Newton Abbot
A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004, thanks to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail. The timber, felled in a forest in Bickleigh, south Devon, was loaded onto a Colas Rail freight train at Hackney Yard near Newton Abbot to be transported 92 miles to Pontrilas Timber in Abergavenny as part of a trial run, which could see the return of 'log trains' as a regular sight travelling on the railway along the south Devon coastline.
Location: Newton Abbot
Original line: South Devon Railway
Photographer: Network Rail
Contact photographer: Network Rail
Date: 23/02/2022
Image number: 80065
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