Nice footage. Freightliner is running into Machen now, i hope to sign the quarry soon. 08 296 is now up at Whatley Quarry, however it blew up a few months back and i haven't seen it move under its own power since then
Fantastic footage. Noticed that the whistle board at 1:42 has been removed, any idea why this is? 08296 is in a bad shape these days, graffiti all over, with her windows boarded up!
@@RailfreightWales I didn't know it was double tracked for some of the route, I sometimes go over the level crossing at Rhiwderin where it's single track, but i have never seen any trains go through
@@jasonl5967 it's basically a long loop that runs through the quarry, the main line trains arrive on the line to our left, run through the quarry to the head shunt, the train is then propelled onto the line we are travelling on, the main line loco then uncouples from the train then heads back to the the start of the loop along the line to our left at Lower Machen, once the train is loaded the shunter propels l the loaded train down to the main line loco.
Nice footage. Freightliner is running into Machen now, i hope to sign the quarry soon. 08 296 is now up at Whatley Quarry, however it blew up a few months back and i haven't seen it move under its own power since then
Fantastic footage. Noticed that the whistle board at 1:42 has been removed, any idea why this is? 08296 is in a bad shape these days, graffiti all over, with her windows boarded up!
Not a clue to be honest, I moved away from the area 4 years ago, not even sure if the quarry has rail traffic any more.
is that the Machen Quarry line?
Yes mate
@@RailfreightWales I didn't know it was double tracked for some of the route, I sometimes go over the level crossing at Rhiwderin where it's single track, but i have never seen any trains go through
@@jasonl5967 it's basically a long loop that runs through the quarry, the main line trains arrive on the line to our left, run through the quarry to the head shunt, the train is then propelled onto the line we are travelling on, the main line loco then uncouples from the train then heads back to the the start of the loop along the line to our left at Lower Machen, once the train is loaded the shunter propels l the loaded train down to the main line loco.