Wagon Report
CHINA clay shipments from Goonbarrow Junction to Fowey Dock (Carne Point) and Cliffe Vale (Stoke) are now carried in a fleet of 26
JIA covered hoppers (Nos. 33 70 0894 000-5 to 025-2), plus five JGAs previously stored at Long Marston (Nos. NACO 19177/188/192/194/196). Imerys Minerals is hiring the wagons from VTG Rail UK.
One future possibility to offset the general decline in china clay traffic is the movement of kaolinized granite waste to Longport. Production of a tonne of china clay results in eight tonnes of waste material. Trial runs using JNA-U box opens have already taken place.
Wagony Swidnica, the Polish arm of Greenbrier Europe, has completed delivery of
200 FEA-G (Sgnss) twinset container flats, Nos. 81 70
4663 001-5 to 200-3, to GB Railfreight/Porterbrook Leasing. A further 240 wagons will now be supplied, Nos. 81 70 4663 201-1 to 440-9, for use by GB Railfreight/Wascosa.
There have been no further orders for ‘Ecofret’ 40-foot platforms recently and many of the wagons are now out of use, being stored in Cockshute sidings at Stoke.
Loram UK continues to transform redundant MRA sidetipper ballast opens into JNA-Y gondolas for Network Rail. Recent completions have been Nos. 81705831120-7 to 161-1.
More MRA donors received at Derby RTC have been
Nos. 501010/015/025/047/067 /075/085/107/145/148/149 /163-165/193-195/259-261.
Now being disposed of are the remaining Cargowaggon IVA four-wheel vans. Built from 1982 onward by West German firm Duewag, they had a long association with the transportation of automotive components for Audi and Volkswagen. They were latterly employed on workings from the Ford engine plant at Bridgend. When this traffic ended, the vans were placed into store at Ellesmere Port.
Wagons scrapped to date have been Nos. 23 80 2398 515-9/533-2/547-2/565-4/6017/610-8/624-9/645-4/646-2.
Cargowaggons still active are IWAs from the batch of vans built in 1988-90 by Waggon
Union of Siegen. Known as ‘Hold-Alls’, they are now owned by Touax, Nos. 83 80 4841 111-4 to 159-3, design code IWE 741. They are used for aluminium automotive components hauled by DB Cargo from Dollands Moor to Ditton, Cheshire.
Scrapyards continue to be busy. Recent disposals have been OBA ‘Bass’ opens Nos. 110226/459, OCA dropside opens Nos. 112002/024/0 43/075/087/090/092/093/ 111/128/224/293/325/331 /363, VKA‘Speedlink’vans Nos. 210454/513/522, HHA bogie coal hoppers Nos. 370276/283/287/288/290292/296/301/302/413421/423-435/437-446, MHA/ MPA* spoil and ballast opens
Nos. 394014/027/042*/066/08 8/097/138/168*/189*/197*/20 7/216/227*/255/272*/275/277 */294*/303*/307*/309*/317/ 318/333*/338*/352*/356*/ 362*/365*/376/377/504*/ 505/508/509/521/529/575/597/ 598*/602/615/616/617*/621/ 629/637/647/648/692*/693* /698/707*/743*/754*/761/ 764/788*/795*/798/807/816 /820/834/896/897/910*/923/ 936/937/939/958 /966*, MTA opens Nos. 395027/037 /042/ 049/120/172/190/220/234/27 2/372, MHA/MPA* opens Nos. 396020 /037/041*/044/044 / 087/088/090*/094/115/120/ 122/130*/ 132/133/145/146*/ 160/161/163, SEA/SPA^ steel carriers Nos. 460557^/587^/ 603^/697/783/865/896/904/9 66/989/992.