Date: 08/04/2015

Drax Group which operates the giant Drax power station near Selby in Yorkshire has awarded DB Schenker Rail UK a three year contract to deliver coal.
The deal covers the supply routes of Immingham and Kellingley. There is also the potential for additional North East supplementary routes.
In addition to the new contract, DB Schenker Rail UK has a contract to supply up to 80 per cent of Drax^s biomass requirement.

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An EWS class 66 departs from Drax power station with coal empties.
Location: Drax
Company: Selby to Goole Branch (North Eastern Railway)
// Ewan Crawford

GBRf imported former Eurospec class 66 no 66747 heads north at Beningbrough on 18 October 2014 with a rake of empty Drax Power biomass wagons.
Location: Beningbrough
Company: Great North of England Railway
18/10/2014 David Pesterfield

A Drax - Kirkby Thore gypsum train approaching Kirkby Stephen through the rain on 29 October 2004, approximately 18 miles short of its destination.
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Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
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