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A rare freight

            It isn't very common during the day freight trains run down the southern lines through Gatwick Airport station however this is an exception and running as 7V74 from Hither Green Down Reception to Crawley Foster Yeoman site the train formed of a Class 66 locomotive, number 66172, leads 12 wagons a short train even for these parts down past the Airport station the locomotive built by General Motors as JT42CWR with Electromotive engine (EMD710) this locomotive in England, Wales & Scotland Railway(EWS) livery however now operated by DB Schenker UK who have been struggling to gain work recently from the ever expanding Europorte owned GB Railfreight however certainly DB Schenker are still the most commonly seen railfreight operator in the London area this train loaded with aggregates heading south here as a Southern Class 377 unit just gets into the shot on the up running line, the Class 66 and train on the down line here, passing through and gaining power behind a stopping Southern service the locomotive can be seen given off a little clag. 
   

Taken on: September 27, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS 600D, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 75mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 600D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	75mm
ISO:	320
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
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