Big Freight 15

2 ½ hours of freight activity from around the UK filmed through 2015 into the spring of 2016 produced by Trains Crazy in co-operation with Videoscene and with the assistance of Freightmaster. DVD features the freight-only Grassington Branch used for trains to Swinden Quarry near Skipton, Class 37’s purchased out of preservation is now in operation by Colas Rail, and also a look at Carnforth the home depot of West Coast Railway Company. Visits to freight hotspots of West Ealing on the Great Western Main Line just out of London Paddington towards Reading are featured and also Colton Junction near York on East Coast Main Line. Also included are trips to the oil refinery of Humber in North Lincolnshire, Keadby Canal Swing Bridge between Scunthorpe and Hatfield and Stainforth, Brocklesby Junction between Barnetby and Cleethorpes plus Whittlesea between Peterborough and March. Freight activity in Scotland is also well documented including the diversion as a result of the West Coast Main Line closure between Carstairs and Lockerby due to storm damage to River Clyde Viaduct at Lamington.