File:66031 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe 4E26 empty steel from Ebange (15795952635).jpg

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DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66031 in maroon with zigzag gold band rebranded into DB livery at minimal cost by removing the large letter EWS from the side of the locomotive and applying a DB sticker to the cabside is photographed working 4E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 15 November 2014. This service returns empty FIA 'Multifret' twin intermodal flat wagons used to transport steel for export in billet form from Tata Steels Scunthorpe complex on South Humberside in Lincolnshire (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/98929239@N03/14032630236/in/photostream/">see Andy Pictons photo</a>) to a freight yard at Ebange in Eastern France via Dollands Moor and Calais Fréthun through the Channel Tunnel (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/99279135@N05/14036377443/">click here for the route</a>). Laurent Knop photographed Euro Cargo Rail's loco number E 186-317 at Valenciennes (Nord - department 59) hauling loaded wagons working from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/x4644/13687214105/">Calais Fréthun to Ebange</a> on 2 April 2014. Nicolas Tomaszewski also videoed a loaded train passing Beuvrages hauled by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/france-ferroviaire/14112205833/">Euro Cargo Rail's E186 162-4</a>. Once in Ebange the steel is used at Tata's Hayange rail mill to produce rail for SNCF's LGV Est européenne construction programme to extend the French high-speed rail network. 66031 (works number 968702-031) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1998 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Stellanova" at Newport Docks on 1 December 1998.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Dollands Moor Sidings .........0923..................0922.............................1E Ashford International UML...0937..................0934 3/4.....................2E Maidstone East [MDE] 1.........1002 1/2............1001...............................1E Otford Junction[XOT]............1023...................1019 1/4........................3E Swanley [SAY] 1.......................1034...................1029 1/2.......................4E St Mary Cray Junction...........1039...................1033 1/2.......................5E Bickley Junction[XLY]............1042...................1034 3/4.......................7E Bromley South [BMS].............1044 1/2.............1040 1/4.......................3E Shortlands [SRT].....................1045 1/2............1042..............................3E Shortlands Junction...............1046...................1042 1/2.......................3E Bellingham [BGM]...................1049 1/2............1044 3/4.......................4E Nunhead [NHD] 1....................1054 1/2............1050.............................4E Peckham Rye [PMR] 3...........1056...................1052 1/4.......................3E Crofton Road Junction..........1057...................1054 1/4.......................2E Denmark Hill [DMK] 1.............1058...................1054 1/2.......................3E Voltaire Road Junction.........1102....................1100..............................2E Clapham Junction [CLJ] 5....1113.....................1107...............................5E Wandsworth Town 2.............1114 1/2...............1109...............................5E Putney [PUT] 3.........................1116 1/2...............1111 1/4...........................5E Barnes [BNS] 3........................1119.....................1114 1/4..........................4E Barnes Bridge [BNI] 2............1121.....................1116................................4E Chiswick [CHK] 2....................1124....................1119................................4E New Kew Junction.................1126 1/2.............1122...............................4E Kew East Junction..................1128 1/2..............1123...............................5E Acton Central [ACC]..............1133....................1126 1/2........................6E Acton Wells Junction.............1137....................1131 3/4.........................5E Willesden Junction 4.............1139/1141............1138 1/2/1140 1/2........RT Kensal Green Junction..........1143....................1143 3/4.......................RT Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1.....1146 1/2..............1146..............................RT West Hampstead 2................1149 1/2..............1147 3/4.........................1E Hampstead Heath 2..............1153....................1150 3/4.......................2E Gospel Oak [GPO] 2..............1155....................1153 1/4..........................1E Kentish Town West 2.............1156 1/2.............1155 1/4.........................1E Camden Road Junction........1158....................1157 3/4.......................RT Holloway South Junction.....1205 1/2............1203..............................2E Finsbury Park [FPK] 6............1213 1/2..............1205.............................8E Harringay [HGY] 2..................1215 1/2.............1207 3/4.......................7E Hornsey [HRN] 2.....................1216 1/2.............1209.............................7E Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3....1218 1/2..............1211 1/2.........................6E New Southgate [NSG] 4........1220 1/2............1213 1/4.........................7E Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4...........1223...................1215 1/2........................7E New Barnet [NBA] 4...............1224...................1216 1/4........................7E Hadley Wood [HDW] 4..........1226...................1217 1/4.........................8E Potters Bar [PBR] 4.................1229...................1224 1/2.......................4E Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.......1231 1/2..............1227..............................4E Welham Green [WMG] 2.......1233...................1228 1/4.......................4E Hatfield [HAT] 3.......................1235 1/2.............1232 3/4......................2E Welwyn Garden City 3..........1239...................1237 1/4.........................1E Digswell Junction...................1241/1251...........NoRep/1248...............3E Welwyn North [WLW] 2.........1252 1/2............1249 1/2.......................3E Woolmer Green Junction.....1255...................1251 3/4.......................3E Knebworth [KBW] 3................1256 1/2............1253..............................3E Langley Junction....................1258...................1254 1/2.......................3E Stevenage [SVG] 4.................1259...................1255 1/4.......................3E Hitchin [HIT] 2..........................1303 1/2.............1258 3/4......................4E Arlesey [ARL]...........................1308 1/2............1302 3/4......................5E Biggleswade [BIW] 3..............1313....................1306 1/4.......................6E Sandy [SDY] 2..........................1316....................1308 1/2.......................7E St Neots [SNO] 2.....................1324...................1314 1/2.........................9E Huntingdon [HUN] 3..............1331 1/2..............1320 1/2.....................10E Holme Junction [XHO]..........1343/1350.........NoRep/1328 1/4.......21E Fletton Junction......................1358...................1333...........................25E Peterborough [PBO] 4...........1400...................1335 3/4....................24E Helpston Junction..................1410....................1342 1/2....................27E Tallington Junction................1414 1/2..............1346 3/4....................27E Stoke Junction........................1436 1/2.............1436 1/4.......................RT Grantham [GRA] 2..................1445 1/2.............1442 1/2.......................2E Claypole Loop.........................1458/1509 1/2..1453 3/4/1504 3/4.....4E Newark North Gate 1.............1515....................1510...............................4E Newark F.C. [XNK]..................1516....................1511................................5E Retford [RET] 2........................1546...................1527 1/2.....................18E Loversall Carr Junction.........1559 1/2............1548 1/4......................11E Doncaster [DON] DG.............1612 1/2.............1611 3/4........................RT Adwick [AWK] 2......................1619 1/2.............1619 1/4.......................RT Thorne Junction......................1652 1/2............1640 1/4.....................12E Crowle [CWE] 2.......................1701 1/2..............1648 1/2.....................12E Althorpe [ALP] 1.......................1708...................1654 1/2.....................13E Gunhouse Loop......................1710....................1655 3/4....................14E Scunthorpe [SCU] 1................1714....................1659 1/2.....................14E