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56 006 on test at Huddersfield December 1976
Healey Mills to marsden MGR wagons, nice day for December, with dry rail / good conditions.
Loco ran round at Marsden, train returned to Healey Mills, success.....
Come 1981, when the Woodhead Route closed, these MGR's were a regular sight through Huddersfield, heading for the Fiddlers Ferry power station, at Warrington.
Often overloaded, and on a wet rail, chaos usually reigned for many an hour, as they failed to make the uphill struggle to Marsden. Stranded passengers everywhere, while their trains were diverted up the "Lanky" and just a few local stoppers to Leeds with no taxis / buses, or backup plan, it was awful, and it happened regularly.
A class 37 was on standby in platform 7, when this photo was taken, and 56 006 had a brake van marshalled, at each end of the wagons.
Looking at this now, it seems as if BR had the woodhead route stitched up already, even though it did last until 1981.
56 006 on test at Huddersfield December 1976
Healey Mills to marsden MGR wagons, nice day for December, with dry rail / good conditions.
Loco ran round at Marsden, train returned to Healey Mills, success.....
Come 1981, when the Woodhead Route closed, these MGR's were a regular sight through Huddersfield, heading for the Fiddlers Ferry power station, at Warrington.
Often overloaded, and on a wet rail, chaos usually reigned for many an hour, as they failed to make the uphill struggle to Marsden. Stranded passengers everywhere, while their trains were diverted up the "Lanky" and just a few local stoppers to Leeds with no taxis / buses, or backup plan, it was awful, and it happened regularly.
A class 37 was on standby in platform 7, when this photo was taken, and 56 006 had a brake van marshalled, at each end of the wagons.
Looking at this now, it seems as if BR had the woodhead route stitched up already, even though it did last until 1981.