Terraces & Sheds
Passing through the residential district of Northwich, Freightliner Shed 66616 has a sizeable load in tow with its 2,400t train of limestone aggregate quarried in Derbyshire. The working is the 9.56am from Tunstead which is headed for Garston on Merseyside (6F70).
The terraces on the left stand on Greenall Road, once a prime spot for watching the trains go by but now partly obscured by vegetation. The houses on the right stand on Alan Street and in fact it's the back of them you can see, hence the occasional garden shed! Hidden by the bushes is the single track east curve of the triangle carrying the line to Middlewich and Sandbach - still regularly used by freight as well as a diversionary route for passenger traffic when the West Coast Mainline is closed between Crewe and Hartford.
I took this shot with a pano in mind, so centred the train in the middle of the frame (vertically) to get the best lens performance. The occasional white streaks here and there are rain-drops.
11.53am, 26th April 2019
Terraces & Sheds
Passing through the residential district of Northwich, Freightliner Shed 66616 has a sizeable load in tow with its 2,400t train of limestone aggregate quarried in Derbyshire. The working is the 9.56am from Tunstead which is headed for Garston on Merseyside (6F70).
The terraces on the left stand on Greenall Road, once a prime spot for watching the trains go by but now partly obscured by vegetation. The houses on the right stand on Alan Street and in fact it's the back of them you can see, hence the occasional garden shed! Hidden by the bushes is the single track east curve of the triangle carrying the line to Middlewich and Sandbach - still regularly used by freight as well as a diversionary route for passenger traffic when the West Coast Mainline is closed between Crewe and Hartford.
I took this shot with a pano in mind, so centred the train in the middle of the frame (vertically) to get the best lens performance. The occasional white streaks here and there are rain-drops.
11.53am, 26th April 2019