privately owned 08 can just be seen at the exchange sidings. E889
On the 5th May 2015 the Dan Fighter (1988, 1,260 DWT) heads up the River Trent to Flixborough as the H&S Fairness (2012, 2,980 DWT) heads downstream from Flixborough to Duisburg. In the distance the Anita (2013, 2,570 DWT) heads to Ghent from Grove Wharf.
36 hours on from Teignmouth and there is some more lovely late evening light at 1945 as the ships are underway on the evening tide. There were 11 ships on the Trent on Tuesday night, by far the most I have ever seen, but surprisingly only four were seen underway. The 'classic' Dan Fighter was a welcome bonus though.
Flixborough 16 July 2018
Completed in 1996 by Slovenske Lodenice AS, Komarno (yard no. 2930) as NORTHERN LARSNES. Delivered as NORTHERN LOKNES to Fedora Shipping Co Ltd (JSC Northern Shipping, managers). Sold in 2004 to Wilson Shipowning A/S (Wilson Eurocarriers A/S, managers) and renamed WILSON GHENT.
Flixborough 1 November 2024.
Built in 2009 by Shanghai Zhongzhou Shipping Co Ltd. Shanghai (yard no. 080328) as CJK BUSAN for Yuhai Shipping (HK) Co Ltd. Sold in 2023 to Milsar Shipping Corp and renamed SNP GALAXY under Belize flag. Placed under managmeent of Istifan Uluslararasi Tasimacilik Ticaret Ltd Sti of Istanbul in 2024 and transferred to Barbados flag.
20214 on the Flixborough Branch with empty BDA wagons from Dragonby Exchange Sidings to Scunthorpe on 9 June 1992.
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NCB’s Hunslet 7017 of 1971 is seen shunting wagons of coal at Whitehaven harbour in June 1980.
This loco had arrived from Granville Colliery in Shropshire, and is still in Industrial service today, being part of Harry Needle’s shunter hire fleet and more recently to be found at Flixborough Wharf.
Coal originally arrived at the harbour down the Howgill Inclined Plane but this was closed in the early 1970s following a landslip, and a conveyor was built along the trackbed to load wagons at the bottom before being transferred to ships for export to Ireland and the Isle of Man.
2 Way Volvo B10M-55/Alexander PS RUI5269 seen in a misty Thealby as it operates the morning 541 from Flixborough to Winterton Academy.
2 Way operate two classic PS-bodied B10Ms with the one in the picture being the elder of the pair having arrived new to CMS in December 1992 as K707DAO - I believe it gained the private plate whilst with P&O Lloyd.
20214 has just left Dragonby sidings on the Flixborough branch and is heading back towards Scunthorpe. 9th June 1992. E888
2452 tonne general cargo ship operated by Wilson AS (IMO: 9390094). Built in 2007 by Slovenske Lodenice of Komarno inSlovakia. Heading downstream to Flixborough on the Trent, en route from Tarragona.
Flixborough Wharf 29 June 2021.
Built in 1997 at the 'Krasnoye Sormovo' shipyard, Nizhniy Novgorod (yard no. 17310/5) as TRANSWORLD 1. Sold in 2000 to MS 'Gorky' Noru Schiffahrts GmbH & Co KG (Wessels Reederei GmbH & Co KG, managers) and renamed GORKY under Antiguan flag. Sold in 2014 to Gulf Shipmanagement Corp (Pasifik Lojistik Grubu ve Denizcilik AS of Istanbul, managers) and renamed GULF, remaining under Antiguan flag.
During a short evening photo charter on 05/02/2011, 20096, 20107 & 20142 show off their coats of BR corporate blue in the Roundhouse at Barrow Hill. 20107 facing the camera stands on the turntable and was previously in private industrial use hauling steel trains on the Flixborough wharf branch in Scunthorpe.
Seen near Normanby Park, H010 (EX 20107) has picked up loads from Dragonby sidings to take to Flixborough wharf for unloading. 25th June 1996.
Flixborough Wharf 8 February 2012
Scanned from an original colour print.
Built in 1993 by A/S Nordsjøværftet, Ringkøbing as ARKTIS ACE for Elite Shipping A/S. Chartered to Rederiet Dannebrog A/S for a period in 1993 and renamed ELSBORG. Reverted to ARKTIS ACE, then renamed INDUSTRIAL ACE in 1994, then reverted to ARKTIS ACE in 1999. Sold in 2002 and renamed CEC DAISY, then SOFRANA PASIFIKA in 2005, FORUM POLYNESIA in 2006 and CEC DAISY in 2007. Renamed ACM DAISY in 2010 when sold to Zaccur Carriers Inc (Argo Coral Maritime Ltd, managers) and registered in Liberia. Sold in 2015 to Gothong Southern Shipping Lines of the Philippines and renamed DON DANIEL. Still in service.
This was at the IWA 2022 Festival of Water on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Shobnall in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire.
Album: Canals, Rivers, Narrow boats and Locks
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Flixborough Wharf 5 August 2019
Built in 2009 by Rongcheng SB Industry Co. Ltd. (yard no. 18) as ARALDIEP for Rodele Shipping Co Ltd (Intership Navigation Co of Cyprus, managers). Sold in 2014 to Marship Minibulker Flotte GmbH (Marship Management GmbH, managers) and renamed LUNAMAR. Sold in 2016 to Spanaco 4 Ltd (Interorient Marine Services GmbH & Co KG, managers) and renamed SPANACO FIDELITY under Antiguan flag.