SCOTTISH CEMENT BOOST

Help for Oxwellmains: the Scottish Government has allocated £1.49 million to Tarmac in a Freight Facilities Grant with the aim of expanding rail operations at the company’s cement plant near Dunbar. Here Colas Class 60 No 60021, hauling the 05.55 Oxwellmains to Aberdeen Craiginches working, struggles to get its heavy train loaded with cement for the Aberdeen Eastern Bypass project back on the move at Dunblane after a signal stop on 17 May 2018. At left is No 170460 about to depart for Edinburgh Waverley; this service has been worked by EMUs since December 2018.