File:66152 Dollands Moor to Scunthorpe 6E26 empty steel from Ebange (15364366868).jpg

DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66152 named "Derek Holmes Railway Operator" in Deutsche Bahn cherry red with DB Schenker branding and was the first to be repainted into this livery is photographed working 6E26 from Dollands Moor sidings to Scunthorpe Redbourne sidings on 16 October 2014. It was also photographed later on route by Phil at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/91977133@N04/15363828997/">Peterborough</a> and at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/65618647@N03/15549267181/">Doncaster</a> by Chris Robertson. 3 empty IGA's (numbers 8047360130, 80 4736 049-4 and 8047360254) were attached to back. More typically 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.

According to Doctor Yellow numbers of the wagons being hauled were 7049380916, 7049385352, 7049383066, 31 70 4938 055-1, 31 70 4938 074-2, 33 70 4938 7133, 33 70 4938 7240, 7049381799, 31 70 4938 168-2, 31 70 4938 048-6, 33 70 4938 741 4, 7049380379, 7049380320, 8047360130, 80 4736 049-4 and 8047360254.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Dollands Moor Sidings .......0750.......................0746..........................4E Ashford International ..........0804......................0803 1/4....................RT Maidstone East [MDE] 1.......0832 1/2................0832..........................RT Otford Junction[XOT]...........0859 1/2................0855 1/4...................4E Swanley [SAY] 1.....................0911 1/2..................0908 1/2...................2E St Mary Cray Junction..........0921.......................0914 3/4....................6E Bickley Junction[XLY]..........0925 1/2................0917 1/4.....................8E Bromley South [BMS]...........0930......................0922...........................7E Shortlands [SRT]....................0932.......................0927..........................5E Shortlands Junction.............0933.......................0928 1/4...................4E Bellingham [BGM].................0936.......................0931 3/4....................4E Nunhead [NHD] 1...................0950......................0950 3/4..................RT Peckham Rye [PMR] 3..........0953 1/2................0952 1/4....................1E Crofton Road Junction........0955......................0954 1/4....................RT Denmark Hill [DMK] 1............0957.......................0955..........................2E Voltaire Road Junction........1002 1/2.................1002...........................RT Latchmere Junction.............1012.........................1007 3/4....................4E Imperial Wharf [IMW] 2........1015.........................1010 1/4......................4E West Brompton [WBP] 4......1017.........................1012 1/4......................4E Kensington Olympia 2.........1020.......................1015............................4E Shepherds Bush [SPB] 2.....1021 1/2..................1018 1/2......................2E North Pole Signal Vc813.....1023 1/2.................1020 1/2....................2E North Pole Junction..............1024........................1020...........................4E Mitre Bridge Junction..........1026.......................1024...........................2E Willesden Junction 4............1030/1032.............1032 1/4/1035 1/4.....3L Kensal Green Junction........1034........................1037............................3L Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1...1038........................1039 1/4.......................1L West Hampstead 2...............1040 1/2.................1041............................RT Hampstead Heath 2.............1044 1/2.................1045 1/4.....................RT Gospel Oak [GPO] 2.............1046 1/2.................1047 3/4......................1L Kentish Town West 2...........1048........................1050 1/4.....................2L Camden Road Junction.......1049 1/2.................1052 3/4.....................3L Holloway South Junction....1058 1/2.................1100..............................1L 1101 1/2......................................1111 1/2/1103 1/2.....1107/4E......................D2 Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3...1117..........................1116 1/4.......................RT New Southgate [NSG] 4......1119 1/2...................1119.............................RT Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4.........1123 1/2..................1121 1/2........................1E New Barnet [NBA] 4.............1125.........................1122 1/2......................2E Hadley Wood [HDW] 4.........1127 1/2...................1124............................3E Potters Bar [PBR] 4...............1131 1/2...................1126 1/4......................5E Brookmans Park [BPK] 4.....1134 1/2...................1128............................6E Welham Green [WMG] 2.....1136 1/2..................1129 1/4.......................7E Hatfield [HAT] 3.....................1140.........................1131 3/4......................8E Welwyn Garden City 3.........1144 1/2...................1135............................9E Digswell Junction..................1146 1/2..................1146............................RT Welwyn North [WLW] 2........1147.........................1148............................RT Woolmer Green Junction....1149.........................1150 1/4........................1L Knebworth [KBW] 4..............1151..........................1151 3/4........................1L Stevenage [SVG] 4...............1154 1/2..................1154 3/4.....................RT Hitchin [HIT] 2........................1200.......................1200...........................RT Arlesey [ARL] 2......................1204........................1206.............................1L Biggleswade [BIW] 4............1207 1/2.................1212.............................4L Sandy [SDY] 2........................1210.........................1214 3/4......................4L St Neots [SNO] 1....................1218.........................1229 1/4.....................11L Huntingdon [HUN] 3.............1225 1/2.................1236 1/2.....................11L Holme Junction [XHO].........1234 1/2.................1246 1/4.....................11L Peterborough [PBO] 5.........1243........................1255..........................12L Helpston Junction.................1249 1/2.................1302 3/4...................13L Tallington Junction...............1254........................1307 3/4...................13L Stoke Junction.......................1308/1308 1/2.......NoRep/1325 1/2.....17L Grantham [GRA] 2.................1315 1/2..................1331 3/4....................16L Claypole Loop........................1324........................1345 3/4...................21L Newark North Gate 1............1328........................1358 1/2...................30L Newark F.C. [XNK]................1331.........................1402..........................31L Carlton On Trent Loop.........1338/1424 1/2.......1406/1422.................2E Retford [RET]..........................1440 1/2.................1436 1/2.....................3E Loversall Carr Junction........1451 1/2..................1449 3/4.....................1E Doncaster [DON] 3...............1457 1/2/1531 1/2..1522/1524 1/4...........7E Thorne Junction....................1600.......................1547 1/2....................12E Crowle [CWE] 2......................1608.......................1559 3/4....................8E Althorpe [ALP] 1.....................1614 1/2..................1606 1/2.....................7E Gunhouse Loop.....................1616.........................1608...........................8E