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20 minutes ago, 62613 said:

I take it that the reinstated lines are going through the cutting where the digger is, rather than on the other side of the station?

Not exactly.

As you may know, in steam days the formation at this point was wide enough for four tracks, subsequently rationalised to the current two.  The existing Deighton station being a much later addition, opening on 26th April 1982.  

From the plans it seems as though the cutting slope will be reprofiled allowing the existing Up and Down Huddersfield to be slewed.  They will then become the Up and Down Slow.

With the additional width to the formation thereby created, the new Up and Down Fast will be constructed on the left and through what is currently platform 2.

A new station will be constructed, serving only the two slow lines and although mostly on the existing site, the 'footprint' will be slightly further towards Huddersfield. 

The plans are available through the Transport & Works Application documents available on the Transpennine Route Upgrade website here;

https://thetrupgrade.co.uk

TransPennine Express 802204 sweeps through Deighton with a service from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle.

This view showing evidence of Transpennine Route Upgrade work that's currently in progress.  A site meeting was also underway.

I'll post this here in case it may be of interest to any forum readers, their family members, friends, etc.

Quoting from the press release material the competition is open to;

... complete novices to accomplished amateurs, the competition aims to encourage more young people to take part in railway photography. Entrants will be invited to submit a portfolio of up to six images in two age categories: 18 and under and 19-25.

The competition is organised by the National Railway Museum and the Railway Photographic Society, and several partners including Network Rail, GB Railfreight, and Amateur Photographer Magazine.

Full details are available from this website;,

https://www.youngrailphotographeroftheyear.co.uk

Driver training/route refreshing using a GBRf 69 continues along the Huddersfield line for a fifth week.  On a dull and drizzly 5th February 2024, 69006 'Pathfinder Railtours' passing through Deighton working 0Z09, Marsden to Marsden via a reversal at Wakefield Kirkgate.

I’m sure you’re probably right @The Johnster.

It certainly sounds very profound and I appreciate your eloquent expression of what my feelings and emotions are saying (shouting loudly as it happens) to me.

17 minutes ago, Northmoor said:

…but we haven't all got forty years left and nothing else to do.....

Ain’t that the truth. 👍

The older you get the greater the awareness of time passing more rapidly.   And since I reached retirement I’m busier than ever now too.

12 minutes ago, davknigh said:

Any chance of raising the Ark Royal? She might be in better nick…

 

Cheers,

 

David

 Don’t you mean the Mary Rose. 😀

Interesting photo. 12051 was quite well travelled too up and down the LMR before its eventual withdrawal on 9th October 1971 when allocated to Allerton depot.

https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&id=12051&type=D&loco=12051

Certainly raises some interesting questions about individual FOC costs and margins.

I wonder if some of them have been taking on new business that, at best, is barely covering its costs. 

Well I hope it works out for LH, I really do.

It’s all very well developing and having a potential race and championship winning car on the grid, but consistent success also relies on teamwork at the circuit in the pits, the garage and back at the factory.

And equally it requires a race winning strategy at each circuit.  One that’s flexible and blends proactivity with a reactive approach as each race unfolds.  Based on their previous shortcomings, it’s Ferrari’s approach to race strategy IMHO that I think LH could ultimately find frustrating.  I hope I’m proved wrong.

31 minutes ago, Davidjsmith said:

Any information on when 56120  entered traffic?

According to the BRDatabase website, 29th May 1983.

Pleased to say that my Colas 56049 arrived today. 
 

First impressions - Absolutely Stunning. 

Really looking forward to the class 60 now. 

3 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

46?? 😉

Thanks Mick.  Fat fingers and should've gone to Specsavers.  

GBRf 60047 Faithful heading west at Ravensthorpe on 30th January 2024 with empty JNA box wagons, working 6M74, Doncaster Down Decoy Yard to Tuebrook Sidings.

The area on both sides of the running lines here showing evidence of the Transpennine Route Upgrade work that's now increasingly evident on the routes towards Leeds and Huddersfield. 

8 minutes ago, Widnes Model Centre said:

 

 

Don’t ask me what was said as l had to stand outside to prevent anyone coming in!

 

 

 

Based on my dealings previously with TV people, I doubt that you had an awful lot of say in how, or what they wanted to do.  But it does strike me as a bit unfortunate that people were prevented from coming in.

Is it that having people in the shop wouldn't fit their narrative that model railways are in decline?  I really do hope that that wasn’t their intention.  
 

It’ll be interesting to see how this is presented in the final broadcast piece.

This was posted by @iL Dottore this morning on the Early Risers thread.  It’s a really interesting read IMHO;

https://thecritic.co.uk/death-of-the-model-railway/

3 hours ago, Dunalastair said:

Looks good - but would Fat Alan get through the cab door of that loco? Either strong perspective or too many pies ...

18 minutes ago, mac1960 said:

Dunalastair

Big Pie Country back then. 
 

Cheers

Mac

…and no doubt Fat Alan was looking forward to his evening later at the WMC and a pint or three from what at that time would have been Barnsley Brewery.

I guess Vera would be at the bingo.  

I'll put this here as it's a potential photo opportunity that some might wish to consider.

There're a couple of paths in the system from Strawberry Hill CSD to London Waterloo and return on 27th January.  The rumour mill suggests that it might be 4 Vep 3417 top 'n' tailed by a pair of class 73s and is in connection with Gordon Pettitt's 90th birthday.

The information has been posted on another forum and given that this Saturday isn't the 1st April and apparently has been confirmed by an 'industry source', there may well be some truth in it.

Paths below for anyone interested;

5Z73 Strawberry Hill CSD to London Waterloo

5Z74 London Waterloo to Strawberry Hill CSD

Resistance is futile.

A Colas grid will be on its way to me today.

Looking forward to recreating my little part of West Yorkshire.

It was a ballast train derailment during an engineers’

possession around Mitre Bridge Junction last Sunday apparently. 
 

Reported elsewhere as;

“6R03 train involved, derailed whilst making a propelling move, has taken out 4 overhead gantries in the process”.

Another blast from the past - although it's only nine years ago.

January 16th 2015 and a South West Trains class 158 crosses the bridge over the Lymington River on its way to Lymington Pier.

Glad they'll be of help @MarshLane.

The ones that I've uploaded here are low-res 1500x1125 files.

If the full size from the camera would be of more use - generally they're 4224x3168 around 6Mb in size - drop me a PM and I can email them to you, or provide a link where you'll be able to download them from.

1 hour ago, Ohmisterporter said:

I may have misread what B&D boy wrote so correct me if I am wrong but can the doors on London Underground be opened manually while the train is in motion?

From images that I've seen on the internet the LU's 4-TC is fitted with CDL.  And door window bars too as it happens.

And also much more representative of the type of tampers that are seen on Network Rail for modellers of the current scene. 

9 hours ago, MarshLane said:

A rather strange request, but does anyone have any close up pictures or technical drawings of the bogies on a 4VEP? From pictures, they all look the same, but I am assuming there are differences between motor bogies and trailer ones, aside from the outer unit motor bogies having third rail shoes?

 

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

 

Rich

These are some close up photos of a B5(S) bogie and a Mk6 bogie fitted to 3 Cig 1497.  To all intents and purposes they'll be identical to those fitted beneath a 4 Vep.

For comparison, here is the bogie fitted to a class 73.

I hope those will be of help.

The photos were taken at the Eastleigh Works Centenary Open Day on 24th May 2009.  I've just had a pleasant trip down memory lane looking at those images again. 😀