This weeks Freight Trains, Merseyrail Drag & RTC @Chester, Helsby, North Wales, Borderlands Line
Out this week locally around Chester ,Helsby ,North Wales & The Borderlands Line. Great variety of freight, RTC Workings & The Merseyrail Drag to Sims Scrapyard in Newport. Unfortunately the annual flasks to Valley was missed due to returning the same time as the late Merseyrail Drag. Bumped into the @Britishrailwaysthenandnow YouTuber on Hawarden Bridge Station (Ran all the way from Hawarden !!) likes to keep fit πββοΈ π₯Check out his Channel for regular updates on the Borderlands line π Also the local Facebook Photographer Paul Aspinall (Takes great shots on the North Wales Coast & Borderlands Line) Top Bloke π
Footage between 4th Sept to 8th Sept 2023
All Workings & Locations in Footage Order
4th Sept 2023
66752
Working - 6G59
19:54 Llandudno Junction Tc to Bescot Down Side
At Chester
5th Sept 2023
66705
Working - 6M23
19:45 Margam Tc to Dee Marsh Junction
At Pen y Ffordd
66002
Working - 6F91
13:54 Ince & Elton Encirc Works to Arpley Sidings
At Helsby
70817
Working - 6J37
12:52 Carlisle Yard to Chirk Kronospan
At Chester
6th Sept 2023
66613
Working - 6F90
05:03 Crewe Basford Hall to Ince & Elton Encirc Works
At Helsby
66705
Working - 6V75
09:31 Dee Marsh Junction to Margam Tc
At Hawarden Bridge
37254 & 9714
Working - 3Q95
08:06 Chester to Bangor C.S.
At Chester
9714 & 37254
Working- 3Q95
08:06 Chester to Bangor C.S.
At Chester
7th Sept 2023
43277 & 43274
Working - 1Q30
10:55 Derby RTC to Derby RTC
At Shotton
37254 & 9714
Working - 3Q94
13:42 Bangor C.S. to Chester
At Shotton
43274 & 43277
Working - 1Q30
10:55 Derby RTC to Derby RTC
At Connahs Quay (Maude Street / Crossing)
66756
Working - 6V41
17:07 Pen y Ffordd Cement to Avonmouth Hanson Sidings
At Hawarden Bridge
8th Sept 2023
37884
Working - 0B38
05:23 Crewe South Yard to Birkenhead North E.M.U.D.
At Hawarden Bridge
37884 Dragging 508126 & 507026
Working - 5Q78
11:55 Birkenhead North E.M.U.D. to Newport Docks (Simsgroup)
At High Shotton (Foot Crossing)
66756
Working - 6M42
09:20 Avonmouth Hanson Sidings to Pen y Ffordd Cement
At Gwersyllt
37116 & 37610
Working - 1Q55
12:45 Derby RTC to Derby RTC
At Wrexham General
70817
Working - 6J37
12:52 Carlisle Yard to Chirk Kronospan
At Wrexham
37610 & 37116
Working - 1Q55
12:45 Derby RTC to Derby RTC
At Wrexham General
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This video captures freight train movements and railway operations across several locations in Chester, Helsby, North Wales, and the Borderlands Line. It includes footage of Merseyrail services, freight workings, and RTC activities between late August and early September 2023. The content features various locomotives and headcodes associated with different rail operators, including Merseyrail and Network Rail. The video also highlights encounters with railway enthusiasts and photographers documenting these routes.
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