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East Midlands Railway Class 222, 222017 passing through Attenborough working 1B46 1312 Nottingham to St Pancras, International, taken 12th October 2020
Owing to another blockade on the MML between Kettering & Leicester (via Mkt Harborough), EMR ran another diversion via Corby and Manton Jn.
Beyond Corby, the line travels at a maximum of 60mph, although it does get as sedate as 20mph in places; Seaton Viaduct here might well be one of them.
EMR InterCity Class 222 "Meridian" units 222003, 222020 & 222012 cross at the viaduct's northern abutment with Rutland's undulating landscape dwarfing them.
7-car 222003, on the left, was working 1D46, the 1419 from London St. Pancras Int'l to Nottingham; on the right, 5-car units 222020 & 222012 were working 1B64, the 1423 from Nottingham to London St. Pancras Int'l.
Most likely 156411 since that seems to be the one Sprinter unit that won't stop stalking me passes over the bridge from East Midlands Parkway, near Trent Lock.
Thought to be C1964/5, location is Reading (thanks for confirming Ian).
We have D1599 which was a western loco, working the 1A06 service with a steam loco in the siding before the station and a DMU partially poking out behind the Class 47.
D1599 was new from Crewe Works to Landore in June 1964 and western region based until at least 1987. She became 47027 under tope and 47558 when eth was fitted in December 1980. Withdrawl was in March 2002 and she was cut up by EMR at Kingsbury in May 2007.
Image from a negative in my collection taken by an unknown photographer.
EMR Class 43 No.43484 (No.43480 on the front) at Ely working 5L46 07:48 Barrow Hill-Ely Potters for storage on 21st December 2020.Stock 42404,42401,42584,41206,40221,41207.
A stroke of luck at Newark Castle meant I had the chance to sample EMR's first refurbished Class 158, being unit no. 847 seen here. It's also the first unit of the class to wear full EMR Purple, though units 773/774 were repainted into "interim" livery.
I understand that all units are set to receive this treatment, which is good news, as I do enjoy traveling on these units!
Inside, the refurbishment isn't quite as radical as on the Class 170s, however everything is clean, smart and presentable, just how it should be! The ambience was quite pleasant too with no glaring LEDs and the softer shades of purple chosen helping to achieve this!
I only really have two gripes with the refurbishment:
The first being cycle provision... The vestibules feel rather cramped and this is because in addition to the large, accessible toilet, there's also a "coffin" toilet pretty much next door. Retaining the "coffin" feels like a waste of space and as such there's only space for two bikes per 2 carriage unit. To make things worse, there aren't any seats in the area and you can't lock your bike to the stand. This quite offputting as it would be rather easy to swipe an unlocked bike and do one with it!
The logical solution would be to remove the "coffin" and add a few extra seats in a longitudinal arrangement. This could create a "multi use area" and I'm sure the extra capacity would be well appreciated on the often busy, services the 158 fleet run.
My other small issue is only quite a minor one and it's those horrible TrainFX displays, notorious for cutting off sentences midway and generally looking rubbish. The 170s refurbished by EMR have received hi resolution scrolling displays and the Northern Class 158s have even been retrofitted with screens showing the train's ETA, service updates and even connecting services at the next station!
While it's only a small thing, it often is these little touches that count and it's not like they'd be too difficult to achieve. Operators on the continent and even Northern have had these features for years and it feels like a bit of a missed opportunity to not include them on this refurb!
Spotted (somewhat unusually) on 1K65 Newark Castle to Crewe via Derby.
What could be the last Sunday southbound EMR, HST working crosses Shay Lane Viaduct, Walton, Wakefield running empty stock to Sheffield.
East Midlands Railway Class 222, 222002 standing at Derby working 1C55 1505 to London St. Pancras International, service had started at Sheffield, taken 12th October 2020
These Metro Camell Sprinters are thin on the ground now, so it's always nice to see one out and about. This is one of the few ex EMT units to carry interim livery however, I don't understand why they didn't paint it in aubergine since they needed to repaint the whole thing... Coming to think about it, maybe it's to keep consistent with the ex Anglia units which were white to begin with...
Spotted on 1R68 to Liverpool Lime Street.
A class 43 (43309) from EMR doing the service 1F29 from St Pancras International to Sheffield at Wellingborough.
Un tren de la serie 43 (43309) perteneciente a la empresa East Midlands Railway realizando el servicio 1F29 desde St Pancras International hasta Sheffield en Wellingborough.
170923 passes the Highbury Vale tram stop with 2W17 14:25 Nottingham to Worksop as a tram departs towards Hucknall
EMR 360109 on the 17.11 Corby to St Pancras working this evening; we travelled to Luton in First, declassified to Standard, which was nice.
Recently East Midlands Railway have applied more vinyl to 222101, creating a hybrid livery which covers the EMT Stagecoach colours and has cab ends in the company’s distinctive ‘aubergine’ colour. The unit is seen, on its first (or second) day of operation, speeding south with a 5Z45 ECS from Derby Etches Park Sidings to Corby. Ta to Ian for the gen.
All photos Copyright Jack Taylor.
Former Grand Central power car no. 43465 prepares to depart from Sheffield on 29th January 2020 at the head of 1C52, the 14.00 East Midlands Railway service to London St Pancras International.
Bit of a first for me on here, my interest in aviation is very minimal, however I seemed to have done a lot of it recently, resulting in the odd mobile phone snap here and there.
Here we see Ryanair EI-EMR at Treviso Airport having landed from Stansted.
Fiori di loto che si rispecchiano in un laghetto delle cosiddette "Cave di Budrighello".
Cave di Budrighello
Le Cave di Budrighello sono sorte in un’area di cava utilizzata dalla fornace di Pioppa che
utilizzava lo spesso strato di argilla depositata dalle acque del fiume Secchia nel corso degli
anni, per la costruzione, fino al 1974, di grandi quantità di mattoni, coppi e piastrelle per
pavimenti.
Col tempo, l’escavazione dell’argilla ha dato luogo a dei laghetti, ora alimentati
dalle acque di falda, dove flora e fauna hanno preso il sopravvento, colonizzando l’area e
favorendo lo sviluppo di un ecosistema acquatico ricco e ben equilibrato.
Il Comune di San
Possidonio, in particolare, per favorire e salvaguardare la rinaturalizzazione di questo
territorio, da alcuni anni ha promosso un progetto di recupero e gestione dell’area istituendo
in essa una “Zona di recupero ecologico” di 90.000 mq composta da: tre laghi, un ampio parco
di specie autoctone, 6 km di sentieri, un punto di sosta e un’ altana per l’osservazione. Le cave
sono gestite dalla “Associazione Cave di Budrighello” composta da volontari. Passeggiando
all’interno dell’area tra i canneti e i robusti rami dei salici, dei pioppi e degli olmi è facile
osservare germani reali, folaghe, gallinelle d’acqua, garzette, aironi cenerini, svassi, testuggini
palustri, cannareccioni, tutti alla ricerca di un rifugio tranquillo.
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