Borderlands Line Freight Trains & Engineering Work Monthly Footage. January 2024
Footage from January 2024 on the borderlands line, regular steel workings from Margam up to Dee Marsh plus Cement from Pen y Ffordd down to Avonmouth.
Loco’s on the steel workings
66766
66790
66775
Not on the footage 66779 & 66711 done stints
Loco on the cement throughout
66714
There were 2 Merseyrail drags during the month going to Sims Scrapyard in Newport & Crewe South Yard. Not the last 508 unit has now gone (508104)
37800 Dragging 508108 & 508114
37884 Dragging 508104 & 507004
End of the month there was track relaying at Wrexham. Managed to get some footage during daylight hours.
Loco’s on the Engineering Trains
66516
66518
66504
Tamper Machine
DR75407
Colas Crane
81612
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It includes steel workings between Margam and Dee Marsh, cement trains from Pen y Ffordd to Avonmouth, and Merseyrail drags heading to Sims Scrapyard in Newport and Crewe South Yard. Engineering work at Wrexham involved track relaying, with footage taken during daylight hours. Locomotives seen include 37800, 37884, 66516, 66518, and others, alongside equipment such as a tamper machine and a Colas crane.
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