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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.
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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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.
Concrete street gutter a few blocks from my home
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Palisade being the new order here at Finedon Road bridge, Wellingborough for my first visit in over four months making the scene overlooking the GBRf yard ever more miserable albeit, this is my first shot of a train running on the newly reinstated fourth line. A very shabby looking EWS liveried DB Cargo 66154 approaches the station working 6C31 Mountsorrel Sidings - Radlett Redland Roadstone conveying loaded aggregates.
Led by the usual DB Cargo Shed, 6M15, the 07:07 Tytherington - Calvert HS2 aggregate working follows the Kennet and Avon eastwards at Crofton. 66020 doing the honours
Taken with the aid of a pole
Many mainlines in the country have a lot of industries along the line that are serviced by local freights. Alas, the Moffat is not one of those mainlines. In fact, the only remaining industry served by a local between Denver and Bond is the Arcosa Lightweight aggregate plant. It is located at the far north end of the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead, about four miles north of Rocky. Here is an overview of the plant and almost two dozen covered hoppers at the plant. A pair of GP40-2s just dropped off three more covered hoppers for the plant.
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66009 makes its way through Buxton over the viaduct towards Buxton signal box where the loco will run round its train and head off towards Peak Forest through Topley Pike working the 6H23 Dowlow Briggs – Ashburys aggregates.
Showing signs of a recent graffiti attack but with an new unmarked rake of wagons, 66721 'Harry Beck' passes Pepper Road, Leeds with 6M38 1125 Arcow Quarry-Bredbury Tilcon aggregates.
59204 heads down Savernake bank at Wootton Rivers in charge of 6V64, the 14:48 Wembley - Merehead empties. 66507 is dead in tow half way down the train
6M05 is in the process of being unloaded by the grab in Washwood Heath Up Sidings as 6M31 Banbury to Mountsorrel zips along the Up Fast for a refill. 66105 was at the head of the Moreton train whilst 66155 was working the Banbury service.
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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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
Such is the dearth of freight traffic on the GWML west of Didcot at the moment that there are nearly as many paths on a Sunday as a Saturday now.
In the event, only 4B35 the 12:11 Southall - Moreton-on-Lugg aggregate empties ran on this day, and is seen here passing Shrivenham behind 66039
The last few hours of the 22 day winter trip was spent at this spot near Graz with sunny conditions (it was a great way to end the adventure).
Here we see diesel locomotive 223005 working a short aggregate freight towards Graz on the afternoon of the 26/2/22. Not sure of the operator or owner of this lok, but Rail and Sea could be a possibility?
For information, to reach this spot on foot, it is a 45 minute walk from the local railway station of Peggau-Deutschfeistritz. In addition, trains on this line operate on the left in the direction of travel, which is non-standard to other parts of Austria where they drive on the right, but no complaints :-)
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.
Now working under Freightliner, Aggregate livery 59001 'Yeoman Endeavour' is seen passing Berkley Lane on 6C76 14:39 Acton T.C. to Whatley Quarry.
Happy Fly Day everyone!
Rui says: Phaonia pallida (Muscidae)
larvae are in tree bark and fungi - i googled.
I have noticed quite a lot of the adults on blackberries this year.
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.
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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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
Hanson Aggregates' Class 59/1 59102 has accessed Down South Yd upon arrival 7012 04.24 ex Merehead Quarry by crossing all Bournemouth and Portsmouth route tracks, the later 09.30 slot utilised.
24th September 2021
BR Railfreight Aggregates Sector 37677 was undertaking shunting duties at Peak Forest in September 1989.
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At Freightliners Midland road depot Leeds Yeoman aggregates liveried 59002 "Alan J Day" (sat on accommodation bogies) is parked with 70020+70008 on a dull Saturday the 1st of April 2023.
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
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!)