Little Bombs Lost
Locomotive Services Limited's Class 20s 20107 / D8107 "Jocelyn Feilding 1940-2020" and 20096 / D8096 look a little lost amongst the expanse of track and OHLE on the approach to Acton Bridge.
The Class 20s, sometimes nicknamed "Bombs", were running on 0Z46 10:52 Crewe Down Holding Sidings to Carlisle High Wapping Sidings to undertake road learning around the Carlisle area over the festive period.
The track layout is somewhat unusual on this stretch of the WCML between Hartford Junction and Acton Bridge - from left to right it's the Up Slow, Up Fast, Down Slow and Down Fast. The Down Fast used to be in the alignment of the Down Slow (and vice versa) with the slow line on the outside running into goods sidings at Acton Bridge station. However, after they had long since disappeared, the track alignment was altered such that traffic joining the Down WCML from Hartford Junction on the left does not need to cross over the Down Fast prior to the lines converging just prior to the station (where the 20s are).
Little Bombs Lost
Locomotive Services Limited's Class 20s 20107 / D8107 "Jocelyn Feilding 1940-2020" and 20096 / D8096 look a little lost amongst the expanse of track and OHLE on the approach to Acton Bridge.
The Class 20s, sometimes nicknamed "Bombs", were running on 0Z46 10:52 Crewe Down Holding Sidings to Carlisle High Wapping Sidings to undertake road learning around the Carlisle area over the festive period.
The track layout is somewhat unusual on this stretch of the WCML between Hartford Junction and Acton Bridge - from left to right it's the Up Slow, Up Fast, Down Slow and Down Fast. The Down Fast used to be in the alignment of the Down Slow (and vice versa) with the slow line on the outside running into goods sidings at Acton Bridge station. However, after they had long since disappeared, the track alignment was altered such that traffic joining the Down WCML from Hartford Junction on the left does not need to cross over the Down Fast prior to the lines converging just prior to the station (where the 20s are).