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New blog. Calder valley freight resurgence

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"It’s hard to imagine now but a century ago the Calder valley line would have been a main freight artery carrying hundreds of thousands of tons of coal for use within the UK and for export via Liverpool docks. Now, the traffic has disappeared (along with all the collieries) with just a single coal train running on the route.

However, all this is about to change, thanks to ‘King Coal’s’ replacement – wood chip biomass…."
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