File:66132 66070 and 66147 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe 4E26 empty steel (16675147087).jpg

66132 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894E26CE21 SCUNTHPRS N 66070 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894E26CE21 C * SCUNTHPRS N and 66147 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894E26CE21 C * SCUNTHPRS N

DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66132 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 21 March 2015. 66070 and 66147 are behind it. They were also photographed later on route by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/103454265@N05/16698351109">Josh Hamilton</a>, by David O'Rourke near <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_orourke/16675997567">Peakirk</a> and by John Hales at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/big_john_41/16675689777">Metheringham</a> .

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>).

Wagons being hauled included 31 70 4938 016-3, 31 70 4938 018-9, 31 70 4938 084-1, 31 70 4938 517 0, 31 70 4938 509 7, 31 70 4938 054-4, 31 70 4938 333 2 and 31 70 4938 1?7-?.

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. 66132 (works number 968702-132) 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. 66070 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the MV "Fairmast" Heavy Lift Ship at Newport Docks on 5 February 1999. 66147 (works number 968702-147) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Gajah Borneo" at Newport Docks on 18 August 1999.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Dollands Moor Sidings .........0911.............0908......................3E Ashford International UML...0925...........0923.......................1E Maidstone East [MDE] 1.........1002............0947 1/4..............14E Otford Junction[XOT]............1023............1011 3/4.................11E Swanley [SAY] 1.......................1034............1023 1/2...............10E St Mary Cray Junction...........1039............1029 1/4.................9E Bickley Junction[XLY]............1042............1033 1/2.................8E Bromley South [BMS].............1044 1/2......1038 1/4.................5E Shortlands [SRT].....................1045 1/2......1043.......................2E Shortlands Junction...............1046............1044 1/2..................1E Bellingham [BGM]...................1049 1/2......1047 3/4.................1E Nunhead [NHD] 1....................1054 1/2......1055 1/4................RT Peckham Rye [PMR] 3...........1056............1056 1/2................RT Crofton Road Junction..........1057............1058 1/2..................1L Denmark Hill [DMK] 1.............1058............1059........................1L Voltaire Road Junction.........1102.............1103.........................1L Latchmere Junction...............1122.............1121........................RT Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2..........1126.............1124 3/4................RT West Brompton [WBP] 4.......1128 1/2.......1127 1/4.................RT Kensington Olympia .............1132.............1130........................2E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2.......1133.............1133........................RT North Pole Signal Vc813.......1134.............1135 1/4...................1L North Pole Junction...............1134 1/2.......1135........................RT Mitre Bridge Junction............1136.............1138 1/4..................2L Willesden Junction 4.............1139/1141.....1141 1/2/1144..........3L Kensal Green Junction..........1143.............1146.........................3L Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1.....1146 1/2.......1148 1/4...................1L West Hampstead 2................1149 1/2.......1150 1/4.................RT Hampstead Heath 2..............1153.............1153........................RT Gospel Oak [GPO] 2..............1155.............1154 3/4................RT Kentish Town West 2.............1156 1/2.......1156 3/4................RT Camden Road Junction........1158.............1159.........................1L Holloway South Junction.....1205 1/2......1205......................RT Finsbury Park [FPK] G............1213 1/2.......1209 3/4................3E Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3....1218 1/2.......1218 3/4................RT New Southgate [NSG] 4........1220 1/2......1222 1/4..................1L Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4...........1223............1225 1/2.................2L New Barnet [NBA] 4...............1224............1226 1/2.................2L Hadley Wood [HDW] 4..........1226............1228 1/4.................2L Potters Bar [PBR] 4.................1229............1231.........................2L Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.......1231 1/2.......1233.........................1L Welham Green [WMG] 2.......1233............1234 1/4..................1L Hatfield [HAT] 3.......................1235 1/2......1236 3/4.................1L Welwyn Garden City 3..........1239............1239......................RT Digswell Junction...................1241/1251....NoRep/1241........10E Welwyn North [WLW] 2.........1252 1/2......1243........................9E Woolmer Green Junction.....1255............1245 3/4................9E Knebworth [KBW] 4................1256 1/2......1247 1/2.................8E Stevenage [SVG] 4.................1259............1250.......................8E Hitchin [HIT] 2..........................1303 1/2......1255 1/4.................8E Arlesey [ARL] 2........................1308 1/2......1301........................7E Biggleswade [BIW] 4..............1313.............1306 1/4.................6E Sandy [SDY] 2..........................1316.............1309 1/4.................6E St Neots [SNO] 1......................1324............1317.........................6E Huntingdon [HUN] 3..............1331 1/2.......1325 1/4.................6E Holme Junction [XHO]..........1343/1350..NoRep/1341 1/4....8E Fletton Junction......................1358............1349........................9E Peterborough [PBO] 5...........1400............1354 1/2.................5E Werrington Junction..............1405 1/2......1359.......................6E Spalding [SPA] 2.....................1421 1/2.......1415 1/2..................6E Quadring Signal Ws7071......1429............1425.......................4E Sleaford South Junction.......1444............1436........................8E Sleaford North Junction........1445 1/2......1438........................7E Metheringham [MGM]............1455............1448........................7E Lincoln Central [LCN] T.........1505 1/2......1459.......................6E Gainsborough Lea Road .....1524............1519........................5E Gainsborough Trent Jn.........1526............1522.......................4E Bessacarr Junction................1544............1540 3/4................3E Doncaster [DON] G................1722............1724 1/2.................2L Adwick [AWK] 2......................1737 1/2......1737 3/4................RT Thorne Junction......................1804 1/2......1758 3/4................5E Crowle [CWE] 2.......................1813 1/2.......1807 3/4................5E Althorpe [ALP] 1.......................1820............1814 1/4..................5E Gunhouse Loop......................1822............1815 3/4.................6E Scunthorpe [SCU] 1................1826............1819 1/4..................6E