Freightliner Class 59/2 No 59204 works the 12:24 Merehead Quarry (FHH) to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH light loco run photographed passing through Great Elm as it arrives at Whatley Quarry to collect the 14:12 to Dagenham Dock A.R.C.

(Images: ©️ Steve Oliver)


Class 59


Class 59 operations on the Mendip quarry aggregate trains. Photos include operations to and from both Quarries, Merehead and Whatley in Somerset All photographs are taken from publically accessible positions without trespass.


Freightliner Class 59/2 No 59204 works the 12:24 Merehead Quarry (FHH) to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH light loco run photographed passing through Great Elm as it arrives at Whatley Quarry to collect the 14:12 to Dagenham Dock A.R.C


Freightliner Class 59/2 No 59204 works the 12:24 Merehead Quarry (FHH) to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH light loco run photographed passing through Great Elm as it arrives at Whatley Quarry to collect the 14:12 to Dagenham Dock A.R.C


Having arrived with the 05:03 Acton Mainline to Merehead Quarry FHH, gw_uk FL Class 59/2 No 59206 is photographed at Merehead Quarry


Having arrived with the 05:03 Acton Mainline to Merehead Quarry FHH, gw_uk FL Class 59/2 No 59206 is photographed at Merehead Quarry


FL Class 59/2 No 59204 is photographed along Westbury down relief while working Acton to Merehead


With the summer foliage now well established and even the same loco as my visit in Spring, Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 10:08 Theale Hanson Agg (FLHH) - (photo taken from a public area of safety)


Freightliner Class 59/2 No 59202 departs Whatley Quarry with the 13:21 Whatley Quarry F Liner HH to Dagenham Dock A.R.C (taken from a public position of safety


Freightliner Aggregate Industries liveried Class 59/0 No 59002 'Alan J Day' is photographed standing at Westbury Up Relief while working the 12:03 Merehead Quarry (FHH) to Theale Foster Yeoman (FLHH) heavy haul aggregate service


59206 powers away from Merehead Quarry at East Somerset Junction 


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH

(despite appearance this photo is taken from a public walking route on the East Mendip Way)


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH and detaches to work into Whatley VMF


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH and detaches to work into Whatley VMF


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH and detaches to work into Whatley VMF


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH and detaches to work into Whatley VMF


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH and detaches to work into Whatley VMF


Freightliner Hanson Aggregates liveried Class 59/1 No 59102 'Village of Chantry' arrives at Whatley Quarry with the 11:20 Allington Hanson Agg to Whatley Quarry F Liner HH and detaches to work into Whatley VMF


FL debranded DB Red 59/2 No 59204 powers up toward Whiteball with a run between Exeter Riverside and Whatle