25.03.2021
Artikel Nummer: 35760
3,840 t: heaviest aggregates train
Freightliner in UK has completed trial runs for a ‘jumbo’ aggregates service for Tarmac. Currently reduced demand for passenger travel has provided an opportunity to timetable the 39-wagon jumbo train on the rail network, transporting stone and construction materials to support critical infrastructure projects.
A single class 70 locomotive hauled the 39 wagons and a class 66 locomotive from Tunstead to Wembley Yard, where the train was split into two portions, with two separate trains going onwards to terminals at Battersea and Paddington and back again.
At 3,840 t, this is the heaviest aggregates train ever to have operated on this route. Usually, the trains carry up to 2,400 t of aggregates and construction materials. (ben)