70014IronDuke
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Thinking about the "last normal service" thread that is out there at the moment, I began to think of the route out of Sheffield Victoria towards Penistone. I was on the line about a week before the end of through electric passenger services to Man Picc - so I couldn't include myself in that thread.
But it reminded me of the ramshackle consists - an EM1 and six or seven assorted Mk 1s, some Southern green, some maroon and some blue+grey that used to rattle out of Victoria and away, up the valley, past Sheffield Wednesday's ground (quite modern, IIRC, in the late 60s) and up away from the western suburbs of Sheffield. I did it a few times from 68, and it had a tremendous appeal, that run, and it still sticks in the memory.
Funny, another strong image from the train - VERY strong for me - was the route north from Sheffield Midland at night in the 60s, past the steel works on the west side, shards of yellow light, produced from molten steel, blazing out into the night across the line at 01.30 as the down St Pancras - Glasgow sleeper stormed up the bank behind a Class 45 with the controller on full power.
(Suppose I was lucky - I read in here how folks drool over a 156 or 158 or some such.)
But made me wonder - what images from the train are burned into the memories on this group? Only, not from your local area - that could fill up the the Cloud - has to be away from your home stomping grounds by, say, at least 20 miles.
But it reminded me of the ramshackle consists - an EM1 and six or seven assorted Mk 1s, some Southern green, some maroon and some blue+grey that used to rattle out of Victoria and away, up the valley, past Sheffield Wednesday's ground (quite modern, IIRC, in the late 60s) and up away from the western suburbs of Sheffield. I did it a few times from 68, and it had a tremendous appeal, that run, and it still sticks in the memory.
Funny, another strong image from the train - VERY strong for me - was the route north from Sheffield Midland at night in the 60s, past the steel works on the west side, shards of yellow light, produced from molten steel, blazing out into the night across the line at 01.30 as the down St Pancras - Glasgow sleeper stormed up the bank behind a Class 45 with the controller on full power.
(Suppose I was lucky - I read in here how folks drool over a 156 or 158 or some such.)
But made me wonder - what images from the train are burned into the memories on this group? Only, not from your local area - that could fill up the the Cloud - has to be away from your home stomping grounds by, say, at least 20 miles.