61379 Mayflower
8440b St Helens Central
Paul Gaskell kindly sent this photo for publication.
Whilst the last phase of Huyton Junction re-quadrupling was taking place services from Wigan to Lime Street were terminating at St Helens Central, with rail replacement buses on to Lime St and stations between. The trains reversed at St Helens, forming northbound services. This entailed using the station's trailing crossover, which had not long been electrified for this eventuality. That crossover is otherwise little used and never normally used by passenger services.
This sequence of shots runs through the track and signalling work needed to perform these manoeuvres.
The crossover set for the train to cross over, the lock in place all signals go. The dolly seems to have had a refurb since this procedure was used in the first Huyton blockade, when the its "Off" was scarcely distinguishable from its "On".
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2017.
8440b St Helens Central
Paul Gaskell kindly sent this photo for publication.
Whilst the last phase of Huyton Junction re-quadrupling was taking place services from Wigan to Lime Street were terminating at St Helens Central, with rail replacement buses on to Lime St and stations between. The trains reversed at St Helens, forming northbound services. This entailed using the station's trailing crossover, which had not long been electrified for this eventuality. That crossover is otherwise little used and never normally used by passenger services.
This sequence of shots runs through the track and signalling work needed to perform these manoeuvres.
The crossover set for the train to cross over, the lock in place all signals go. The dolly seems to have had a refurb since this procedure was used in the first Huyton blockade, when the its "Off" was scarcely distinguishable from its "On".
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2017.