27-JUN-2015
Our day began as most days with an early morning wake up ride on a rattling Pacer on the Penistone line
Here a class 144, 3 cars so is almost classed as a train, pulls in to take us south to Meadowhall.
27-JUN-2015
Even on a Saturday morning this station had plenty of movements with trains from Hull like this Class 158.
The once a week summer special EMT HST set also trundled thru on its way to Scarborough for the day.
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Another 158 approaches Meadowhall with the Leeds service via Moorthorpe
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Another train to Leeds, this one going via Barnsley and Wakefield
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A Cross Country Voyager set en route to Leeds, York and Scotland passes through whilst we await our train for York, which will be far less impressive I am sure, but we are going to be going the pretty way so that will make it all OK.
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To make the connection we left the Shepley flyer at Meadowhall to intercept the York train at Meadowhall station.
Here the luxury pacer is just approaching the station, will there be a refreshment service on this train?
The three ladies en route to a weekend away to celebrate a birthday certainly came prepared with Champers and strawberries.....seemed slightly out of place as we passed Goldthorpe.
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Not much happening at York so a quiet coffee and cake in the sunshine before we caught a Class 158 back to Leeds
Even York, a major station, cant be bothered to clear the weeds....so sad.
27-JUN-2015
Yorkshire is still living off the effect of the Tour de France "Grand Depart". Holmfirth is still decorated with bunting and yellow bicycles, and every weekend the place is inundated with cyclists all wanting to pit their skills and strength against the Holme Moss climb.
Here the rebranded Northern 158 had just arrived from Carlisle.
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Here is the arrival of our train to take us up the line to Keighley.....some of the best Northern rolling stock work the Aire valley route.
Free Wi-Fi no less on this Class 333.
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The Steam train arrived into the platform just as we arrived, here its being prepared to run round the train
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Nice diffused lighting thru the canopy sets of the loco nicely
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The boiler just showing behind the carriages as the engine takes on water for the climb back up to Oxenhope
