ST6942 : Stone train from Merehead
near to Wanstrow, Somerset, Great Britain
Stone train from Merehead
A loaded train carrying limestone from Merehead Quarry.
"As a result of poor reliability of the various locomotives used by British Rail to haul stone trains from the West Country (with availability of the Class 56 locomotives from May 1984 as low as 30%, and only 60% of trains running on time) Foster Yeoman began negotiations with British Rail to improve service. Having already supplied its own wagons (with a reliability level of 96%) Foster Yeoman suggested to British Rail that it could operate its own locomotives. British Rail's problem was the hard tie-in and control of the Rail Unions, but nevertheless BR accepted the principle."
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"As a result of poor reliability of the various locomotives used by British Rail to haul stone trains from the West Country (with availability of the Class 56 locomotives from May 1984 as low as 30%, and only 60% of trains running on time) Foster Yeoman began negotiations with British Rail to improve service. Having already supplied its own wagons (with a reliability level of 96%) Foster Yeoman suggested to British Rail that it could operate its own locomotives. British Rail's problem was the hard tie-in and control of the Rail Unions, but nevertheless BR accepted the principle."
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- ST6942, 6 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Maurice Pullin (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Monday, 26 October, 2009 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 2 November, 2009
- Category
- Railway goods train (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 699 425 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:10.8778N 2:25.8605W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: ST 696 424
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
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