Day off between shifts so i thought id make the most of the summer remaining .
Been recently trying to make the effort to do all the lines , more like services !
Living in Scotland means that its been a case of chipping the ol block .
Decided on a wayfarer to do some new lines around Manchester .
0737 VTWC pendo from Glasgow to Wigan , was slightly late but with Wigan Wallgate just across the road made it on time for the 1024 NT service to Manchester Victoria . This was an express and section to Salford was new to me , impressed by the amount of construction in Manchester .
Next up was to walk to Piccadilly to catch the 1147 NT service to Buxton , which was a 150 . New section for me was Stockport to Buxton .Nice scenery in the latter stages . Decided on train back , after a very quick walk down into Buxton . Didn't realise how close Derbyshire is to Manchester , do they have a different accent ?
Returned to Manchester and onto the Rose Hill Marple service , had this in my mind this is a 323 service , boy i was wrong , a double pacer set . Only a few got off at Rose hill and i returned straight back , the rear 142 was locked out of service for some reason . I got off at Romiley , where i waited for 150 via Bredbury as this was new too .
Next up was Hadfield and Glossop , which was a 323 , is this line always a 323? Wasnt sure of the triangle arrangement but we didnt use the north chord , may have to find a service that does that in future which is a bit annoying .
Returned to Piccadilly for the last time . Last bit of new track was Bolton via Westhoughton bit . Only had 30 minutes connection so a swift walk to Victoria for the 1754 service to Wigan North Western ,didnt realise until today that you can go this way into Wigan North Western , another 150 2 x set .
On arrival at NW , caught a very quiet Blackpool bound voyager , certainly noticed the smell but also the larger windows .
At preston caught a delayed pendo up to Glasgow.
A very busy day , still a bit to do such as east of Manchester Victoria up to Todmorden and Stalybridge .
Next tragets are Ikley , Harrogate , Penistone line . And Wigan to Liverpool via Kirkby
Been recently trying to make the effort to do all the lines , more like services !
Living in Scotland means that its been a case of chipping the ol block .
Decided on a wayfarer to do some new lines around Manchester .
0737 VTWC pendo from Glasgow to Wigan , was slightly late but with Wigan Wallgate just across the road made it on time for the 1024 NT service to Manchester Victoria . This was an express and section to Salford was new to me , impressed by the amount of construction in Manchester .
Next up was to walk to Piccadilly to catch the 1147 NT service to Buxton , which was a 150 . New section for me was Stockport to Buxton .Nice scenery in the latter stages . Decided on train back , after a very quick walk down into Buxton . Didn't realise how close Derbyshire is to Manchester , do they have a different accent ?
Returned to Manchester and onto the Rose Hill Marple service , had this in my mind this is a 323 service , boy i was wrong , a double pacer set . Only a few got off at Rose hill and i returned straight back , the rear 142 was locked out of service for some reason . I got off at Romiley , where i waited for 150 via Bredbury as this was new too .
Next up was Hadfield and Glossop , which was a 323 , is this line always a 323? Wasnt sure of the triangle arrangement but we didnt use the north chord , may have to find a service that does that in future which is a bit annoying .
Returned to Piccadilly for the last time . Last bit of new track was Bolton via Westhoughton bit . Only had 30 minutes connection so a swift walk to Victoria for the 1754 service to Wigan North Western ,didnt realise until today that you can go this way into Wigan North Western , another 150 2 x set .
On arrival at NW , caught a very quiet Blackpool bound voyager , certainly noticed the smell but also the larger windows .
At preston caught a delayed pendo up to Glasgow.
A very busy day , still a bit to do such as east of Manchester Victoria up to Todmorden and Stalybridge .
Next tragets are Ikley , Harrogate , Penistone line . And Wigan to Liverpool via Kirkby
