61379 Mayflower
A856m Ladybridge, Bolton
Wrinkley kindly sent this photograph for publication.
Looking east, no C&C wires here yet. Dean Clough bridge in in the distance.
Contact and catenary (C&C) wires up above the northbound (Down) track from a point half a mile or so south of Kearsley station northwards to a point north of Green Lane bridge between Moses Gate and Burnden.
In many places the C&C wires are held in place by pulleys and temporary slings; this is normal practice - Team A rapidly gets the wires in the right place, typically using a wiring train, then some time later Team B covers the same ground tensioning and making permanent fixings,
Over the whole stretch the presence of Autotransformer (AT) and Earth wires is inconsistent. This will also be remedied by later passes.
Copyright Wrinkley 2018.
A856m Ladybridge, Bolton
Wrinkley kindly sent this photograph for publication.
Looking east, no C&C wires here yet. Dean Clough bridge in in the distance.
Contact and catenary (C&C) wires up above the northbound (Down) track from a point half a mile or so south of Kearsley station northwards to a point north of Green Lane bridge between Moses Gate and Burnden.
In many places the C&C wires are held in place by pulleys and temporary slings; this is normal practice - Team A rapidly gets the wires in the right place, typically using a wiring train, then some time later Team B covers the same ground tensioning and making permanent fixings,
Over the whole stretch the presence of Autotransformer (AT) and Earth wires is inconsistent. This will also be remedied by later passes.
Copyright Wrinkley 2018.