IMG_0783 66130 on 6Z20 15.50 Kingsbury Oil Sidings to Toton North Yard approaching Elford at 18.49 on 21st June 2022
On the evening of the strike by various rail employees there was this scheduled move out of the oil complex at Kingsbury. In the meantime there had been an issue with a 1Z53 train going from Birmingham to Derby. That had been halted at Water Orton thus leaving the line blocked. Many ECS moves from Birmingham to Central Rivers were therefore diverted via Whitacre Junction avoiding the blockage. In the meantime this had been allowed to back out on to he main line then sit for what seemed for ever. Those of us waiting for this move to happen in this field were beginning to feel that it would be a wasted trip, on a day when little was happening anyway due to strike action.
As it was our various sites we were using revealed that some kind of movement was happening thus giving us the shot we were hoping for, just some little later than expected!
IMG_0783 66130 on 6Z20 15.50 Kingsbury Oil Sidings to Toton North Yard approaching Elford at 18.49 on 21st June 2022
On the evening of the strike by various rail employees there was this scheduled move out of the oil complex at Kingsbury. In the meantime there had been an issue with a 1Z53 train going from Birmingham to Derby. That had been halted at Water Orton thus leaving the line blocked. Many ECS moves from Birmingham to Central Rivers were therefore diverted via Whitacre Junction avoiding the blockage. In the meantime this had been allowed to back out on to he main line then sit for what seemed for ever. Those of us waiting for this move to happen in this field were beginning to feel that it would be a wasted trip, on a day when little was happening anyway due to strike action.
As it was our various sites we were using revealed that some kind of movement was happening thus giving us the shot we were hoping for, just some little later than expected!