All change Carlisle #2. 66 178 in J&W Watts Warehouse Sidings, Carlisle.
Taken only 12 years ago so very much recent history in my eyes but this location has now vanished without trace beneath a housing development. A look at Google Earth suggests the loco would now be stood in someones back garden in Tramway Drive !
66 178 is seen in J&W Watts Ltd, Warehouse Sidings at the back of London Road Goods Yard in Carlisle. By 2006 there was no rail traffic to the warehouses but all the sidings were retained and on rare occasions like here they could be used to remove rolling stock by road. This need was driven by the fact there was nowhere suitable in Kingmoor Yard or Upperby Yard due to overhead electrification or Currock Wagon Works as it had a steep approach road.
On this occasion 66 178 has arrived with a Caledonian Sleeper carriage removed from a passenger train the previous week after developing a wheel bearing problem. The consist had run as 5Z05 12.10 Kingmoor Yard to London Road Yard and 66 178 is seen prior to unhooking from the coach which was to be winched onto a low loader and removed to Polmadie by road.
All change Carlisle #2. 66 178 in J&W Watts Warehouse Sidings, Carlisle.
Taken only 12 years ago so very much recent history in my eyes but this location has now vanished without trace beneath a housing development. A look at Google Earth suggests the loco would now be stood in someones back garden in Tramway Drive !
66 178 is seen in J&W Watts Ltd, Warehouse Sidings at the back of London Road Goods Yard in Carlisle. By 2006 there was no rail traffic to the warehouses but all the sidings were retained and on rare occasions like here they could be used to remove rolling stock by road. This need was driven by the fact there was nowhere suitable in Kingmoor Yard or Upperby Yard due to overhead electrification or Currock Wagon Works as it had a steep approach road.
On this occasion 66 178 has arrived with a Caledonian Sleeper carriage removed from a passenger train the previous week after developing a wheel bearing problem. The consist had run as 5Z05 12.10 Kingmoor Yard to London Road Yard and 66 178 is seen prior to unhooking from the coach which was to be winched onto a low loader and removed to Polmadie by road.