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Paul Gaskell kindly gave this photograph for publication.
A closer look at a bouble base.
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2018.
The line to Blackpool South reopened as planned after a Winter blockade to undertake major route improvement and electrification works on the route to Blackpool North.
Kirkham and Wesham station has been substantially rebuilt with a third platform for the first time ever, bi-directional signalling and a lift in the pipeline.
Eo3 and Ec7 EE of 1923 and 1929 respectively had a run out at the Ferrymead railway in Christchurch today.
Not exaggerating to say this was the finest e-bike I've tried yet. Earlier this week in Amsterdam, I was riding a VANMOOF Electrified w/ auto shift and power, GPS, enclosed drivetrain, starter remote, lighting and disks all wrapped up in their distinct style A very hot bike!!
Amsterdam, 2014.
This location on the edge of Chat Moss on the Stephensons' masterpiece is a striking mix of 19th and 21st Centuries.
The crossing is manually operated by users but controlled by the traditional signalman at the adjacent signalbox.
The route was electrified to 25kV within the last 18 months.
Like Westhoughton, Ince will be electrified as part of the Lostock Junction to Wigan 'add on', expected in 2017.
Northern 156 464 passes heading east for Manchester.
Taken from the eastbound platform looking west.
The complicated lines through the station were a backwater for years, used for diversions and a lone daily Northern Wigan North Western to Lime St stopper, southbound only.
This all changed with the NW Electrification Programme when most FTPE services from the north west to Manchester Airport were diverted to call at Wigan North Western instead of Bolton, then continue south to Golborne Junction (a short distance beyond the train in shot here) , Lowton Junction (behind the camera), Parkside Junction and the Chat Moss route to Manchester.
When Phase 1 was completed Class 350 electrics were introduced on the route, but Class 185s such as the one here continue from unelectrified destinations such as Barrow and Blackpool.
Taken looking north over the bridge parapet. The train is approaching the camera, heading north to east.
This Safety station has stood on Platform 4 siince the project's very early days.
The notices thereon, in plain view of all, make interesting reading, as magnified in Photo 2029.
The culture of safety needs constant, open effort. It ain't free or easy, but it's a darned sight better than the alternative.
Taken on Platform 4 looking north.
Paul Gaskell kindly sent this photo for publication.
Newton le Willows station is being radically improved as a follow-on to electrification of the Chat Moss route.
The worksite on the south side of the station, looking north from Alfred Street.
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2017
Phil Wieland has kindly submitted this photograph for publication.
Lift tower and winding gear on Platform 4.
Phil took this shot from the new Platform 3 looking northwest.
Copyright Phil Wieland 2014
Paul Gaskell kindly sent this photo for publication.
Newton le Willows station is being radically improved as a follow-on to electrification of the Chat Moss route.
Foundations being dug immediately north of the station's north side. A new subway is to go in here, among other things.
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2017
Paul D Gaskell kindly submitted this photo for publication.
Visible from all north-facing photographs in this album taken from the nearby Ravenhead Greenway Footbridge is this apparatus squeezed between the tracks (out of sight to the right) and Ravenhead Road. It is the St Helens GSM-R base station, one of a new digital network of radio sites which give secure communications between appropriate railway staff, notably drivers and signallers. It is being implemented internationally.
Taken by Paul from Ravenhead Road, St Helens, looking northeast.
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2013
Please note that whilst the line travels generally SE-NW from Manchester to Preston, it runs E-W (at one point even slightly 'the wrong way' - ENE-WSW) along the valley bottom through Horwich Parkway,
By the wind turbine at the far western end of the station car park stands this bridge. It has what appear to be original piers topped with 20th Century blocks to raise a concrete deck and modern steel parapets. It carries an ancient Public Right of Way (PROW.) There is scant evidence of human footfall on its southern, 'country' side.
An image spanning the centuries. The original stone parapet end overlooks a FTPE Class 185 slowing for its Horwich stop with a service to Manchester Airport. In the background is the full station car park (I filled the very last slot) and Bolton Wanderers' football stadium. At track level an electrical mast base stands in readiness for steelwork.
Taken from the bridge's southern end, looking NE.
A train for Manchester Victoria passes the crossover which enables Manchester-bound trains to use the fourth track.
Bombardier ALP-46 4651 was departing Dover on an overcast Sunday afternoon in Jersey.
These NJ Transit Juice Boxes aren't much to look at, but they seem to do the job.
Wrinkley kindly sent this photo for publication.
The worksite south of the station taking shape.
Copyright Wrinkley 2017
The progress at Reading with the Great Western Electrification is coming on at a steady pace, this is the view facing London, 25/9/14
No sign of electrification activity yet, though there is some sort of scrape (preliminary investigation earthworks) in the lower foreground.
The large white building in the distance is a current factory next to Salwick station.
A beautiful frosty morning with mist still lingering in places.
Karl kindly sent this photo for publication.
This shot could equally be headed Sidgreaves Lane.
This bridge was rebuilt in preparation for electrification.
Copyright Karl 2017.
All I can think of is, NOT IN MY BACK YARD. But I would like to take some more different angles. I just stuck my camera out of the car window on this shot Quickly on the Red Light.
copyright Tom Stanley Janca
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I was a bit tired of sitting inside during my daughter's all day volleyball tournament, so I wandered outside and took pictures of what was visible from a parking lot.
Looking Good: NTA/BÉ (Roxboro, Limerick) Wright Streetdeck Electroliner EWD105 (232-L-1768) on Route 304 at The Crescent, Limerick on Thursday afternoon, 22nd February 2024. It was a minute or two behind two other 304s, which were "bunched"!
We went to a fabulous MADNESS concert last night at the O2 Arena London. I confess it took quite a while for people to warm up for the venue was just wayyy too big for a ska band like Madness, but near the end everyone was dancing everywhere, I really feared the upper circles might come down ... ;)
An EMU and DMUs await the off.
Network Rail's Paul was on hand to enjoy this first day. He had been involved in the Preston-Blackpool electrification of which this was first fruits.
In advance of a meeting in Preston in the afternoon I took the opportunity of a beautiful day to explore the footbridge " Bridge 29", WNW of Kirkham North Junction. The bridge appears in the distance in Railrover700's Photo img-3977.jpg of 6th January.
The bridge can be seen immediately west of Lytham Old Junction on this Edwardian map:
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.7907&lon=...
According to the map the location should cross the current route to Blackpool North and the former route to Blackpool Central and might afford views of the current route to Blackpool South and the line of route of the west-to-south curve which once made Kirkham North a triangular junction.
The bridge in the distance crosses the current line to Blackpool North and the lifted route to Blackpool Central, the trackbed of which curves below the camera.
All overhead wires appear to be aloft, making full contact and catenary runs from north of Weston Street, Bolton to just west of Salford Central and right to Ordsall Junction.
Some look to be fully attached to masts, but others are suspended by temporary fixings.
Muenchener kindly sent this photo for publication.
Electric trains started passenger-carrying services on several diagrams between Manchester Victoria and Blackpool North on Monday 11th February 2019.
Not all possible services were electrified, nor were the Salford to Euxton Junction speed limits raised, but nevertheless on that day the line jumped from zero electric services to several electric services in a middle sized bang. All such trains were composed of a single four car Class 319 EMU.
This shot shows a service pausing at Buckshaw Parkway.
Copyright Muenchener 2019.
Silvi, my poor girl has so many issues where to begin, her hair is a crispy mess and she has a gouge on her forehead, her arms are darker for some reason also, really not happy however she is really cute and I love her blue eyes so pretty, her hair has nice colours and I really dig the wolf dress.
Paul Gaskell kindly sent this photo for publication.
Newton le Willows station is being radically improved as a follow-on to electrification of the Chat Moss route.
Regular ATW loco-hauled trains call here.
Copyright Paul D Gaskell 2017
The route appears to be fully wired from Salford to north of Moses Gate, but the mounting to the upper left of shot awaits its contents-to-be.
It has been suggested this and a similar structure at Windsor Bridge North Junction will hold equipment t enable sections of wire to be switched on and of, described by an expert as "Motorised switching equipment for the OLE."f.
Sod The Drummer kindly sent this photo for publication.
Work in progress on the new footbridge which will join the new bus station (taking shape beyond the tracks) with the railway station.
Copyright Sod The Drummer 2016
The line to Blackpool South reopened as planned after a Winter blockade to undertake major route improvement and electrification works on the route to Blackpool North.
Kirkham and Wesham station has been substantially rebuilt with a third platform for the first time ever, bi-directional signalling and a lift in the pipeline.
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