File:66747 Mountfield to Doncaster Down Decoy 4E19 empty gypsum (16044825709).jpg

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Running 26 minutes late GB Railfreight's class 66/7 (JT42CWR) number 66747 (previously DE631?) in "battleship" grey livery was one of three unused Dutch class 66s originally built for the Belgium freight operator CrossRail. It arrived in December 2012 with the others via the Channel Tunnel to Dollands Moor after having the roof air conditioning unit removed to meet the UK loading gauge. Here it is photographed hauling empty gypsum containers mounted on flat wagons from Mountfield Sidings (GBRf) East Sussex to Doncaster Down Decoy (4E19) on 8 January 2015. To comply with gas emission regulations limestone (CaCO3) delivered to the power station (by other trains) is used to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the flue gasses, by converting it into gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O). The waste product (gypsum) is then delivered to British Gypsum's Robertsbridge Works by train where it is used to manufacture plaster and plasterboard.

Wagons being hauled included 640666 and 640690.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Mountfield Sidings [XMX]....1130..........................1220..........................50L Mountfield Tunnel.................1132..........................1221...........................49L Robertsbridge [RBR].............1134 1/2....................1226 1/2...................52L Wadhurst [WAD]....................1147...........................1236 1/4....................49L Tunbridge Wells [TBW] 1.....1156/1158.................1246 1/2/1249 3/4...51L Tonbridge [TON] UF.............1215..........................1258 3/4...................43L Sevenoaks [SEV] 1.................1225.........................1309 1/4....................44L Chelsfield [CLD].....................1231 1/2....................1315...........................43L Orpington [ORP] 2.................1233.........................1316...........................43L Petts Wood Junction............1234 1/2...................1318 1/2.....................44L Bickley Junction[XLY]..........1252.........................1319 1/2.....................27L Bromley South [BMS]...........1257.........................1324..........................26L Shortlands [SRT]....................1300.........................1326..........................26L Shortlands Junction..............1301..........................1326 1/2....................25L Bellingham [BGM].................1304 1/2...................1328 1/2....................24L Nunhead [NHD] 1...................1308.........................1335..........................27L Peckham Rye [PMR] 3..........1309 1/2...................1336..........................26L Crofton Road Junction.........1310 1/2....................1338..........................27L Denmark Hill [DMK] 1............1311 1/2.....................1339 1/2....................28L Voltaire Road Junction........1317...........................1344..........................27L Clapham Junction [CLJ] 5...1330 1/2...................1351 1/2......................21L Wandsworth Town 2............1332 1/2...................1354...........................21L Putney [PUT] 3.......................1335.........................1356 1/4.....................21L Barnes [BNS] 3.......................1337 1/2...................1400..........................22L Barnes Bridge [BNI] 2...........1339 1/2...................1402 1/2...................23L Chiswick [CHK] 2...................1342.........................1405..........................23L New Kew Junction................1344 1/2...................1409 1/4....................24L Kew East Junction................1347 1/2...................1410 1/4.....................22L Acton Central [ACC].............1355.........................1414 1/2......................19L Acton Wells Junction...........1357 1/2...................1417............................19L Willesden Junction 4............1359 1/2/1401 1/2...1419 1/4/1421 1/4......19L Kensal Green Junction........1403 1/2...................1423 1/2....................20L Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1....1407..........................1425 1/2.....................18L West Hampstead 2...............1409 1/2...................1427 1/4.....................17L Hampstead Heath 2.............1413...........................1430 1/2.....................17L Gospel Oak [GPO].................1415..........................1432 1/2.....................17L Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3...1443 1/2...................1445 1/4........................1L New Southgate [NSG] 4......1446.........................1448..............................1L Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4..........1450.........................1450 3/4.....................RT New Barnet [NBA] 4..............1451 1/2....................1451 3/4......................RT Hadley Wood [HDW] 4.........1454.........................1454............................RT Potters Bar [PBR] 4................1458.........................1459..............................1L Brookmans Park [BPK] 4......1501..........................1501 1/2......................RT Welham Green [WMG] 2......1503.........................1504 1/2.......................1L Hatfield [HAT] 3.....................1507.........................1507 1/2......................RT Welwyn Garden City 3.........1511 1/2.....................1511 3/4.......................RT Digswell Junction..................1513 1/2/1525..........NoRep/1522..............3E Welwyn North [WLW] 2........1526 1/2...................1523 3/4.....................2E Woolmer Green Junction....1529.........................1526............................2E Knebworth [KBW] 4...............1530.........................1527 1/2......................2E Stevenage [SVG] 4................1532 1/2...................1530 1/4......................2E Hitchin [HIT] 2........................1540 1/2...................1535............................5E Arlesey [ARL] 2......................1544 1/2...................1539 3/4......................4E Biggleswade [BIW] 4............1548.........................1543 3/4......................4E Sandy [SDY] 2........................1550 1/2...................1546 1/4.......................4E St Neots [SNO] 1....................1556 1/2...................1553.............................3E Huntingdon [HUN] 3.............1602 1/2...................1559 1/2.....................2E Holme Junction [XHO].........1611 1/2.....................1610 3/4......................RT Fletton Junction.....................1617 1/2....................1619...............................1L Peterborough [PBO] 4.........1620 1/2/1632 1/2..1623 1/4/1629 1/4......3E Helpston Junction.................1640.........................1637 1/4......................2E Tallington Junction...............1644 1/2...................1642............................2E Stoke Junction.......................1702/1710................NoRep/1710...............RT Grantham [GRA] 2.................1716 1/2....................1719 1/4........................2L Claypole Loop........................1725.........................1727 3/4......................2L Newark North Gate 1............1729 1/2/1734 1/2...1734/NoRep...............4L Newark Crossing East Jn....1737..........................1737 1/4......................RT Gainsborough Lea Road ....1819..........................1816..............................3E Gainsborough Trent Jn........1827 1/2...................1817............................10E