The Getting Wet Round Britian tour
Day 2 - 3 Tractor Chasing and the road to Scotland
Day 2 - 3 Tractor Chasing and the road to Scotland
Wednesday, 25th August, 2004
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The Getting Wet Round Britian tour
Day 2 - 3 Tractor Chasing and the road to Scotland Wednesday, 25th August, 2004 |
Day 2 - I did actually catch the ECS move to Knottingley the night before! | |||
 | With the ECS move to Knottingley the Arriva trains 37s (411and 408)head south through Colton junction | ||
 | With the ECS move to Knottingley the Arriva trains 37s (411and 408)head south through Colton junction | ||
Day 2 - After a glorious night at the Colton Travel Lodge I got up nice and early to start the chase of the 37s up to Carlisle, 2 minutes down the road and I was back at Colton Junction. | |||
 | An early morning London service as the sun rises over Colton Junction | ||
 | An early morning London service as the sun rises over Colton Junction | ||
 | Heading into York the Arriva ECS working to Knaresborough with 37411 at the front | ||
 | Looped at Poppleton awaiting the passing of 144009 enroute to York the tractors wait. | ||
 | Backlit by the rising sun 37411 accelerates out of Poppleton | ||
 | Under the watchful eyes of an early morning commuter, 37411 pauses at Kirk Hammerton, for an eastbound unit | ||
 | 37411 pulls out of Kirk Hammerton | ||
 | Passing under the A658 road bridge at Flaxby 37408 on the rear | ||
| A complete lack of preparation, and a field of mud prevented me from finding a Harrogate Viaduct shot :o( so I go this instead... | |||
 | Now with passengers on board the 37s head into Leeds, seen here passing North Rigton | ||
A bit of Rail-gen coming in caused me to change my plans and head away from the Settle to Carlise line as I had planned, but the thought of 2 DRS 37s on the Malcoms was too much to ignore. | |||
 | DRS 37605 and 611 head up the 4M44Coatbridge to Daventry Malcolm's intermodal working south near Euxton | ||
| followed very closely by | |||
 | Rushing south towards London a Virgin 390 | ||
Also in the area was the test run of 71000 Duke Of Gloucester | |||
 | 71000 Duke of Gloucester pauses at Hellifield whilst on a test run from Carnforth | ||
 | Duke of Gloucester passes Gisburn over an hour late on its loaded circular test run from Carnforth | ||
 | Duke of Gloucester passes Gisburn over an hour late on its loaded circular test run from Carnforth | ||
| Fortunatley there was some 'real' (well gm modified) traction on the rear. | |||
 | Insurance locomotive 57601 on the rear of the Duke's loaded test train, shame it wasn't on the front! | ||
Next gen related change of plan.. DRS 47501 was reported on the 6M53 Grangemouth-Carlisle Kingmoor dud wagons train. | |||
 | DRS 47501 hauls 66403 dit towards Kingmoor across the River Esk at Metal Bridge | ||
 | A virgin 390 races north into Scotland at Metal Bridge | ||
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