page_title: Mendip Rail
section_title: Hanson ARC
hierarchical_section_title: Mendip Rail / Hanson ARC
caption_attribution_description: Class 59 59 104 Kenilworth August 1991
context_page_description: Mendip Rail Ltd is an independent freight operating railway company in Great Britain. It is a joint venture composed of the rail-operation divisions of Aggregate Industries and Hanson Aggregates.
  The company operates aggregate trains from the quarries of the Mendip Hills in South-West England, to London and South-East England. The Foster Yeoman quarries are at Torr Works and Dulcote Quarry, while Hanson has plants at Batts Combe Quarry and Whatley Quarry.
  The company operates four Class 59/0 diesel locomotives owned by Aggregate Industries and four Class 59/1 locomotives owned by Hanson Aggregates. It owns Merehead Traction Maintenance Depot where the eight locomotives are allocated. They can also be seen at Hither Green TMD or Eastleigh Works where they receive heavy maintenance.
context_section_description: The four Class 59/1 locomotives owned by Hanson Aggregates (parent company of the former owner ARC) are similar to the Class 59/0 locomotives of Foster Yeoman and were built by General Motors Diesel Division at its London, Ontario plant in 1990. The main differences are a revised layout for the headlights and marker lights, and modifications to the suspension to permit the maximum speed to be increased to 75 mph (121 km/h) (if required in the future) with the fitting of yaw dampers.
  The four Hanson locomotives operated by Mendip Rail are:
  59101 Village of Whatley
  59102 Village of Chantry
  59103 Village of Mells
  59104 Village of Great Elm
caption: ARC 59104 Village of Great Elm in original livery
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