150105 Plumley West
On a scorching hot day, unbranded Northern unit 150105 (ex. London Midland liveried), seen from its "Bernie" end (the other apparently carries the name "Hutchie"), passes the magnificent upper quadrant starter signal ‘PY3’ at Plumley with the 5J43 09.42 Chester-Newton Heath ECS working. The controlling Plumley West box and one of it's home signals are barely visible in the distance. A classic example where the infrastructure is more captivating than the subject, in my books.
Neither of the two scheduled freights produced on this occasion, which for a regular Thursday was a tad disappointing. This was the next to best substitute I could induce. I was slightly relieved by the cancellations in the end as the M6 en-route was heaving with masses of cricket fans heading to Old Trafford to watch a world cup fixture between England and India (ironically, I encountered more Indian supporters than Brits en-route, most memorably one of the services we stopped at was nothing less than a swarm of blue!); otherwise I would have been cutting it fine!
150105 Plumley West
On a scorching hot day, unbranded Northern unit 150105 (ex. London Midland liveried), seen from its "Bernie" end (the other apparently carries the name "Hutchie"), passes the magnificent upper quadrant starter signal ‘PY3’ at Plumley with the 5J43 09.42 Chester-Newton Heath ECS working. The controlling Plumley West box and one of it's home signals are barely visible in the distance. A classic example where the infrastructure is more captivating than the subject, in my books.
Neither of the two scheduled freights produced on this occasion, which for a regular Thursday was a tad disappointing. This was the next to best substitute I could induce. I was slightly relieved by the cancellations in the end as the M6 en-route was heaving with masses of cricket fans heading to Old Trafford to watch a world cup fixture between England and India (ironically, I encountered more Indian supporters than Brits en-route, most memorably one of the services we stopped at was nothing less than a swarm of blue!); otherwise I would have been cutting it fine!