'The times they are a changing' at Woodburn Junction & along the Lincoln Line, part V & VI - 8755->8844
* Another stills (49) video in 2 sections, this time, on 19th March at Woodburn Junction & Bridge, Woodhouse Junction & Station, then on the 23rd March at Woodburn Bridge, Woodhouse Junction & Beighton Station. It is 64Mby, and 4mins 15secs long, so video will have to be down-loaded to watch the full extent. 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_Rail_Possessi...
* Music in the background is, once again, Dreamstate Logic Ambient, this time Echoes-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=14m2S6VO9tA
There is also a traction video to follow which shows a GBRf stone train, taken from Woodburn Road bridge, on the Bardon empties return from Tinsley Yard south, back to the Bardon quarries.
Friday 19th March
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1. Woodburn Junction & Bridge. Showing the state of the new installation, the lightness of the new ballast is causing problems with the colour balance of shots here, the dirty stuff was better. At this time, the 19th, there were only 3 days of work left and the all the heavy stuff had left the area, with only Siemens & N.R. personnel left doing the testing phase of the new installation. Passing over Woodburn Bridge in the background of the 1st shot, a Sheffield Supertram, 120, in the old 'blue and cream livery' an echo of bygone days when all the trams used to look the same.. I have taken the time to 'neuter' the brightness of the new ballast as it looked somewhat like 'Icing Sugar' and affected the tones in the pictures.. needs to undergo some weathering to make things easy to shoot here. The single head/2-colour W0214 glows bright red in the background, all movements along here been stopped until Monday morning, 22nd March. The track formation is now complete and the re-modelling can be seen, the cross-over for the Deepcar Branch is still on the other side of Woodburn Road but now there is only 1 track and, similarly, the double track junction with the main lines from the Lower Don Valley Line in the foreground, have also now been made single track. It all looks much simpler and easier to maintain and therefore, less interesting! although the new points hardware in blue, cream and yellow livery, looks interesting on the Tinsley line. Woodburn Junction signal cabin survives, but only for the short-term...
2. Woodhouse Junction, 'Then & Now'. The 'Now' part shows a selection of shots of what, by the time I arrived, was only the bottom half of the box, though the lever frame was still in place, just about, the top part had been consigned to history and the skip. As can be seen, the lever frame was in place though damaged but within a few minutes, that was duly ripped out, 'before my very eyes', pulled apart and piled on top of the other scrap metal next to the large yellow, 'wood skip'. This didn't take long using the 'CAT' machine and some odd bits of acetylene cutting to separate the more difficult parts. The local housing development across the tracks must have had a grandstand view of the proceedings from their upper floor windows and there was another house within a few metres of the box position, with 2 women looking out of the upstairs window at what was unfolding.. The pictures from outside the compound weren't easy to take due to various obstructions, but I think the gist of the matter is plain to see. It doesn't look as if anything was spared, the services, water and electricity having been cut off, the place was just ripped apart and dumped in the skip and onto a pile of scrap metal. The old, red-brick building next to the box survived and is visible in these pictures as is the new colour light exit signal, WN8124, for exit from the Reception siding and its run-around.
As a bit of a tribute to the box and area, a hark back in the 'Then' part of this section of the video, shows a Freightliner class 70, 70006, running around its consist of around 25, HIA coal hoppers, starting out at the upper part of the reception sidings near Woodhouse station, it then makes its way along to the other end of the wagons. The line the Freightliner is moving along has now been removed, the one to its right is now termed the 'Recep', Reception Siding, on the track diagram, and the one to its left, now termed 'RR', Run-Round, and are the two siding lines which have survived. Woodhouse Junction Box is in the left background of the 1st of the 4 shots, taken on 27th June, 2012; happy days. The succeeding 3 shots show the view from the signalbox area looking north. I managed to 'clone out' the metal telegraph pole from the 3rd shot which I always thought was rather irksome to have in the picture and the original ones shown here, had the pole in the shots. It wasn't easy to remove it as the thing crosses the wagons which are difficult to deal with. Anyway, this is Freightliner, class 70, 70006, on the 6J70, from West Burton Power Station, then here for a reversal from E/W, to N/S in the Woodhouse Sidings and then finally on to one of the sidings at Barrow Hill.
3. Woodhouse House Station, new signalling. The signal, WN8124, seen in the shots at the Woodhouse Box location, can now be seen in the distance in the 1st shots in this section. Glowering red at the end of the 'Recep' & 'RR' lines, far right and the one to its left respectively, the signal has a 'theatre' indicator on top. This is presumably to be used to indicate which line beyond the signal, the Lincoln Line curving left to the east or the Beighton Junction line, curving round to the right. The state of the Box at this time is clear to see and the old, World War II, 'blast wall' surrounding the front and 2 sides, is yet to be demolished. This was built during the last war to prevent bomb damage to the box which, at that time; signalled a very important, complex and busy freight area. At the station, Signal WN8116, has now been uncovered and is also glowing red, its single, 2-colour head sat below a couple of 'feather' indicators for the way ahead, left for the Lincoln Line or right, for the line through Beighton Junction and onto the 'Old Road'. I am not aware of such a signal design anywhere in this area and this arrangement replaces the the old WH051 signal, about a half mile south along the line which had just one feather, for the right-hand line to Beighton Junction; that signal has now been removed and nothing remains of it or the signal across from it for down-line moves to Woodhouse Station and Sheffield. In front of the signal, a rather 'robust' looking telephone post for the driver's use as and when required and over on the right, one of the workers is doing some final tidying up in the station to remove not unneeded equipment, before someone does!
Tuesday 23rd March
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4. Woodburn Bridge. This section features the 'new ballast', a 'Civity' and the Bardon. Thought it time to get some traction in the shots at the re-modelled Woodburn Junction. Glancing behind me as the wait continued for what seemed an unusually delayed return Bardon, a Sheffield Tram/Train unit, 399207, plies its way south and heads east for Meadowhall, not along GCR metals to Parkgate in this instance. Looking like it was around 11 minutes late and taking ages to come off the signal, W227, to head down to Broughton Lane and onto the main line, GBRf, 'Great Britain Rail freight', class 66, 66775/F231, 'H.M.S. Argyll' heads the 6M83, Tinsley Yard(GBRf) to Bardon Hill return Bardon Aggregates with a longish rake of HTA Coal, now stone, hoppers. The set appeared to be taking it steady coming off the Tinsley line and, as the video shoes, rumbles slowly under the Woodburn Road bridge, giving me time to count the 20 HTA wagons! The lack of shutter release sounds, thanks to the 'click' heal facility in 'Audition' and the 'Icing Sugar' appearance of the new ballast, is evident. A goodly rake of green 'Sunbelt Rentals', overhead LED lamp standards now sit beside the line, folded and awaiting collection.
5. Woodhouse Junction. Just 4 shots of the now quiet and denuded site at Woodhouse Junction with not much going on other than electrical work in one of the new brick building replacing the once resplendent and fortified Woodhouse Junction Signalbox. Signal WN8124, with overhead Theatre Indicator for the route ahead, now stands sentry over the exit from the Reception and Run-Round lines. There is now not much more to say, the box was 'razed to the ground' with little or nothing saved. Shortly in the silence, clattering along now the lines are back in service, a vintage, Northern Rail class 150, 150274, comes along from the east off the Lincoln Line on the 2P70, Lincoln Central to Sheffield service... Much new technology now abounds in the area and York R.O.C. has taken over control ... will be interesting to see the action when the Run-Round loop is used and the display shown on the Theatre Indicator, if that's what it is, for such infrequent use...
6. Beighton Station Crossing. And. finally. Not much happening here either, the track personnel are here also finishing off signalling cable work along the Rother Valley Viaduct. The installation put in place during this work is not permanent, but needs a more permanent installation along the bridge wall, as the cable ducting can not be put on the ground as its too close to the tracks; this is to take several weeks. The second shot in this series shows the new crossing layout, Signal Box gone and the last signaller present, now retired. It also shows the grey, lozenge shaped structure at the side of the lines and road at far right, which is apparently a laser ranger operating over the crossing. I haven't seen one of these before, though that doesn't mean much and I failed to ask why its needed thinks, after the work was complete , it would be taken away; but it now looks like a permanent fixture. In the distance is the A57 road between Manchester, Sheffield and the A1, and beyond that the Network Rail compound at Woodhouse Junction. As at Woodhouse, there is now no evidence there was ever a box here, the structure having also been 'razed to the ground'. The shot to the south shows the changes in the paraphernalia at the lineside and have to say, this is a more tidy and open area now and will probably make photography much easier than the old cluttered layout. The pedestrian bridge at the location of the old Holbrook signalbox can be seen in the distance and Beighton Junction is beyond. The ending shot, a long distance view to Woodhouse with the local area now looking like a remotely controlled installation which, I guess, is exactly what it is...
THE END!
'The times they are a changing' at Woodburn Junction & along the Lincoln Line, part V & VI - 8755->8844
* Another stills (49) video in 2 sections, this time, on 19th March at Woodburn Junction & Bridge, Woodhouse Junction & Station, then on the 23rd March at Woodburn Bridge, Woodhouse Junction & Beighton Station. It is 64Mby, and 4mins 15secs long, so video will have to be down-loaded to watch the full extent. 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_Rail_Possessi...
* Music in the background is, once again, Dreamstate Logic Ambient, this time Echoes-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=14m2S6VO9tA
There is also a traction video to follow which shows a GBRf stone train, taken from Woodburn Road bridge, on the Bardon empties return from Tinsley Yard south, back to the Bardon quarries.
Friday 19th March
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1. Woodburn Junction & Bridge. Showing the state of the new installation, the lightness of the new ballast is causing problems with the colour balance of shots here, the dirty stuff was better. At this time, the 19th, there were only 3 days of work left and the all the heavy stuff had left the area, with only Siemens & N.R. personnel left doing the testing phase of the new installation. Passing over Woodburn Bridge in the background of the 1st shot, a Sheffield Supertram, 120, in the old 'blue and cream livery' an echo of bygone days when all the trams used to look the same.. I have taken the time to 'neuter' the brightness of the new ballast as it looked somewhat like 'Icing Sugar' and affected the tones in the pictures.. needs to undergo some weathering to make things easy to shoot here. The single head/2-colour W0214 glows bright red in the background, all movements along here been stopped until Monday morning, 22nd March. The track formation is now complete and the re-modelling can be seen, the cross-over for the Deepcar Branch is still on the other side of Woodburn Road but now there is only 1 track and, similarly, the double track junction with the main lines from the Lower Don Valley Line in the foreground, have also now been made single track. It all looks much simpler and easier to maintain and therefore, less interesting! although the new points hardware in blue, cream and yellow livery, looks interesting on the Tinsley line. Woodburn Junction signal cabin survives, but only for the short-term...
2. Woodhouse Junction, 'Then & Now'. The 'Now' part shows a selection of shots of what, by the time I arrived, was only the bottom half of the box, though the lever frame was still in place, just about, the top part had been consigned to history and the skip. As can be seen, the lever frame was in place though damaged but within a few minutes, that was duly ripped out, 'before my very eyes', pulled apart and piled on top of the other scrap metal next to the large yellow, 'wood skip'. This didn't take long using the 'CAT' machine and some odd bits of acetylene cutting to separate the more difficult parts. The local housing development across the tracks must have had a grandstand view of the proceedings from their upper floor windows and there was another house within a few metres of the box position, with 2 women looking out of the upstairs window at what was unfolding.. The pictures from outside the compound weren't easy to take due to various obstructions, but I think the gist of the matter is plain to see. It doesn't look as if anything was spared, the services, water and electricity having been cut off, the place was just ripped apart and dumped in the skip and onto a pile of scrap metal. The old, red-brick building next to the box survived and is visible in these pictures as is the new colour light exit signal, WN8124, for exit from the Reception siding and its run-around.
As a bit of a tribute to the box and area, a hark back in the 'Then' part of this section of the video, shows a Freightliner class 70, 70006, running around its consist of around 25, HIA coal hoppers, starting out at the upper part of the reception sidings near Woodhouse station, it then makes its way along to the other end of the wagons. The line the Freightliner is moving along has now been removed, the one to its right is now termed the 'Recep', Reception Siding, on the track diagram, and the one to its left, now termed 'RR', Run-Round, and are the two siding lines which have survived. Woodhouse Junction Box is in the left background of the 1st of the 4 shots, taken on 27th June, 2012; happy days. The succeeding 3 shots show the view from the signalbox area looking north. I managed to 'clone out' the metal telegraph pole from the 3rd shot which I always thought was rather irksome to have in the picture and the original ones shown here, had the pole in the shots. It wasn't easy to remove it as the thing crosses the wagons which are difficult to deal with. Anyway, this is Freightliner, class 70, 70006, on the 6J70, from West Burton Power Station, then here for a reversal from E/W, to N/S in the Woodhouse Sidings and then finally on to one of the sidings at Barrow Hill.
3. Woodhouse House Station, new signalling. The signal, WN8124, seen in the shots at the Woodhouse Box location, can now be seen in the distance in the 1st shots in this section. Glowering red at the end of the 'Recep' & 'RR' lines, far right and the one to its left respectively, the signal has a 'theatre' indicator on top. This is presumably to be used to indicate which line beyond the signal, the Lincoln Line curving left to the east or the Beighton Junction line, curving round to the right. The state of the Box at this time is clear to see and the old, World War II, 'blast wall' surrounding the front and 2 sides, is yet to be demolished. This was built during the last war to prevent bomb damage to the box which, at that time; signalled a very important, complex and busy freight area. At the station, Signal WN8116, has now been uncovered and is also glowing red, its single, 2-colour head sat below a couple of 'feather' indicators for the way ahead, left for the Lincoln Line or right, for the line through Beighton Junction and onto the 'Old Road'. I am not aware of such a signal design anywhere in this area and this arrangement replaces the the old WH051 signal, about a half mile south along the line which had just one feather, for the right-hand line to Beighton Junction; that signal has now been removed and nothing remains of it or the signal across from it for down-line moves to Woodhouse Station and Sheffield. In front of the signal, a rather 'robust' looking telephone post for the driver's use as and when required and over on the right, one of the workers is doing some final tidying up in the station to remove not unneeded equipment, before someone does!
Tuesday 23rd March
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4. Woodburn Bridge. This section features the 'new ballast', a 'Civity' and the Bardon. Thought it time to get some traction in the shots at the re-modelled Woodburn Junction. Glancing behind me as the wait continued for what seemed an unusually delayed return Bardon, a Sheffield Tram/Train unit, 399207, plies its way south and heads east for Meadowhall, not along GCR metals to Parkgate in this instance. Looking like it was around 11 minutes late and taking ages to come off the signal, W227, to head down to Broughton Lane and onto the main line, GBRf, 'Great Britain Rail freight', class 66, 66775/F231, 'H.M.S. Argyll' heads the 6M83, Tinsley Yard(GBRf) to Bardon Hill return Bardon Aggregates with a longish rake of HTA Coal, now stone, hoppers. The set appeared to be taking it steady coming off the Tinsley line and, as the video shoes, rumbles slowly under the Woodburn Road bridge, giving me time to count the 20 HTA wagons! The lack of shutter release sounds, thanks to the 'click' heal facility in 'Audition' and the 'Icing Sugar' appearance of the new ballast, is evident. A goodly rake of green 'Sunbelt Rentals', overhead LED lamp standards now sit beside the line, folded and awaiting collection.
5. Woodhouse Junction. Just 4 shots of the now quiet and denuded site at Woodhouse Junction with not much going on other than electrical work in one of the new brick building replacing the once resplendent and fortified Woodhouse Junction Signalbox. Signal WN8124, with overhead Theatre Indicator for the route ahead, now stands sentry over the exit from the Reception and Run-Round lines. There is now not much more to say, the box was 'razed to the ground' with little or nothing saved. Shortly in the silence, clattering along now the lines are back in service, a vintage, Northern Rail class 150, 150274, comes along from the east off the Lincoln Line on the 2P70, Lincoln Central to Sheffield service... Much new technology now abounds in the area and York R.O.C. has taken over control ... will be interesting to see the action when the Run-Round loop is used and the display shown on the Theatre Indicator, if that's what it is, for such infrequent use...
6. Beighton Station Crossing. And. finally. Not much happening here either, the track personnel are here also finishing off signalling cable work along the Rother Valley Viaduct. The installation put in place during this work is not permanent, but needs a more permanent installation along the bridge wall, as the cable ducting can not be put on the ground as its too close to the tracks; this is to take several weeks. The second shot in this series shows the new crossing layout, Signal Box gone and the last signaller present, now retired. It also shows the grey, lozenge shaped structure at the side of the lines and road at far right, which is apparently a laser ranger operating over the crossing. I haven't seen one of these before, though that doesn't mean much and I failed to ask why its needed thinks, after the work was complete , it would be taken away; but it now looks like a permanent fixture. In the distance is the A57 road between Manchester, Sheffield and the A1, and beyond that the Network Rail compound at Woodhouse Junction. As at Woodhouse, there is now no evidence there was ever a box here, the structure having also been 'razed to the ground'. The shot to the south shows the changes in the paraphernalia at the lineside and have to say, this is a more tidy and open area now and will probably make photography much easier than the old cluttered layout. The pedestrian bridge at the location of the old Holbrook signalbox can be seen in the distance and Beighton Junction is beyond. The ending shot, a long distance view to Woodhouse with the local area now looking like a remotely controlled installation which, I guess, is exactly what it is...
THE END!