Date: 21/08/2013

Campaigners claim nuclear shipments which trundled through the Highlands by train breaks the Scottish Government’s own policy that nuclear waste should be dealt with as close as possible to the site where it was produced.

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DRS class 37s nos 37259 and 37608 top and tail the nuclear flask train across the moors at Moy on the way north to Georgemas Junction on 1 May 2013.
Location: Moy
Company: Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
01/05/2013 John Gray

DRS liveried 37608 and 37259 take a nuclear flask wagon past Slochd Summit on the way to Georgemas Junction.
Location: Slochd Summit
Company: Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
13/06/2013 John Gray

Having shuttled to Thurso and back 158702 runs in to Georgemas Junction ready to continue on to Wick. In the background the new crane and loading area for the Dounreay flasks are nearing completion and as a result the footbridge has gone and the old platform has been incorporated into the perimeter fence. [See image 12679] for the same location in 1989. A few days after this photo was taken two DRS Class 37s with a nuclear flask wagon made a timing run to Georgemas Junction ahead of the Dounreay traffic commencing in earnest.
Location: Georgemas Junction
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
06/07/2012 Mark Bartlett