shredder1
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South Pennine Day Rover. Saturday 15th February 2020.
My first trip back in the UK for a few weeks, the storms were forecast, but I thought I`d chance it. It was however a wet day and quite a few trains had been cancelled because of the weather. I was on an early TPX class 185 over to Leeds from Manchester Victoria, after photting a TPX Nova 3 with class 68 CAT pushing on a Liverpool bound service.
After a walk around Leeds station I returned to Huddersfield, which had 3 Northern class 153 Dog boxes parked up along with one on the station on a Bradford working. I went for my usual brekkie at Whimpy`s, an International Grill, just the think on a day like this. I later returned to the station and decided to have a run down the Penistone line which was operated by Northern Pacers class 144`s for the moment at least. I went down the line as far as Shepley, a crossing point and ran over the bridge in time to catch the next Class 144 back towards Huddersfield, which happened to be the “Evolution”. I alighted at Brockholes, as I wanted to photograph the station house there, which is now a private residence, but restored to its near original character.
After a three-quarter hour wait, I boarded the returning “Evolution” class 144 back down the line as far as Penistone this time, which gave me a little time to photograph the station and remains of the Woodhead platforms. I next boarded the returning Northern Class 144 back up to Huddersfield, and was in time for another TPX Nova 3 Cat on the Liverpool-Scarborough working, which I caught back into Leeds.
My final move of the day was to buy a large Cornish Pasty to eat on the train, which was a Leeds to Wigan Northern Sprinter, which took me back to Manchester Victoria via Brighouse, the longer way around. It rained all day long, but it was still enjoyable.
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My first trip back in the UK for a few weeks, the storms were forecast, but I thought I`d chance it. It was however a wet day and quite a few trains had been cancelled because of the weather. I was on an early TPX class 185 over to Leeds from Manchester Victoria, after photting a TPX Nova 3 with class 68 CAT pushing on a Liverpool bound service.
After a walk around Leeds station I returned to Huddersfield, which had 3 Northern class 153 Dog boxes parked up along with one on the station on a Bradford working. I went for my usual brekkie at Whimpy`s, an International Grill, just the think on a day like this. I later returned to the station and decided to have a run down the Penistone line which was operated by Northern Pacers class 144`s for the moment at least. I went down the line as far as Shepley, a crossing point and ran over the bridge in time to catch the next Class 144 back towards Huddersfield, which happened to be the “Evolution”. I alighted at Brockholes, as I wanted to photograph the station house there, which is now a private residence, but restored to its near original character.
After a three-quarter hour wait, I boarded the returning “Evolution” class 144 back down the line as far as Penistone this time, which gave me a little time to photograph the station and remains of the Woodhead platforms. I next boarded the returning Northern Class 144 back up to Huddersfield, and was in time for another TPX Nova 3 Cat on the Liverpool-Scarborough working, which I caught back into Leeds.
My final move of the day was to buy a large Cornish Pasty to eat on the train, which was a Leeds to Wigan Northern Sprinter, which took me back to Manchester Victoria via Brighouse, the longer way around. It rained all day long, but it was still enjoyable.
https://www.facebook.com/nick.melling.104/media_set?set=a.2755993121114856&type=3