Yesterday good friend Michael and I used a Northern Explorer ticket to ride some trains around Manchester for the day, logging the journeys on ‘Journey Log’…
The trips included some new to me trackage and some new to me single line termini, all three of which could work as Mosslanda! Travelling aboard both second and third generation units it was notable but perhaps not surprising that the most comfortable were the TfW 158s. Classic power, comfortably refitted, they will be sorely missed when retired. I’ll leave the photos to do the talking, interspersed with their Journey Log entries…
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| Ruabon |
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| Manchester Piccadilly |
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| Glossop |
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| Hadfield |
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| Rose Hill Marple |
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| Manchester Piccadilly |
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| Chester |
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| Ruabon |
If you’d like to give Journey Log a try please get in touch and I’ll arrange a log-in, in the meantime, I really must get back to the workbench! Until next time, more soon…
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Morning James. I previously dismissed multiple units as boring, glorified buses, but your blog has given me a new-found appreciation of them. The 158s in particular are full of character.
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DeleteGreat shot of Piccadilly - I thought someone had modernised Denton Road!
ReplyDeleteFunny thing was, stood at Guide Bridge, we looked on OSmaps to see how the different lines interacted… it was funny to see Denton just south of where we were stood!
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