Spotted Today… The end of ‘Old King Coal’

66781-20240628 (Shipley Gate)66781 Ratcliffe Power Station
Shipley Gate, 28 June 2024

Today saw the final delivery of coal to the UK’s last coal-fired power station.

GB Railfreight’s 66781 (the former 66016) was in charge of train 6M61, the 08.25 from Doncaster Down Decoy Yard to Ratcliffe Power Station in Nottinghamshire, its new Ratcliffe Power Station nameplates already uncovered ahead of a low-key naming ceremony at the power station which is due to close in September.

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