'The times they are a changing' at Woodburn Junction & along the Lincoln Line, part II to IV - 115321
** This is a 4min 24sec video so has to be downloaded to see the full version, as only 3 minutes are shown in the Flickr interface. To obtain the full version, right click the link at lower right of the video, and select 'Save Link As' to save the file to the desktop.
** It has just come to my notice (10/12/23) that the Download option below and to the right of the media _does not_ allow you to download the full version, only the 3 minutes available here. So, I am going to try and 'fix' this for all videos lasting more than 3 minutes, this is the link to obtain the full version shown here-
www.flickr.tightfitz.com/Video/Lincoln_Line_20210314_1153...
This is a phone video taken during the 3-part location set in the Woodburn area on March 14th and subsequent to the ones taken the previous weekend at the Woodhouse and Beighton Station areas, see the stills video of that here-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/51029375533/
After visiting Beighton and Woodhouse Station again on Saturday, 13th March, the pictures of which are to appear in the extended stills video to follow this one, another visit was paid to the Woodburn area on Sunday 14th March, taking in Woodburn Junction first, then moving a short distance west to Woodburn Road bridge and finally here, in this video, to the Nunnery Bank area outside Sheffield. So, this is a bit out of sequence with the one which follows but as it is already to 'go' as it were, I considered this worth up-loading first while the other, longer and more involved stills video is in preparation. The workings on these days came and went with 18 freight trains carrying various materials coming into the Network Rail possession, which latterly ran from here at Nunnery Bank and all the way through Woodburn, Darnall, Woodhouse, Beighton Station Crossing and along to Beighton Junction. It commenced at 08:00 on Saturday 6th March at Beighton Station crossing and until 08:00 next Monday, the 22 March at this location but the complete line block now including the locations here, came in last Saturday, 13th March, again until Monday 22nd. A lot of works and resulting changes, have taken place, though it now seems the heavy freights with new materials, ballast, track panels, switch panels, signalling etc, and old materials removed, is now about complete. As far as I can make out, the workings which came into and subsequently left the site, starting late last Friday, 12th March, were, upto the time of the last pictures which will be shown here, 16th March, are-
Friday 12th March
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GBRf
23:53 66787 6X40 Belmont Down Yard via Rotherham Central, Meadowhall & Chesterfield to Woodburn Junction
Freightliner
00:04 6Y30 66547+66597 Toton North Yard to Woodburn Junction
00:04 6Y31 66523 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction
Saturday 13th March
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Freightliner
08:45 6Y32 66533 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction (loco name: 'Hanjin Express/Senator Express')
10:20 6Y30 66547 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (with 66597 'Viridor')
12:24 6Y33 66516 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction
15:19 6Y31 66597 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (loco name: 'Viridor')
Sunday 13th March
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GBRf
08:54 6X41 66731 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction (loco name: 'Capt Tom Moore(A True British Inspiration)' 'Thank You NHS' livery)
D.B. Shenker(for GBRf)
09:10 6Z40 66078+66134 Doncaster Up Decoy to Nunnery Main Line Junction (emergency move due to replacement for broken down SB Rail crane)
Freightliner
11:20 6Y32 66523 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard
16:25 6Y33 66516+66533 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (66533 loco name: 'Hanjin Express/Senator Express')
GBRf
20:43 6G42 66717 Belmont Down Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction (loco name: 'Good Old Boy')
Tuesday 16th March
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Freightliner
07:12 6G42 66516 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard
Colas Rail
09:09 6C83 70802 Belmont Down Yard to Sheffield, runs round then on to Nunnery Main Line Junction (with 20 full Autoballasters)
GBRf
12:31 6Y20 66717 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton Up Sidings (loco name: 'Good Old Boy')
Colas Rail
16:21 6C84 70810 Belmont Down Yard to Sheffield, runs round then on to Nunnery Main Line Junction
Volker Rail
21:52 6J31 Track Machine Chesterfield Down Sidings to Nunnery Main Line Junction
Freightliner/Colas
23:11 6C83 70802/810? Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (with 20 empty Autoballasters)
So, what a week and a half this has been with. I have to admit, my not appreciating the magnitude of the works which were going to take place along the Lincoln Line from Nunnery through Woodburn Junction, the main site, on to Woodhouse Station, Woodhouse Junction and Beighton Station. The semaphore signalboxes at Beighton Station and Woodhouse Station being removed on Sunday 14th March and, to follow, Thursday 18th March. By Monday, the 22nd March, all the works will/should have been completed on the Sunday evening and by that stage, all signalling control along this line from Woodburn Junction's area will be in the authority of the York Railway Operating Centre, outside York Station. This relatively extensive Civil Engineering work along this line marks a change in both the available semaphore signalling in the area and the interest residing in the railway infra-structure; the engineering work having simplified the rail layout at Woodburn and Woodhouse Junctions and with the two old boxes now gone by this stage. In this video, red liveried DBS Cargo, class 66, 66078 with 66134 at the back, are in top-and-tail formation, bringing into the possession site at Nunnery, a large 'Swietelsky & Babcock Rail Ltd.' crane, number KFA FS97415, to replace the one already in the area, parked up under the Darnall Flyover. It had apparently broken down much earlier on and was shunted out of the way and a VSTP working put in place to bring another unit from Doncaster to the possession site, so this is the 6Z40, Doncaster Up Decoy via reversal on platform 3 at Sheffield and then back here to Nunnery, to arrive at 11:20, about half an hour before I arrived. The very accommodating NR guy seen in the video, suggested he might bring the locos forward, closer to the camera so we, 'BonsoirBaz' was present as well, could get some better shots; think he was probably going to do this anyway, but thanks once more... if he happens to read this.. Always good to have encouragement rather than being told to 'clear off', the latter not having happened at all during the photography here, at Woodburn or Beighton Station, where its easier to get 'into the business' as there's a level crossing, the contractors have all been helpful and communicative in terms of answering questions etc..
Above the parked Ford hatchback car, an old LMSR bracket signal post can be seen, long disused of course, but never removed, it is barely visible in the video but is easy to see in the up-and-coming stills video, to follow in the next few days. It is also featured in this picture of a class 37 test train, led by 37419, as long ago as January, 2014, seen coming up the Nunnery Bank, with explanatory map beneath the picture, showing what the area used to look like in the early 1900s, see-
'The times they are a changing' at Woodburn Junction & along the Lincoln Line, part II to IV - 115321
** This is a 4min 24sec video so has to be downloaded to see the full version, as only 3 minutes are shown in the Flickr interface. To obtain the full version, right click the link at lower right of the video, and select 'Save Link As' to save the file to the desktop.
** It has just come to my notice (10/12/23) that the Download option below and to the right of the media _does not_ allow you to download the full version, only the 3 minutes available here. So, I am going to try and 'fix' this for all videos lasting more than 3 minutes, this is the link to obtain the full version shown here-
www.flickr.tightfitz.com/Video/Lincoln_Line_20210314_1153...
This is a phone video taken during the 3-part location set in the Woodburn area on March 14th and subsequent to the ones taken the previous weekend at the Woodhouse and Beighton Station areas, see the stills video of that here-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/51029375533/
After visiting Beighton and Woodhouse Station again on Saturday, 13th March, the pictures of which are to appear in the extended stills video to follow this one, another visit was paid to the Woodburn area on Sunday 14th March, taking in Woodburn Junction first, then moving a short distance west to Woodburn Road bridge and finally here, in this video, to the Nunnery Bank area outside Sheffield. So, this is a bit out of sequence with the one which follows but as it is already to 'go' as it were, I considered this worth up-loading first while the other, longer and more involved stills video is in preparation. The workings on these days came and went with 18 freight trains carrying various materials coming into the Network Rail possession, which latterly ran from here at Nunnery Bank and all the way through Woodburn, Darnall, Woodhouse, Beighton Station Crossing and along to Beighton Junction. It commenced at 08:00 on Saturday 6th March at Beighton Station crossing and until 08:00 next Monday, the 22 March at this location but the complete line block now including the locations here, came in last Saturday, 13th March, again until Monday 22nd. A lot of works and resulting changes, have taken place, though it now seems the heavy freights with new materials, ballast, track panels, switch panels, signalling etc, and old materials removed, is now about complete. As far as I can make out, the workings which came into and subsequently left the site, starting late last Friday, 12th March, were, upto the time of the last pictures which will be shown here, 16th March, are-
Friday 12th March
-------------------
GBRf
23:53 66787 6X40 Belmont Down Yard via Rotherham Central, Meadowhall & Chesterfield to Woodburn Junction
Freightliner
00:04 6Y30 66547+66597 Toton North Yard to Woodburn Junction
00:04 6Y31 66523 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction
Saturday 13th March
---------------------
Freightliner
08:45 6Y32 66533 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction (loco name: 'Hanjin Express/Senator Express')
10:20 6Y30 66547 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (with 66597 'Viridor')
12:24 6Y33 66516 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction
15:19 6Y31 66597 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (loco name: 'Viridor')
Sunday 13th March
-------------------
GBRf
08:54 6X41 66731 Toton North Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction (loco name: 'Capt Tom Moore(A True British Inspiration)' 'Thank You NHS' livery)
D.B. Shenker(for GBRf)
09:10 6Z40 66078+66134 Doncaster Up Decoy to Nunnery Main Line Junction (emergency move due to replacement for broken down SB Rail crane)
Freightliner
11:20 6Y32 66523 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard
16:25 6Y33 66516+66533 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (66533 loco name: 'Hanjin Express/Senator Express')
GBRf
20:43 6G42 66717 Belmont Down Yard to Nunnery Main Line Junction (loco name: 'Good Old Boy')
Tuesday 16th March
--------------------
Freightliner
07:12 6G42 66516 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard
Colas Rail
09:09 6C83 70802 Belmont Down Yard to Sheffield, runs round then on to Nunnery Main Line Junction (with 20 full Autoballasters)
GBRf
12:31 6Y20 66717 Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton Up Sidings (loco name: 'Good Old Boy')
Colas Rail
16:21 6C84 70810 Belmont Down Yard to Sheffield, runs round then on to Nunnery Main Line Junction
Volker Rail
21:52 6J31 Track Machine Chesterfield Down Sidings to Nunnery Main Line Junction
Freightliner/Colas
23:11 6C83 70802/810? Nunnery Main Line Junction to Toton North Yard (with 20 empty Autoballasters)
So, what a week and a half this has been with. I have to admit, my not appreciating the magnitude of the works which were going to take place along the Lincoln Line from Nunnery through Woodburn Junction, the main site, on to Woodhouse Station, Woodhouse Junction and Beighton Station. The semaphore signalboxes at Beighton Station and Woodhouse Station being removed on Sunday 14th March and, to follow, Thursday 18th March. By Monday, the 22nd March, all the works will/should have been completed on the Sunday evening and by that stage, all signalling control along this line from Woodburn Junction's area will be in the authority of the York Railway Operating Centre, outside York Station. This relatively extensive Civil Engineering work along this line marks a change in both the available semaphore signalling in the area and the interest residing in the railway infra-structure; the engineering work having simplified the rail layout at Woodburn and Woodhouse Junctions and with the two old boxes now gone by this stage. In this video, red liveried DBS Cargo, class 66, 66078 with 66134 at the back, are in top-and-tail formation, bringing into the possession site at Nunnery, a large 'Swietelsky & Babcock Rail Ltd.' crane, number KFA FS97415, to replace the one already in the area, parked up under the Darnall Flyover. It had apparently broken down much earlier on and was shunted out of the way and a VSTP working put in place to bring another unit from Doncaster to the possession site, so this is the 6Z40, Doncaster Up Decoy via reversal on platform 3 at Sheffield and then back here to Nunnery, to arrive at 11:20, about half an hour before I arrived. The very accommodating NR guy seen in the video, suggested he might bring the locos forward, closer to the camera so we, 'BonsoirBaz' was present as well, could get some better shots; think he was probably going to do this anyway, but thanks once more... if he happens to read this.. Always good to have encouragement rather than being told to 'clear off', the latter not having happened at all during the photography here, at Woodburn or Beighton Station, where its easier to get 'into the business' as there's a level crossing, the contractors have all been helpful and communicative in terms of answering questions etc..
Above the parked Ford hatchback car, an old LMSR bracket signal post can be seen, long disused of course, but never removed, it is barely visible in the video but is easy to see in the up-and-coming stills video, to follow in the next few days. It is also featured in this picture of a class 37 test train, led by 37419, as long ago as January, 2014, seen coming up the Nunnery Bank, with explanatory map beneath the picture, showing what the area used to look like in the early 1900s, see-