Barnetby Reception Sidings Belle 1
68003 sits in Barnetby Reception Sidings No. 1 Siding waiting to tail 5Z75 the 1125 Barnetby to Cleethorpes ECS.
Note the new signals waiting in readiness for their time to come.
The two tall siding signals control the exits from the two reception sidings.
The third tall siding signal is permanently off and only placed to danger by the ground frame controlling the access to No. 3 down siding which is currently out of use.
Despite working on this patch the grapevine doesn't always work so when the Northern Belle stock turned up yesterday I was totally unaware that it had a 68 leading the stock into Grimsby. As it is was, I would have been unable to have got the shot as I was nights and the train arrived too early for me.
We were presented with a second opportunity however as the previous days Grimsby to Edinburgh return trip was stabled overnight at Barnetby and then worked a Sunday lunchtime jaunt from Cleethorpes to Cleethorpes via York and Darlington.
On the other end of the train were 57305 in Northern Belle livery and DRS 66426.
The previous days outing had not gone smoothly. Problems clearly occurred in the York area on the return as an hour was lost. The driver of this mornings train who was preparing it when I arrived with my camera advised that the 57 was a failure hence the addition of the 66, the body snatcher being retained in the consist to supply the ETH which the 68 for reasons unknown had not been able to do.
This weekends activities are undoubtedly the first sighting of a 68 in North Lincolnshire.
68003 tails 5Z75 the 11.25 Barnetby Down Reception Sidings - Cleethorpes ECS.
Seen waiting prior to departure from No. 1 Reception Siding at 10.50 on Sunday 7th June 2015
Barnetby Reception Sidings Belle 1
68003 sits in Barnetby Reception Sidings No. 1 Siding waiting to tail 5Z75 the 1125 Barnetby to Cleethorpes ECS.
Note the new signals waiting in readiness for their time to come.
The two tall siding signals control the exits from the two reception sidings.
The third tall siding signal is permanently off and only placed to danger by the ground frame controlling the access to No. 3 down siding which is currently out of use.
Despite working on this patch the grapevine doesn't always work so when the Northern Belle stock turned up yesterday I was totally unaware that it had a 68 leading the stock into Grimsby. As it is was, I would have been unable to have got the shot as I was nights and the train arrived too early for me.
We were presented with a second opportunity however as the previous days Grimsby to Edinburgh return trip was stabled overnight at Barnetby and then worked a Sunday lunchtime jaunt from Cleethorpes to Cleethorpes via York and Darlington.
On the other end of the train were 57305 in Northern Belle livery and DRS 66426.
The previous days outing had not gone smoothly. Problems clearly occurred in the York area on the return as an hour was lost. The driver of this mornings train who was preparing it when I arrived with my camera advised that the 57 was a failure hence the addition of the 66, the body snatcher being retained in the consist to supply the ETH which the 68 for reasons unknown had not been able to do.
This weekends activities are undoubtedly the first sighting of a 68 in North Lincolnshire.
68003 tails 5Z75 the 11.25 Barnetby Down Reception Sidings - Cleethorpes ECS.
Seen waiting prior to departure from No. 1 Reception Siding at 10.50 on Sunday 7th June 2015