Ellesmere port coal trains.....

saxokid · #1 21st July 2010, 02:00

Has all this finished up there now?? not seen any class 66 or 70"s pulling any coal loads for while??

swisstrains · #2 21st July 2010, 09:43

70002 was working the Elllesmere Port-Fiddlers Ferry circuit yesterday. Coal trains were suspended for about 3 weeks during the power stations annual maintenance shutdown.

saxokid · #3 21st July 2010, 22:54

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Originally Posted by swisstrains

70002 was working the Elllesmere Port-Fiddlers Ferry circuit yesterday. Coal trains were suspended for about 3 weeks during the power stations annual maintenance shutdown.

So thats why ive seen nothing

Cheers for the information buddy........

saxokid · #4 16th August 2010, 03:14

Found realy good viewing point at the ellesmere port docks!! to look round the class 66"s and 70"s...........

Royal scot · #5 17th August 2010, 20:26

Have all the oil trains stopped from there now.I haven't been down for years and since movin to blackpool haven't seen freight for ages.

swisstrains · #6 17th August 2010, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Royal scot

Have all the oil trains stopped from there now.I haven't been down for years and since movin to blackpool haven't seen freight for ages.

The oil trains from Ellesmere Port (Stanlow Refinery) stopped about 15 years ago. For a while there was a solitary LPG working from Humber Refinery to Stanlow but that also stopped about 5 years ago.

saxokid · #7 18th August 2010, 23:38

Was god place to watch the oil trains at stanlow Refinery,then it all stopped!!

all the tracks and sidings are still down there,along with few old mgr coal trucks.....

saxokid · #8 7th October 2010, 01:04

Has the Ellesmere Port-Fiddlers Ferry coal trains stopped altogether now?? not seen any movment up here for fer few weeks now...

swisstrains · #9 7th October 2010, 20:23

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Originally Posted by saxokid

Has the Ellesmere Port-Fiddlers Ferry coal trains stopped altogether now?? not seen any movment up here for fer few weeks now...

They are still running.
I saw the afternoon empties leaving Warrington for Ellesmere Port this afternoon behind 70003.

saxokid · #10 11th October 2010, 02:14

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Originally Posted by swisstrains

They are still running.
I saw the afternoon empties leaving Warrington for Ellesmere Port this afternoon behind 70003.

Thats good bit of news,wil have to go down to the port terminal,see if theres any freight wagons lined up.....

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