28th Oct 2003
Quite a remarkable occurrence, with TWO freight trains occupying the rather small goods yard at Bridgwater! The regular nuclear traffic is being handled today by DRS Class 37s nos. 37605 and 37611. After the final shunting of the wagons has taken place the train will back out and head off as the 6M67 13.29 Bridgwater to Crewe Basford Hall. That said, the train ran early and eventually left at 11.32, a not-uncommon occurrence.
In the meantime, EWS has its train in the yard, delivering building materials to the covered warehouse owned by M. Thomas, who were handling a short-term flow on behalf of a customer in Weston Super Mare. This originated from Newport, South Wales, and would depart after the nuclear flask train, at 11.50. The locomotive is Rail Express Systems-liveried 47772, with its odd-looking headcode box. This locomotive would later spend a number of years in store at Carnforth under the ownership of West Coast Railways, but in 2017 it made a come-back onto the network.
All-in-all, quite a unique arrangement at the time, and I wonder if we are likely to ever see this kind of operation at any small goods yard, let alone here, again?
In the meantime, EWS has its train in the yard, delivering building materials to the covered warehouse owned by M. Thomas, who were handling a short-term flow on behalf of a customer in Weston Super Mare. This originated from Newport, South Wales, and would depart after the nuclear flask train, at 11.50. The locomotive is Rail Express Systems-liveried 47772, with its odd-looking headcode box. This locomotive would later spend a number of years in store at Carnforth under the ownership of West Coast Railways, but in 2017 it made a come-back onto the network.
All-in-all, quite a unique arrangement at the time, and I wonder if we are likely to ever see this kind of operation at any small goods yard, let alone here, again?
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