19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
66 204 with 4S13 at Blackhouse Token Exchange.
66 204 is seen at Blackhouse Token Exchange on the single track freight only line between Mauchline Junction and Newton Junction at Ayr. The original token exchange point was at the site of Blackhouse Junction behind Ayr Depot but a couple of years ago it was moved ╛ mile further along the freight line towards Annbank. This was for two reasons, one was to allow for longer coal trains as the rear of a standing train could now be clear of Newton Junction on the mainline. The second was the fact the track here behind the old Ayr Steel Stamping Works is straight and slightly more level than the steep rising curve from Newton Junction to Blackhouse Junction. Locos on loaded trains in excess of 2000tonne used to struggle to lift their train off the curve thus causing track damage on the curve with slipping., 66 204 is working 4S13 04.07 Earles Sidings to New Cumnock Coal Sidings operated by ATH Resources Ltd who dispatch mostly power station grade coal but these wagons once loaded will return to Hope Cement Works in Derbyshire. The recent flooding in South West Scotland is evident here with standing water in the cess beside the line.
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