Grid and Steel
Something of a stock shot but it was a Colas 'Grid', in this case 56302, seen here coming off the Shrewsbury line at Crewe shortly after it had left Basford Hall yard with the 10.05am to Pinnox Branch sidings (6K38).
On arrival in the station, the loco will uncouple and run-around its train before taking the line towards Stoke to complete what is a relatively short journey. Short but not without its challenges it seems - a class 37 in charge of this working just a few days before had to send for banking assistance up the Harecastle Deviation, and the locomotive sent was none other than 56302.
Little opportunity to avoid the clutter that now resides trackside on the station approach, so I tried embrace it instead. At least there's some more attractive clutter in the background - the old London & North Western Railway carriage shed can just be made out on the left. The track layout here certainly isn't what it used to be but it's still fairly pleasing in its complexity.
10.39am, 24th January 2020
Grid and Steel
Something of a stock shot but it was a Colas 'Grid', in this case 56302, seen here coming off the Shrewsbury line at Crewe shortly after it had left Basford Hall yard with the 10.05am to Pinnox Branch sidings (6K38).
On arrival in the station, the loco will uncouple and run-around its train before taking the line towards Stoke to complete what is a relatively short journey. Short but not without its challenges it seems - a class 37 in charge of this working just a few days before had to send for banking assistance up the Harecastle Deviation, and the locomotive sent was none other than 56302.
Little opportunity to avoid the clutter that now resides trackside on the station approach, so I tried embrace it instead. At least there's some more attractive clutter in the background - the old London & North Western Railway carriage shed can just be made out on the left. The track layout here certainly isn't what it used to be but it's still fairly pleasing in its complexity.
10.39am, 24th January 2020