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25th February 2021
With more freight trains in the station than passengers during the lockdown at Taunton on the 25th February 2021 this rare scene was recorded in the late afternoon light. No.56090 stands in Platform 3 while operating 6Z56 14:13 Hackney Yard - Gloucester New Yard, while adjacent sits Freightliner Class 66/6 No. 66619 'Derek W. Johnson MBE' operating 7C28 15:42 Exeter Riverside - Whatley Quarry aggregate empties. The Class 56 had collected a rake of previously-stored KFA log wagons to join with another set collected from Eastleigh the previous day.
(Photo: Paul Finnimore)


25th February 2021
Colas Rail Freight Class 56 No.56090 stands in Platform 3 at Taunton on the 25th February 2021. The locomotive had been to Newton Abbot to collect a rake of previously-stored wagons. The loco is pictured at Taunton taking a pathing stop while operating 6Z56 14:13 Hackney Yard - Gloucester New Yard via Westbury.
(Photo: Paul Finnimore)