With the spire of Audenshaw's St. Stephens church above the scene, 323226 arrives at Guide Bridge station working the 10.59 Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield service. The station enjoys a regular service with trains arriving and departing at frequent intervals. The once extensive yards to the east of the station in which I photographed lines of class 76s when I passed in October 1978, have been removed but the land is still largely extant. Notice in this image the electrical stanchion supporting the catenary. This metalwork is the original installation from when the line was electrified for 1.5 kV DC operation in 1955. It has had the wiring replaced along with all the other infrastructure and now operates at 25 kV AC.
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