Image Mike, Harpenden Junction distant signal
Mike, Harpenden Junction distant signal
Mike, Harpenden Junction distant signal What we presume to be the Harpenden Junction distant signal is seen in the early summer sunshine along with a short section of track. The last train ran on 27.06.79 with empty fly ash wagons leaving the line that was severed from the mainline at Harpenden Junction a month or so later. When the line was taken over by Hemelite (who made lightweight blocks. from power station fly ash) in 1968 it is believed that it was the only privately leased line in the country. The company used a pair of Drewry shunters (D2203 and D2207), an occasional leased in Class 08 and latterly an unreliable Clayton (D8568) to move the loaded and the empty former coal wagons the length of the line from their facility at Cupid Green to Harpenden Junction where they sat on the fast lines for about thirty minutes whilst a BR locomotive detached or attached itself. Needless to say, this took place in the middle of the night when there was no fast traffic! Keywords: Mike Harpenden Junction distant signal
Mike, Harpenden Junction distant signal What we presume to be the Harpenden Junction distant signal is seen in the early summer sunshine along with a short section of track. The last train ran on 27.06.79 with empty fly ash wagons leaving the line that was severed from the mainline at Harpenden Junction a month or so later. When the line was taken over by Hemelite (who made lightweight blocks. from power station fly ash) in 1968 it is believed that it was the only privately leased line in the country. The company used a pair of Drewry shunters (D2203 and D2207), an occasional leased in Class 08 and latterly an unreliable Clayton (D8568) to move the loaded and the empty former coal wagons the length of the line from their facility at Cupid Green to Harpenden Junction where they sat on the fast lines for about thirty minutes whilst a BR locomotive detached or attached itself. Needless to say, this took place in the middle of the night when there was no fast traffic! Keywords: Mike Harpenden Junction distant signal


What we presume to be the Harpenden Junction distant signal

is seen in the early summer sunshine along with a short section of track. The last train ran on 27.06.79 with empty fly ash wagons leaving the line that was severed from the mainline at Harpenden Junction a month or so later. When the line was taken over by Hemelite (who made lightweight blocks. from power station fly ash) in 1968 it is believed that it was the only privately leased line in the country. The company used a pair of Drewry shunters (D2203 and D2207), an occasional leased in Class 08 and latterly an unreliable Clayton (D8568) to move the loaded and the empty former coal wagons the length of the line from their facility at Cupid Green to Harpenden Junction where they sat on the fast lines for about thirty minutes whilst a BR locomotive detached or attached itself. Needless to say, this took place in the middle of the night when there was no fast traffic!