The Wrexham to Bidston
railway
'The Borderlands
line'
Some views
of freight trains on the line by John Mathers
More of John's photos can be viewed on his Flickr
site
The trains of steel coils in covered wagons
from South Wales to Tata at Shotton continue to form the
backbone of freight services on the Borderlands line.
There is one
train a day most
days.
60063 drops down
into Gwersyllt on a southbound empty steel train, 9 July
2013
60054 at the top
of the climb from Penyffordd to Buckley on the morning steel
train from Margam, 3 June 2013,
60019 heads south at Dobshill near Buckley, 15 June 2013
60062 near Penyffordd, 18 July 2013
60054 rounds the curve into Buckley on steel empties, 22
May 2013
60010
heads through Gwersyllt with 6V75 Dee Marsh - Margam, 25th
March 2013
60040 is just north of Penyffordd on 19 April
2013. On the right is the entrance to the Castle
Cement sidings
60063 at Penyffordd, 6 July 2013
66207 and 66016 at Rhosrobin crossing near Wrexham,
16 July 2013. The earlier failure of 66016 brought
about this rare double header.
66065 is heading south at Cefn y Bedd, 9 July 2013
The steep gradient into Hawarden is seen in this
view of 66111, 2 July 2013
One of the then very infrequent coal trains to
Castle Cement at Penyffordd ran on 11 June 2013.
The empty wagons are seen here between Penyffordd and
Hope headed by 66199. Coal is no longer used at the
works.
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