66784 | 6M61 At Trowell Junction 25/06/24

            66784 'Keighley & Worth Valley Railway' works the 6M61 0800 Immingham H.I.T. (GBRF) to Ratcliffe P.S. GBRF past Trowell Junction, with a rake of 24 loaded HTA coal hoppers in tow. 

This was the penultimate loaded coal train to go to a UK power station, with the last coal train also going to Ratcliffe-on-Soar on the 28/06/24 behind 66781. Ratcliffe Power Station closed on 30th September 2024 when Unit 4 was shut down at 15:35, ending 142 years of coal power generation in the UK. On 25th June 2024, Unit 2 was switched on to cover for the lack wind energy being generated.

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Taken on: June 25, 2024

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