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From Monday to Friday 6V13 from Dollands Moor to Margam Terminal Complex typically passes this location in the dark between 03:00 and 03:30 however on Saturdays, if it runs, it passes by in the daylight. Here it is photographed on 18 October 2014 hauled by DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66095 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo transporting empty (GE Rail Services?) IHA bogie covered steel coil carrier wagons. This service returns empty wagons having delivered steel from Tata Steel limited's Port Talbot steelworks to Broekman Group in Rotterdam or Myriad in Maubeuge France via Calais Fréthun (for the full route taken <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/99279135@N05/14092887923/">click here</a>).

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. 66095 (works number 968702-095) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Stellanova" at Newport Docks on 25 April 1999.

In France the wagons are known to pass through; Armentieres............................ Nieppe..................................... Steenwerck............................ Bailleul..................................... Strazeele................................ Hazebrouck........................... Staple...................................... Ebblinghem........................... Renescure.............................. Saint-Omer............................. Watten-Eperlecques............ Ruminghem........................... Audruicq................................. Nortkerque............................ Le Pont d'Ardres................... Calais Fréthun.......................

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Dollands Moor Sidings ..........0812..................0807............................5E Ashford International .............0834.................0828 1/4.....................5E Maidstone East [MDE] 1..........0901 1/2...........0902............................RT Otford Junction[XOT]..............0928 1/2..........0925............................3E Swanley [SAY] 1........................0940 1/2..........0936 3/4.....................3E St Mary Cray Junction.............0945 1/2..........0942............................3E Bickley Junction[XLY].............0950................0948 1/4.......................1E Bromley South [BMS]..............0954 1/2..........0952 3/4.....................1E Shortlands [SRT].......................0957.................0956............................RT Shortlands Junction.................0958.................0958 1/4.....................RT Bellingham [BGM]....................1002 1/2...........1001...............................1E Nunhead [NHD] 1......................1010 1/2............1007 3/4......................2E Peckham Rye [PMR] 3.............1012...................1009 1/4......................2E Crofton Road Junction............1012 1/2............1011 1/4..........................1E Denmark Hill [DMK] 3..............1013 1/2.............1011...............................2E Brixton [BRX].............................1018 1/2............1015 3/4.......................2E Voltaire Road Junction...........1020 1/2...........1020.............................RT Latchmere Junction.................1027 1/2............1025 3/4.......................1E Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2............1030 1/2...........1027 3/4......................2E West Brompton [WBP] 4.........1032..................1029 3/4......................2E Kensington Olympia ...............1035..................1031 1/4........................3E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2........1037..................1032.............................4E North Pole Signal Vc813.........1040 1/2...........1034 1/4.......................5E North Pole Junction.................1041...................1034.............................7E Mitre Bridge Junction..............1042 1/2...........1036 3/4......................5E Acton Wells Junction..............1048 1/2...........1041 1/4........................7E Acton Main Line [AML] DG.....1052/1100........1043 1/4/NoRep........8E Acton West................................1104/1114...........NoRep/1112.................2E Ealing Broadway [EAL]............1116....................1114...............................2E Hanwell [HAN] 2.......................1119 1/2..............1118 1/4..........................1E Hanwell Bridge Loop..............1121....................1119 1/2..........................1E Southall East Junction............1122 1/2............1121................................1E Southall [STL] 3.........................1123...................1123..............................RT Southall West Junction...........1124 1/2.............1123 1/4.........................1E Hayes & Harlington 3..............1127...................1126 1/4........................RT Heathrow Airport Junction....1127 1/2.............1127 1/4........................RT Iver [IVR] 3..................................1134 1/2.............1132 1/2.........................1E Langley [LNY] 3.........................1137...................1134 1/2........................2E Dolphin Junction......................1139...................1135..............................4E Slough [SLO] 4..........................1141 1/2..............1136 3/4.......................4E Slough West..............................1142...................1137 1/4........................4E Burnham [BNM] 1......................1144...................1139 1/2........................4E Taplow [TAP] 3..........................1145 1/2.............1143 1/4........................2E Maidenhead East.....................1147...................1146 1/2........................RT Maidenhead [MAI] 3................1147 1/2.............1148..............................RT Maidenhead West....................1147 1/2.............1148 1/2........................RT Ruscombe..................................1153...................1154 1/2.........................1L Twyford [TWY] 3.......................1154 1/2.............1156 3/4.......................2L Kennet Bridge Junction..........1159 1/2............1202.............................2L Reading [RDG] 12.....................1205..................1204 1/4.......................RT Reading West Junction..........1207 1/2............1206..............................1E Tilehurst East Junction...........1209 1/2...........1209 1/4......................RT Tilehurst [TLH] 3.......................1209 1/2...........1210 1/2.......................RT Pangbourne [PAN] 1.................1213...................1216 1/2.........................3L Goring & Streatley [GOR] 3....1217...................1222.............................5L Cholsey [CHO] 3.......................1221 1/2............1227.............................5L Moreton Cutting.......................1225 1/2...........1231..............................5L Didcot East Junction...............1227..................1233.............................6L Didcot Parkway [DID] 3...........1229/1231.........1234 1/2/1236 1/2......5L Foxhall Junction[XJF] RL........1235 1/2............1238 3/4.......................3L Milton Junction.........................1238..................1247 1/2.......................9L Challow.......................................1401 1/2............1258...........................63E Uffington (Oxfordshire)............1404 1/2............1301 1/2......................63E Swindon [SWI] 4........................1421...................1313 3/4.....................67E Wootton Bassett Junction......1428 1/2............1320...........................68E Hullavington..............................1442/1532........1331/1331 3/4..........120E Westerleigh Junction..............1552 1/2...........1345.........................127E At platform.................................1559 1/2/1619..1350/1349 1/2........149E Patchway [PWY] 2....................1623..................1351 1/4.....................151E Pilning [PIL] 2.............................1627..................1355 3/4...................151E Severn Tunnel East..................1629..................1357.........................152E Severn Tunnel West................1635..................1403.........................152E Severn Tunnel Junction 3......1640..................1405.........................154E Llanwern Steelworks East......1648..................1412..........................156E Llanwern Exchange Sdgs......1658/1718.........1422/1444...............154E Llanwern West Junction.........1733..................1726 1/2.......................6E Maindee West Junction..........1737...................1731 1/2........................5E Newport [NWP] DRL................1739..................1738 3/4......................RT Ebbw Junction..........................1747...................1742 3/4......................4E Marshfield..................................1755..................1746 1/2.......................8E Cardiff Central [CDF] 4............1805..................1757.............................7E Pontyclun [PYC]........................1824..................1820 1/2......................3E Bridgend [BGN] 1......................1837..................1829 3/4......................7E Stormy.........................................1843..................1834 1/2.......................8E Margam Moors Junction........1850..................1843.............................6E Margam Terminal Complex...1855..................1854..............................1E

The route and timings for 2M32 were; London Victoria [VIC] 4...0925..........................0924............................1E Voltaire Road Junction....0929 1/2....................0933...........................3L Brixton [BRX]......................0931 1/2/0932..........0935/0935 1/2.........3L Herne Hill [HNH] 3............0933 1/2/0934 1/2..0937/0937 3/4.........3L Sydenham Hill [SYH]........0938 1/2/0939........0941/0942.................3L Kent House [KTH] 3.........0943 1/2/0944.........0946 1/2/0947.........3L Beckenham Junction 3...0945 1/2/0946 1/2..0948 3/4/0949 1/2..3L Shortlands Junction.........0948 1/2....................0950 3/4....................2L Shortlands [SRT]...............0949/0949 1/2........0951 3/4/0953.........3L Bromley South [BMS] 3...0951 1/2/0953.........0953 3/4/0954 1/2...1L Bickley Junction[XLY]......0957..........................0958 1/2......................1L Petts Wood Junction.......0958 1/2....................1000.............................1L Orpington [ORP] 8............1003...........................1004 3/4......................1L