RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted August 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2023 Read a short thread on another forum that there was a trial run for Norwegian dredged ballast trains behind a Colas 56 in 2022. No more detail than that but might be what this is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) On 10/08/2023 at 13:16, ruggedpeak said: Read a short thread on another forum that there was a trial run for Norwegian dredged ballast trains behind a Colas 56 in 2022. No more detail than that but might be what this is. . Edited June 5 by beast66606 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2023 Stumbled on this on the Railway Herald photo site https://www.railwayherald.com/imagingcentre/view/654813/TW 17/08 ready to depart.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Leicester Thumper Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Hello folks, Been reading through the thread, it's very good to see new freight flows, no matter what the cargo is. Freight expansion on the railways should always be seen as a positive thing, the more freight services there are the less lorries are on the road for the bulk of a distance. Good for many differing reasons. Leicestershire was mentioned for it's aggregates output. We have two main places where this happens with a rail interface, that being Stud Farm and Mountsorrel. We also, until last year (perhaps 2021, cannot remember), had croft quarry which was located between Narborough and Hinckley on the Leicester to Birmingham line. With that now shut down, I do often wonder what impact that closure had on the availability of aggregates output from Leicestershire? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 29, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2023 (edited) On 28/08/2023 at 17:57, Leicester Thumper said: Leicestershire was mentioned for it's aggregates output. We have two main places where this happens with a rail interface, that being Stud Farm and Mountsorrel. We also, until last year (perhaps 2021, cannot remember), had croft quarry which was located between Narborough and Hinckley on the Leicester to Birmingham line. With that now shut down, I do often wonder what impact that closure had on the availability of aggregates output from Leicestershire? . Edited June 5 by beast66606 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 21/08/2023 at 22:12, Davexoc said: Stumbled on this on the Railway Herald photo site https://www.railwayherald.com/imagingcentre/view/654813/TW 17/08 ready to depart.... The ballast is adjacent the railway, but how do they get the ballast from the ships to that location? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Thumper Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 46 minutes ago, beast66606 said: Croft is a granite quarry rather than limestone, it's still open for (road based) quarrrying of course but hasn't seen rail traffic for 10 years or so. There was a train that always ran on a Saturday morning, 6F56 comes to mind, sometimes it was a class 7, that went from croft to Humberstone Road sidings. The wagons being deposited there until collection at some unearthly hour a few days later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steadfast Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Lucky catch there Dave, thanks for sharing. Although a pain to deal with professionally, it's interesting to see these things as an enthusiast. Jo 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Is this Norwegian ballast spoil from their ship tunnel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 18 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18 (edited) On 18/02/2024 at 08:52, billbedford said: Is this Norwegian ballast spoil from their ship tunnel? . Edited June 5 by beast66606 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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