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One of Northern's Cumbrian stations has been transformed thanks to an overhaul of its car park.
(Permalink) Northern Sellafield


Sellafield: Looking north from the footbridge at Sellafield on 8th March 2018, showing the unusual layout of the platforms. The island platform has a wire mesh fence as it only serves trains on the left hand (nor ...
Mark Bartlett 08/03/2018

Clayton Equipment has supplied two Type CBD80 battery-diesel locomotives to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authoritys Sellafield site, where they will be used to move nuclear materials and waste on the internal rail network. [Full article requires registration. -RS]
(Permalink) Clayton Equipment Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Sellafield

New hybrid trains are helping us reduce our carbon footprint at Sellafield.
(Permalink) Hybrid Sellafield

A plan to transport 44 tonnes of radioactive uranium and plutonium by train has run into opposition from councils worried about accidents and terrorist attacks.
(Permalink) Sellafield


Leyland: A southbound nuclear flask train passes through Leyland station late in the evening of 18 May 2011. It is not unusual for several locomotives to be included in the train. On this occasion two Class ...
John McIntyre 18/05/2011


Braidwood: DRS 37059 with an unidentified partner heading south near Braidwood on 14 March 2006 with nuclear flasks from Hunterston PS bound for Sellafield.
Bill Roberton 14/03/2006


Heysham Power Station: This is the actual nuclear flask used in the Old Dalby crash test in 1984, when Peak Class 46 No. 46009 and four coaches were deliberately crashed into the flask at 90mph. The loco and coaches ...
Mark Bartlett 26/08/2009

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