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        WNXX Images  Monday July 17, 2017 13:42
GB Railfreight Charters 15/07/17 & 16/07/17
GB Railfreight ran two charters over the weekend 15th/16th July 2017, both raising substantial amounts of money for charity.

On the 15th 66778 & 66775 worked a staff charter from Ipswich to Cleethorpes and back. At Cleethorpes 66778 was named 'Darius Cheskin' in honour of the son of a rail enthusiast from Gloucestershire who lost his fight against cancer in 2004. GBRf wrote "A few months ago we auctioned off the opportunity to choose a name for one of our locomotives, with the proceeds being donated to our nominated charities. The auction winner was Mike Cheskin, a life long rail enthusiast from Charfield, Gloucestershire. Mike sadly lost one of his sons Darius in 2004 to a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma. Mikes other son has since named his 7 year old grandson after him and Darius Junior is also an avid rail fan. So when our staff charter train arrived in Cleethorpes on Saturday with Mike and his grandson on board, Darius Junior was asked to uncover the nameplates on 66778..."

The following day saw the Charitable Chibble being worked from Ipswich to Peterborough by 66775 & 66778 at where they handed over to 20132 & 20118 for a jolly about the East Midlands to Sheffield and back. 66777 was deployed for the final leg of the tour back to Basingstoke from Peterborough.

 
GB Railfreight Charters 15/07/17 & 16/07/17
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