4. Sunday freight-19.01.20

THE ARCHIVE FILES > Archive-2020 > 4. Sunday freight-19.01.20
A stunning winter's day got me out for an afternoon walk around the village coinciding with two freights passing. Unfortunately, it would have been three as an infrastructure train just beat me as it was running an eye-watering three hours late and I hadn't spotted it!
Click here to search The Archive Files


Images 1-5 of 5 displayed.

350116 & 350127, LN 12.34 London Euston-Stafford (2Y48, 3L), site of Roade station Catching some lovely afternoon sun 350116 and 350127 pass the site of the former Roade station working the 12.34 Euston to Stafford. The huge new housing development that occupies the former Pianoforte/Simplex factory site is clear in this image. Keywords: 350116 350127 12.34 London Euston-Stafford 2Y48 site of Roade station London Northwestern Desiro
66770, 13.15 Milton Keynes Central-Bescot (6G51, 8E), site of Roade station After an overnight possession of the slow lines south of Hanslope Junction an infrastructure working heads back to its base at Bescot as the 6G51 13.15 from Milton Keynes. Behind the flats are a number of HQA (E) eighty-eight tonne auto discharge ballast wagons that were empty, indicating that there will be some fresh ballast at the worksite. The train is seen ambling past the site of the former station at Roade. Keywords: 66770 13.15 Milton Keynes Central-Bescot 6G51 site of Roade station GBRf
350258, LN 12.16 Crewe-London Euston (1U30, 1E), site of Roade station 350258 emerges from Roade cutting into the winter sunshine working the 12.16 Crewe to Euston service. It has just taken the Northampton avoider line from Hilmorton Junction south of Rugby and will now run on the up fast all the way to its destination stopping just once at Milton Keynes. Keywords: 350258 12.16 Crewe-London Euston 1U30 site of Roade station London Northwester Desiro
350122, LN 13.31 Bletchley carriage sidings-Northampton ecs (5N55, RT), site of Roade station The village of Roade is the home to two water towers but neither are in use now. The one in this image provided huge amounts of water to the former Pianoforte factory that occupied the site of the new houses. The concrete structure is currently undergoing conversion into a private residence. See.... https://www.freehausdesign.com/ashton-road-water-tower 350122 hurries past the new housing estate to the south of the village with the 13.31 Bletchley to Northampton ecs working. Keywords: 350122 13.31 Bletchley carriage sidings-Northampton 5N55 site of Roade station
66425, 13.09 DIRFT-Ripple Lane (4L48, 54L), site of Roade station 66425 is a regular performer on this Sunday only Freightliner working. The 4L48 leaves Daventry's rail freight terminal at lunchtime, timetabled for 13.09, and stops at Ripple Lane. Later it works on to the new London Gateway terminal in the Thames estuary. As the winter afternoon sun gets low in the sky, it just manages to catch the front of the locomotive as it emerges from Roade cutting at the site of the former station. Keywords: 66425 13.09 DIRFT-Ripple Lane 4L48 site of Roade station

Images 1-5 of 5 displayed.