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I'm not aware of any rationalisations at Hellifield (at least in last 30+ years or so), in fact quite the opposite. Hellifield retains a double junction layout. Both up & down loops were brought back into use in the early/mid 2000s because of the boom in freight using the line, both loops retain...

The current signalling at Hellifield doesn't allow for passenger trains to turn back. When Northern ran the a half hearted Dalesrail (ie Preston-Hellifield to connect with a Leeds-Carlisle) or any road learning prior to a DalesRail season restarting the units would always run ECS to turnback &...

Or platform staff, but not necessarily! The inward opening doors on their Pullman stock (both MetCam Pullman's & Mk2 Pullman's) are a nightmare to deal with. Particularly on convexly curved platforms!!

One missed there which is used for Freights is the Oxenholme Down Windermere (the former Oxenholme Down Goods Loop). Penrith Down Slow platform3 used to see occasional passenger use in the days of TPE using 185s & 350s as it's only long enough for 4 coaches when the need arose to let a non-stop...

You're one of many, myself included. Yes, where groundframes are concerned particularly if they've not been moved for a long time which is why it now takes two staff to operate most. Also it's worth mentioning that a lot of the EGF's & crossovers have been taken out making SLW sections very...

They're very very lucky they managed to get crew together there but I'm not surprised they couldn't source busses. Contingency plans for the northern WCML are outdated, they don't take into account of the numbers of services now running or the numbers of passengers that are now traveling. As...

This is very disappointing news. When I've seen any of the Dalesrail's in the past they've been very well loaded. I do get the feeling over the last few years Northern have done a very good job of deterring passengers with frequent cancellations or curtailing the service at Hellifield to...

This is staff employed directly by a TOC that at present don't have access to the online rule book so are relent on the printed modules in a ring-binder. I know once you've signed the sheet to acknowledge you've received and understood the changes its your responsibility, but it's the issuing...

A quick question........ Rule Book updates - Who is ultimately responsible for issuing new Rule Book Modules to staff? The TOC they work for?

Thats correct, 23:15 Man Airport-Carlisle. Which was to stable to form a Carlisle-Liverpool the following morning. Which now run as 23:15 Man Airport-Preston and 06:26 Oxenholme-Liverpool. Presumably because this was going to stop outside of current station opening hours any extra station staff...

The rumor mill had been suggesting a couple of extra services both morning & evening (plus whatever TPE want to do as up until Covid TPE had been attempting to bring in night services via the backdoor). Until NR changes it's possession policies you won't get anything late out of Glasgow on a...

That's excellent news. I wonder if we'll see any earlier & or later Anglo-Scots services come Dec22??

It's now unmanned, all of it's functions (along with Bare Lane) have been taken over by a new panel in Preston PSB.

Anybody seen anything regarding December 2022 WCML timetable consultation or a proposed timetable? I thought they would have started the consultation process by now.....

Most of the boxes have been without mains power for several days.

Yes, 1989 would have been the last MOD trains and I agree that now 16 years later since the two 4-CEP's arrived it's now so overgrown it's impassable to trains (not to mention the state of the track). The last time I looked at the level crossing at Appleby East about 4 years ago or so, the gates...

The last train that I know of that would have traverse the whole branch from Appleby would have been when the two 4-CEP units were delivered by GBRF on the afternoon of 6/4/2005, hauled from Wimbledon to Appleby by 66711.

That's what's been printed in the mags etc. If that was the case why would the owners arrange for a haulage contractor, which has to get abnormal load authority from Highways England for the movement to take it there if Embsay had said no in the first instance?

Staff are needed for safety (& security) it's quite simple. A guard can not prevent a person who is on the platform from attempting to board/get too close to a train while it's departing a platform. Particularly as most modern rolling stock where the guard doesn't have a window to look out of...

That is correct as it's intended destination changed their mind while it was en-route from Wensleydale....….