Changing Places
Although BSC/Corus locomotives had always accessed B.R. metals (Network Rail when this picture was taken in February 2007) it tended to be restricted to coupling up to or depositing wagons on the adjacent down through siding. After the 1984 rationalisation they began to make longer journeys in Workington's now extended yard, as the new freight rail companies severely curtailed their use of class 08 pilot engines.
Here Hunslet 0-6-0, Corus No 403 boldly "trespasses" on the NR sidings, moving to pick up a rake of empties - deposited in the old yard by 66952. At the same time, the freightliner machine is making the opposite move; from NR lines buffering up to a train in the Corus siding alongside the Long Welded Rail plant.
Changing Places
Although BSC/Corus locomotives had always accessed B.R. metals (Network Rail when this picture was taken in February 2007) it tended to be restricted to coupling up to or depositing wagons on the adjacent down through siding. After the 1984 rationalisation they began to make longer journeys in Workington's now extended yard, as the new freight rail companies severely curtailed their use of class 08 pilot engines.
Here Hunslet 0-6-0, Corus No 403 boldly "trespasses" on the NR sidings, moving to pick up a rake of empties - deposited in the old yard by 66952. At the same time, the freightliner machine is making the opposite move; from NR lines buffering up to a train in the Corus siding alongside the Long Welded Rail plant.