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RE: GB Railfreight - knutstransport - 21/08/2017 17:25
Top story on ITV Granada Reports today showed Drax and Peel Ports criticising the government for a lack of rail infrastructure in North. Trains like these were mentioned: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H21940/2017/08/21/advanced They were saying something along the lines of they feel they should be able to get between Liverpool Biomass Tml Gbf and Drax Aes (Gbrf) in 3.5 hours compared to 'up to 10.'
A video of the report will probably be put on http://www.itv.com/news/granada/ later. It will also be on ITV+1 in the Granada region at 7.
RE: GB Railfreight - ant17612 - 01/09/2017 12:46
At Eastleigh 66726 has been released in the new variant of fleet livery, 66724 has taken it's place in the paint shop. This means that 66725 is now the last one standing in the old First 'Barbie' livery.
RE: GB Railfreight - ant17612 - 07/09/2017 17:27
66760 and 66766 have worked 6M59 Doncaster to Collyhurst Street (Manchester) trial this afternoon.
RE: GB Railfreight - childwallblues - 08/09/2017 05:17
(07/09/2017 17:27)ant17612 Wrote: 66760 and 66766 have worked 6M59 Doncaster to Collyhurst Street (Manchester) trial this afternoon.Coule well be for ballast trains for the MCV-SYB electrification.
RE: GB Railfreight - mikestone - 08/09/2017 07:27
Refuse traffic for Biffa.
RE: GB Railfreight - ant17612 - 14/09/2017 14:48
At Eastleigh 66724 has been released in the new version of GBRf livery, 66725 has taken it's place in the paint shop thus meaning the 'Barbie' livery is now extinct.
RE: GB Railfreight - childwallblues - 09/10/2017 05:46
59003 is back in Liverpool. Noted at Edge Hill on Friday with 66778.
RE: GB Railfreight - mikestone - 09/10/2017 07:01
It's been back a week, but some suggestion that it had been left blocked in at Tuebrook while trains were being dealt with in Wapping sidings, although since they have to be, to run via Runcorn, I am not sure that Tuebrook was blocked.
RE: GB Railfreight - childwallblues - 09/10/2017 17:25
(09/10/2017 07:01)mikestone Wrote: It's been back a week, but some suggestion that it had been left blocked in at Tuebrook while trains were being dealt with in Wapping sidings, although since they have to be, to run via Runcorn, I am not sure that Tuebrook was blocked.Might have been back a week but not reported until I saw it!
RE: GB Railfreight - childwallblues - 29/11/2017 08:43
A new freight flow commenced sometime in October from Miles Platting (Collyhurst Sidings) to Roxby Gullet (Scunthorpe) operated by GBRf. As Collyhurst has no run round facilities the first trains to run used top and tail class 66/7, an expensive and wasteful use of an additional loco.
GBRf have now brought in 09009 to do the shunting requirements allowing the use of a single loco on the service.