UK freight trains

[andersley]

One of the busiest freight locations in the UK is Barnetby which is on the route to Immingham port and oil terminals. Here are a sample selection of pictures.

Freightliner class 66


class 60 on the iron ore turn between Immingham terminal and Scunthorpe Steel Works


class 66 on coal empties to Immingham for loading


class 60 with cargowaggon vans


coal trains passing


class 60 with loaded oil tanks


class 66 with loaded 4-wheel coal wagons


loaded coal

[andersley]

modern coal hoppers


these hoppers have knuckle couplers


class 60 heads for Immingham with iron ore empties


iron ore tippler


rotary unloading is in operation at the steelworks, so the wagons have a rotating coupler at one end so they can be emptied without uncoupling


two trains approaching, the one on the left from the Lincoln line, on the right from Scunthorpe


loaded iron ore wagons

[andersley]

loaded oil tanks


empty oil and coal trains heading for Immingham


class 66 accellerates towards Immingham


coal empties


coal empties just east of Barnetby station




loaded oil


there are also hourly each way passenger trains between Grimsby and Manchester Airrport


and approximately 2-hourly servic between Grimsby and Lincoln


At most times of the day and night there is a train every few minutes. The station usually has lots of railfans in evidence!

[nachoman]

Fantastic photos! thank you!

[Gary S]

Great photos, very interesting to compare your trains to ours. Thanks for posting them.

[TrainNut]

I love the signal trees in the background on this one! Neat stuff.

[cn nutbar]

Excellent photos Alan.The colour scheme of the Class 66 diesels reminds me of the Wisconsin Central.Thanks for posting.

[andersley]

The class 66's of EWS (now DB Shenker) - known here as "red sheds", were originally ordered by Ed Burkhardt of Wisconsin Central, who took over most of our freight traffic when it was privatised. So the likeness is not accidental.

It will eventually disappear as they are repainted into DB red, but this will take quite some time.

[tetters]

Very neat!

[doctorwayne]

Nice to see the freight side of British operations - thanks for sharing.

these hoppers have knuckle couplers

What's the purpose of the second air line (if that's what it is)? Do these cars have air-operated hopper doors?

Wayne

[Steamtrains]

Great seeing your "Euro" trains...!! Seems like the only things the two systems (US & Euro) have in common are the rails & couplers..!! (Oh...I forgot the smoke...)
Let's see so' more...

[Charlie B]

Nice to see the freight side of British operations - thanks for sharing.

these hoppers have knuckle couplers

What's the purpose of the second air line (if that's what it is)? Do these cars have air-operated hopper doors?

Wayne

Wayne, some of our heavy trains are using a second train line so the brake reservoirs can be kept fully charged, even when a reduction has been made. It is my understanding that it keeps full train line pressure at all times. Perhaps this is what this is.
Alan, thanks for posting the photos, I really enjoyed them. I wasn't aware that anything there was equipped with knuckle couplers.
Charlie.

[nachoman]

Modeling these must be easier...

NO GRAB IRONS?!

[andersley]

Not sure about the second air line, but could be for the hopper doors, see below.

[andersley]

[quote="Charlie B" I wasn't aware that anything there was equipped with knuckle couplers.
Charlie.[/quote]
The EWS 66's are fitted with a normal coupler hook, plus a knuckle coupler that can be moved sideways when the hook is used, or locked in place for knuckle operation. Only the block trains, like the modern coal hoppers use knuckle couplers. Most of these are kept in sets, and ones operated by locomotives without knuckle couplers have buffers and normal hook couplers on the outer ends. This also applies to the iron ore trains shown.