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            68001 and 68018 ease on to the mainline at Winfrith working the second 6Z95 loaded trip of 2023 from the UK Magnox (formerly UKAEA - UK Atomic Energy Authority) site at Winfrith, near Wool in West Dorset. The site housed a number of small research reactors (see below) but was not a power station as such. This was the first loaded trip since January 2023 of 10 PFA wagons each with a tarpaulined cabriolet container each having 10 sealed stainless steel drums of low level radioactive waste that is eventually destined for the Drigg storage repository in Cumbria. 
It is pictured departing from the ground frame at Winfrith  bang on time working the 6Z95 15:51 Winfrith to Crewe CLS via Dorchester South, which immediately followed a down stopping service to Weymouth.

Date of image: Thursday 20 April 2023

An attempt was made in March 2023 to run this service, but the wagons returned unloaded - it was at the rumored to be time to be due to high winds on the day making loading dangerous by forklift truck, so was abandoned. 

The Winfrith Site is located on a 129 hectare site in Dorset, near Wool. It was constructed in the 1950s to enable vital research into reactor design. The site housed nine experimental reactors at various times with only two remaining today, both of which are being decommissioned. Fifty hectares of the site was transferred to different ownership in 2003 following its decommissioning and progress since has seen the skyline change dramatically. Ponds have been emptied, bulk asbestos removed and waste sorted. Winfrith is working towards reaching its interim end state, at which point the land will be returned to heathland with public access.

The Purbeck hills can be seen in the background, part of the spectacular Jurassic coastline.

Consist was:
DRSL 92723  PFA
DRSL 92801  PFA
DRSL 92766  PFA
DRSL 92740  PFA
DRSL 92768  PFA
DRSL 92761  PFA
DRSL 92798  PFA
DRSL 92781  PFA
DRSL 92716  PFA
DRSL 92856  PFA
   

Taken on: April 20, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, 70mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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