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The last one

            14th December 2023 and 66 131 is paused for a signal stop prior to Barthomley Junction, near Radway Green, Cheshire. Running as 6K52, the Stoke (Marcroft) - Warrington Arpley tripper was conveying three freshly converted BYA 'Stegosauras' wagons which would be conveyed down to South Wales later.

With trainee driver Unsworth in the seat, we await a path back to Arpley. The following day, myself and another 12 or so drivers from Warrington depot took voluntary redundancy and left DB Cargo for good, making the Marcroft tripper my final DB working. 

My 'spider senses' had been tingling for some time over certain business decisions taken by DBC, which contributed to my decision to walk away. In my personal opinion, UK railfreight is in a death spiral with numerous external factors dragging on the anchor of the industry. Coupled with a general feeling of malaise, out manouvering by competitors and low morale and DBC wasn't a happy place to be. 

'Old hand' drivers often told me that freight work goes in peaks and troughs. This is very true, but I feel that the peaks are getting smaller and the troughs are getting deeper. 

Sad times.

Taken on: December 14, 2023

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