Greenbank Variety : Box Interior.
Greenbank Box Interior.
NX Panel
I passed out Greenbank on my 58th Birthday, my 32nd box passed out in my 8 years and my 38th location in total.
Exactly seven weeks later I returned to work my first, and to date only, shift.
The box houses a now elderly NX panel housed in a BR Type 15 box.
The box works to Plumley West in the East, Mickle Trafford to the West and Manchester SCC on the branch to the South. Around the chord from Hartford CLC Jcn. to Hartford Jcn and the WCM the box works to Winsford.
The box has in recent times seen a significant increase in freight as this becomes a thoroughfare for freight from the East to Merseyside.
The flows include Manchester waste from locations such as Bredbury, Northenden & Brindle Heath and the likes to Runcorn and the incinerator there located on the Folly Lane branch.
Another waste flow is currently suspended, that between Wilton (Teeside) and Knowsley (Kirkby) which when it returns will bring a welcome return of freight down the single line beyond Rainford Junction to Kirkby.
Other flows include chemicals from Folly Lane which trip to and from Arpley Yard. They run twice a week (Tuesday and Friday) and arrive on their outward journey from Arpley then run round to access Folly Lane, the move is performed in reverse on their return from Runcorn to Warrington.
A flow of stone seems to run daily from the Peak District to Warrington Dallam.
Coal is currently being shipped from the Ferrybridge to Fiddlers Ferry, I'm told the two trains a day will continue for three years clearing what's on the ground at Ferrybridge.
Also associated with power generation is the flow of Biomass from Liverpool Docks to Drax and return
In addition to the freight a basically hourly service operates between Manchester Picc and Chester augmented in the peaks with an extra train or two. Operated by Northern it's a disparate mix of 142's, 150's or 156 units. Timings must be reasonably generous as the trains seem to run to time.
Greenbank Variety : Box Interior.
Greenbank Box Interior.
NX Panel
I passed out Greenbank on my 58th Birthday, my 32nd box passed out in my 8 years and my 38th location in total.
Exactly seven weeks later I returned to work my first, and to date only, shift.
The box houses a now elderly NX panel housed in a BR Type 15 box.
The box works to Plumley West in the East, Mickle Trafford to the West and Manchester SCC on the branch to the South. Around the chord from Hartford CLC Jcn. to Hartford Jcn and the WCM the box works to Winsford.
The box has in recent times seen a significant increase in freight as this becomes a thoroughfare for freight from the East to Merseyside.
The flows include Manchester waste from locations such as Bredbury, Northenden & Brindle Heath and the likes to Runcorn and the incinerator there located on the Folly Lane branch.
Another waste flow is currently suspended, that between Wilton (Teeside) and Knowsley (Kirkby) which when it returns will bring a welcome return of freight down the single line beyond Rainford Junction to Kirkby.
Other flows include chemicals from Folly Lane which trip to and from Arpley Yard. They run twice a week (Tuesday and Friday) and arrive on their outward journey from Arpley then run round to access Folly Lane, the move is performed in reverse on their return from Runcorn to Warrington.
A flow of stone seems to run daily from the Peak District to Warrington Dallam.
Coal is currently being shipped from the Ferrybridge to Fiddlers Ferry, I'm told the two trains a day will continue for three years clearing what's on the ground at Ferrybridge.
Also associated with power generation is the flow of Biomass from Liverpool Docks to Drax and return
In addition to the freight a basically hourly service operates between Manchester Picc and Chester augmented in the peaks with an extra train or two. Operated by Northern it's a disparate mix of 142's, 150's or 156 units. Timings must be reasonably generous as the trains seem to run to time.