A loaded coal train heads south on the Settle &amp; Carlisle line Coal is hauled, probably from the Hunterston Coal import terminal, towards one of the Yorkshire power stations. It is something of a mystery to me that it is more economic to source overseas coal and to haul it by ship and rail, rather than use the indigenous stuff - still, what do I know?
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