Description
We join our usual Freightliner driver Vinny for another heavy freight video. This is a new Job from Dowlow Quarry near Buxton in Derbyshire to Ashburys, right in the middle of Manchester. Our mission is to take a mix of 24 JNA and MWA wagons to the stone terminal. The weight is close to 2530 tonnes and that cannot be done with a single Class 66 so it's time for Freightliner to bring out the big guns. The mighty Class 70 Powerhaul locomotive can single handedly maul the load around the very steep curve at Blackwell Mill. It's no mean feat and it grinds us down to 8mph but maul them it does. We will follow run arounds at Buxton and again at Guide Bridge and the fastest movement of 1920 tonnes of limestone possible.