A family man with a passion for life working for one of the UK’s leading biomass company’s as a service and breakdown engineer.
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Fred Castor retweeted
The last delivery of coal into Ratcliffe Power station.
66781 arrives with with 6M61. A naming ceremony will take place at the temporary platform before unloading commences. Plenty of Hi Viz individuals waiting at the platform but I believe no press were present. 28/06/24
Fred Castor retweeted
Curtain Call for Ratcliffe.
This coming Friday sees the final scheduled coal train, operated by @GBRailfreight, to visit Ratcliffe Power Station in Nottinghamshire before the site undergoes complete closure at the end of September.
The cooling towers and associated buildings and structures will be decommissioned and then demolished, with the site due to be redeveloped as a zero-carbon technology and energy hub. A GB Railfreight Class 66/7 locomotive is due to be named after the site to mark the sad closure of this industrial giant.
In happier times and looming large on the horizon, the site is seen in full song last Winter as 66136 arrives at Gateway West Junction with the 4M34 container service from Felixstowe South to the nearby East Midlands Gateway terminal. – at East Midlands, England
ALT DB Cargo red liveried 66136, complete with its 'YIWU - LONDON TRAIN' commemorative decals, arrives at Gateway West Junction near Castle Donington as it approaches journey's end with the 4M34 Felixstowe South to East Midlands Gateway container service. Ratcliffe Power Station looms large in the background on the horizon. Winter 2023.
Fred Castor retweeted
Ever wondered what it’s like being on a train when a tornado hits?
Video belongs to Eric Carlisle
Engineer and conductor are alright.
Fred Castor retweeted
A big moment in Britain's industrial story happened today.
The coke ovens at the Port Talbot steelworks were closed.
This was where they baked the coal used to make millions of tonnes of steel.
What you're looking at here is the last coke ever made in the UK. Pix: @TataSteelUK
Fred Castor retweeted
His movie is coming in 2025 – but who is the ROGUE TROOPER?
In 2025, @RogueTrooper is coming to screens in a movie adaptation written and directed by Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) and starring Aneurin Barnard (@aneurinBarnard) as Rogue!
#RogueTrooperMovie
Fred Castor retweeted
Dirty Diesel… Deltic powering through Platform 2 Newark Northgate up fast to London Kings Cross #Deltic #Class55 #NewarkNorthgate #Toots
Fred Castor retweeted
Among several theories on how these majestic structures were made, one is the use of Inset ramps. That is a spiral of interior ramps were used which allowed the stones to be moved upward as construction progressed.
Fred Castor retweeted
Due to politics at the SVR Resin Replicas was unable to Attend this Diesel gala,so over the next week I will be listing a large amount of name plates that will be available for collection or can be posted👍search jags222 on eBay for the listings
Fabulous day out @GcrGreat today with bonus look around the fantastic 1705 #class47 #TRAIN #railway #locomotive #trainspotting
Fred Castor retweeted
Ex-Freightliner Class 86s heading down the Danube by barge to Bulgaria flic.kr/p/2oXi9Yj
Fred Castor retweeted
Ex York Deltic driver Harry Wilson!a hundred years old back in the cab of a Deltic at Scarborough today👍
Fred Castor retweeted
Craziest thing you will see today...
Stunning upwards lightning above Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala 🇬🇹
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Correction: the volcano featured in the video is Volcan de Agua.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcán_de…
It was taken between the Convento Santa Clara and Tanque La Union on a street that runs north-south.
Acatenango is west of Antigua Guatemala. Volcan de Agua is south.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acatenango
Fred Castor retweeted
Network Rail is selling by tender 73138 which was part of its infrastructure monitoring fleet. NR is selling it ‘as seen and as standing’. Locomotive is currently stored at Peak Rail, Rowsley. Also for sale in separate tender are NR’s 73951 and 73952.
Fred Castor retweeted
Long Eaton station 15th August 1982
British Rail Class 47/3 diesel loco 47323 in classic BR Blue with domino headcode panel hauls a long rake of ex-Iron Ore Tippler ZKO spoil wagons & an SR brake van at the head
#BritishRail #Class47 #BRBlue #LongEaton #trainspotting #wagons 🤓
Fred Castor retweeted
Once preserved 56097 has been stripped down at EMD Longport and will soon be transferred to the nearby Marcroft works in Stoke for bodyshell preparation. It is scheduled to become the last 56 to be rebuilt as a Class 69 (69016) for @GBRailfreight. 📷 Cliff Beeton
Fred Castor retweeted
The Stourbridge indie rockers @thewonder_stuff will be joined by the fantastic @IanProwse and @ChrisHelme 🙌
What a treat! 🤩
📅 Fri 08 December 2023 @O2RitzManc ✌️
📅 Sat 09 December 2023 @O2SBE ✨
📅 Sat 16 December 2023 @O2AcademyBham 🤘
🎟️ Tickets 👉 amg-venues.com/ebfc50PrNlP
