Ipswich nocturnal "Aventra" adventure 20241108--063
720585 (and 720107, hidden round the corner) stand at Ipswich, about to depart as 1Y65 21.10 Ipswich - Liverpool Street.
Usually, these "Aventra"-worked services (many of which stand at Ipswich for half an hour or, in the evenings, much longer) use platform 4 (on the other side of this island). However, this one (which is booked to arrive at 20.27) uses platform 3, and the Norwich-bound departure during this time uses platform 4. The reason is that once every four weeks, on Friday evenings, the 37-powered 1Q99 Network Rail Infrastructure Monitoring train reverses at platform 4 between 20.46 and 20.58.
I last visited Ipswich station in early March 2020, on a Friday evening when 1Q99 was running. At the time it was booked to reverse at platform 3, although actually used platform 2. Back then, this service was operated by 321s and a handful of 360s (most had already departed, ready for use by East Midlands Railway), while some Norwich services were still class 90 electric locos and mark 3 coaches - as illustrated in this picture taken in a similar position.
I was here for 37425 on 1Q99, which had departed about ten minutes previously.
Manipulation notes: The destination indicator on the EMU was very bright, so much so that it was just a blurred mass of orange. I therefore took a couple more frames which were four or five stops under exposed, and used part of one of those to make the destination readable.
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Ipswich nocturnal "Aventra" adventure 20241108--063
720585 (and 720107, hidden round the corner) stand at Ipswich, about to depart as 1Y65 21.10 Ipswich - Liverpool Street.
Usually, these "Aventra"-worked services (many of which stand at Ipswich for half an hour or, in the evenings, much longer) use platform 4 (on the other side of this island). However, this one (which is booked to arrive at 20.27) uses platform 3, and the Norwich-bound departure during this time uses platform 4. The reason is that once every four weeks, on Friday evenings, the 37-powered 1Q99 Network Rail Infrastructure Monitoring train reverses at platform 4 between 20.46 and 20.58.
I last visited Ipswich station in early March 2020, on a Friday evening when 1Q99 was running. At the time it was booked to reverse at platform 3, although actually used platform 2. Back then, this service was operated by 321s and a handful of 360s (most had already departed, ready for use by East Midlands Railway), while some Norwich services were still class 90 electric locos and mark 3 coaches - as illustrated in this picture taken in a similar position.
I was here for 37425 on 1Q99, which had departed about ten minutes previously.
Manipulation notes: The destination indicator on the EMU was very bright, so much so that it was just a blurred mass of orange. I therefore took a couple more frames which were four or five stops under exposed, and used part of one of those to make the destination readable.
Visit Brian Carter's Non-Transport Pics to see my photos of landscapes, buildings, bridges, sunsets, rainbows and more.