The Railway Magazine – August 2019

106•TheRailway Magazine•August2019

GB RAILFREIGHT’S new RBA -C

barrier hoppers–Nos.9382

000-5/049-2–are being

employed on movementsof

London Underground‘S’stock

fromBombardier,Derby.

Thepair werepartofa

batchof65wagonsbuilt in

1974 by Fauvet GirelatDouai,

France, to designcode PIE431.

They wereowned by Traffic

Services Limited(TSL)and

marketed underthe‘Polybulk’

brand.

With apayload of58 tonnes,

they wereadvancedforthe

time whencomparedwith

equivalentBritish Rail-owned

covere dhoppers,which had

capacities of 21tons.

One major flowutilising

the hopperswasthe

exportofchina clay pellets

fromCornwall to Biberist,

Switzerland,the weekly service

generallyloading22to24

wagons.Inl ateryears the trains

were reroutedto Sezzadio,Italy.

After10years ,25wagons

wereboughtbycontinental

wagon hirers Ermewaand

Nacco andreregistered in

France, though some later

returnedto UK registration as

partofthe CAIB fleet.

Internal trafficincluded

china clayfromCornwall,lime

productsfrom Dowlow, and

sandforglass-making,loaded

at Mossendyard.

Importswerevaried,

encompassing grain from

FrancetoExeterand silica te

sand,alsofromFrance, to Dow

CorningatBarryDocks.

Twoother wagonsoft his

type remainin stock,though

out of use–JIA’s Nos.3370

9382 029-4/030-2.

Network Rail cont inuesto

retireolder or obsoleteitems

of on-trackplant.The la test

casualties aretwo SPML series

rail-grinding trains.Both were

builtby LoramMaintenance

of Way, Minnesota.Train SPML

15 enteredservi ce in 1995,

formed ofNos. DR 79200 A/B/C.

It wasathree-partunitwith 32

grinding stones.

Thesmaller,two-car SPML

17 trainconsisted of Nos.DR

79201 A/B,entering servicein

2001, with16 grinding stone s.

They have beenreplacedby

newer trains,alsobuilt by

Loram.

Linsinger MG31-UKrail

milling set No.DR7 9101

hasbeenaddedto stock.

Itsalternate identityis

No.99709127 006-3.The

unit isintendedfortunnel

maintenance on Crossrail.

GreenbrierEuro pe has

completed deliveryofnew

MWA-Bbox wagons Nos. 81

70 5891500-7to575-9to

Freightliner.

BuiltinPoland,they have a

capacityof78.2 tonnesand

atareweightof23.4 tonnes.

Length is 13.97 metresand

liver yisgreywith ayellow

stripe.AlargeGenessee &

Wyoming-style logo is carried.

UICwagoncode is Ealnos.

ArlingtonFleetServices,

Eastleigh, hasoverhauled

FEA-Scontainerflats

Nos.640933-935.They

were formerlypartofthe

Transplant‘Slinger’rail and

sleepe rdelivery train,basedat

Wellin gborough, andused for

the renewal of track onLondon

Underground sub-surfacelines.

SibelcoIIA-F bogiesand

hoppers Nos.81700659 011-

8/013-4/032-4were sighted

leaving Bescot yard on June10,

en routetoToton.

Among themyriad of British

Rail organisationswasthe

Public Relations andPublicity

Department, whichhadasmall

fleetofc inema and exhibition

coache s. Newlypreservedby

the Swindonand Cricklade

Railway is QXXcinemacoach

No.ZDB 975403,converted in

1975 from Mk1TSOunder lot

3865.It wasoriginallybased

at Wolver tonand la termoved

to BristolBathRoad TMD.It

wasmorerecentlyat St Phillips

Marshdepot.

WAGONREPORT ySFLappage

HOAbogie wagon No.81706957 012-2 with 'Ermewa'and

'Tarmac'brandingat Wellingborough on June 1.SFLAPPAGE

GOVIAThameslink has added

rainbowvinyls to set No.700155

in connection with the Brighton&

Hove Prideevent from August 2-4.

It is seen passing Brockley on

July 16 with the 14.35Bedford-

Gatwick Airporttrain.Theunit

is the firstto carryany branding

other than its whitebase livery.

GTR reve aled the liverywas

designedby co mpanyapprentice

Maggie Luckhurst,and celebrates

the rail company’sLGBT+

community.

TOBY RADZISZEWSKI

FREIGHTLINER has operated
atest run in preparation forit
takingover the operation of
MendipRail aggregate trains
fromSomerset in November.
Thetest took placeovernight
on July 18-19 using Class 70
No.70003.
Thetrailing loadwasreported
to be 4,200tons,and although
pathedfor45mph maximum,
a21-minutelate startfrom
Mereheadwasturned into a
30-minuteearly arrivalatActon
yard.
Under thecontract
Freightliner haswon, it will

move around eightmilliontons

of stone annually fromWhatley

and Merehead quarriesto the

London areaforroad and other

construction projects.

When the dealwas

announced late in 2018,

the contra ct included the

purchase of the Class 59

fleet–Nos.59001-59005 and

59101-59104.

However, as these are30years

old and the Class 70s areunder-

utilised,Freightliner is likelyto

be lookingat various scenarios

and options,and thiscould

include the sale of the locos.

Freightliner puts

Class70totest

on Mendiprun

Rainbow branding forThameslinkClass 700

IET CARRIAGE MARKS ENGLANDWOMEN’S SOCCERACHIEVEMENTS: Acoach from IET set No.802002
has beenrebrandedto mark th eachievement of the EnglandWomen’s footballteam reaching the
semi-finals of the 2019WorldCup,and carrie sthe names and numbers of the squad.The vehicle is
seenat Reading on the 10.41Bedwyn-Paddington on July 1.DARREN FORD

GBRf nameslocoMadein Sheffield

GB Railfreighthas reliveried

Class 66 No.66747 in branding

to mark itsgrowing relationship

with Yorkshire-based haulier

and logisticscompanyNewell

&Wright.

Thelocowas namedMade in

Sheffieldatthe LondonGateway

freightterminal on July 9,two

years afterrunning the first

servicefor thecompany.

GB nowoperatestrains,

includingcontainersforNewell

&WrightfromLondonGateway

to Rotherham fivedaysper week.

Thenewly paintedlocoiss een

afterthe namingceremony.

RICHARD GENNIS

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