Fresh orange juice 20210623--015
Still bright and shiny after their repaints into Genesee and Wyoming colours, 90014 Over the Rainbow and 90048 lead dead 90005 Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and 4S88 14.33 Felixstowe North FLT - Coatbridge FLT up Belstead Bank (south of Ipswich). [Pole, 2/6 sections (~2.7m)]
I'd come here mainly for this train, although didn't know what was on it until it appeared. I'd not checked RTT until I got here, and then found the train had apparently not yet left Felixstowe - which was actually incorrect, and the train was simply not reporting on the schedule RTT had picked up (with the obfuscated reporting number 456L). However, sitting in Ipswich yard was a "489M"; there appeared to be no trains on RTT which matched this, so I assumed (hoped?) it was actually 4S88. (Of course, I could have checked the Charlwoodhouse "Live Rail" site, which does show the train having reported correctly throughout its journey, and also that the obfuscated reporting number had changed from 456L to 489M before it set off.)
At exactly the correct time, "489M" moved out of Ipswich yard, and my assumption proved to be correct. 90005 was dead in the train, apparently, in order to return it to Crewe after being used at Ipswich for crew training (following the return of Freightliner 90s to East Anglia after the withdrawal of the 86s a few months earlier).
Over the years, the vegetation on the cutting side here has gradually increased (as everywhere!), and having come here last summer I discovered that there was only really one place I could stand on my ladders in order to get a clear view of Up trains. However, using the pole extended by just one section allows you to stand almost anywhere, and make sure that the shadows of the wooden electricity pylons are not on the locos. But going higher (or standing further back than this position) means the wires for the Down line will clip the top of the locos.
To see my non-transport pictures, visit www.flickr.com/photos/137275498@N03/.
Fresh orange juice 20210623--015
Still bright and shiny after their repaints into Genesee and Wyoming colours, 90014 Over the Rainbow and 90048 lead dead 90005 Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and 4S88 14.33 Felixstowe North FLT - Coatbridge FLT up Belstead Bank (south of Ipswich). [Pole, 2/6 sections (~2.7m)]
I'd come here mainly for this train, although didn't know what was on it until it appeared. I'd not checked RTT until I got here, and then found the train had apparently not yet left Felixstowe - which was actually incorrect, and the train was simply not reporting on the schedule RTT had picked up (with the obfuscated reporting number 456L). However, sitting in Ipswich yard was a "489M"; there appeared to be no trains on RTT which matched this, so I assumed (hoped?) it was actually 4S88. (Of course, I could have checked the Charlwoodhouse "Live Rail" site, which does show the train having reported correctly throughout its journey, and also that the obfuscated reporting number had changed from 456L to 489M before it set off.)
At exactly the correct time, "489M" moved out of Ipswich yard, and my assumption proved to be correct. 90005 was dead in the train, apparently, in order to return it to Crewe after being used at Ipswich for crew training (following the return of Freightliner 90s to East Anglia after the withdrawal of the 86s a few months earlier).
Over the years, the vegetation on the cutting side here has gradually increased (as everywhere!), and having come here last summer I discovered that there was only really one place I could stand on my ladders in order to get a clear view of Up trains. However, using the pole extended by just one section allows you to stand almost anywhere, and make sure that the shadows of the wooden electricity pylons are not on the locos. But going higher (or standing further back than this position) means the wires for the Down line will clip the top of the locos.
To see my non-transport pictures, visit www.flickr.com/photos/137275498@N03/.