GBRailfreightOnMay19,Class66
A SERVICfrEom EastleighEasyt ard to HooJunctionUpyardonMay4 wasseenpassingoverRichmond Bridgewith Class66 No.66714 haulingjust four MHAopen minerawl agons.
Thesamelocomotivewas againat the headof the train on WednesdayM, ay6 when it was seenapproachingRichmond station.
Thefollowingday,Thursday, May7, No.66707wasseen passingoverRichmondBridgeat the headof the 08.59Eastleigh Easyt ard-HooJunctionUpyard.
MODtrafficreportedin recent weeksincludedGBRCf lass66 No.66739BluebeRll ailwaywith a Carlisleto KinetonMODtrain of just onecoveredwagonandthree empty low truckson May6.
No.66739 hauleda train of just four small containersfrom Marchwood to Carlislevia Didcotthrough Lancastear t 20.28.
Thesamelocowasreported againon June1 workingfrom Marchwoodto Kineton.
Thefollowingdayit workeda Kineton-Bicester-Kinetdoinagram beforetakinga furthertrain north overnightto Longtown. at HarwichParkestoQn uayyard mid-morningwithin five minutes of eachother:the 4L43 from DoncasteirPortin the handsof Class66 No.66746-the fourth consecutiveweekendthat it has beenhere- some50 minuteslate, while Class66 No.66741Swanage Railwaybroughtin 4L02from HamsHallaround40 minutes early.No.66741took4R43round to Felixstoweon May9.
An unusuarl unwasnotedinto HarwichParkestoQn uayyardon MondayM, ay11,when No.66766 brought4L07in from Birch Coppiceat 19.38with a consistof emptycontainerflats.It wasalso unusuatlhat on a normalweekday the consisat nd No.66766 remainedin the yardon May12, insteadof headingto Felixstowe.
Howevero, n May13,the said locomotivebecamethe traction on 6P41t,he emptycondensate tanksrunfromthe Harwich Refineryto NorthWalsham.
Asisthe usualprocess, No.66766broughtthe loaded condensatetanksfrom North Walshamon May14andlate in the eveningproceededback to Peterboroughle, avingthe consistof emptycontainerflats that arrivedfrom BirchCoppice on May11in HarwichParkeston Quayyard.
Class66 No.66781was