Freight on the coast

Ballast trains

The quarry at Penmaenmawr used to see two trains per day, but with the introduction of higher capacity wagons and the virtual quarry concept the frequency dropped off to one or none per day.

37051 Merehead and unnamed 37 043 leave Penmaenmawr on a grey Wed Mar 3 1999

37 415 roars past with the 08:36 Holyhead to Birmingham New Street on Thursday 11 March 1999 while 60 070 John Loudon McAdam loads up with ballast. Redundant ballast wagons lie between the trains, showing the contrasting sizes.

60 049 loads up on 17th August 1999 while 101 680 slows down for Penmaenmawr station with the 16:12 Holyhead to Llandudno stopper

Here's 60 057 Adam Smith on 6th May 1999

Freightliner took over the contract from the 4th June 2001. 66 524 backs the empties into the loading sidings on Tuesday 5th June 2001.

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