73961 1Q43 @ Manchester Victoria 18/03/2020

            Desperate to get out for something, especially before we all go on lockdown, 73961 tnt 73965 pass through Manny Vic with 1q43 Crewe C.S. (L&Nwr Site)-Crewe C.S. (L&Nwr Site). Only a shitty quality moving hand held shot for reasons that follow below..

Another disastrous outing sees me at Manny Vic this time. To start off, my connecting trains had been cancelled, meaning I missed the 70 on the bins and the first run of the 73s through the station, secondly was a major telling off by station staff, then a 60 on the biomass came early, when I was on the phone, subsequently making me miss it, and to top it all off my connecting train back to Wigan was terminated at Manny Vic, leaving me stranded and unable to get home, resulting in me having to head back to Burnley and stay at my dads overnight, where I'd then miss college the next day.

I'll also be making a formal complaint about the conduct of the station staff at Manny Vic. I was told by one member of staff to remove my tripod NOW and when I refused and politely said "can you wait two minutes please while I just take a photo" he replied "what dont you f***ing understand about that?? Take it down now!!" To which he then got his supervisor, who came running out on the platform, screaming at me to take it down threatening me to be removed. Bearing in mind I had been there an hour already, photographing from the tripod without any issues from other staff or the BTP, who knew about my presence. 

Network Rail states its permitted to photograph and use tripods on stations, but is to be avoided where possible, stating that if you do use one, ensure you're not obstructing anything, not crossing the yellow lines and provided the station isn't heaving with people for obvious reasons, none of which were present in this situation. The platform had one passenger on, there were no trains due and I was a good 7 or 8 feet from the platform edge.

It's the select few people like this that have to ruin it for everyone and there's especially no need to be so unprofessional about it. A simple calm word with me or just supervising me while i took the photo would suffice.

Taken on: March 19, 2020

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