![DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66175 working 6O32 hauling loaded (GE Rail Services?) IHA bogie covered steel coil carrier wagons on 23 September 2014 transporting steel from Tata Steel Limited's Port Talbot steelworks to Dollands Moor ultimately destined for Broekman Group in Rotterdam or Myriad in Maubeuge France via Calais Fréthun (for a map of the route taken <a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/99279135@N05/14092887923/ ">click here</a>). For just over half the year 6O32 is timetabled to reach here in the twilight or dark so cant be photographed easily but Chalkie got a better photo of it earlier on route at <a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/63924222@N06/15145125700/ ">Chipping Sodbury</a> waiting in a loop. From Dollands Moor the wagons continue through the Channel Tunnel to Calais Fréthun hauled by a class 92. From Calais-Fréthun they are thought to continue to Broekman Group in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays or to Myriad in Maubeuge France on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. According to Andy.L the wagons being hauled were 8749040428, 8746670003, 8747670036, 8749150037, 8749040113, 8746670441, 8446670747, 8446671448, 8446671703, 8446671026, 8746670060, 8746670698, 8746670391, 8746670086, 8446671174, 8446671166, 8746671084, 8749040071, 8749040287, 8749040337 and 8446671190. Nicolas B photographed class 66 number 052 passing <a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/jobiwannn/14454791461/ ">Staple</a> (department 59 France) heading to Maubeuge on 19 June 2014 (including two wagons <a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/jobiwannn/14271918247/in/photostream/ ">numbers 37 84 4667 127 and 37 84 4667 184-4</a>), Laurent Knop photographed a similar set of wagons at Landas (department 59 France) hauled by two locomotives including class 77 number 008 (previously HLD 5709) also working from (<a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/x4644/13983513315/in/faves-99279135@N05/ ">Calais Fréthun to Maubeuge</a>) on 17 April 2014 and another similar set of wagons was photographed by Tarek Marouane at La Chapell D'Armentieres France returning to the UK from Maubeuge being hauled by class 66 number 062 on 5 April 2014 (photo and account now removed from Flickr). The service from Calais Fréthun to Rotterdam was photographed by Laurent Knop at (<a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/x4644/13376721024/in/photolist-mo4c87-6TKfHN-mRuxU6-efEd4W-eUPAWR-niFaka-f7Ebnf-cXCV2s-e6hGdj-e6c3Ng-e6c3Mn-e6c3NM-7p7y2n-5RJ8oH-eemxF6-5SUyMK-9wfo6t-9wfp7r-efEnRb-eHWMoe-db1s5G-k432Uv-daUQHj-8RqgW5-6TFecK-fBc53p-nnfY9h-njNTt9-d9g7W5-npPZMM-no4p3H-8a19qx-dpmTB4-5H3TjQ-nrjkBX-njNZUf-nmz2yt-nmRva2-nr5dxn-npiuzR-e5UdcY-nfvdEL-ahJaQZ-9wfmvn-ciQA9A-fKAcPm-8RnaDD-8RnaHr-8RqgY3-8RnaBM ">Merris</a>) (department 59 France) going via Mouscron Belgium. 66175 (works number 968702-175) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Jumbo Challenger" at Newport Docks on 19 November 1999. The steel flow from South Wales to Maubeuge (France) and to Broekman (Holland) stopped running through the Channel tunnel at the end of November 2015. The flow to Maubeuge was cancelled as the cold mill which produced this material was mothballed as part of the Tata Steel strip downsizing programme. Instead Maubeuge is supplied from Tata Steels Limuiden plant (Holland). 2 grades of steel were also supplied by Tata Steel to Broekman Group to make oil drums. With one grade being sourced from elsewhere the remaining 700 tonnes per week of the second grade was not sufficient to run a block train. Despite Slough Railway Station being reported as having been closed for the day due to the sad deaths of a mother and her son Realtime Trains showed the route and timing of 6O32 remained unaffected; Margam Terminal Complex.....1000..................1007..............................7L Margam Moors Junction..........1005..................1011 1/4..........................6L Stormy...........................................1014...................1022 1/2........................8L Bridgend [BGN] 2.......................1020..................1026 3/4.......................6L Pontyclun [PYC]..........................1033..................1037..............................4L Cardiff Central [CDF] UML.......1057..................1101................................4L Marshfield....................................1108...................1112................................4L Ebbw Junction............................1113.....................1116................................3L Newport [NWP] URL..................1116....................1119 1/2..........................3L Maindee West Junction...........1118....................1120 3/4........................2L Llanwern West Junction...........1122...................1125 1/2.........................3L Llanwern Steelworks East.......1247...................1235 1/4.......................11E Severn Tunnel Junction 4........1300..................1256 1/2........................3E Severn Tunnel West..................1301...................1301...............................RT Severn Tunnel East...................1307...................1306 3/4.......................RT Pilning [PIL] 1................................1310...................1310...............................RT Patchway [PWY] 1.......................1319 1/2.............1318 1/4..........................1E Bristol Parkway [BPW] UPL......1322..................1323 3/4........................1L Westerleigh Junction................1328 1/2............1333 1/2........................5L Chipping Sodbury UDG...........1335 1/2/1342..N/R/1340 3/4................1E Badmington.................................1350..................1347 1/2........................2E Hullavington UGL.......................1400/1416.........N/R/1354...................22E Little Somerford..........................1424 1/2............1400...........................24E Wootton Bassett Junction.......1437...................1406 1/2.....................30E Rushey Platt................................1443 1/2............1415 3/4.....................27E Swindon [SWI] UML...................1445...................1422 3/4....................22E Highworth Junction...................1449/1515.........1426/1449.................25E Uffington (Oxfordshire) U..........1529..................1501............................27E Challow.........................................1532..................1502 1/2.....................29E Wantage Road............................1537/1557.........1506 3/4/1506 3/4..50E Steventon.....................................1603..................1510 1/2......................52E Milton Junction...........................1605..................1512 1/2......................52E Foxhall Junction[XJF]................1607..................1515 3/4......................51E Didcot Parkway [DID] 4............1609/1614.........1608 3/4/1609............4E Didcot East Junction.................1616...................1609 1/4........................6E Moreton Cutting.........................1617 1/2.............1610 3/4........................6E Cholsey [CHO] 4........................1621...................1615 3/4........................5E Goring & Streatley [GOR] 4......1625..................1619 1/4.........................5E Pangbourne [PAN] 2.................1629..................1622 1/4........................6E Tilehurst [TLH] 4.........................1632..................1625 1/4........................6E Tilehurst East Junction.............1632 1/2............1625 1/2........................6E Reading West Junction............1634...................1627 1/2........................6E Reading [RDG] 14.......................1635..................1629 1/2........................5E Kennet Bridge Junction...........1636 1/2............1630 1/2........................5E Twyford [TWY] 4.........................1643 1/2............1636 1/2........................6E Ruscombe....................................1645..................1637 3/4.......................7E Maidenhead West......................1651 1/2.............1642 1/2........................8E Maidenhead [MAI] 4..................1651 1/2.............1643..............................8E Maidenhead East.......................1652..................1643 1/4........................8E Taplow [TAP] 4...........................1654..................1644 3/4.......................9E Burnham [BNM] 2.......................1655 1/2............1646 1/4........................9E Slough West................................1658..................1648............................10E Slough [SLO] 5............................1659..................1648 3/4.....................10E Dolphin Junction........................1701 1/2.............1649 1/2.......................11E Langley [LNY] 4..........................1703 1/2............1651.............................12E Iver [IVR].......................................1706..................1653............................12E Heathrow Airport Junction......1713....................1700 3/4.....................12E Hayes & Harlington [HAY] 4....1713 1/2.............1701 3/4.......................11E Southall West Junction.............1716....................1703 1/2......................12E Southall [STL] 4...........................1718....................1706.............................11E Southall East Junction..............1719 1/2.............1706............................13E Hanwell Bridge Loop LP..........1721/1735..........1706 1/4/1738 3/4.......3L Ealing Broadway [EAL]..............1741....................1743 1/2........................2L Acton West..................................1742 1/2............1746..............................3L Acton Main Line [AML] DG......1749/1751..........1746 1/2/1751 3/4........RT Acton Wells Junction................1757...................1755 3/4........................1E Mitre Bridge Junction...............1811....................1807 3/4.......................3E North Pole Signal Vc818..........1812...................1810................................1E North Pole Junction..................1812 1/2.............1809 1/2........................3E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 1...........1815...................1814 1/4.........................RT Kensington Olympia [KPA] 3...1816...................1816 1/2.........................RT West Brompton [WBP] 3...........1819...................1821 1/4.........................2L Imperial Wharf [IMW] 1..............1820 1/2............1824 1/4........................3L Latchmere Junction..................1823 1/2............1827 3/4.......................4L Factory Junction........................1839/1845........N/R/1839 3/4...............5E Voltaire Road Junction ............1846 1/2............1845 1/4.........................1E Brixton [BRX]...............................1850..................1851................................1L Herne Hill [HNH] 3.....................1852..................1855 3/4.......................3L Kent House [KTH] 3...................1859..................1904 1/2........................5L Beckenham Junction 3............1900 1/2............1905 1/2........................5L Shortlands Junction[XOR].......1902 1/2............1906 3/4.......................4L Shortlands [SRT].........................1903 1/2............1907 3/4.......................4L Bromley South [BMS] 3.............1905 1/2............1908 1/2........................3L Bickley Junction[XLY]...............1910...................1911 3/4..........................1L Petts Wood Junction[XPE].......1913....................1917...............................4L Orpington [ORP] 3.....................1915 1/2.............1921 1/4.........................5L Chelsfield [CLD]..........................1918...................1924..............................6L Sevenoaks [SEV] 3....................1929..................1933 1/4........................4L Tonbridge [TON] DF..................1937...................1940 3/4.......................3L Paddock Wood [PDW] DM.......1943...................1946 3/4.......................3L Headcorn [HCN] DM.................1954..................1958..............................4L Ashford International 6.............2010..................2010 1/4........................RT Dollands Moor Sidings ............2024.................2029.............................5L The timing of the rerouted 6O32 working via Beckenham Junction causes delays to the 18:45 stopping passenger service from London Victoria to Orpington that now follows it. 00London Victoria [VIC] 41845184518441EDF 073Grosvenor Bridge Jn pass1847½No report 145Linford Street Jn pass1848½No report 161Factory Jn pass1849No report 25Voltaire Road Jn. [XVJ] pass1849½pass1849¼RTM 217Clapham High Street [CLP] pass1849½No report 256Shepherds Lane Jn pass1850½No report 310Brixton [BRX] 1851½1852185218521855½1856¾4LH 372Herne Hill [HNH] 31853½1854½185418541858½1859¾5LM 478West Dulwich [WDU] 1856½185718571857No report 553Sydenham Hill [SYH] 1858½185918591859190419056L 711Penge East [PNE] 1901½190219021902No report 762Kent House [KTH] 31903½1904190419041910¼1911¼7L 849Beckenham Junction [BKJ] 31905½1906½19061906191319147L 953Shortlands Jn [XOR] pass1908½pass1916½8LFL 979Shortlands [SRT] 19091909½190919091917½1919¼9LFF 1067Bromley South [BMS] 31911½1912½191219121920¼1921¼8LF 1172Bickley [BKL] 1914½191519151915No report 1234Bickley Jn [XLY] pass1916½pass19269LT 1325Petts Wood Jn [XPE] pass1918pass19279LDS 1354Petts Wood [PET] 1919192019191920No report 1466Orpington [ORP] 6192319251932¾9L As such 6O32 may be rescheduled in a few weeks time.](/assets/images/2026-08-02T20-32-02-127Z-uk-prime-minister-andy-burnham-supports-written-constitution-for-britain-wikimedia-1280.webp)
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