Barton & Immingham Light Railway Developments 2014/15

The Barton & Immingham Light Railway, which left the New Holland to Ulceby line at Goxhill, opened to traffic in 1910
 with services from New Holland to Immingham West Jetty effectively linking Hull & Immigham via the Humber Ferry.
It closed when passenger services were withdrawn in 1963, but has recently seen development at the Immingham end,
connected with the operation of coal and biomass trains which load at Humber International Terminal (HIT) and then
run round their trains before leaving Immingham via Immingham West Junction and then Ulceby Junction.

The coal bunker installation at Immingham West now incorporates Biomass facilities and to increase throughput, NR (Or ABP)
 have extended the headshunt into two new tracks westwards from the former Marsh Lane LC on the B & I line and replaced
 the LC with a bridge.  The new pair of tracks merge into a headshunt on the site of the platform at Killingholme Station.

(photo - John C Nicholson)
  Regent Oil Company Level Crossing, at site of the old Killingholme station, looking east.
  Barton & Immingham Lt Rly lifted and loops under construction. Nov 2014


(photo - John C Nicholson)
Looking westwards the branch has been lifted through the crossing with a ballast stockpile on the left. Nov 2014.


(photo - John C Nicholson)
Regent Oil Company Level Crossing looking west, Barton & Immingham Lt Rly reinstated again. April 2015.


(photo - John C Nicholson)
The new headshunt on the site of Killingholme Station. The new overbridge is seen in the distance as are the new Biomass Silos.

 

(photo - John C Nicholson)
A Freightliner coal train has been loaded and has run forward hauled by the loco into the loops towards Killingholme.
The above photograph and following photographs were all taken from the new bridge at Marsh Lane on August 4th 2015.


(photo - John C Nicholson)
The loco 66514 runs round its train.


(photo - John C Nicholson)
In the meantime a DBS Biomass train, hauled by 66076 has been crawling through the loading sidings at HIT.


(photo - John C Nicholson)
It then runs forward into the centre of the three roads. NB  The farthest of the 3 roads is the Killingholme Single Line
 which is disused beyond the crossover.


(photo - John C Nicholson)
The Freightliner train then departs through the crossover onto the Killingholme Single Line to move to Immingham
 West Junction. It was followed along the loop by the DB loco in its running round move.


(photo - Dave Enefer)
66206 pulls slowly forward from the loading facility at Immingham West to enter the run round loop on 1st Oct 2015.


(photo - Dave Enefer)
The loco has now uncoupled and is seen running round its train of biomass fuel for Drax power station.


(photo - Dave Enefer)
GBRf 66749 has just loaded its train with coal (coal heaps on left of photo) and heads to run round.


(photo - Dave Enefer)
66749 restarts its train after running round...


(photo - Dave Enefer)
...and crosses over to the Killingholme single line to leave via Immngham West Junction.

 
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