Last chance for 2022, 'The Awkward Week Adventurer' visits S.Yorks at 3 locales - 2988+3006+008
* Grimesthorpe Shed area
The final shots feature another form of traction heading along the Midland main lines towards Sheffield this time time its a Northern Rail class 170, 170476, passing 'The Awkward Week Adventurer' charter, on the 1J45, Scarborough via Hull & Doncaster to Sheffield passenger service; not a good shot of the 170 as the camera focus was on 'First choice for rail freight, in the U.K.', 67013, heading north along the siding line towards Meadowhall. 170476 looks as if it has an 'environmentally friendly pair of frilly-knickers on its coupling mechanism, Ahem..! In the centre and right shots, the view looks to the north passed what was once the huge Brightside Sidings area and what largely now occupies that area, a 'Royal Mail' postal sorting office, red-livery D.B.C. 66019 now bringing up the rear of the set as it makes its way towards Meadowhall and then on to a pause at the Aldwarke U.E.S. steelworks at Parkgate. The title of the charter is meant to reflect on what folk do between the festivities of the Xmas 3-days and New Year 2-days.. mostly watching T.V and eating and drinking when, instead of the latter, they are able to board a charter such as this and go ferret around all those 'freight-based' locations in some far-and-distant' land, South Yorks in this case, but not exclusively so, and have the same Xmas cheer served to them at table, or bring their own... ! Sounds a great idea to me and so do all the folk on the full train, meandering around the 'nooks-and-crannies' of here and elsewhere and before it gets too dark, at around 4pm in just 3 hours from now, though 1.5 hours of that is going to be spent at Meadowhall, shopping! In the last shot, with 67013 passing Forgemasters and the old Brightside Junction area and the rear loco, 66019 passing the 'Royal MAil, postal sorting office, this is the 'UK Railtours', 'The Awkward Week Adventurer' with traction provided by D.B.C. and now in charge is class 67, 67013 at the front and class 66, 66019, seen here at the rear on the 1Z79 Finsbury Park via Doncaster & Swinton to Brightside No.2 Reception/Attercliffe Sidings charter train. LAter in the day, after picking up the passenger at Meadowhall and heading back into the Brightside No.2 sidings, the return working 1Z80 will set off back on the Attercliffe Sidings/Brightside No.2 via Meadowhall, Milford & Doncaster to Finsbury Park working, picking up an additional 66 at Milford, 66023 and then dropping that off at Leeds West Junction arriving back at Finsbury Park at 21:57, from an early departure at 06:40, quite a day... The coaching stock here is- M6051, M6067, M6158, M6054, M5998, M1212(Buffet Car), M3333, M3314(1st), M3390(1st), W80042(Kitchen Car), W3386(1st), W3364(1st), M17105(Guard)...
Last chance for 2022, 'The Awkward Week Adventurer' visits S.Yorks at 3 locales - 2988+3006+008
* Grimesthorpe Shed area
The final shots feature another form of traction heading along the Midland main lines towards Sheffield this time time its a Northern Rail class 170, 170476, passing 'The Awkward Week Adventurer' charter, on the 1J45, Scarborough via Hull & Doncaster to Sheffield passenger service; not a good shot of the 170 as the camera focus was on 'First choice for rail freight, in the U.K.', 67013, heading north along the siding line towards Meadowhall. 170476 looks as if it has an 'environmentally friendly pair of frilly-knickers on its coupling mechanism, Ahem..! In the centre and right shots, the view looks to the north passed what was once the huge Brightside Sidings area and what largely now occupies that area, a 'Royal Mail' postal sorting office, red-livery D.B.C. 66019 now bringing up the rear of the set as it makes its way towards Meadowhall and then on to a pause at the Aldwarke U.E.S. steelworks at Parkgate. The title of the charter is meant to reflect on what folk do between the festivities of the Xmas 3-days and New Year 2-days.. mostly watching T.V and eating and drinking when, instead of the latter, they are able to board a charter such as this and go ferret around all those 'freight-based' locations in some far-and-distant' land, South Yorks in this case, but not exclusively so, and have the same Xmas cheer served to them at table, or bring their own... ! Sounds a great idea to me and so do all the folk on the full train, meandering around the 'nooks-and-crannies' of here and elsewhere and before it gets too dark, at around 4pm in just 3 hours from now, though 1.5 hours of that is going to be spent at Meadowhall, shopping! In the last shot, with 67013 passing Forgemasters and the old Brightside Junction area and the rear loco, 66019 passing the 'Royal MAil, postal sorting office, this is the 'UK Railtours', 'The Awkward Week Adventurer' with traction provided by D.B.C. and now in charge is class 67, 67013 at the front and class 66, 66019, seen here at the rear on the 1Z79 Finsbury Park via Doncaster & Swinton to Brightside No.2 Reception/Attercliffe Sidings charter train. LAter in the day, after picking up the passenger at Meadowhall and heading back into the Brightside No.2 sidings, the return working 1Z80 will set off back on the Attercliffe Sidings/Brightside No.2 via Meadowhall, Milford & Doncaster to Finsbury Park working, picking up an additional 66 at Milford, 66023 and then dropping that off at Leeds West Junction arriving back at Finsbury Park at 21:57, from an early departure at 06:40, quite a day... The coaching stock here is- M6051, M6067, M6158, M6054, M5998, M1212(Buffet Car), M3333, M3314(1st), M3390(1st), W80042(Kitchen Car), W3386(1st), W3364(1st), M17105(Guard)...