EWS/DB Schenker 66007 and 66097 haul a fresh ballast train through Didcot station sidings on 9th February 2022. This train weighs in at 3,400 tons, starting out from Wytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire to end at Appleford, Oxfordshire. It journeys on a very roundabout way. Down to Bristol Parkway, Bath, Westbury avoiding lines, Newbury, Reading through Didcot to the Appleford Stone Terminal. 66097 displays a Highland Rail 'Stag' logo on the cabside. Has it spent time north of Perth?
Location: Didcot Parkway
Original line: Great Western Railway
Operator: DBCargo UK
Photographer: Peter Todd
Contact photographer: Peter Todd
Date: 09/02/2022
Image number: 80267