GBRF class 47s

[mrben253]

Hi everyone,
Could anyone tell me which freight trains around the Doncaster area are usually worked by the GBRF hired-in class 47's please, and does anyone know how long they will remain to be 47 hauled for?

 

[alexl92]

Hi everyone,
Could anyone tell me which freight trains around the Doncaster area are usually worked by the GBRF hired-in class 47's please, and does anyone know how long they will remain to be 47 hauled for?

I believe there are 2 flows diagrammed for 47s - one is a sand train. I can't for the life of me remember what the other is but if I do I'll let you know. Not sure about their actual timings or headcodes at the moment, sorry.

 

[Tubeboy]

The 47s on the Goole Sand trains take over from 66s at Doncaster. Why is this? Is there a weight restriction on the Goole line?

 

[Boothby97]

I believe there are 2 flows diagrammed for 47s - one is a sand train. I can't for the life of me remember what the other is but if I do I'll let you know. Not sure about their actual timings or headcodes at the moment, sorry.

Its Doncaster-Goole sand (which originates from Middleton Towers) and Hull-Doncaster gypsum (which I believe continues to Drax?)

 

[Freightmaster]

Hi everyone,
Could anyone tell me which freight trains around the Doncaster area are usually worked by the GBRF hired-in class 47's please

The only regular working in recent weeks has been the Middleton Towers to
Goole sand train, but until November gypsum trains from Drax to Doncaster
(bound for Mountfield in Kent) were powered by pairs of 47s:

The 47s on the Goole Sand trains take over from 66s at Doncaster. Why is this? Is there a weight restriction on the Goole line?

47s are used north of Doncaster simply to free up the class 66,
which would otherwise spend all night sat at Goole!


MARK

 

[Tubeboy]

Thanks Freightmaster. There's a great feature on the sand trains, including Barnby Dun, in Videoscene's "Big Freight 12".

 

[alexl92]

The only regular working in recent weeks has been the Middleton Towers to
Goole sand train, but until November gypsum trains from Drax to Doncaster
(bound for Mountfield in Kent) were powered by pairs of 47s:

47s are used north of Doncaster simply to free up the class 66,
which would otherwise spend all night sat at Goole!


MARK

This pic was what I had in mind - was published in the Railway Magazine a few months ago I believe.