18th May 2015 Monday 18th May 2015 kicked off with some rare Class 70 action at Taunton. Freightliner Heavy Haul provided the first-ever Freightliner Class 70 to visit Fairwater Yard and only the second visit of a Freightliner Class 70 to Taunton. No.70002 is pictured arriving into Taunton hauling the 6C73 12:12 Westbury - Fairwater Yard loaded ballast. Having arrived in the yard the Class 70 deposited its wagons in the reception roads before then returning to Stoke Gifford light engine. It's seen here arriving at Taunton from Westbury with the loaded train. (Photo: Paul Clarke)

18th May 2015 Freightliner Class 70 No.70002 arrives into Fairwater Yard on the 18th of May 2015 operating 6C73 12:12 Westbury - Fairwater Yard. Having arrived in the yard the Class 70 deposited its wagons in the reception roads before then returning to Stoke Gifford light engine, staying in Taunton for just twenty minutes. The loco is pictured within Fairwater Yard passing No.66524 (which later shunted the train back into the correct part of the yard). *taken by trained and qualified staff* (Photo: Jason Prole)