Class 43s N.R./Colas Test Train pass through Brightside - 3679
Flashing by and heading towards Meadowhall, the N.M.T. with class 43, H.S.T. 43277 ex-43077, 'Safety Task Force' takes the yellow set north on the 1Q64, Derby R.T.C. via Sheffield to Brough, 15km west of Hull, with, as seen here, class 43, 43290 at the back; its cab 'livery' looking distinctly in need of a re-paint! This picture has been edited to take out the distraction of the large, blue and derelict lamp-standard, in other pictures this has been relatively easy, see 43257 passing south on the Brightside goods line whilst red livery D.B.S. 66113 also heads south on the main line-
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but in this picture, the cloning out was more difficult, if not impossible, underneath the Jenkin Road bridge at the front of the set, so the blue post has been left in place, the main structure's absence is still very welcome, its top and bottom now vanished! The back, goods, line looks well used and. I was informed, on Sundays there's a DMU service which comes over from Retford to Sheffield, reverses, then comes along here on the main line and takes the turn out at Wincobank Junction, onto the Blackburn Valley line in the distance and so into platform 4 at the station. Here it reverses once more, and comes back south now having to take the goods line on the left, there being no access from the platform 4 line back onto the main line, and so back into Sheffield! Other DMU services occasionally use the line and, as can be seen at the link above, other trains also use it for one reason or another. With the passage of the test train, and a look at the time-table, it became clear that the next working, 0M50, a class 50 from Knottingley to the Severn Valley Railway, was already a half hour late leaving.. Having driven over to Masbrough to get this shot, with the weather deteriorating, and waiting another half hour, it seemed obvious the light engine move was not going to happen, so I left; although it didn't get cancelled until 14:56 over 2 hours after I got back home!
Class 43s N.R./Colas Test Train pass through Brightside - 3679
Flashing by and heading towards Meadowhall, the N.M.T. with class 43, H.S.T. 43277 ex-43077, 'Safety Task Force' takes the yellow set north on the 1Q64, Derby R.T.C. via Sheffield to Brough, 15km west of Hull, with, as seen here, class 43, 43290 at the back; its cab 'livery' looking distinctly in need of a re-paint! This picture has been edited to take out the distraction of the large, blue and derelict lamp-standard, in other pictures this has been relatively easy, see 43257 passing south on the Brightside goods line whilst red livery D.B.S. 66113 also heads south on the main line-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/50011771988/
but in this picture, the cloning out was more difficult, if not impossible, underneath the Jenkin Road bridge at the front of the set, so the blue post has been left in place, the main structure's absence is still very welcome, its top and bottom now vanished! The back, goods, line looks well used and. I was informed, on Sundays there's a DMU service which comes over from Retford to Sheffield, reverses, then comes along here on the main line and takes the turn out at Wincobank Junction, onto the Blackburn Valley line in the distance and so into platform 4 at the station. Here it reverses once more, and comes back south now having to take the goods line on the left, there being no access from the platform 4 line back onto the main line, and so back into Sheffield! Other DMU services occasionally use the line and, as can be seen at the link above, other trains also use it for one reason or another. With the passage of the test train, and a look at the time-table, it became clear that the next working, 0M50, a class 50 from Knottingley to the Severn Valley Railway, was already a half hour late leaving.. Having driven over to Masbrough to get this shot, with the weather deteriorating, and waiting another half hour, it seemed obvious the light engine move was not going to happen, so I left; although it didn't get cancelled until 14:56 over 2 hours after I got back home!