Two New class 70"s at stanlow oil refinery cheshire
 

Saw these parked up in the sidings yesterday,in Freightliner livery!! was realy good place to view them close up.........:)

Seen these engines again today pulling coal wagons out of the sidings.......

At the moment the new Class 70's are very active (and sometimes inactive, when they fail:)) on the Ellesmere Port - Fiddlers Ferry power station coal trains.
70005 failed near Warrington on one of these workings last Friday and had to be hauled into the yard by DB Schenker 67004:o

"Class 70" not a pretty sight.:eek:

Hi

I saw one pass my village the other day it was spic and span in new freightliner livery

Oliver

What's this about Ellesmere Port to Fidddler's Ferry coal trains? When did they start & how often do they run?

There's a photo in Railway Herald issue 214 taken March 3rd. http://www.railwayherald.com to sign up, it's a free e-mag. all the back issues are available too.

Regards, 62440.

They have been running for a couple of years now. There are two return trips a day. The coal is brought down from Scotland to Ellesmere Port by sea.

Interesting. Imported via Hunterston with a ship to ship transfer?

So far ive seen freightliner class 66 on this Ellesmere port run,each week!! :) until the other day when i got close up on class 70.......:)