Dollands Moor
21st June 2007
An eastward view shows "down" (left) and "up" (right) tracks of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) widening, with a third track being sprouted in the middle. The latter is the connection between the CTRL and Dollands Moor Freight Yard: the point of divergence in view above is called "Dollands Moor West Junction". At a press conference on 14th November 2006, it was announced that the CTRL would be known, moving forward, as "High Speed 1" (HS1). © David Glasspool
21st June 2007
Another eastward view, now beyond Dollands Moor West Junction, shows a sea of gantries over the yard’s sidings. The steeply-graded link to Dollands Moor is the track on the right. In the right middle distance is Grange Alders Viaduct, which carries the "up" line of HS1. The two buildings with curved roofs are security and locomotive repair shed, left and right respectively. The "down" line of HS1 is that on the left, curving to the north of the freight yard. © David Glasspool
21st June 2007
A westward view looking back towards Dollands Moor West Junction has, from left to right: "up" HS1 passenger; Dollands Moor chord; "down" HS1 passenger. Upon the embankment at the top right is the M20. © David Glasspool
21st June 2007
The tunnel entrances seen in the background of this view of the eastern part of the yard are all linked by a subway — this arrangement is replicated at the yard’s western end. Class 92 electric Nos. 92026 "Britten" and 92037 "Sullivan" are at the bottom right. The two-tone BR Grey livery must be one of the most long-lived on operational locomotives. © David Glasspool
21st June 2007
A Class 373 Trans Manche Super Train is about to begin the ascent to Grange Alders Viaduct on the "up" HS1 passenger track. The double-track to the left is the course of these trains used to take to and from the Chunnel prior to the opening of HS1; it was essentially an extension of the original Kent Coast Main Line from Continental Junction. To the right of the Eurostar is today’s alignment of the Kent Coast Main Line. © David Glasspool
21st June 2007
Front to rear in this north westward view: Kent Coast Main Line; "up" HS1 passenger; former Kent Coast Main Line alignment (today, Saltwood East Junction to the Eurotunnel boundary); Dollands Moor Freight Yard. In the background is a Class 56 and 58, wearing the colours of French infrastructure firm "Fertis". In summer 2004, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway announced that a contract had been signed with Fertis for the hire of forty diesel locomotives — 26 Class 56s and 14 Class 58s — to haul infrastructure trains in France in connection with the building of LGV Est to Strasbourg. The diesels started being returned in August 2006 as the project neared completion — the pair seen here would have recently arrived via the Chunnel. © David Glasspool
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