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No,it don't work that way. When freight is moved by rail its mainly in bulk,ie 2000 tonnes plus by train.The train company pays an access charge to network rail.which is a fraction of the revenue of the load being transported. One 3200hp loco can move 2500 to 3000 tonne in one go at a max speed of ...

best introduce meself i spose , a newbie here but you lot got some great topics well worth reading so i'll be popping in now & again would love to be driving tractors full time again, but the hours are all over the place & the moneys not great :( http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/images/...

sorry for bringing old posts back but being a new type these are great topics ! great pics neil , as mentioned , i wroked for kelston in the A303 bypass at ilminster & at least one of these was still hauling along side the newer F16 , they must be years old now , any chance of them being refurbi...

nice pics chap , although the main company i see hauling trains are allelys ,but it does sort of write off the governments argument on trying to put freight back on the rails , after all if it's cheaper to move loco's & rolling stock by road then by the railways own admission it cant be done !

Very interesting pictures, Marcus, thanks for posting them and welcome to CMN !! thanks john Interesting photos. I did read that those Ljungby wheel loaders are the only 3 ever sold in the UK and where supplied by Sleabond Ltd of Newport, South Wales. there might be a few more at portbury then , i'...

not sure if this is an E or an F series loading me with HiPro Soya, taken at Solent Stevedores, southampton docks , you gothave yer wits about you with the solent drivers as some of their sheds are in different areas, so they're quick soon as they they drive in the shed , they've a full bucket &...

still in G shed L120C

now over to avonmouth 'G' shed a very light & airy place to work but years back it was a nightmare shed to load from G shed runs a few volvo loaders from one of the first type L50's onto L120B's /C's & the newer F series VOLVO L120C loading distillers wheat nuts http://i237.photobucket.com/a...

i deliver cattle feed for a living & currently drive a VOLVO FM 12 440 bulk blower every so often i'm re-routed into either teighnmouth, portbury, avonmouth as well as a few others , & thought i'd post a few of the shovels here. one of teighnmouths long serving L90C's http://i237.photobucket...

ah her fleet No was 426 as i found the pic , knackered now , but was new back then