Navigating the city
During a full-weekend engineering possession on the Caerphilly branch (presumably at Heath Junction), Freightliner 'Shed' 66621 heads a rake of discharged ballast wagons back to Westbury early on Sunday morning running as the 9.00am departure from this station, Cardiff Queen Street. Out of sight and tailing the formation is sister unit 66592.
For what is an incredibly busy station during the week, Sundays seems to start slowly here with barely a handful of passengers distributed around the place. In fact the first train to the main Central station wasn't due out until 9.11am.
The chap on platform 4 studying his phone while waiting for a train up to the Valleys, doesn't seem too impressed by the presence of a proper diesel locomotive. Maybe he should be - with the recent demise of regular coal traffic through the station, the appearance of proper locomotives is a pretty rare event here these days.
Much has changed in the city, even over the last 5-10 years, with many new buildings gracing the skyline, and more currently being built. And, with the Welsh Senedd based here, it does have the feeling of a city on the rise.
9.03am, Sunday 9th June 2024
Navigating the city
During a full-weekend engineering possession on the Caerphilly branch (presumably at Heath Junction), Freightliner 'Shed' 66621 heads a rake of discharged ballast wagons back to Westbury early on Sunday morning running as the 9.00am departure from this station, Cardiff Queen Street. Out of sight and tailing the formation is sister unit 66592.
For what is an incredibly busy station during the week, Sundays seems to start slowly here with barely a handful of passengers distributed around the place. In fact the first train to the main Central station wasn't due out until 9.11am.
The chap on platform 4 studying his phone while waiting for a train up to the Valleys, doesn't seem too impressed by the presence of a proper diesel locomotive. Maybe he should be - with the recent demise of regular coal traffic through the station, the appearance of proper locomotives is a pretty rare event here these days.
Much has changed in the city, even over the last 5-10 years, with many new buildings gracing the skyline, and more currently being built. And, with the Welsh Senedd based here, it does have the feeling of a city on the rise.
9.03am, Sunday 9th June 2024