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Daventry International Railfreight Terminal
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Progress on the expansion at Daventry International Railfreight Terminal on 4 July 2011 looking towards Rugby. A lot more detail work since my last visit [see image 34184]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 04/07/2011]](/images/34000/34827.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![When I was a schoolboy, my analysis of this view would have been: what a shame, they've cut this railway short. That buffer stop must be the stub of some lovely old main line, and before long it will be gone completely. In 2011, however, it's the headshunt for the latest extension to an International Railfreight Terminal, and if we come back in a couple of years, there could be a lot more to see. View looks South-West from the A428 road linking the A5 to Rugby [see image 35428]. <br><br>[Ken Strachan 18/07/2011]](/images/35000/35439.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![Looking North-West on 24th August 2011, we can see that this part of DIRFT is now well and truly tidied up [see image 34827]. Notice the pile of containers on the left side of the TESCO concrete apron, and the tracks disappearing into the distance and round the corner<br><br>[Ken Strachan 24/08/2011]](/images/35000/35428.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![Looking South-East to the original yard at DIRFT in late August 2011, the new line is clearly complete; even if there's some more concrete to add to the bridge.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 25/08/2011]](/images/35000/35455.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![A shunter called Malcolm - there was only just enough light to shoot this class 08 on 16 December, but I was elated - it was the first locomotive I had seen on the North-West side of the A5 at Daventry. [See image 35428]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 16/12/2011]](/images/36000/36944.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![DIRFT on 1 February 2013 - now fully operational [see image 35428]. Notice the rake of wagons on the left-hand track.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 01/02/2013]](/images/41000/41942.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![I am glad to say that my 2011 prediction came through [see image 35439]. After a pause due to the recession, work has now resumed on the new railway to terminal #3 at DIRFT, seen here on 9 May 2014. The pier on the left is on the South side of the A428.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 09/05/2014]](/images/47000/47296.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
![My previous shot [see image 47296] is now impossible, as there is a retaining wall in the way. Some embankment infill and a large drainpipe are also in shot as the North abutment of the A428 rail-over-road bridge takes shape. The destination of this new line, DIRFT3, can be seen on the horizon.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 25/06/2014]](/images/47000/47777.jpg "Daventry International Railfreight Terminal")
