21st August 2001

A service long gone, there used to be daily Liquified Petroleum Gas trains between Hallen Marsh, Avonmouth, and Wytch Farm, Furzebrook in Dorset. This traffic ended in 2005. At 17.05 EWS Class 66 no. 66217 approaches with a rake of pressurised white and orange LPG 4-wheel TTA tanks, the 6Z29 17.00 Eastleigh Yard to Furzebrook empties, which would have arrived from Hallen Marsh earlier in the day. There is a non-pressurised TTA tank at the front acting as barrier wagon.
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