37377
37377 at Rugby at the head of a rail carrying 'Chute'.
Adjacent on the down slow is a Freightliner headed by 47224 which had failed and was waiting for rescue by 47212.
Note that the timber sleepers are still in place for a line that has been lifted.
Rugby really was a great place to spend a day and had a slightly decaying, downtrodden feel to it - once an important junction station with no less than seven routes diverging/converging and of course the Great Central which ran over the WCML via the "birdcage" bridge at the Southern end.
It had a Cathedral like atmosphere with its overall roof (albeit missing the majority of its glazing). I loved to escape from my failing marriage and spend time waiting for the next train to arrive. In between trains when it was quiet, you could hear the sparrows cheeping and the quiet bustle of staff and passengers going about their business.
There was also a significant works/steam shed, and also the Testing Station. (removed in the sixties)
On the Northern approaches, the up yard provided plenty of movements, into and out of the station shuffling long rakes of 4 wheelers...
Modernisation and the WCML upgrade swept all this away. Now its clinical, straight, boring and corporate. Bollocks to progress.
37377
37377 at Rugby at the head of a rail carrying 'Chute'.
Adjacent on the down slow is a Freightliner headed by 47224 which had failed and was waiting for rescue by 47212.
Note that the timber sleepers are still in place for a line that has been lifted.
Rugby really was a great place to spend a day and had a slightly decaying, downtrodden feel to it - once an important junction station with no less than seven routes diverging/converging and of course the Great Central which ran over the WCML via the "birdcage" bridge at the Southern end.
It had a Cathedral like atmosphere with its overall roof (albeit missing the majority of its glazing). I loved to escape from my failing marriage and spend time waiting for the next train to arrive. In between trains when it was quiet, you could hear the sparrows cheeping and the quiet bustle of staff and passengers going about their business.
There was also a significant works/steam shed, and also the Testing Station. (removed in the sixties)
On the Northern approaches, the up yard provided plenty of movements, into and out of the station shuffling long rakes of 4 wheelers...
Modernisation and the WCML upgrade swept all this away. Now its clinical, straight, boring and corporate. Bollocks to progress.