Freight Train Stopped in Carlisle.

I was just about to board the Newcastle train when this Freightliner in DRS livery pulled in. The driver nipped out to get a sandwich at the station cafe just opposite. I like the freight trains. At least they have proper locomotives and have a bit more character about them than the soul-less silver cigar tubes that Virgin run. The sharp eyed among you may see this is a container train, flatbed trucks with containers on them. This one had about fifty containers on. Thats fifty less big lorries going down the M6. A good argument for keeping our railways.
The other regular freight carrier is EWS (England-Wales-Scotland). Their trains tend to bit a bit scruffier. But it is bulk haulage they do most of, coal, aggregate, mucky stuff. They use the same type of loco as shown here but painted marron and yellow. I'll try and get a piccy of an EWS sometime.

Norman