A cold wet windy day and a trip over to my parents in Chester gave an excuse to head down to the docks to 'soak up the atmosphere' of the former Manchester Ship Canal railway line at Ellesmere Port Docks.

I do plan to go back on a sunny summer weekend, take a proper stroll around and get a better selection of snaps but with cold weather and a busy dock entrance I didn't hang about yesterday.

Compare these shots with those I posted about the Manchester Ship Canal earlier as a comment on one of my other posts...

http://j-eyres.fotopic.net/p48038273.html

http://j-eyres.fotopic.net/p48038272.html

http://j-eyres.fotopic.net/p48168081.html

So there I am nosing about and working out that I've parked across the old tracks into the depot when the Level Crossing warning lights start to flash...

... and 66602 rolls across with a train laden with coal!

66602 and a heavily laden train of imported coal coming down the old Manchester Ship Canal Railway from Eastham.

So Meadow Lane progresses a little in my head, although more sketching is necessary now as I'm getting a little confused!