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Yes cheers mate, I get confused with all these new classes, lol
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Lancashire Day Rover. Saturday 18th December 2021.
A relatively local day out around Merseyside and Lancashire, and an attempt to catch up with the Pennine Moors Charter behind the Royal Scot.
A drive down to my nearest Metrolink station and the first tram into Manchester Piccadilly for an early train into Liverpool and I was treated to an unliveried Class 319 and greeted in Liverpool Lime Street by Transpennine Cat class 68024 “Centaur”, so a good start.
First stop was an unhealthy big breakfast in Wetherspoons North Western and I was later off down the tunnels for a run out to Ormskirk, the end of the Merseyrail electric lines, a change then onto a Sprinter class 150 up to Preston on the West Lancashire Line, it was a recently refurbished class 150 105 and I travelled on it and met up with it a few times throughout the day.
From Preston Sprinter class 150 105 took me out to Colne on the East Lancashire line, via Blackburn and Burnley, I returned on this service back into Blackburn. Lots of lip service has been given to the opening of the Colne to Skipton line and a very active pressure group is also involved, but little progress appears to be happening.
I was following the Royal Scot charter from Crewe on Realtime Trains and wanted to find somewhere along the line for photographs, I settled for Huncoat, but the sun wasn’t really in the right place, but still I spent some time waiting for the charter, following it on the App, however it only seemed to get as far as Farington Junction and stopped. I eventually gave up on it and took the next train back into Blackburn. While changing platforms at Blackburn, a diesel pulled the tour through the station and I missed it, apparently 46100 failed at Euxton junction.
Parked up in the bay platform at Blackburn was Sprinter class 150 105 again. I returned to Manchester via the Copy Pit line to Manchester Victoria on a Blackburn to Kirby service and then a tram back to the car, a nice little run-around though.
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A relatively local day out around Merseyside and Lancashire, and an attempt to catch up with the Pennine Moors Charter behind the Royal Scot.
A drive down to my nearest Metrolink station and the first tram into Manchester Piccadilly for an early train into Liverpool and I was treated to an unliveried Class 319 and greeted in Liverpool Lime Street by Transpennine Cat class 68024 “Centaur”, so a good start.
First stop was an unhealthy big breakfast in Wetherspoons North Western and I was later off down the tunnels for a run out to Ormskirk, the end of the Merseyrail electric lines, a change then onto a Sprinter class 150 up to Preston on the West Lancashire Line, it was a recently refurbished class 150 105 and I travelled on it and met up with it a few times throughout the day.
From Preston Sprinter class 150 105 took me out to Colne on the East Lancashire line, via Blackburn and Burnley, I returned on this service back into Blackburn. Lots of lip service has been given to the opening of the Colne to Skipton line and a very active pressure group is also involved, but little progress appears to be happening.
I was following the Royal Scot charter from Crewe on Realtime Trains and wanted to find somewhere along the line for photographs, I settled for Huncoat, but the sun wasn’t really in the right place, but still I spent some time waiting for the charter, following it on the App, however it only seemed to get as far as Farington Junction and stopped. I eventually gave up on it and took the next train back into Blackburn. While changing platforms at Blackburn, a diesel pulled the tour through the station and I missed it, apparently 46100 failed at Euxton junction.
Parked up in the bay platform at Blackburn was Sprinter class 150 105 again. I returned to Manchester via the Copy Pit line to Manchester Victoria on a Blackburn to Kirby service and then a tram back to the car, a nice little run-around though.
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I and a couple of friends were hoping to photo/video 46100 crossing Lydgate Viaduct in the thick fog yesterday afternoon, before going in to the open tap day at Eagles Crag Brewery across the road. In the end the fog became so thick that we didn't bother with 47 853 and just went for a few beers instead!
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I know how you feel.I and a couple of friends were hoping to photo/video 46100 crossing Lydgate Viaduct in the thick fog yesterday afternoon, before going in to the open tap day at Eagles Crag Brewery across the road. In the end the fog became so thick that we didn't bother with 47 853 and just went for a few beers instead!
Wanted to do the 'classic' train coming off the Forth Bridge shot at Dalmeny on Saturday, with a number of Scotrail HST diagrams picked in advance to graph.
The recce on Friday night went well(clear night, arctic, but the location looked good), got up on Sat morning in Edinburgh to wall to wall blue skies(looks promising I mistakenly thought), got the train out to Dalmeny and you couldn't even see the Forth bridge from the station let alone try a shot!
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I and a couple of friends were hoping to photo/video 46100 crossing Lydgate Viaduct in the thick fog yesterday afternoon, before going in to the open tap day at Eagles Crag Brewery across the road. In the end the fog became so thick that we didn't bother with 47 853 and just went for a few beers instead!
A few beers sounds like a good idea
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Greater Manchester. Monday 20th December 2021.
I had a spare day, no band practice this Monday, so I was up early and down to the gym for 08.00, breakfast in a local café and back home for 10.30, grabbed the camera and drove down to Crumpsall Metrolink station for a tram into Manchester Victoria.
Id checked Realtime Trains to see what was around and a Peak Forest to Cemex Salford was due around noon, I have a free pass for the Great Manchester Region so jumped a class 195 up to Rochdale and returned on a Sprinter class 150 to Manchester Victoria. I’ve noted a few of the latter being converted into 3 cars sets, I`d not noticed that before, but saw one or two operating out of Victoria on this day.
Returning to Manchester Victoria from Rochdale a class 60 on a Drax working was stabled in the sidings at Thorpe Road bridge heading eastbound, but I could only view it from the train, the class 09 “Dusty”, was parked up at Miles Platting as is usual.
On checking Realtime Trains I noticed the Cemex was cancelled, so boarded a train from Manchester Victoria to Wigan Wallgate and later returned via Bolton to Manchester Piccadilly. Nice to see the class 319`s working to Crewe via the Airport and I boarded one to the latter.
My final ride of the day was a Transpennine class 185 from Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Victoria and then the Metrolink back to the car, probably my last trip out now until the week after Christmas, so have a good one everybody.
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I had a spare day, no band practice this Monday, so I was up early and down to the gym for 08.00, breakfast in a local café and back home for 10.30, grabbed the camera and drove down to Crumpsall Metrolink station for a tram into Manchester Victoria.
Id checked Realtime Trains to see what was around and a Peak Forest to Cemex Salford was due around noon, I have a free pass for the Great Manchester Region so jumped a class 195 up to Rochdale and returned on a Sprinter class 150 to Manchester Victoria. I’ve noted a few of the latter being converted into 3 cars sets, I`d not noticed that before, but saw one or two operating out of Victoria on this day.
Returning to Manchester Victoria from Rochdale a class 60 on a Drax working was stabled in the sidings at Thorpe Road bridge heading eastbound, but I could only view it from the train, the class 09 “Dusty”, was parked up at Miles Platting as is usual.
On checking Realtime Trains I noticed the Cemex was cancelled, so boarded a train from Manchester Victoria to Wigan Wallgate and later returned via Bolton to Manchester Piccadilly. Nice to see the class 319`s working to Crewe via the Airport and I boarded one to the latter.
My final ride of the day was a Transpennine class 185 from Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Victoria and then the Metrolink back to the car, probably my last trip out now until the week after Christmas, so have a good one everybody.
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Six of them, I believe (150001 to 150006). They normally work the Clitheroe to Rochdale service during the week and did start to do the Southport to Blackburn service on Sundays but that has been decimated in recent weeks.
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Oh right, thank you very much, I did wonder.
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Although (being pedantic) 150001 and 150002 were already 3 car, only the final 4 have been recently converted.
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Ah yes they still have the yellow ends on the joint.
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Greater London, (Day 1). Monday 27th December 2021.
A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
Christmas day was spent with my Daughter and Grandchildren, Sunday was my packing day, and Monday morning I was on an early train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston and then the Underground for some new track on the Battersea Power Station new line, and what a great job they`ve done too, I dropped back to the new Nine Elms station, shame the old steam sheds wasn’t still around, a tube station to the front door would have been a great asset.
My next move was London Waterloo to see what older units were still operating and it was nice to catch up with classes 455/7 and 455/8 and my particular liking of the class 456`s which are often paired up with the former. It was also nice to see the former Eurostar International platforms back in use, I made a few trips from Waterloo to Paris and Brussels in the 1990`s after the tunnel opened.
I later caught a train down to Wimbledon and then took the tram into East Croydon and spent an hour or so on the station before going into the town for my tea and some supplies for the week and then catching a tram out to Beckenham Junction for my apartment for the week, it was great and ideal and surrounded by a few nice restaurants and cafés, I showered and slept well that first night.
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A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
Christmas day was spent with my Daughter and Grandchildren, Sunday was my packing day, and Monday morning I was on an early train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston and then the Underground for some new track on the Battersea Power Station new line, and what a great job they`ve done too, I dropped back to the new Nine Elms station, shame the old steam sheds wasn’t still around, a tube station to the front door would have been a great asset.
My next move was London Waterloo to see what older units were still operating and it was nice to catch up with classes 455/7 and 455/8 and my particular liking of the class 456`s which are often paired up with the former. It was also nice to see the former Eurostar International platforms back in use, I made a few trips from Waterloo to Paris and Brussels in the 1990`s after the tunnel opened.
I later caught a train down to Wimbledon and then took the tram into East Croydon and spent an hour or so on the station before going into the town for my tea and some supplies for the week and then catching a tram out to Beckenham Junction for my apartment for the week, it was great and ideal and surrounded by a few nice restaurants and cafés, I showered and slept well that first night.
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London Waterloo. Greater London, (Day 2) Part 1. Tuesday 28th December 2021.
A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
After a restful night at my apartment in Beckenham Junction, I was off down to the station for an early train down to Tonbridge. Always a busy yard Tonbridge and on this visit, the ones that I could see were classes 73107/128/136/141, 73201 73961/962/963, class 69001 and 69003, formerly class 56 56031 and 56018 respectively. Class 66737 and 66766, a few more were at the top of the yard, but I couldn’t make these out. I returned to the railway station but stopped for breakfast in the Finch House on the way back. The diet was out of the window this week because it’s not so much what you eat between Christmas and New Year, its mainly about what you eat between New Year and Christmas.
I returned from Tonbridge on an express EMU into London Victoria and timed it nicely to see class 67024 in British Pullman livery moving into the platforms, apparently there are two of them based at Stewarts Lane for the Belmont Pullman Stock, used top and tail and also on steam specials.
I went down the tunnels and caught a train to Waterloo, leaving the underground to access the main line station, and caught a train from Waterloo East to Charing Cross, and later back on the underground to Canon Street, before following my steps back to London Waterloo, mainly chasing class 455`s and 456`s before they go. From Waterloo I boarded a train for Clapham Junction and spent some time on the station before catching another train up to Vauxhall and then returning to Wimbledon and a tram into Croydon for tea. I tried a Wendy`s fast food outlet, the first I’d been in, I purchased a double burger which tasted better than McDonalds and Burger King, but still only fast-food quality, so I probably wouldn’t bother again.
My last move of the day was the tram from East Croydon back to the apartment in Beckenham Junction, so it had been a good first full day, sticking mainly south of the river, for a good selection of Southern EMU`s and locos at Tonbridge.
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A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
After a restful night at my apartment in Beckenham Junction, I was off down to the station for an early train down to Tonbridge. Always a busy yard Tonbridge and on this visit, the ones that I could see were classes 73107/128/136/141, 73201 73961/962/963, class 69001 and 69003, formerly class 56 56031 and 56018 respectively. Class 66737 and 66766, a few more were at the top of the yard, but I couldn’t make these out. I returned to the railway station but stopped for breakfast in the Finch House on the way back. The diet was out of the window this week because it’s not so much what you eat between Christmas and New Year, its mainly about what you eat between New Year and Christmas.
I returned from Tonbridge on an express EMU into London Victoria and timed it nicely to see class 67024 in British Pullman livery moving into the platforms, apparently there are two of them based at Stewarts Lane for the Belmont Pullman Stock, used top and tail and also on steam specials.
I went down the tunnels and caught a train to Waterloo, leaving the underground to access the main line station, and caught a train from Waterloo East to Charing Cross, and later back on the underground to Canon Street, before following my steps back to London Waterloo, mainly chasing class 455`s and 456`s before they go. From Waterloo I boarded a train for Clapham Junction and spent some time on the station before catching another train up to Vauxhall and then returning to Wimbledon and a tram into Croydon for tea. I tried a Wendy`s fast food outlet, the first I’d been in, I purchased a double burger which tasted better than McDonalds and Burger King, but still only fast-food quality, so I probably wouldn’t bother again.
My last move of the day was the tram from East Croydon back to the apartment in Beckenham Junction, so it had been a good first full day, sticking mainly south of the river, for a good selection of Southern EMU`s and locos at Tonbridge.
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I like what you say there about the food intake, that's a very good way of looking at it. I might have to adopt a similar approach!
Also, it's Waterloo East not West
As for Wendy's, I had my first and only experience of them in Santa Monica. I'm glad to hear they're finally open in Croydon, not that I'm rushing to try them of course as I doubt they do much that's vegan
I remember having the Baconator when I went, and yes it was nice (this was nearly 2 years ago, well before I went veggie let alone vegan) but the hype of Wendy's doesn't really match reality.
Also, it's Waterloo East not West
As for Wendy's, I had my first and only experience of them in Santa Monica. I'm glad to hear they're finally open in Croydon, not that I'm rushing to try them of course as I doubt they do much that's vegan
I remember having the Baconator when I went, and yes it was nice (this was nearly 2 years ago, well before I went veggie let alone vegan) but the hype of Wendy's doesn't really match reality.
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I like what you say there about the food intake, that's a very good way of looking at it. I might have to adopt a similar approach!
Also, it's Waterloo East not West
As for Wendy's, I had my first and only experience of them in Santa Monica. I'm glad to hear they're finally open in Croydon, not that I'm rushing to try them of course as I doubt they do much that's vegan
Thanks Tech East yes of course, changed it, yes the hype on Wendy`s is a little over the top and after waiting 15 minutes to get served it wasn't really fast food
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Thanks Tech East yes of course, changed it, yes the hype on Wendy`s is a little over the top and after waiting 15 minutes to get served it wasn't really fast food
Sorry to be fussy, just had to point it out! 15 minutes waiting to be served in a fast food place really is bad!
So far it looks like you had a really good time, I haven't any knowledge on those 69s and you've reminded me that needs fixing.
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No I guess it wasnt too much of a wait in retrospect Tech, lol.
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Beckenham Junction. Greater London, (Day 3). Wednesday 29th December 2021.
A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
My aim was to head North of the river, so I caught an early train from Beckenham Junction to London Victoria. Id been using travel cards all week, and had picked one up the day before at Clapham Junction, but despite clearly asking for a peak ticket the ticket office had sold me an off peak ticket, so it didn’t work at the gates as I arrived into London Victoria, but the guy on the gate didn’t notice it was off peak and neither had I, so he just let me through, you tend to trust professionals who sell you these tickets, my eyes are not that good these days and I guess I should have got my glasses out and checked that I had been given the right ticket. It was only when I got to the underground ticket gates at Victoria that it was noticed I had an off-peak travel card, but was told I could update it at the ticket office, the ticket office however said I couldn’t update it because it was sold by a different company, so I just ended up paying another £5 to get me to Tower Hill and took some breakfast in the Traitors Gate while the off-peak period arrived.
I did intend taking a train from Fenchurch Street to Barking, but it was closed for engineering works, so I caught the underground to Barking instead, as I wanted to ride one of the new 710 overground units to Gospel Oak, the class 172`s were operating the line the last time I was down there. After a change of trains, I took the Stratford line and spent some time on Stratford station, the first time I’d been back since the class 90`s finished on the Norwich services. Stadler Flirt units’ class 755, and 745`s 12-car Intercity on the Liverpool Street to Norwich services, and Bombardier Aventra, class 720`s, and class 345 Crossrail purple units, now rule the roost, fortunately freight still runs through the station and a few class 317`s and Anglian 321 units are still around at the moment, so I had an interesting few hours. Freight through the station on my visit was Freightliners 66509 and 66529 and GB Railfreight 66731 NHS livery.
I later boarded a train down to Liverpool Street and had a run up the line to Chingford, as Id not traveled the line since London Overground took over the route, and the depot is now full of the new class 710 units. Returning to Liverpool Street, I was next back down the tunnels and taking a train to Aldgate with a change for Cannon Street and then a train to London Bridge. My final train of the day was a class 455 all stopping service returning to Beckenham Junction and back to the apartment for the night, after another enjoyable and productive day.
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A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
My aim was to head North of the river, so I caught an early train from Beckenham Junction to London Victoria. Id been using travel cards all week, and had picked one up the day before at Clapham Junction, but despite clearly asking for a peak ticket the ticket office had sold me an off peak ticket, so it didn’t work at the gates as I arrived into London Victoria, but the guy on the gate didn’t notice it was off peak and neither had I, so he just let me through, you tend to trust professionals who sell you these tickets, my eyes are not that good these days and I guess I should have got my glasses out and checked that I had been given the right ticket. It was only when I got to the underground ticket gates at Victoria that it was noticed I had an off-peak travel card, but was told I could update it at the ticket office, the ticket office however said I couldn’t update it because it was sold by a different company, so I just ended up paying another £5 to get me to Tower Hill and took some breakfast in the Traitors Gate while the off-peak period arrived.
I did intend taking a train from Fenchurch Street to Barking, but it was closed for engineering works, so I caught the underground to Barking instead, as I wanted to ride one of the new 710 overground units to Gospel Oak, the class 172`s were operating the line the last time I was down there. After a change of trains, I took the Stratford line and spent some time on Stratford station, the first time I’d been back since the class 90`s finished on the Norwich services. Stadler Flirt units’ class 755, and 745`s 12-car Intercity on the Liverpool Street to Norwich services, and Bombardier Aventra, class 720`s, and class 345 Crossrail purple units, now rule the roost, fortunately freight still runs through the station and a few class 317`s and Anglian 321 units are still around at the moment, so I had an interesting few hours. Freight through the station on my visit was Freightliners 66509 and 66529 and GB Railfreight 66731 NHS livery.
I later boarded a train down to Liverpool Street and had a run up the line to Chingford, as Id not traveled the line since London Overground took over the route, and the depot is now full of the new class 710 units. Returning to Liverpool Street, I was next back down the tunnels and taking a train to Aldgate with a change for Cannon Street and then a train to London Bridge. My final train of the day was a class 455 all stopping service returning to Beckenham Junction and back to the apartment for the night, after another enjoyable and productive day.
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You spent £5 on doing Victoria to Tower Hill?! How in blazes did it cost you that much?! 
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Cash fare I guess?You spent £5 on doing Victoria to Tower Hill?! How in blazes did it cost you that much?!
Should only be ~ £2.50 using oyster/contactless
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Black cab?You spent £5 on doing Victoria to Tower Hill?! How in blazes did it cost you that much?!
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That was what the underground charged me, they said If I tapped in it would have been £2.50 but I dont use a tap in bank card.
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Greater London, (Day 4). Thursday 30th December 2021.
A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
My last full day of the week, and after breakfast in Beckenham Junction I caught a train up to London Victoria and then the underground to London Waterloo. I next took a class 455 down to Wimbledon as I was meeting up with a friend Tony Platy, who in the 1980`s was a security guard at the Manchester Ship Canal`s railway workshops at Mode Wheel, and Tony very kindly allowed me to go round the works and depot and I still have the pictures today, this was the first time Id met up with Tony since the 1980`s, what a small world it is.
After my meeting with Tony and his mate, I returned to the station and caught an underground service to Earl`s Court, and later to Kings Cross to catch up with the IET changes. I walked from Kings Cross to London Euston and caught an overground service to Willesden Junction to see if anything could be viewed from outside the depot. I then took another overground service to Kensington Olympia and was lucky to photograph EWS liveried class 66012 on a waste train heading North.
I later dropped back to Shepherds Bush with another train to West Brompton and then the underground to London Bridge. I later caught another class 455 to Beckenham Junction, like the day before, but this time I alighted at Birkbeck, the only single line interchange with the Croydon tram link, and I caught a tram from there to Woodside as I wanted to visit the side of the old railway station, which has since been converted into the tram link, but the buildings still survive at present.
From Woodside I took a tram to Elmer’s End and returned up the branch to Arena, before catching a tram back in to Beckenham Junction, where I had tea in an Italian Restaurant, before returning to my apartment for the last night, so another eventful day.
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A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
My last full day of the week, and after breakfast in Beckenham Junction I caught a train up to London Victoria and then the underground to London Waterloo. I next took a class 455 down to Wimbledon as I was meeting up with a friend Tony Platy, who in the 1980`s was a security guard at the Manchester Ship Canal`s railway workshops at Mode Wheel, and Tony very kindly allowed me to go round the works and depot and I still have the pictures today, this was the first time Id met up with Tony since the 1980`s, what a small world it is.
After my meeting with Tony and his mate, I returned to the station and caught an underground service to Earl`s Court, and later to Kings Cross to catch up with the IET changes. I walked from Kings Cross to London Euston and caught an overground service to Willesden Junction to see if anything could be viewed from outside the depot. I then took another overground service to Kensington Olympia and was lucky to photograph EWS liveried class 66012 on a waste train heading North.
I later dropped back to Shepherds Bush with another train to West Brompton and then the underground to London Bridge. I later caught another class 455 to Beckenham Junction, like the day before, but this time I alighted at Birkbeck, the only single line interchange with the Croydon tram link, and I caught a tram from there to Woodside as I wanted to visit the side of the old railway station, which has since been converted into the tram link, but the buildings still survive at present.
From Woodside I took a tram to Elmer’s End and returned up the branch to Arena, before catching a tram back in to Beckenham Junction, where I had tea in an Italian Restaurant, before returning to my apartment for the last night, so another eventful day.
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Yes cash fare Kite, I dont use contactless.
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Greater London, (Day 5). Friday 31st December 2021.
A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
My last morning and I was up early and had a full English breakfast at a café next door to my apartment. I needed to get back up country, it being New Years Eve the buses from Manchester to my Village finished earlier than usual and I didn’t fancy a 7 mile walk home. I had an off peak ticket back to Manchester, but I was told at Beckenham Junction station, that I could use my ticket before 09.30 to get into London providing I didn’t catch a train from Euston before that time.
I caught a train into London Victoria and then took my time on the underground to Euston and boarded an Avanti Pendolino just after 09.30 to Manchester. It was an uneventful journey back, a class 90 was noted at Stonebridge Park, a line of stored class 86`s on Bashford Hall yard, Crewe and the two celebrity class 90`s in Intercity Swallow livery outside Crewe Diesel Depot. My bus was waiting for me in Piccadilly and I was home for mid afternoon after a fantastic week in Greater London.
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A week away over Christmas. I`d booked an apartment for four nights in Beckenham Junction, a five-minute walk from the railway station and Croydon tram stop and within the Greater London travel zones, so it handy for chasing the older electric units and also catching up with some of the newer stock.
My last morning and I was up early and had a full English breakfast at a café next door to my apartment. I needed to get back up country, it being New Years Eve the buses from Manchester to my Village finished earlier than usual and I didn’t fancy a 7 mile walk home. I had an off peak ticket back to Manchester, but I was told at Beckenham Junction station, that I could use my ticket before 09.30 to get into London providing I didn’t catch a train from Euston before that time.
I caught a train into London Victoria and then took my time on the underground to Euston and boarded an Avanti Pendolino just after 09.30 to Manchester. It was an uneventful journey back, a class 90 was noted at Stonebridge Park, a line of stored class 86`s on Bashford Hall yard, Crewe and the two celebrity class 90`s in Intercity Swallow livery outside Crewe Diesel Depot. My bus was waiting for me in Piccadilly and I was home for mid afternoon after a fantastic week in Greater London.
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East Lancs Railway. Monday 3rd January 2022.
My first trip out of 2022 and I needed a fix before the end of my Christmas break, so I drove up the road to have a trip on the good old East Lancs Railway, I’m a life member and thought I’d used one of my free passes. Two trains were running, one was the Cravens DMU class 105, made up of cars SC51485 and E56121. Also operating was West Country and Battle of Britain class 34092 “City of Wells”, 4-6-2 Bulleid Light Pacific.
I initially took a ride on the class 105 from Bury Bolton Street to Heywood and back and then did the same behind “City of Wells”. I then drove from Bury to Ramsbottom and picked her up for a ride to Rawtenstall and back to Ramsbottom, before driving home, a nice few hours out.
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My first trip out of 2022 and I needed a fix before the end of my Christmas break, so I drove up the road to have a trip on the good old East Lancs Railway, I’m a life member and thought I’d used one of my free passes. Two trains were running, one was the Cravens DMU class 105, made up of cars SC51485 and E56121. Also operating was West Country and Battle of Britain class 34092 “City of Wells”, 4-6-2 Bulleid Light Pacific.
I initially took a ride on the class 105 from Bury Bolton Street to Heywood and back and then did the same behind “City of Wells”. I then drove from Bury to Ramsbottom and picked her up for a ride to Rawtenstall and back to Ramsbottom, before driving home, a nice few hours out.
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South Pennines Day Rover. Saturday 8th January 2022.
Another early start with a drive up to my local Metrolink station and then a tram into Manchester Victoria for a Transpennine Nova 3, behind Cat 68027 “Splendid” which gave me a splendid run into Leeds. From Leeds I boarded a class 195 Lincoln service as far as Sheffield, before returning to Leeds via Castleford on a class 158. The new station office has been built at Castleford now and work has started on the other platform, unfortunately I didn’t get chance to take any photographs this time.
At Leeds, the new platform 0 looked good with a class 170 in the bay. From Leeds I boarded an LNER Azuma to Doncaster and after photographing EWS liveried class 67018 standing in the yard. I then left the station and walked out to the Danum museum to see the railway exhibits. These consisted of two steam locos, LNER Gresley designed V2 2-6-2, 4771 “Green Arrow”, (Green Arrow was resident at Neville Hill Leeds in the old roundhouse in the late 1960`s, we saw it many times there), and Great Northern Railway Atlantic 4-4-2, Class C1, 251. They have done a great job to the extension of the museum, with lots of railway books and memorabilia to view ands its free, well worth a visit if you are in Doncaster and only a 10 minutes’ walk from the railway station.
Before returning to Doncaster railway station, I called in at “Fret to Fret” guitar shop which is on the route, not a bad selection of guitars either. Returning to the station however I was just in time to see Freightliner 66589, followed by twin light engines in EWS liveries 66171 and 66266. Cola Rail engineering train en route from Hull to Darlington came into the platforms top and tailing with Virgin liveried HST power cars 43251 and 43272 and later another engineering train with class 37219 in Coals livery and rail blue 37610 on the rear arrived.
Engineering work was taking place in the London area with many East Coast trains operating shorter journeys and some being diverted via Ely. Working on a Leeds to Grantham service was class 91119 “Bounds Green” in Intercity Swallow livery with the Flying Scotswoman on the DVT end, (yes, I know, for woman’s week apparently). I was pleased to take a ride on class 91119 back up to Leeds and then catch it again back to Wakefield Westgate. I next boarded a Class 158 Knottingley bound Sprinter as far as Wakefield Kirkgate and changed for another class 158 Sprinter on a direct service back to Leeds.
My last train of the day was a Transpennine Nova 1 class 800 series back to Manchester Victoria, and then the tram back to the car for the short drive home and in the house for 18.30, a really good day out and with plenty of locos for a change.
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Another early start with a drive up to my local Metrolink station and then a tram into Manchester Victoria for a Transpennine Nova 3, behind Cat 68027 “Splendid” which gave me a splendid run into Leeds. From Leeds I boarded a class 195 Lincoln service as far as Sheffield, before returning to Leeds via Castleford on a class 158. The new station office has been built at Castleford now and work has started on the other platform, unfortunately I didn’t get chance to take any photographs this time.
At Leeds, the new platform 0 looked good with a class 170 in the bay. From Leeds I boarded an LNER Azuma to Doncaster and after photographing EWS liveried class 67018 standing in the yard. I then left the station and walked out to the Danum museum to see the railway exhibits. These consisted of two steam locos, LNER Gresley designed V2 2-6-2, 4771 “Green Arrow”, (Green Arrow was resident at Neville Hill Leeds in the old roundhouse in the late 1960`s, we saw it many times there), and Great Northern Railway Atlantic 4-4-2, Class C1, 251. They have done a great job to the extension of the museum, with lots of railway books and memorabilia to view ands its free, well worth a visit if you are in Doncaster and only a 10 minutes’ walk from the railway station.
Before returning to Doncaster railway station, I called in at “Fret to Fret” guitar shop which is on the route, not a bad selection of guitars either. Returning to the station however I was just in time to see Freightliner 66589, followed by twin light engines in EWS liveries 66171 and 66266. Cola Rail engineering train en route from Hull to Darlington came into the platforms top and tailing with Virgin liveried HST power cars 43251 and 43272 and later another engineering train with class 37219 in Coals livery and rail blue 37610 on the rear arrived.
Engineering work was taking place in the London area with many East Coast trains operating shorter journeys and some being diverted via Ely. Working on a Leeds to Grantham service was class 91119 “Bounds Green” in Intercity Swallow livery with the Flying Scotswoman on the DVT end, (yes, I know, for woman’s week apparently). I was pleased to take a ride on class 91119 back up to Leeds and then catch it again back to Wakefield Westgate. I next boarded a Class 158 Knottingley bound Sprinter as far as Wakefield Kirkgate and changed for another class 158 Sprinter on a direct service back to Leeds.
My last train of the day was a Transpennine Nova 1 class 800 series back to Manchester Victoria, and then the tram back to the car for the short drive home and in the house for 18.30, a really good day out and with plenty of locos for a change.
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Just looked up the Danum Gallery and it appears to be on the site of my old school ! Is nothing sacred ?
(On edit : I just noticed that there is an image of the 'High School for Girls' in the windows on Google Maps - I'm not a girl - it became co-ed and was part of what is now Hallcross School )
(On edit : I just noticed that there is an image of the 'High School for Girls' in the windows on Google Maps - I'm not a girl - it became co-ed and was part of what is now Hallcross School )
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Thats interesting, its quite clever how they have encased the school frontage.
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Walking the Whelley Loop line. Saturday 15th January 2022.
A nice walk in the country for a change, putting ten mile on the old pedometer and I felt it too, so my walking fitness must be down somewhat. I had walked the Whelley Loop before back in 2014, but this time my mate ONEMANc was joining me as he was You tubing the former railway route for his channel.
We parked a car at each end of the route, ONEMANc parked his car outside Wigan Springs Branch depot and then we jumped in to my car to drive up to Standish to start the walk from where it joined the West Coast main line and to check out the former Standish station side.
We then followed the old track bed under the West Coast Main Line and south towards the A49 and on to the River Douglas Valley where the line crossed on the 20 Bridges viaduct. The first sight to greet us on approaching the viaduct was the “Domino`s”, the Domino`s is the name given to the 5 pillows that stand across the River Douglas valley and once carried a slightly higher viaduct for the Lancashire Union Railway, which ran between St Helens and Blackburn.
The last time I tried to cross the 20 Bridges viaduct it had a locked gate across it, the gate has since been forced open, so I was able to gain access this time, although probably unwisely as the viaduct is in need of serious repair. I know a number of petitions have been put forward to turn it into a cycleway/walk way, but the present owners Wigan Council simply don`t have the money and it certainly requires a lot of money spending on it.
After crossing this magnificent structure, we had to return across the viaduct as the southern end was still sealed off with no way of climbing down to the path below, without the use of climbing equipment, so we returned to Standish and my car. I drove ONEMANc around the valley as there are no bridges to enable you to cross the valley by foot near the viaduct, so I dropped ONEMANc off on the southern side of the viaduct and let him walk the section down to the site of the former Whelley station, through the uncovered Haigh Hall tunnel, while I drove down to Whelley and parked the car up, Id walked that section before anyway and it was very waterlogged.
From Whelley station site, most of the path has been converted into a walking, cycling route, we walked the route around the embanked curves, over the Leeds and Liverpool canal and passed the former ironworks site and on to the Wigan flashes and eventually to the section where the Whelley Loop joined the West Coast Main Line, which was at a point just south of Wigan Springs Branch loco depot.
Springs Branch depot is now used as a track machine sheds and also a depot for the class 319 former Bedpan units, located on the Springs Branch line, where years before I had seen lines of Black 5`s as steam ended on British Rail, so many memories. The only loco on shed on this visit was a class 08939 in Euro Cargo Rail grey livery.
After an eventful trek, we returned to ONEMANc car and he then drove me back up to Whelley to collect my own car before driving home, a good, but tiring day.
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A nice walk in the country for a change, putting ten mile on the old pedometer and I felt it too, so my walking fitness must be down somewhat. I had walked the Whelley Loop before back in 2014, but this time my mate ONEMANc was joining me as he was You tubing the former railway route for his channel.
We parked a car at each end of the route, ONEMANc parked his car outside Wigan Springs Branch depot and then we jumped in to my car to drive up to Standish to start the walk from where it joined the West Coast main line and to check out the former Standish station side.
We then followed the old track bed under the West Coast Main Line and south towards the A49 and on to the River Douglas Valley where the line crossed on the 20 Bridges viaduct. The first sight to greet us on approaching the viaduct was the “Domino`s”, the Domino`s is the name given to the 5 pillows that stand across the River Douglas valley and once carried a slightly higher viaduct for the Lancashire Union Railway, which ran between St Helens and Blackburn.
The last time I tried to cross the 20 Bridges viaduct it had a locked gate across it, the gate has since been forced open, so I was able to gain access this time, although probably unwisely as the viaduct is in need of serious repair. I know a number of petitions have been put forward to turn it into a cycleway/walk way, but the present owners Wigan Council simply don`t have the money and it certainly requires a lot of money spending on it.
After crossing this magnificent structure, we had to return across the viaduct as the southern end was still sealed off with no way of climbing down to the path below, without the use of climbing equipment, so we returned to Standish and my car. I drove ONEMANc around the valley as there are no bridges to enable you to cross the valley by foot near the viaduct, so I dropped ONEMANc off on the southern side of the viaduct and let him walk the section down to the site of the former Whelley station, through the uncovered Haigh Hall tunnel, while I drove down to Whelley and parked the car up, Id walked that section before anyway and it was very waterlogged.
From Whelley station site, most of the path has been converted into a walking, cycling route, we walked the route around the embanked curves, over the Leeds and Liverpool canal and passed the former ironworks site and on to the Wigan flashes and eventually to the section where the Whelley Loop joined the West Coast Main Line, which was at a point just south of Wigan Springs Branch loco depot.
Springs Branch depot is now used as a track machine sheds and also a depot for the class 319 former Bedpan units, located on the Springs Branch line, where years before I had seen lines of Black 5`s as steam ended on British Rail, so many memories. The only loco on shed on this visit was a class 08939 in Euro Cargo Rail grey livery.
After an eventful trek, we returned to ONEMANc car and he then drove me back up to Whelley to collect my own car before driving home, a good, but tiring day.
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