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'Celebrity' Class 66/7 No. 66779 Evening Star sporting its unique lined-out brunswick green livery and the final member of the 78-strong sub-class of Class 66 locomotives passes through Castle Gresley, Derbyshire on 16 August 2017 powering the GB Railfreight working 6M83, the 10.51 Tinsley Yard to Bardon Hill, consisting of a rake of empty high capacity bogie hopper wagons. Currently this working is the sole freight train to operate over the section of railway between Burton-on-Trent (Leicester Junction) and Coalville as all other freight workings operating to and from the quarries in the Bardon Hill area of Leicestershire are scheduled to run via Knighton Junction (Leicester). It is worth noting that since the demise of numerous coal trains along this section and the subsequent demolition of the power station at Drakelow and the opencast site at Coton Park being dismantled, both of which dominated the skyline background and depicting a vast industrial setting, the backdrop shown in the photograph now gives it the appearance of a rural environment.
John Tuffs
John Tuffs
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The Railway Centre.Com are always looking for quality digital images for use as Picture of the Day. If you have any suitable item, preferably with a news content, please submit as an e-mail attachment in a jpg format to railwaycentre@gmail.com Please do not reduce your image to less than 1600 pixals in width and please do not add text or graphics to the image. Remember to include as much information about the picture as possible, including the loco/unit number, train, date and location, plus your name. We are also willing to include personal website details at the end of the picture credit.
