Friend Peter Rose and I recently had a joint day out rediscovering the delights of both rail and road transport in this great city.
For part 1 see blog posted 30/05/2021.
Being more rail oriented than road, Peter settled for a spell at Heaton Chapel railway station.
The station used to be called Heaton Chapel & Heaton Moor as seen on the running in board which I believe to be a replica.
The station is now just called Heaton Chapel.
The station is on the mainline to the South of Manchester but to the North of Stockport.
His images are reproduced here with Peter’s permission and my thanks. As usual, they have not been edited by me.
769442 Flex ‘Northern’. Wabtec, Loughborough built bi-mode multiple unit
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Something of a coup for Peter.
This class of unit had only entered service a few days before this image was taken.
One of 8 units introduced to work from Southport via Manchester to Staleybridge/Alderley Edge.
These units originally built by BREL at York as class 319 (see image in blog posted 30/05/2021).
They were converted by Wabtec (formerly Brush) at Loughborough to run on either 25 Kv 50Hz AC overhead electricity or under diesel power my virtue of a pair of MAN D2876 engines, one located under each power car.
Working 2K86 the 11-16 Southport to Alderley Edge.
323238 ‘Northern’. Hunslet Transportation Projects built electric multiple unit
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
One of 43 sets built by Hunslet at Leeds between 1992 and 1993.
They were the only units built by the company.
Working 2H85 the 11-56 Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly.
331006 ‘Northern’ Civity. CAF built electric multiple unit
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The Spanish based builder has produced 43 of these units.
Working 2H07 the 11-28 Blackpool North to Hazel Grove.
220022 ‘cross country’ Bombardier Transportation built diesel multiple unit
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
One of 34 units built by Bombardier in Belgium.
Pictured working 1O18 the 12-27 Manchester Piccadilly to Reading.
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