Log train

[cousin jack]

Saw this in Crewe station, heading towards N Wales, where was it going Chirk?

[mendiplogs]

Saw this in Crewe station, heading towards N Wales, where was it going Chirk?

 

HI JACK very nice mate jon

[Rebel_Commando]

Must be going in to Kronospan?

[nick channer]

Saw this in Crewe station, heading towards N Wales, where was it going Chirk?

 

I was driving back from Bangor today down A5 and passes several wagons full timber going north... Thought it strange.. There's no where to go, only in those hills... Diff world up there.. Lovely countryside mind u...

[Paper Rustler]

probably the one that Euroforest load near Newton Abbot that goes to Chirk!

[spuddog0507]

hi more than likely going in to shotton paper mill near mold,flintshire,northwales, i once went there with a company i worked for and the amount of timber in there was un real thousands of tonnes and i am struggling to get hold of 25 tonne emh,my yard is only about 400 yds from the main westcoast line and i see 3 or 4 trains a week with timber, normally a diesel loco with about 40 wagons behind it,i just stand and watch them trundle by and think i will be ok for timber when one comes of the rails.

[cousin jack]

Seems like Shotton is into recycled paper nowadays, think the wood train is going to Chirk, found quite a few vids on utube

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq6ssEBf-Qs]Kronospan Timber 14 07 2009 - YouTube[/ame]

Would love to see how they unload it. Should add, once you've seen the first 2 mins of this video, you've seen it all, don't waste 5 mins of yer life watching the rest unless, you want to see a tidy bit of reversing by Jones the driver.

Edited January 31, 2013 by cousin jack

[tommytopsoil]

Would love to see how they unload it.

 

They used to use the Volvo/Sisu type high-lift log handlers and assume they still do, pretty much unloading one train carriage at a time.

To say I felt inadequate with a LogLift 85 is somewhat of an understatement...

 

You feel very small inside Kronospan in a timber lorry!

[cousin jack]

They used to use the Volvo/Sisu type high-lift log handlers and assume they still do, pretty much unloading one train carriage at a time.

To say I felt inadequate with a LogLift 85 is somewhat of an understatement...

 

You feel very small inside Kronospan in a timber lorry!