Life on the Airedale Line

[Tim R-T-C]

Wow, far too long since I posted anything here, but tonight's 33 hauled Scarborough Spa Express was too good to resist a mysterious late night stroll to Steeton:


33207 leads 47237 through Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr

First class 33 haulage on the Airedale Line?

 

[Condor7]

Hello Tim, welcome back, you have been quiet for some time.
A class 33 on the Airedale line, when did that last happen?

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Hello Tim, welcome back, you have been quiet for some time.
A class 33 on the Airedale line, when did that last happen?

Apparently a couple of times on railtours, but less than a handful.


I've just installed my new scanner, so might sometime finally get around to scanning all my older train photos. Unfortunately they were taken with a very basic camera, so many are too poor to use, but some of them seem okay. Here is a quick test scan:


60083 passes through Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr

I have a lot of assignment work on at the moment and still got thousands of digital photos to sort, so don't expect a lot of scans any time soon, but still interesting for the historical value.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

With the S&C still closed, interesting workings on the Airedale Line have been pretty limited of late, but a nice find on a Sunday morning:


60087 working through Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr

Plus a nice treat from the KWVR when heading home from work the other day:


20031 arriving into Keighley from Oxenhope by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Not the first 68 working on the Airedale line, but hardly a regular occurrence:



68023 leads the Northern Belle through Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr


68016 on the tail of the Northern Belle by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Not been too much of interest running past lately, at least not in daylight, but Black 5 45121 passing Steeton on the way to the ELR, from the KWVR, made for an interesting sight, if difficult shot due to very bright morning sunlight.


Black 5 45212 passing Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Finally gotten around to sorting some pictures out, here are a few recent workings of interest:


37516 runs light through Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr


37884 with 800 passing Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr


37800 led by 37884 working Derby to Carlisle by Timothy Young, on Flickr


The NMT passes through Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr


57307 leads the Northern Belle by Timothy Young, on Flickr


57309 on the Northern Belle through Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

A couple of bits from Leeds lately:


67024 on ECML drag at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr


37254 leading a test train at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr


47812 dragging a Crosscountry HST at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr


Neville Hill shunter 08690 by Timothy Young, on Flickr

And an unexpected flyby from Flying Scotsman a week or so back, listed as an ECS working I was expecting nothing more than a WCRC 47, but went down for the shot anyway:


Flying Scotsman A3 60103 passing Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Iskra]

Nice shots

How come the XC HST was being dragged?

Very lucky with 60103!

 

[Tim R-T-C]

How come the XC HST was being dragged?

Power car failure I believe.


A class 90 is a daily sight at present at Leeds at VTEC hire in a DBC unit to cover 91 maintenance.


Hired in DB Cargo 90036 at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr


This might look like a normal Pacer, but has now completed my photo gallery of all 23 Class 144s. Just got 2 Northern 142s to go now as well. Here is the Complete 144 Gallery


144016 at Leeds station by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[trainmananthon]

Superb photos here. Particularly like the night, foggy and snowy ones with the atmosphere it creates. It makes the Airedale line seem like a nice line!
Jokes aside its not really a bad little line.

Steeton, Skipton and Keighley are all pretty local to me, in fact I travel out of Skipton virtually every day. Only difference is I go North instead of South!

I look forward to seeing more of your images and will follow this thread with interest.

Anthony

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Thanks for the comment. Not had a good dose of snow for a couple of years now, here's hoping for this year.

First new 66 bag on the line for some time today:


66082 working New Biggin to Hull by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Pottering around Leeds on a free Saturday morning this past weekend:


91105 prepares to depart Leeds, blunt end first by Timothy Young, on Flickr


55009 recalling the 1980s by Timothy Young, on Flickr


Soon to be a regular sight again on TPE workings:


68031 on the tail of The TransPennine Deltic Reprise by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Rumours of my demise were, perhaps, greatly exaggerated.

I've been buried under professional exams for the last 6 months, so not had much time to play with trains. Now I get back to the railways to find everything is different - bizarre new destinations from Leeds (Lincoln, Southport, Barrow), the return of 156s to Yorkshire, new Scotrail and FGW units.


170476 at Leeds station by Timothy Young, on Flickr


170477 in Scotrail colours at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr


150131 departs Leeds for Manchester Victoria by Timothy Young, on Flickr

But perhaps the most notable change for me is that there is now a perfectly timed Lancaster to Leeds service which I can catch in the mornings when I work in Keighley, adding some pleasant variation to the 333s. It has produced 142, 144, 150 and even a 158 (yes, really) so far.


150214 on a Lancaster to Leeds working by Timothy Young, on Flickr


144005 at Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr


142032 departs Keighley for Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[Tim R-T-C]

I made a point of walking down to Steeton to catch the last VTEC passenger working on the Airedale Line:


The end of Virgin Trains East Coast by Timothy Young, on Flickr

(see the previous page for one of the first VTEC workings on the route)

On the topic of East Coast, some IEP action at Leeds:


800201 sits at Leeds station by Timothy Young, on Flickr


800202 and 201 at Leeds station by Timothy Young, on Flickr

 

[adh144004]

This might look like a normal Pacer, but has now completed my photo gallery of all 23 Class 144s. Just got 2 Northern 142s to go now as well. Here is the Complete 144 Gallery

Nice gallery.
You need to catch 144023 with the MS re-inserted ...

 

[Tim R-T-C]

A little bit behind the times, I have uploaded my summer 2018 local gallery into Flickr now, making around 750 photos in my assorted local gallery.

It was a pretty good summer on the Airedale Line.

Lots more Pacer action on my commute with the retimed Lancaster to Leeds service in the morning.


144008 at Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr


142020 arriving into Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr

Plus a little 150 action:


150140 at Keighley on 2H54 by Timothy Young, on Flickr

Plus we got an infiltration of old GWR units onto the Airedale Line


150123 working Carlisle to Nottingham by Timothy Young, on Flickr


153373 with 380 in GWR green at Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr

Plus Scotrail units at Leeds (I've not seen them on the Airedale Line yet, but sure they must have worked it at some point)


158871 departs Leeds for Selby by Timothy Young, on Flickr

Then some of the more interesting sights:

Gauging tests at Keighley - ran several times over a couple of days.


801101 and 102 passing Keighley by Timothy Young, on Flickr

A pair of 37s and Black 5 heading for Fort William


37516 leads 45212 and stock from the KWVR by Timothy Young, on Flickr


45212 is dragged from the KWVR to Fort William by Timothy Young, on Flickr

Double Duff action


47760 with 580 passing Steeton by Timothy Young, on Flickr

An an unexpected sight on the Worth Valley platforms:


A Volker Rail track machine at the Keighley Worth Valley platfor by Timothy Young, on Flickr

(BTW: If anyone has the ID for this tamper, I would appreciate it)

 

[YorkshireBear]

I will try and get an ID on the tamper for you from the kwvr

 

[Ploughman]

I will guess at 75302
Seen in the area recently, others of the same type are working a bit far away.
Middlesbrough Carriage Sidings 26 Mar 2019 Alex Betteney
York 14 Mar 2019 Nick Garnham
Leeds Holbeck OTPD 1 Mar 2019 Kent Green

But I may be wrong.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

I will guess at 75302
Seen in the area recently, others of the same type are working a bit far away.
Middlesbrough Carriage Sidings 26 Mar 2019 Alex Betteney
York 14 Mar 2019 Nick Garnham
Leeds Holbeck OTPD 1 Mar 2019 Kent Green

But I may be wrong.

Thanks for your research, but the picture is actually from July 23rd 2018.

I don't know if it was working on the line itself, or had just been stabled in the KWVR sidings - track machines often seem to end up there. The crew were seemingly having trouble with one of the switches so perhaps it had to move into the platforms to change tracks?

 

[Ploughman]

In that case 3 Volker tampers were active within striking distance of Keighley.
75401, 75402 seen at Doncaster 25/7/18
And 75302 working out of Doncaster and Leeds Holbeck between 5th JUly and 8th August.
Would guess at 75302 as being the candidate.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

So I'm about a year behind with my photo sorting, need to sort that out... maybe by going out and taking more photos and never sorting them?

A couple of shots from my latest upload, 31/07/18

Some more regional interlopers at Leeds and Kirkstall Forge


GWR liveried units at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr


153370 passing Kirkstall Forge for Carlisle by Timothy Young, on Flickr

33207 had some good runs this time last year, I had a nice part-fare from Wakefield to Leeds.


33207 at Leeds by Timothy Young, on Flickr