Prototype All in a days work

[PjKing1]

I presume the line upgrade is part of the very long overdue electrification of the York - Leeds - Man Vic and Picc route via Hudds.

It is and there is a lot of work going on at Stalybridge at the moment to hence why everything is going via Calder Valley, it’s a nice route though





Paul

 

[Roger Pound]

Great pictures , Paul - please keep them coming.

Roger

 

[PjKing1]

Great pictures , Paul - please keep them coming.

Roger

Thanks Roger, here’s my current view heading towards Heaton Lodge







Paul

 

[simond]

I did wonder if the Box name in #118 was a philosophical comment.

 

[cmax]

Thanks Roger, here’s my current view heading towards Heaton Lodge
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Paul

Looks nothing like the model!, great pictures please keep em coming!

Gary

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I did wonder if the Box name in #118 was a philosophical comment.

In one respect I'm surprised the nameboard hasn't been whipped off and in someone's collection.

It does also reveal some of our industrial heritage as to what existed on or close to the site and obviously the name retained as it more than likely appears in working timetables.

Anyway it's another rabbit hole.... Middleton Vitriol works

 

[PjKing1]

I would love to post some photos of todays first trip out but it involves being stuck in a taxi from Liverpool to Leeds to work one back so here’s some tinkered with photos I’ve took over the years.

Sunrise across the Moss





WCML


Heading away from Holyhead





Paul

 

[simond]

Photos are lovely,

shame about the OLE, a necessary evil I guess, but pretty it ain’t.

 

[PjKing1]

Photos are lovely,

shame about the OLE, a necessary evil I guess, but pretty it ain’t.

Thanks very much I’ll try and did a few more out from the archives Knitting free

Paul

 

[PjKing1]

A cold and frosty morning from Feb 2021 heading towards Shrewsbury from Wrexham




Snow at Wrexham, I don’t miss triple Bidston’s!!


Penyffordd

Bidston


Paul

 

[Roger Pound]

These delightful pictures evoke many happy memories. It is a sad fact that many of the natural effects, such as mist for instance, cannot be re-created in model form, but we still have our memories of times past .

Roger

 

[PjKing1]

These delightful pictures evoke many happy memories. It is a sad fact that many of the natural effects, such as mist for instance, cannot be re-created in model form, but we still have our memories of times past .

Roger

Thanks Roger glad you are enjoying them, I’m now in my second taxi of the day heading back to Liverpool from Leeds, it feels like the M62 is part of our route card now

Paul

 

[PjKing1]

Sorry for the lack of photos recently I’ve been on annual leave over half term and the mrs hadn’t been to good so not much free time unfortunately.

Here’s some photos on the approach to Edge Hill yesterday, nothing to exciting unfortunately but I’ve got five hours in York later so who knows!






And three from today heading out of Liverpool on a service to Hull




Paul

 

[Roger Pound]

More nice pictures, thank you, Paul. Nice to see some 60's at work. I think the GBRf livery sits better on them than the Colas one - just my view ! I remember many years back when I lived in the East Midlands seeing the entire class as it came in to service out of Falcon Works at Loughborough. Happy days!

Roger

 

[PjKing1]

More nice pictures, thank you, Paul. Nice to see some 60's at work. I think the GBRf livery sits better on them than the Colas one - just my view ! I remember many years back when I lived in the East Midlands seeing the entire class as it came in to service out of Falcon Works at Loughborough. Happy days!

Roger

Thanks Roger still quite a few knocking about, I quite like the 60’s and like yourself I remember them coming into service whilst out and about around Crewe. I seen 66779 Evening Star yesterday but not quick enough for a decent snap.


Thanks again

Paul

 

[simond]

I see the “environmentally friendly” Canadian wood chip hoppers are still dragging across to Drax!

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I see the “environmentally friendly” Canadian wood chip hoppers are still dragging across to Drax!

....and hauled by US built class 66 .

 

[oldravendale]

...running on diesel.

 

[Matt.S.]

Mean whilst some of us spent Easter replacing the underlay...

Ready for one of the last Mk2 fleets on the mainline...

 

[76043]

There's me thinking interesting new bogies then I twigged. NZ. Cool. Any further pics? The livery on those Mk2's is strangely familiar...
Tony