Remaining coal workings

[stantheman]

Hope this is the right thread but
Just wondering what is left and for how long ?
Weekly Drax to Killoch on Fridays
Cwm bargoed one or two per day , some seem to go to Port Talbot I assume for the steel plant
Onllywn a few times per week 9 ( has Gwaun cae Gurwen finished )
Immingham to Scumthorpe steel
Probably some power station coal but low in summer ?

Any info appreciated

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Padeswood (Penyffordd) Cement Works used to have a weekly delivery of coal from Yorkshire.
I don't know if that is still running in some form.
There may be some other non-power station flows.

 

[Freightmaster]

Any info appreciated

power station coal (all GBRf)
- Immingham to Ratcliffe
- Immingham to Drax
- Killoch to Drax

other flows
- Cwmbargoed to Earles sidings (DB cargo)
- Cwmbargoed to Port Talbot (DB cargo)
- Cwmbargoed to Scunthorpe (DB cargo)
- Immingham to Scunthorpe (Freightliner)
- Onllwyn/Gwaun-cae-gurwen to Immingham (DB cargo)





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[Moodster020]

One goes to Hope cement peak district iirc

 

[stantheman]

I assume the DB ones still use HTAs

 

[furnessvale]

One goes to Hope cement peak district iirc

That IS Earles siding.

 

[stantheman]

There appears only to be one coal per week from Blyth , on a Tuesday to Tees Yard , there used to two a day at least from Blyth to PS
Wonder if this is just seasonal , and where the present weekly working ends up

 

[Freightmaster]

There appears only to be one coal per week from Blyth , on a Tuesday to Tees Yard
there used to two a day at least from Blyth to PS. Wonder if this is just seasonal...

It is seasonal, but with the closure of Cottam power power station, they might not run again
this Winter (assuming that West Burton can get the coal it needs from Immingham in future)

..and where the present weekly working ends up

That train actually continues overnight to Port Talbot, and was previously operated by Freightliner
(the layover was at York back then) until a couple of months ago.


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[GrahamD83]

There are various paths each day on RTT for the following which run via the Durham Coast line (most paths are 'runs as required')
Tyne Coal - Drax
Tyne Coal - Port Clarrence
North Blyth - Drax

 

[Freightmaster]

There are various paths each day on RTT for the following which run via the Durham Coast line (most paths are 'runs as required')
Tyne Coal - Drax

That's imported biomass, rather than coal.




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[stantheman]

FO Doncaster to Killoch coal has not run for a long time , so is that the end of Anglo Scottish coal then ?

 

[stantheman]

Killoch working is running again seemingly once a week . Has been Wed but ran yesterday this week .
Has Gwaun cae Gurwen finished ?

 

[Freightmaster]

Killoch working is running again seemingly once a week . Has been Wed but ran yesterday this week .

It's booked to run on a Tuesday as the wagons go on to work the Redcar to Immingham blending train on a Wednesday



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[LNW-GW Joint]

I noticed last week that half of the cooling towers at Fiddlers Ferry PS were working.
But I don't know if that is from coal or biomass, or if any of it was delivered by rail.
It is supposed to close in March 2020.

 

[Freightmaster]

I noticed last week that half of the cooling towers at Fiddlers Ferry PS were working.
But I don't know if that is from coal or biomass, or if any of it was delivered by rail.

There is enough coal at both Fiddlers and Aberthaw to last through to their closure dates,
so no further deliveries will be needed, I'm afraid...



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