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GB Railfreight class 66/7 (JT42CWR) number 66708 named "Jayne" after GB Railfreight employee roster manager Jayne Taylor works 4E19 from Mountfield Sidings (Gbrf) East Sussex (British Gypsum's Robertsbridge Works) to Doncaster Down Decoy. Here 66708 is photographed hauling flat wagons each with 3 empty gypsum containers mounted on each one. To comply with gas emission regulations limestone (CaCO3) delivered to West Burton power station (by other trains) is used to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the flue gasses (desulfurisation), by converting it into gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O). The waste product (gypsum) is then delivered by train to British Gypsum's Robertsbridge Works where it is used to manufacture plaster and plasterboard for Greater London and the South East of England. 66708 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 2002 and unloaded from the a Heavy Lift Ship at Newport Docks.

Wagons being hauled included 640691, 640654, 640631, 640675 and 640667.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were; Mountfield Sidings GBRf [XMX]......1130................1126...............4E Mountfield Tunnel..............................1132................1127................5E Robertsbridge [RBR]..........................1134½.............1134...............RT Wadhurst [WAD]..................................1147.................1145¼............1E Tunbridge Wells [TBW] 1..............1156/1158......1157¾/1200½...2L Tonbridge [TON].................................1213.................1212¾..........RT Sevenoaks [SEV] 1..............................1223...............1224..............1L Chelsfield [CLD]..................................1229½............1229½..........RT Orpington [ORP] 2..............................1231.................1230¾.........RT Petts Wood Junction [XPE]...............1232½............1233.............RT Bickley Junction [XLY].......................1252................1248½..........3E Bromley South [BMS].........................1257................1252½..........4E Shortlands [SRT].................................1300................1255¾..........4E Shortlands Junction [XOR]...............1301.................1257..............4E Bellingham [BGM]...............................1304½............1259½..........4E Nunhead [NHD] 1................................1308................1306¾..........1E Peckham Rye [PMR] 3.......................1309½.............1308¾.........RT Crofton Road Junction......................1310½..............1310¾..........RT Denmark Hill [DMK] 1.........................1311½...............1311...............RT ...............(also seen by ee37059 at 13:11) Voltaire Road Junction [XVJ]...........1317..................1315..............2E Clapham Junction [CLJ] 5................1330½.............1328½..........1E Wandsworth Town [WNT] 2......1332½......1331½ RT Putney [PUT] 3......1335......1334¼ RT Barnes [BNS] 3......1337½......1337½ RT Barnes Bridge [BNI] 2......1339½......1339¾ RT Chiswick [CHK] 2......1342......1341¼ RT New Kew Junction......1344½......1344½ RT Kew East Junction......1347½......1345½ 1E Acton Central [ACC]......1355......1353¼ 1E Acton Wells Junction......1357½......1355¾ 1E Willesden Junction [WIJ] 4 1359½ 1401½ 1358¾ 1359¾ 1E Kensal Green Junction [XKG]......1403½......1401½ 1E Brondesbury Park [BSP] 1......1407......1404 3E West Hampstead [WHD] 2.......1409½......1407 2E Hampstead Heath [HDH] 2......1413......1411 2E Gospel Oak [GPO]......1415......1412¾ 2E Alexandra Palace [AAP] 3......1443......1440½ 2E New Southgate [NSG] 4......1446......1444¼ 1E Oakleigh Park [OKL] 4......1450......1449 RT New Barnet [NBA] 4......1451½......1450½ 1E Hadley Wood [HDW] 4......1454½......1453½ RT Potters Bar [PBR] 4......1459......1500 1L Brookmans Park [BPK] 4......1502......1503¾ 1L Welham Green [WMG] 2......1504......1506 2L Hatfield [HAT] 3......1507½......1509½ 2L Welwyn Garden City [WGC] 3......1512......1513 1L Digswell Junction. 1514 1525 N/R 1525 RT Welwyn North [WLW] 2......1526½......1526½ RT Woolmer Green Junction [XGN]......1529......1529 RT Knebworth [KBW] 4......1530......1530¼ RT Stevenage [SVG] 4......1532½......1532½ RT Hitchin [HIT] 2......1540......1537¾ 2E Biggleswade [BIW] 4......1547½......1550¾ 3L Sandy [SDY] 2......1550......1553 3L St Neots [SNO] 1......1556......1559½ 3L Huntingdon [HUN] 3......1602......1605½ 3L Holme Junction. [XHO]......1611½......1613¾ 2L Peterborough [PBO] 4 1621 1632½ 1624¾ 1629½ 2E Helpston Junction.......1640......1637½ 2E Tallington Junction.......1644½......1642½ 1E Stoke Junction. 1702 1710 N/R 1708¾ 1E Grantham [GRA] 2......1716½......1718½ 2L Claypole Loop......1725......1727¼ 2L Newark North Gate [NNG] 1......1728½......1731¾ 3L Newark F.C. [XNK]......1729......1732 3L Retford [RET]......1749......1747½ 1E Loversall Carr Junction......1801......1758¾ 2E