Main line freight operator Colas Rail took the highly unusual step of hiring in a Class 52 'Western' for a longdistance freight run in October. A rake of empty china clay tanks had to be moved from Quidhampton, near Salisbury, to Burngullow, on the Great Western Main Line in Cornwall, so Colas called the Diesel Traction Group to see if it was prepared to allow its 1960s-built diesel-hydraulic No. D1015 Western Champion to undertake the move.
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机译：干线货运运营商Colas Rail采取了极为不同寻常的步骤，即在10月的52类“西部”中进行长途货运。必须将一大堆空的瓷土坦克从索尔兹伯里附近的Quidhampton移至康沃尔郡Great Western Main Line上的Burngullow，因此Colas召集了Diesel Traction Group，以查看是否准备让其1960年代制造的柴油液压的D1015号西部冠军进行了移动。
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