Milford Sidings

[hoffers]

I had an enjoyable railway day on Tuesday on lines I'd never been on before, even though they are common passenger routes.

I went from York to Selby, Selby to Leeds, Leeds to Selby, Selby to Hull, spent a couple of hours in Hull and visited a super little model railway shop (53A Models) on Hessle Road, then caught the train back to Selby and then another back to York. Total cost about £32 (plus what I spent in the model shop).
Good value for a day out.

I was hoping the train from Selby to Leeds and back passed the South Milford Sidings but it never and I can't work out which route that line is on.
I could see the junction in the distance but we were on an upper level.
In photos of Milford Sidings I've seen reference to 'the Selby line' branching off to the right and as I used to frequent that area in the mid-80s for photos so I'd love to see it from the train. I can only think of a service to Castleford or Pontefract travelling those lines. The York/Sheffield line uses the adjacent tracks.

Any advice appreciated

cheers
Hoffers

 

[Freightmaster]

I was hoping the train from Selby to Leeds and back passed the South Milford Sidings but it never and I can't work out which route that line is on.

Northern's York to Sheffield 'stoppers' run that way,
but there are only train trains a a day in each direction...

They are in the same timetable booklet as York to Selby:

http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/timetables/20121203/34.pdf


...but they are hidden down at the bottom right, so remember to scroll down!


MARK

 

[hoffers]

Northern's York to Sheffield 'stoppers' run that way,
but there are only train trains a a day in each direction...

They are in the same timetable booklet as York to Selby:

http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/timetables/20121203/34.pdf


...but they are hidden down at the bottom right, so remember to scroll down!


MARK

Cheers Mark, I'll check it out soon.

 

[hoffers]

Drove across to Monk Fryston this afternoon for just over an hour and waited near Milford Sidings, an old stamping ground of mine when I was into railway photography in the 80s. I saw quite a lot of freight traffic today (mostly coal) in that short space of time and a couple of DMUs. Traction was all Class 66, various liveries.
Recommended for photographic opportunities.

 

[9K43]

In the early 80's HM did the Saturday shunting at Milford, with a class 56.
We knocked out cripples and made up the trains to 36/38 MGRs.
The problem shunting with 56's was shunting is a stop start stop start when knocking cripples of of a train. Each time a 56 stopped you had to wait ages before all the systems kicked in.
You could wait ages for the 56 to get enought steam to carry out the shunting.
The next time the engine used was 45 peak engine, where once you stopped, the driver could go from foward and reverse in seconds, instead of the time it took for the 56 to get it together.
On a busy Saturday shunt at Milford a 45 could save 1.5 hours on shunting.
After all when you stopped shunting it was back light engine to the Mill and then be off home.

 

[hoffers]

In the early 80's HM did the Saturday shunting at Milford, with a class 56.
We knocked out cripples and made up the trains to 36/38 MGRs.
The problem shunting with 56's was shunting is a stop start stop start when knocking cripples of of a train. Each time a 56 stopped you had to wait ages before all the systems kicked in.
You could wait ages for the 56 to get enought steam to carry out the shunting.
The next time the engine used was 45 peak engine, where once you stopped, the driver could go from foward and reverse in seconds, instead of the time it took for the 56 to get it together.
On a busy Saturday shunt at Milford a 45 could save 1.5 hours on shunting.
After all when you stopped shunting it was back light engine to the Mill and then be off home.

Hi,

I love this type of detail. Forgive my ignorance but what is 'cripples'?

 

[Teaboy1]

Cripples are wagons with some sort of defect and need to be shunted into a siding until there are a complement enough for a fitter to be called out and repair them before being put back to work.

 

[corin paul]

Yep it York to Sheffield you need to pass the sidings.
I did Cleethorpes to Selby the ticket cost £27.10 and I could go via York or Leeds. So I did York there, and Leeds back.
Are "So what." I hear you cry.
Cleethorpes to Leeds £31.80
Cleethorpes to York £30.80
I got both for less money, I love the priceing on the railways......

http://railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=1364022131000