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The sun has barely risen above the skyline as the 1C01 0343 Derby to St Pancras International rumbles slowly over the Welland viaduct at Harringworth. The train arived at St Pancras at 06:22 (two minutes early) taking a number of early risers into the capital.
Due to work in the Kettering area Midland mainline services were being diverted via Corby and Oakham resulting in much more traffic than usual on the route.
31st May 2019.
Just to whet the appetite a little. A panorama of the Welland Valley & Viaduct taken when we had some decent hoar frost in January.
Taken from the car park of Little Malvern Court, this view looks
over the village of Welland.
25. A Beautiful View in 52 in 2015 Challenge
A year ago today (or rather. on the day I post this, for those of you reading this in the future), I was following CP 246 down the Hamilton sub to the tune of two of EMDs classic models. The previous day, CP 143 lead with two of the other recently re-acquired CMQ barns. and I thought "guess thats the last time I'll shoot one of those of a while". Fortunately I was wrong, and here I was able to shoot 246 slowing down above the Welland River to begin their work in Welland yard.
GP9 402 was steam heat fitted for passenger service when built in 1954 and was rebuilt to GP9u as CPR 1689 in 1988.
Operating in classic long nose forward mode 402 hauls a short freight through the Welland Townline Tunnel under the Welland Canal in February 1974.
The Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Railway was a wholly owned subsidiary of the CPR but still retained it's locomotives in its own livery. The TH&B has now disappeared and is part of the St. Lawrence & Hudson division of the Canadian Pacific.
66160 with the 464T 14.46 Elstow Redland Siding to Mountsorrel Sidings at Market Harborough. Meridian sits at the station with a Nottingham, St Pancras service. The water level of the River Welland can fluctuate rapidly, but is very low on this day, an schoolboys were walking across under the bridge earlier
Something for everyone at Welland Steam Rally- including this marvellous trio of Scammell Contractor heavy haulers.
The ex Austrian operated Wilhelm Kern AEC AV1100 powered 200ton model ABW457F, is dwarfed by Cummins KT powered 240ton Mk2 models DBF133Y & RWO73R, 'Challenger' & 'Superior' respectively, which were both originally new to Wynns Heavy Haulage of Newport, South Wales.
The always interesting working field can be seen behind with the newly restored Belaz 256B- a photo of which I've recently uploaded.
Flanagans 1946 Scammell Showtrac (GUR 148) at the 2024 Welland steam rally.
Some Info on the Showtrac:
The Showtrac was a short-wheelbase 4x2 ballast tractor, one of the few vehicles ever designed specifically for fairground use. It could be supplied with a rear body (with half-height roller shutter access doors), winch, and dynamo with the ballast block underneath.[8] Eighteen were built, to varying specifications (not all had the body fitted, for example), between December 1945 and September 1948. Seventeen have been preserved. There are many look-alike Scammell tractors, but genuine Showtracs had a special "Showtrac" badge on the radiator, and a full-width cab.
The Welland Viaduct that spans the River Welland Valley between the counties of Rutland and Northamptonshire.
Welland Viaduct, also known as Harringworth Viaduct or Seaton Viaduct, is a railway viaduct in Rutland/Northamptonshire. It is the longest masonry viaduct across a valley in Britain at over 1km in length with 82 arches, built in the late 1800's and is still used today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland_Viaduct
As the conductor walks up, CP 255 has just finished its work at Welland Yard and is ready to proceed north up the Hamilton Sub.
Welland is a small village which enjoys this panorama of the Malvern Hills. This was a welcome glow just before sunset, not bad for a January evening!
Early light sees the CSL Welland upbound at the Ambassador Bridge destined for Thunder Bay on her first voyage of the 2018 shipping season.
The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some 65 miles (105 km) long. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market Harborough, Stamford and Spalding, to reach The Wash near Fosdyke. . There are two channels between widely spaced embankments with the intention that flood waters would have space in which to spread while the tide in the estuary prevented free egress. However, after the floods of 1947, new works such as the Coronation Channel were constructed to control flooding in Spalding and the washes are no longer used solely as pasture, but may be used for arable farming.
Significant improvements were made to the river in the 1660s, when a new cut with 10 locks was constructed between Stamford and Market Deeping, and two locks were built on the river section below Market Deeping. The canal section was known as the Stamford Canal, and was the longest canal with locks in Britain when it was built. The river provided the final outlet to the sea for land drainage schemes implemented in the seventeenth century, although they were not completely successful until a steam-powered pumping station was built at Pode Hole in 1827. Navigation on the upper river, including the Stamford Canal, had ceased by 1863, but Spalding remained an active port until the end of the Second World War.
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this railway viaduct crosses the River Welland between Harringworth and Seaton, just north of Corby. It's quite a sight when you first stumble upon it!
A Trillium job with an RS18u crosses the former Welland Canal. This is the old canal and a new one was built just east of this location.
Amazing Victorian railway architecture comprising of 82 arches.
Started in 1876 and completed in only 2 years.
30 million bricks were used in it's construction which carries freight and some passenger traffic to the town of Corby in Northamptonshire.
Straddles both Rutland and Northamptonshire counties.
Image made from 6 separate images stitched together using Photoshop CC.
Penn Central 7432 was photographed in Welland, Ontario in October 1973 when the yard facility was opened for a NMRA division meet.
Canadian built GP9 originally New York Central 6032 for working the Canada Southern.