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Rail Yard near Ditton O'Conner?

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Hello, Whenever I have used the WCML out of Liverpool Lime Street, we passed a Eddie Stobart Yard which was just before the Ditton O'Conner container terminal. This yard had tracks leading into it, however they had Eddie Stobart lorries parked over them and looked out of use. However in recent weeks, the Eddie Stobart lorries from the yard have disappeared and there is some sort of Cargo waggons in the yard. Does anyone know who operate this train and what locomotives haul it?
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O'Connor was taken over by Stobart. They are the same firm.
I have wondered about the big Tesco distribution centre next door, but I don't believe this is rail connected.
Despite it being built on railway land with a big container terminal adjacent.
 
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LNW-GW Joint said:
O'Connor was taken over by Stobart. They are the same firm.
I have wondered about the big Tesco distribution centre next door, but I don't believe this is rail connected.
Despite it being built on railway land with a big container terminal adjacent.
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I think it is part of the Mersey Multi-Modal Gateway (3MG) development and is therefore certainly rail connected with additional rail capacity in the pipeline for a biomass plant.
 
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hstmatt said:
...there is some sort of Cargo waggons in the yard. Does anyone know who operate this train and what locomotives haul it?
Thanks.
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The train conveys aluminium ingots to Germany and returns with coils.

Operated by DBS and uses class 92s for the trunk haul,
plus a diesel loco to shunt in/out of the terminal at Ditton.


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LNW-GW Joint said:
O'Connor was taken over by Stobart. They are the same firm.
I have wondered about the big Tesco distribution centre next door, but I don't believe this is rail connected.
Despite it being built on railway land with a big container terminal adjacent.
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Stobart's website lists a Barking-Widnes Tesco run.
 
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