Recent content by caliburn53

no surprise that Earlestown the only station without electric services which will remain dmu only

very nice to see 319's flashing through Earlestown with no indication when we will get a stopper if ever

looks like the rumors could have some truth that earlestown is to be closed

A staff member at Earlestown told me the the electrics won't be using our station until at least December

looks like express trains only for the forseable future while us at the ordinary stations will still have the good old pacer units to trundle us to liverpool and manchester

Well atleast we'll see the new era flash past Earlestown

With modernisation staion closures usually follow

47 front 37 rear running early past Vulcan Village with pantograph up

Guard on the train back from lime street recons sometime in March for testing another on lime street said April so probablly be May

according to the latest Rail magazine the introduction of electric services has been suspended for the foreseeable future

Made the journey to Liverpool today for the first time in a few months and didn't see much advancement in the electrification process plus we we twice held once on the goods line at Ealestown and at Lime st to allow the tpe trains to pass, seems to me there will in the future a reduction in our...

according to rail magazine only 14 units are being cascaded to northern