Tug days
How much the rail-freight scene has changed this last 12 months with coal now all but disappeared, and a number of photogenic DB Schenker Tug diagrams transferred to Freightliner and their inevitable Shed traction.
One such working is the 11.10 Pendleton - Tunstead (6H43), seen here in the capable hands of DB Schenker's Tug 60017 as it approaches Guide Bridge.
Plenty has changed at Guide Bridge in the 35 years since the much loved 1500v DC Woodhead electrics were the prime traction here, in part due to the busy stabling / sign-on point which was just out of shot behind me. Visible signs of the 1500v heritage remain however, including the original OHLE gantries which now support the 25kv AC wires used by the Manchester - Glossop - Hadfield commuter trains.
An out-take from a visit last year.
5th October 2015
Tug days
How much the rail-freight scene has changed this last 12 months with coal now all but disappeared, and a number of photogenic DB Schenker Tug diagrams transferred to Freightliner and their inevitable Shed traction.
One such working is the 11.10 Pendleton - Tunstead (6H43), seen here in the capable hands of DB Schenker's Tug 60017 as it approaches Guide Bridge.
Plenty has changed at Guide Bridge in the 35 years since the much loved 1500v DC Woodhead electrics were the prime traction here, in part due to the busy stabling / sign-on point which was just out of shot behind me. Visible signs of the 1500v heritage remain however, including the original OHLE gantries which now support the 25kv AC wires used by the Manchester - Glossop - Hadfield commuter trains.
An out-take from a visit last year.
5th October 2015