The beast from the east - a photo on Flickriver

            Freshly painted in Loadhaul livery, 37513 heads away from Bridgend station with an empty steel train, returning from Margam to presumably Tees yard.

From a few years in the mid 1990s, most rail freight in the UK returned to a regional model where the mainland railway network was divided into three geographic regions, with each region's freight trains being operated by a different company.

Broadly, Transrail operated freight trains in the West (including Wales and Scotland), Mainline operated in the South East and the Midlands, and Loadhaul operated in the North East of England.

At the time of this image, Bridgend was solidly in Transrail territory with virtually every freight train (of which there were many) being operated by Transrail. However, this train was a surprise: a Loadhaul-operated empty steel train.

The reason for its appearance in the Principality was that the steel it had delivered to South Wales had originated at Lackenby on Teeside, which was served by Loadhaul.

This situation lasted for only a few years: starting in the summer of 1994, by the summer of 1996 all three companies had been acquired by the Wisconsin Central, and they were to merged back together again under the English, Welsh and Scottish Railways banner.

A point of interest is the advertisement in the top right of the image. Using half a Mercedes Benz to advertise 'Benz' nightclub is inspired, though having never visited the said establishment, I can't otherwise comment on the place!

Taken on: September 28, 1995

Sets appears in: • Wales in the 1990s

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