M&GN Ghost - BR Norwich City 1967 2
It's a beautiful February afternoon in 2022 and I've carried a stepladder along the Marriott's May to a bit of a blind bend close to Barker Street, much to the surprise of a number of cyclists going too quickly through here, as per the norm along this stretch. Whilst trying to be as quick as I can to reduce the obvious hazard I'm in up here, I'm secretly enjoying watching the speeding cyclists swerve in surprise around a rather unexpected chicane. Here's a tip, if you can't see what's is around a bend, maybe slow down a bit.
Meanwhile, back in the August of 1967 a young David Pearson has been given a brake-van permit for a return trip on the 0800 (or thereabouts) Wensum Freight, headed up by Brush type 2, D5664. The station had been closed to passengers since 1959 but carried on with freight operations right up until 1969.
The signalman can be seen carrying the tablet for Drayton along the tracks to the driver waiting at the A-Frame bridge at Dolphin (now known locally as Dragon Bridge) and a cyclist from 55 years in the future somehow manages to swerve around him.
Thanks to David Pearson for allowing me to use his fantastic colour image of his interesting journey up and down the former M&GN metals out of Norwich City.
M&GN Ghost - BR Norwich City 1967 2
It's a beautiful February afternoon in 2022 and I've carried a stepladder along the Marriott's May to a bit of a blind bend close to Barker Street, much to the surprise of a number of cyclists going too quickly through here, as per the norm along this stretch. Whilst trying to be as quick as I can to reduce the obvious hazard I'm in up here, I'm secretly enjoying watching the speeding cyclists swerve in surprise around a rather unexpected chicane. Here's a tip, if you can't see what's is around a bend, maybe slow down a bit.
Meanwhile, back in the August of 1967 a young David Pearson has been given a brake-van permit for a return trip on the 0800 (or thereabouts) Wensum Freight, headed up by Brush type 2, D5664. The station had been closed to passengers since 1959 but carried on with freight operations right up until 1969.
The signalman can be seen carrying the tablet for Drayton along the tracks to the driver waiting at the A-Frame bridge at Dolphin (now known locally as Dragon Bridge) and a cyclist from 55 years in the future somehow manages to swerve around him.
Thanks to David Pearson for allowing me to use his fantastic colour image of his interesting journey up and down the former M&GN metals out of Norwich City.