D841 Roebuck
Established Member
This trip was a couple of months ago, but I' ve only recently joined the forum, and been inspired by other reports in this section.
On 18/01/2012 i decided to go after a couple of curves which I hadn't covered before. I bought a Lancashire Day Ranger and set off.
I took the 11:02 from Rochdale to Hebden Bridge (158860), then crossed to 158757 through to Preston via Copy Pit)(11:38). After a smoke break, winning pendo 390020 took me briskly to Lancaster (12:41), for a fester and then 156480 to Morecambe (13:44).
Time for a walk and a beer break. As to be expected for a seaside town in January, Morecambe was mainly closed, but I found the local "spoons" and an excellent 2nd hand bookshop on the prom.
Back to the station, and time for some new track. The 16:19 to Leeds is one of the few trains that avoid Lancaster by using the Bare Lane to Hest Bank curve, which I duly scratched on 150275. Bailing here, I had 50 minutes peering into the gloom trying to identify anything interesting (33030, 37214, 47772, 57005) in WCRC's sidings before 156479 appeared round the corner and trundled me back to Lancaster (1712).
390005 then positioned me at Wigan (1736) for my second new curve. Veteran 142003 was taken on the 1821 to Newton-le-Willows, which enabled me to scratch Golborne Jc to N-l-W Jc.
The rest of the trip was going home:
156486 N-l-W to Oxford Rd (1835 running 10 late)
156249 Oxford Rd to Salford Crescent (1924)
142052 Salford Crescent to ManVic (1933)
142028 ManVic to Castleton (1955)
(Several pints)
158755 Castleton to Rochdale (2337).
A pleasant, unambitious, day out - but then I'm getting old!
Hope you enjoyed reading...
On 18/01/2012 i decided to go after a couple of curves which I hadn't covered before. I bought a Lancashire Day Ranger and set off.
I took the 11:02 from Rochdale to Hebden Bridge (158860), then crossed to 158757 through to Preston via Copy Pit)(11:38). After a smoke break, winning pendo 390020 took me briskly to Lancaster (12:41), for a fester and then 156480 to Morecambe (13:44).
Time for a walk and a beer break. As to be expected for a seaside town in January, Morecambe was mainly closed, but I found the local "spoons" and an excellent 2nd hand bookshop on the prom.
Back to the station, and time for some new track. The 16:19 to Leeds is one of the few trains that avoid Lancaster by using the Bare Lane to Hest Bank curve, which I duly scratched on 150275. Bailing here, I had 50 minutes peering into the gloom trying to identify anything interesting (33030, 37214, 47772, 57005) in WCRC's sidings before 156479 appeared round the corner and trundled me back to Lancaster (1712).
390005 then positioned me at Wigan (1736) for my second new curve. Veteran 142003 was taken on the 1821 to Newton-le-Willows, which enabled me to scratch Golborne Jc to N-l-W Jc.
The rest of the trip was going home:
156486 N-l-W to Oxford Rd (1835 running 10 late)
156249 Oxford Rd to Salford Crescent (1924)
142052 Salford Crescent to ManVic (1933)
142028 ManVic to Castleton (1955)
(Several pints)
158755 Castleton to Rochdale (2337).
A pleasant, unambitious, day out - but then I'm getting old!
Hope you enjoyed reading...