File:66084 and 66181 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe 4E26 (16379046907).jpg

66084 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894E26CC17 4 * SCUNTHPRS N and 66181 WBAT DOLLANDSM 894E26CC17 SCUNTHPRS T

Having worked 4O28 down from Scunthorpe (66084 WBAT SCUNTHPRS 224O28C816 4 * DOLLANDSM N) DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66084 in maroon with zigzag gold band rebranded into DB livery at minimal cost by removing the large letter EWS from the side of the locomotive and applying a DB sticker to the cabside returns northwards with 66181 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo are photographed working 4E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 17 February 2015. This service returns empty FIA 'Multifret' twin intermodal flat wagons used to transport steel for export in billet form from Tata Steels Scunthorpe complex on South Humberside in Lincolnshire (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/98929239@N03/14032630236/in/photostream/">see Andy Pictons photo</a>) to a freight yard at Ebange in Eastern France via Dollands Moor and Calais Fréthun through the Channel Tunnel (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/99279135@N05/14036377443/">click here for the route</a>). Laurent Knop photographed Euro Cargo Rail's loco number E 186-317 at Valenciennes (Nord - department 59) hauling loaded wagons working from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/x4644/13687214105/">Calais Fréthun to Ebange</a> on 2 April 2014. Nicolas Tomaszewski also videoed a loaded train passing Beuvrages hauled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/france-ferroviaire/14112205833/">Euro Cargo Rail's E186 162-4</a>. Once in Ebange the steel is used at Tata's Hayange rail mill to produce rail for SNCF's LGV Est européenne construction programme to extend the French high-speed rail network. 66084 (works number 968702-084) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1998 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Stellamare" at Newport Docks on 12 April 1999. 66181 (works number 968702-181) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Fairmast" at Newport Docks on 24 December 1999.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Dollands Moor Sidings .........0813...................0810............................3E Ashford International UML...0825..................0824..........................RT Maidstone East [MDE] 1.........0851...................0848 3/4....................2E Otford Junction[XOT]............0915 1/2............0912 3/4.....................2E Swanley [SAY] 1.......................0928..................0925...........................3E St Mary Cray Junction...........0933..................0930...........................3E Bickley Junction[XLY]............0935..................0934 1/2....................RT Bromley South [BMS].............0939..................0939 1/2....................RT Shortlands [SRT].....................0941...................0942..........................RT Shortlands Junction...............0942..................0943............................1L Bellingham [BGM]...................0945..................0945 1/4....................RT Nunhead [NHD] 1....................0951...................0952 1/4......................1L Peckham Rye [PMR] 3...........0953..................0953 1/4....................RT Crofton Road Junction..........0954..................0955............................1L Denmark Hill [DMK] 1.............0956..................0955 1/2....................RT Voltaire Road Junction.........1000 1/2............1000...........................RT Latchmere Junction...............1008 1/2............1008 1/4.....................RT Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2..........1011 1/2..............1011.............................RT West Brompton [WBP] 4.......1013 1/2.............1013............................RT Kensington Olympia .............1016 1/2.............1014 3/4.......................1E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2.......1018....................1018 1/4......................RT North Pole Signal Vc813.......1020...................1020 1/4.....................RT North Pole Junction...............1020 1/2............1020...........................RT Mitre Bridge Junction............1026...................1022 3/4.....................3E Willesden Junction 4.............1030/1032........1028 1/2/1030 1/4......1E Kensal Green Junction..........1034...................1032 1/2.......................1E Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1.....1038...................1035 3/4......................1E West Hampstead 2................1040 1/2............1038 1/2......................2E Hampstead Heath 2..............1044 1/2............1042 1/4......................2E Gospel Oak [GPO] 2..............1046 1/2............1044 1/4......................2E Kentish Town West 2.............1048...................1046 3/4......................1E Camden Road Junction........1049 1/2............1048 3/4....................RT Holloway South Junction.....1057...................1100.............................3L Finsbury Park [FPK] G............1100/1111 1/2......1104 1/4/1105..............6E Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3....1117.....................1116 3/4......................RT New Southgate [NSG] 4........1119 1/2..............1119 3/4......................RT Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4...........1123 1/2..............1122 1/2......................RT New Barnet [NBA] 4...............1125....................1123 1/4........................1E Hadley Wood [HDW] 4..........1127 1/2..............1125.............................2E Potters Bar [PBR] 4.................1131 1/2...............1128.............................3E Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.......1134 1/2..............1130 1/4.......................4E Welham Green [WMG] 2.......1136 1/2..............1131 1/2........................4E Hatfield [HAT] 3.......................1140....................1134 1/4.......................5E Welwyn Garden City 3..........1144 1/2..............1141 1/4........................3E Digswell Junction...................1147 1/2..............1144..............................3E Welwyn North [WLW] 2.........1148....................1145 1/2.......................2E Woolmer Green Junction.....1150....................1148..............................1E Knebworth [KBW] 4................1151 1/2..............1149 3/4.......................1E Stevenage [SVG] 4.................1154 1/2..............1157 1/4.......................2L Hitchin [HIT] 2..........................1200...................1203............................3L Arlesey [ARL] 2........................1204 1/2............1208 1/4......................4L Biggleswade [BIW] 4..............1208...................1212.............................4L Sandy [SDY] 2..........................1210 1/2.............1214 1/4.......................3L St Neots [SNO] 1......................1219....................1222 1/4......................3L Huntingdon [HUN] 3..............1227...................1229 3/4.....................2L Holme Junction [XHO]..........1236...................1240............................4L Peterborough [PBO] 5...........1243...................1249............................6L Helpston Junction..................1249 1/2............1256 1/4......................6L Tallington Junction................1254...................1301 1/4.......................7L Stoke Junction........................1308/1309 1/2..NoRep/1318...............8L Grantham [GRA] 2..................1315 1/2..............1325 1/4......................9L Claypole Loop.........................1324...................1333 1/2......................9L Newark North Gate 1.............1328...................1337 3/4......................9L Newark F.C. [XNK]..................1329...................1339..........................10L Carlton On Trent Loop..........1336/1424 1/2..1343/1355...............29E Retford [RET] 2........................1440 1/2............1409 3/4..................30E Loversall Carr Junction.........1452 1/2............1444 3/4.....................7E Doncaster [DON] DG.............1508 1/2............1517 3/4......................9L Adwick [AWK] 2......................1525 1/2............1527 1/4.......................1L Thorpe Marsh Junction.........1548...................1536..........................12E Thorne Junction......................1608 1/2............1556 1/4....................12E Crowle [CWE] 2.......................1618 1/2.............1609............................9E Althorpe [ALP] 1.......................1625...................1616 1/2.......................8E Gunhouse Loop......................1626 1/2............1618.............................8E Scunthorpe [SCU] 1................1630 1/2............1622............................8E Scunthorpe West Jn..............1632...................1623............................9E