Back lane Bluebird Biomass 20210820--011

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Back lane Bluebird Biomass 20210820--011
Back lane Bluebird Biomass 20210820--011

66702 Blue Lightning approaches Ocean Road at Grangetown, Sunderland, working 6H70 12.19 Tyne Coal Terminal - Drax Power Station biomass. [Pole, 5.5/6 sections (~7.4m)]

This was the only picture I took during a short visit to the north-east (although I was back again a couple of days later - and had better weather), with the cloud breaking while this was waiting to come off the Tyne Dock branch at Boldon (despite a forecast of wall-to-wall cloud all day); it was therefore a quick dash from my parents' house to get set up, in the hope the clouds didn't close up again too soon! It was a shame that some Tyne Dock to Drax biomass workings seem to be 66s rather than 60s at the time.

I'd taken shots from the bridge here (behind me) - where the sun is the best angle for this train (at the other bridges the sun is still a little too in-line) - over twenty years ago, but vegetation growth means that you now have to go much, much more head-on. A few years ago there would have been a decent shot from the bridge using a pole extended only a short way, but even that is difficult now due to a tall bush. So I ended up in the back lane parallel to the railway, just a few yards from the bridge, but enough to get past the problem bush.

The area just beyond the trees behind the train is the site of a school I attended for two years. On the skyline are, I think, the following (from left to right): left: spire of St. John's Methodist Church, Ashbrooke; middle: tower of Stockton Road (formerly St. George's) United Reformed Church, spire of the former Christ Church (Anglican, but now a Sikh Temple), Langham Tower (Sunderland High School), spire of the former West Park United Reformed Church, NHS Park Lane Practice (new white buildings), spire of the former Park Road Methodist Church, Civic Centre (just visible - brown buildings); right: town centre flats, Stadium of Light (Sunderland AFC).

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Taken on: August 20, 2021
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