66 134 is seen with train 6C17 05.54 ex Carlisle Kingmoor Yard on the north quayside of the Prince of Wales Dock at the Port of Workington. The train conveys UBC and Inter Bulk containers loaded with PTA (Pure Terephthalic Acid) used in the nearby plastics factory at Siddick to make Acetate tow fibre. The train runs twice a week (TFO) from Tees Port to Carlisle as train 6M57 then onto Workington the following morning as trip 6C17. The containers originate at Buna Werke near Halle in Germany and are conveyed by rail to Rotterdam before making the crossing of the North Sea to the UK and unloading at Tees Port.
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