NEW FREIGHTTRIAL FOR FAR NORTH LINE: A commercial demonstration of moving intermodal containers by rail from Inverness over the Far North Line to Georgemas Jct took place on April 22. DRS Class 66 No. 66302 hauled a pair of IKA flat wagons and one Tesco curtain-sideded container the 147 miles to Gerogemas to check the unloading and loading facilities normally used for nuclear waste from Dounreay. The purpose was to check the crane’s suitability for possible future traffic.
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NIALL LAYBOURNE
GB RAILFREIGHT named Class 66 No. 66767 King's Cross PSB 1971-2021 at the station on April 23, hours after the power signal box (PSB) at the London terminus closed following 50 years of service.
The‘66’was working on a p-way train, so stabled in the platform. The final train to be signalled out by the PSB was 2Y98, the 01.40 to Welwyn Garden City.
The station, where the throat is being rebuilt with additional tracks, was closed from April 23 to April 26, during which signalling control was transferred to York Regional Operating Centre.