Modern railways - 1990s onwards

EWS 66069, with its train of empty aggregate wagons, is waiting for its slot in the timetable. Its train is snaking across from siding where the unloading took place. The material seen in the covered shed on the right is ash from the refuse incinerator. That gets taken away by train at night. The incinerator's exterior can be seen in this photo www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/25933657

Southern Railway 313201 forming the 11.58am from Seaford to Brighton, passing EWS 66069 waiting to take an empty aggregates train from Day's Aggregates siding, at Newhaven, to Acton. The driver of yesterday's trip told friends of mine that the load originated from Dagenham. We had thought that the traffic ran the other way, with the aggregates coming from dredging off the coast here. How wrong was that! Mind you we did wonder how it got from the quayside across a road and on to the train. The other use of this siding is for the removal of bottom ash from the refuse incinerator. Those trains run at night.

A train of empty aggregate wagons waits to head back to Acton, ready for another load.

I think the wagons carry coils of steel.

Looking along the new footbridge, connecting the platforms at Reading Station in Berkshire, UK.

The next Olympic ski training slope!