LE Movements, ECS and Test Runs 2016

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O88588/2016/04/27/advanced

Onwards to Bristol....

 

Gotcha, you were window hanging Ralph...

 

Have we forgotten about 10A's help too?

 

I was going to comment likewise but then remembered the strict no positives or praise for WCRC rule that is imposed in here......

 

Now shown as cancelled, confirming news re 46233 on the GBIX thread...

 

For those of us who don't have a clue what 10A is could someone elaborate please!

 

10A...the BR era shed code for Carnforth...as displayed on the smokebox door.

 

Thanks both of you, I probably could've guesed that... Oh well!

 

No worries...if you don't ask, you don't find out so quickly.

You may find this link useful/interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Railways_shed_codes

 

44871 just left Hereford wit pob and 47832 on the rear


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Duchess has a broken piston will be out for about 2 months

 

To the passing public 10A DOES look like a scrap yard. It doesn't give the impression of being a thriving business. Yes, it's a good source of spares, but a bit of tidying up using the depot shunter would help.

 

FWIW it seemed to get a decent tidy during the recently enforced closure and most of the WCRC liveried stock is now very tidy (I suspect a lot of people were given a brush rather than standing idle) - and the livery matches unlike many other charter rakes. The one area that the passing rail public sees (note you don't see the majority unless you are heading down the Cumbrian Coast as it is screened by the station and junction) is the rakes of ex postal stock bought I assume for their bogies which fill the southern sidings at the site, these look like ex BR stock stored all over the place and short of planting a bloody big hedge (Imagine the paranoia and froth that would encourage on here that the bogeyman was 'up to something') or spending a fortune painting them just for the great and good of Carnforth to tag them again not sure what WCRC can do?

To the passing public it looks like a tatty rail yard of which there are a plethora all over the network, however unlike NR/DBS etc WCRC don't plaster it in signage stating they own it, ask 99.9% of those passing who owned it and they would have no idea apart from the locals who realise that WCRC is a helpful and much welcome local employer?

 

Not as simple as that. Siding space is at a premium and is laid out for the steam shed 10A used to be rather that the carriage yard it now is. Shunting can be complex. The active part of Steamtown is at the northern end, not the part alongside the WCML which is why it is used for static storage. I agree that it is unfortunate that this is the part many see but I doubt there is a simple fix. HTH, AN