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11/05/2019 (Sat) 0647
Kirkham and Wesham
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2P70 0632 Blackpool North to Preston
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My first visit to the Wensleydale Railway near Northallerton see's recently acquired Northern Rail Pacer pair 142060 and 142028 in there first days operation on the approach to Redmire with the 1430 from Leeming Bar.
They look strangely at home here.
One of the places i really wanted to hit in Colorado was the San Luis & Rio Grande which i was hoping to chase some of their Maroon & gold painted engines. I arrived into Alamosa to find this beast tied down the night before this was taken next to the shops. I woke up the next morning to find that the engine and car 820 were gone so I headed east to quickly caught up to the test train heading for La Veta pass at a good clip. I would chase them as far east as Forbes Park before they would get deep into the Pass.
Margaret Pace Park is an 8-acre (3.2 ha) urban park located in the Omni and Edgewater districts of Greater Downtown Miami, Florida, U.S.A. The park is located on Biscayne Bay and has tennis courts as well as personal fitness equipment.[1] Directly across North Bayshore Drive, three large condominium complexes that were built in the 2000s housing and economic bubble overlook the park. The park underwent a $4 million renovation during this time. An even larger building is under construction adjacent the park As of 2015. The historic Miami Women's Club building is located directly to the south of the park.
I love a good slow shutter train photo. And certainly any opportunity to hang out a car window and pace a train is one I will certainly take.
Here the former P&E GP8 motors two GP38s and a SD40-2 eastbound just outside Port Matilda PA.
This afternoon, Cade and Luke McIntyre let me know of a solo-shot Ferromex leader headed my way, so despite the sub-par weather, I decided to go out and get it, so long as I'm allowed to.
Here, the FXE 4042 is on the head end of the GS3GCO-20, an Eagle Pass to Colby, KS grain train, and I'm pacing it just west of Silver Lake, KS on US 24.
A brace of 143s, forming a Paignton to Exmouth service, meander along the seawall. Beyond the tower of St. Michael's the upper reaches of Shaldon provide the backdrop.
An errand in Chester yesterday saw me let the train take the strain. I probably should do so more often seeing as the £5 return fare was less than the usual cost of parking and petrol combined, plus I also get a bit of exercise strolling from the station into the city centre.
Anyhow, I may be mistaken, but I think this is only my second visit to the station since the 1970s so I figured I'd get a couple of snaps at least for old times sake. No class 40s on the North Wales runs this time but still a reasonable amount of traffic, even if most of it was DMUs of one sort or another. What did strike me was how attractive the station still looks - Manchester Victoria might be a thing of the past but, for me, Chester still has a lot to offer visually with those thick-set girders and splendid roof canopies.
In this shot, Northern class 142 Pacer no. 142043 stands in the platform 5 bay where, in some four hours time, it will form the 1.59pm service to Manchester Piccadilly (2H37) via Knutsford and Stockport. Given the damp cold conditions, let's hope the driver puts in an early appearance to have the unit well warm before any punters climb aboard.
9.43am, 5th January 2018
A visit to Teeside in September '87 sees a class 143 Pacer rounding the curve at Cargo Fleet. The grainy Agfa CT21 is quite evident here.
Pacer is the operational name of the British Rail Classes 140, 141, 142, 143 and 144 diesel multiple unit railbuses, built between 1980 and 1987. The railbuses were intended as a short-term solution to a shortage of rolling stock (with a lifespan of no more than 20 years), but as of 2019, many are still in use. (They are Leyland Bus bodies attached to Railway Chassis ,) Hence the name Railbuses ..
Bella Pace, one of the most beautiful sims in Second Life.
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Passing the redundant Ystrad Mynach South signal box on the Cardiff Valleys network, "Pacers" 142076+142002 head south with 2P41 11:07 Rhymney - Penarth on 13/11/2013.
Apologies if not to everyone's taste, either the processing or subject matter but this is a scene and photograph idea I've had in mind for a while, I just needed to get to grips with the Photoshop technique to achieve.
This is actually made up of two images which were taken 30 minutes apart. The Pacer train was taken at 17:15 (1/400 f3.5 ISO800) with just enough light to stop the moving train with the second shot taken at 17:48 (4sec f8 ISO100). In Photoshop I've merged and blended the two together, keeping the sky and train from the earlier shot and with the city night scene a blend of the two.
Anyway, its kept me out of trouble for a while.
The scene is looking out over the city of Leeds from Holbeck. The working is the once daily Leeds to Goole service, just passing Engine Shed Junction, with the old Holbeck shed out of view to the left.
For the record, the working is a Northern Rail 3 Car Class 144, 144015 working 2F25 17:16 Leeds to Goole.
Saturday 17th February 2018.
Whilst waiting fort the Deltic last week I took a few other passing shots. One of which was this ancient pacer, 142 042. I don't know what their life expectancy was when built but they have certainly exceeded it. As far as I can see online they will be withdrawn by December 2019.
The original of this image was little dark and lacking detail so I have tweaked it a little to bring out the detail of the former Methley Junction station building and passing pacer.
Northern Rail liveried Pacer 142091 will shortly depart wrong line from Hexham with a Nunthorpe bound service.
We spent a day out in the towns along the eastern end of the Tyne Valley Line and I managed to squeeze a couple of railway shots in between visitng the delights of the local pubs and tea rooms. Friday 22.4.16
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For any Pacer lovers living in Kent there is positive news! The East Kent Railway now have one and I think a second one is coming to. 142 017 is pictured at Shepherdswell and once the railway starts running trains you wont have to travel far to enjoy a bit of Pacer action. (no jokes about rather using the trolley in front please)
The Rocky Mountaineer follows the CPKC Cascade Sub, running between Highway 7 and the Fraser River. Katz, BC 5/24/2024
Today was a dreary day in northeast Kansas, but I had the day off, so I kept the scanner on while hanging around the house. I heard the UP 8522 hollering at the Dispatcher, looked it up, and found that it was one of the newly-repainted, quasi-flagless units.
When Cade let me know that it was on the move eastbound, I picked up my stuff, and hit the road. Having not gotten any shots of these repaints leading yet, I was determined to get something out of the deal. I tried to beat it to Midland, but that didn't happen, so I kept rolling east. After a brief stop at CP Z021, I got to pacing the train near Loring on the UP Kansas Sub.
This is the CBTOL9-22, which runs from the Black Thunder Mine to Ameren's plant near Oologah, OK, so from KC, it'll turn towards the south for the home stretch.
Take note: Going out to chase this is in no way an endorsement of this scheme. I'm happy that they finally lost the hood flag, but the finished (?) product looks completely ridiculous. However, I had free time, and the determination to photograph something new to me.