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Originally Posted by swisstrains
As Jim says there are regular coal trains from the Liverpool Bulk Terminal (located at Gladstone Dock) mainly to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station but also to other power stations in the Midlands.
The Olive Mount Chord which does away with the need for freight trains to reverse at Edge Hill actually re-opened in March 2009. http://www.thenorthernway.co.uk/news.asp?id=684 |
Thanks for that info John bit behind with the progress it literally only needed the track to be reinstate ? We used to work freightliners from Aintree freightliner depot (long gone) right away to Bescot, when they closed that link we had to go into Edge Hill and run round and very often get soaked in the bargain. Big lift up the Bootle branch, the loading for that job to Southampton with a 47 was 870 tons ex Aintree 1170 tons ex Edge Hill sdgs sometimes we had to bring it up in 2 trips and make it up at Edge Hill to keep to the loading. Cheers Jim