File:66129 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe Redbourne Sidings 4E26 empty steel from Ebange (15312940299).jpg

DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66129 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo is photographed working 4E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 10 October 2014. This service returns empty FIA 'Multifret' twin intermodal flat wagons used to transport steel for export in billet form from Tata Steels Scunthorpe complex on South Humberside in Lincolnshire (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/98929239@N03/14032630236/in/photostream/">see Andy Pictons photo</a>) to a freight yard at Ebange in Eastern France via Dollands Moor and Calais Fréthun through the Channel Tunnel (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/99279135@N05/14036377443/">click here for the route </a>). Laurent Knop photographed Euro Cargo Rail's loco number E 186-317 at Valenciennes (Nord - department 59) hauling loaded wagons working from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/x4644/13687214105/">Calais Fréthun to Ebange</a> on 2 April 2014. Nicolas Tomaszewski also videoed a loaded train passing Beuvrages hauled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/france-ferroviaire/14112205833/">Euro Cargo Rail's E186 162-4</a>. Once in Ebange the steel is used at Tata's Hayange rail mill to produce rail for SNCF's LGV Est européenne construction programme to extend the French high-speed rail network. 66129 (works number 968702-129) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1998 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Gajah Borneo" at Newport Docks on 18 July 1999.

Wagons being hauled included 31 70 4938 538 6 and 31 70 4938 140-1.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Dollands Moor Sidings .......0750........................0903......................73L Ashford International ..........0804........................0916 1/4.................72L Maidstone East [MDE] 1.......0832 1/2..................0941 1/2.................69L Otford Junction[XOT]...........0859 1/2.................1001 3/4.................62L Swanley [SAY] 1.....................0911 1/2....................1013 3/4.................62L St Mary Cray Junction..........0921.........................1018........................57L Bickley Junction[XLY]..........0925 1/2.................1019 1/4..................53L Bromley South [BMS]...........0930........................1023.......................53L Shortlands [SRT]....................0932........................1028 1/4.................56L Shortlands Junction.............0933........................1029 1/4.................56L Bellingham [BGM].................0936........................1031 1/2..................55L Nunhead [NHD] 1...................0950........................1038 3/4................48L Peckham Rye [PMR] 3..........0953 1/2..................1040 1/2.................47L Crofton Road Junction........0955........................1042 3/4................47L Denmark Hill [DMK] 1............0957........................1043.......................46L Voltaire Road Junction .......1002 1/2..................1047........................44L Latchmere Junction.............1010 1/2....................1054.......................43L Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2........1014..........................1056 1/2.................42L West Brompton [WBP] 4......1016 1/2....................1058 3/4................42L Kensington Olympia ............1020.........................1102 1/2..................42L North Pole Junction..............1020 1/2..................1106 1/2..................46L Mitre Bridge Junction..........1026.........................1109 1/4..................43L Willesden Junction 4............1030/1032...............1112 1/4/1113 1/2......41L Kensal Green Junction........1034.........................1116.........................42L Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1...1038.........................1118 1/4...................40L West Hampstead 2...............1040 1/2...................1120........................39L Hampstead Heath 2.............1044 1/2...................1124........................39L Gospel Oak [GPO] 2.............1046 1/2...................1126........................39L Kentish Town West 2...........1048.........................1128 1/4..................40L Camden Road Junction.......1049 1/2...................1131 3/4..................42L Holloway South Junction....1058 1/2...................1142........................43L Finsbury Park [FPK] 6...........1101 1/2/1111 1/2.......1143 3/4/1144 1/4..32L Harringay [HGY] 2.................1114...........................1147 1/2..................33L Hornsey [HRN] 2...................1115...........................1149........................33L Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3...1117...........................1151.........................34L New Southgate [NSG] 4......1119 1/2.....................1153 1/2..................33L Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4.........1123 1/2....................1156........................32L New Barnet [NBA] 4.............1125..........................1156 3/4..................31L Hadley Wood [HDW] 4.........1127 1/2....................1158........................30L Potters Bar [PBR] 4...............1131 1/2.....................1202.......................30L Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.....1134 1/2....................1205.......................30L Welham Green [WMG] 2.....1136 1/2....................1207.......................30L Hatfield [HAT] 3.....................1140..........................1211..........................31L Welwyn Garden City 3.........1144 1/2....................1220 1/2.................36L Digswell Junction..................1146 1/2....................1222.......................35L Welwyn North [WLW] 2........1147...........................1223.......................35L Woolmer Green Junction....1149..........................1224 1/2.................35L Knebworth [KBW] 4..............1151...........................1225 3/4................35L Stevenage [SVG] 4...............1154 1/2....................1228.......................33L Hitchin [HIT] 2........................1200.........................1231 1/2...................31L Arlesey [ARL] 2......................1204.........................1236........................31L Biggleswade [BIW] 4............1207 1/2...................1241 3/4.................34L Sandy [SDY] 2........................1210..........................1244.......................34L St Neots [SNO] 1....................1218..........................1250 1/4.................32L Huntingdon [HUN] 3.............1225 1/2...................1256.......................30L Holme Junction [XHO].........1234 1/2...................1304 1/4.................29L Peterborough [PBO] 4.........1243.........................1310 1/2..................27L Werrington Junction............1246 1/2...................1312 1/2..................25L Helpston Junction.................1249 1/2...................1314 1/2..................25L Tallington Junction...............1254.........................1317 3/4..................23L Stoke Junction.......................1308/1308 1/2........NoRep/1339.........30L Grantham [GRA] 2.................1315 1/2....................1345 1/4.................29L Claypole Loop........................1324.........................1353........................29L Newark North Gate 1............1328.........................1357 1/4.................29L Newark F.C. [XNK]................1331..........................1358.......................27L Carlton On Trent Loop.........1338/1424 1/2.........1402/1424...............RT Retford [RET]..........................1440 1/2...................1436 3/4..................3E Loversall Carr Junction........1452 1/2...................1447 1/2...................4E Doncaster [DON] 2WG........1458 1/2/1530 1/2..1510 1/4/1512 1/2...17E Adwick [AWK] 2.....................1536 1/2...................1537 1/2.....................1L Thorpe Marsh Junction.......1547 1/2...................1545.........................2E Thorne Junction....................1601..........................1555 1/4...................5E Crowle [CWE] 2......................1609.........................1603 1/4...................5E Althorpe [ALP] 1.....................1615 1/2....................1609 3/4..................5E Gunhouse Loop.....................1617 1/2....................1610 3/4...................6E Scunthorpe [SCU] 1...............1621 1/2....................1614 1/2....................6E Scunthorpe West Jn.............1622 1/2...................1615 1/4.....................7E