THE GEN (RAILWAY INFORMATION):
Railway information groups have been around since 1999. Enhancments in mobile phone technology began to intergrate with moibile phones. Railway enthusiasts soon realised they could untilise Yahoogroups to create a group for rail enthusiasts to join, then those people who were members could then post information about workings and trains they saw. As time went on and technology progressed then it soon became possible to forward these Emails to mobile phones by setting up additional accounts with service provider O2. This new technology of posting information from a mobile phone to the internet at the lineside or 'on the bash' spawned a new eara of Railway information. Railway 'gen' became pretty much instant. This obviously kept everyone in the loop and also meant that sometimes hours waiting on a cold and windy bridge could be cut down to as little as 10 minutes!
As technology has increased over the years mobile phones now have internet and Email capabilities built in. This has enabled a whole host of Railway Gen groups to appear covering all manner of topics, locomotive classes, and reigions. In the South West we have several 'Gen Groups' which cover our region. South West Rail Gen was the first, having been set up in 1999 the group is now 10 years old and still running. GW-Gen came second in 2007 but now supplies much more information than SWRG and was very successful, sadly the group suffered at the hands one individual who spoiled the information supplied to hundreds of people. Any future groups which are set up issue occurred will not be in the public domain, and will be kept private.
We have made full use of both of these groups (as well as contributing) in order to take photos for the website, the freedom of such groups allows prior planning, and sometimes last minute decisions to be made with regards locations for photos, due to any failures or incidents which may have occurred.
In order to receive information from these groups you will need to set up a Yahoogroups Profile. This can be done by going to www.yahoogroups.com. Once this has been completed you can choose which of the Railway Gen groups you wish to apply to join. Most groups have a moderatorship whereby you will need to be approved to join. (Some groups being more strict than others, on who joins. Remember this is down to the group owners!). Once approved as a member you will be free to email information to that group and receive it via your chosen Email account.
Railfreight in the Taunton Area can vary on a daily basis, so no set timetable can be produced to replicate exact workings. However we are able to provide a 'typical' WTT which has been produced to show the 'booked' workings which currently operate through Taunton on a weekly basis. This should only be used as a guide to freight services which may operate. Daily additions and cancellations can occour at any time. We have also provided a PDF Download at the bottom of the page.
| Time at Taunton | Headcode | Working | Traction | Days | Notes |
| 01:58 | 4Z30 | 01:53 Fairwater to Washwood Heath | Freightliner 66 | Mon Wed Fri | Runs as required when TRT is working out of Fairwater |
| 04:49 | 6M60 | 04:00 Exeter Riverside to Bescot | DB Schenker 66 | Saturday | Loaded China Clay + Scrap Metal. (Often runs several hours early) |
| 06:39 | 7C27 | 05:29 Westbury Yard to Riverside | Class 59 | Weekdays | Runs as required |
| 07:56 - 08:05 | 6C17 | 06:53 Westbury Cement Works to Moorswater | Freightliner 66 | 1 Weekday | Loaded PCA Cement Wagons. Runs roughly every 2 weeks as required |
| 08:00 | 1Q18 | 05:17 Old Oak Common to Plymouth | Network Rail NMT | Friday | Runs approx once every 6 weeks |
| 08:25 | 6C72 | 08:20 Fairwater to Westbury Yard | Freightliner 66 | Weekdays | Runs when HOBC (6Y11) has been working the previous evening |
| 09:23 | 6C84 | 09:19 Fairwater to Westbury | Freightliner 66 | Weekdays | Empty HQA wagons. Runs when 6C72 is cancelled as required |
| 11:38 | 1Q19 | 10:01 Plymouth to Paddington | Network Rail NMT | Friday | Runs approx once every 6 weeks |
| 12:12 | 6Z50 | 09:05 Gloucester New Yard to Teigngrace | Colas 66 | Tuesday | Runs as required. Empty timber wagons |
| 13:29 | 6C73 | 12:16 Westbury to Fairwater | Freightliner 66 | Weekdays | Return working of 6C72. Loaded YDA HOBC wagons |
| 14:33 | 6A72 | 14:33 Fairwater to Westbury | Freightliner 66 | Friday | Runs as required |
| 14:40 | 7C28 | 13:41 Exeter Riverside to Westbury / Whatley Quarry | Class 59 | Weekdays | Runs as required |
| 16:31 | 6C78 | 15:27 Westbury to Fairwater | Freightliner 66 | Weekdays | Runs as required, (very infrequent) |
| 16:42 | 6C62 | 15:31 St Phillips Marsh to Tavistock Junction | DB Schenker 66 | Tuesday | Loaded TTA fuel tanks for Laira & Long Rock. Empty TTA's from St Phillips Marsh |
| 17:26 | 6Z51 | 14:42 Teigngrace to Chirk | Colas 66 | Wednesday | Runs as required. Loaded timber wagons |
| 17:32 | 4V11 | 10:49 Washwood Heath to Fairwater | Freightliner 66 | Mon Wed Fri | Runs as Required. Loco off 4Z30 returning with loaded YXA's |
| 18:29 - 18:31 | 0C39 | 16:46 Alexandra Dock Junction to Tavitock Junction | DB Schenker 66 | Thursday | Light Engine 66 |
| 18:42 | 6C66 | 14:43 Moorswater to Westbury Cement Works | Freightliner 66 | Weekdays | Runs rougly every 2 weeks as required |
| 19:27 - 19:29 | 6C39 | 16:15 St Blazey to Alexandra Dock Junction | DB Schenker 66 | Thursday | Loaded China Clay. |
| 20:38 | 6A73 | 18:17 Westbury to Fairwater | Freightliner 66 | Friday | Runs as required |
| 23:19 | 6O34 | 21:38 Tavistock Junction to Fawley | DB Schenker 66 | Tuesday | Empty TTA fuel tanks |
| 23:53 | 6C99 | 21:47 Alexandra Dock Junction to St Blazey | DB Schenker 66 | Tuesday | Empty JIA China Clay Wagons + Cargowagon + 2 or 3 JNA empty scrap metal wagons |