Branch Line Society - 'The Sinfin Syphons' at Brightside & Penistone - 9672+673+677

* Penistone Station

Some look to be having a good time and was pleasant speaking with the guy on the right in the left picture in this second of the three 'triads'. Folk were coming and going to get shots from the front and its a shame there was so little time to investigate the area further as this was once a rather busy, iconic location for the frequent, 6 per hour, and heavy, 1500 tonnes, Woodhead traffic which went ambling up-grade, just the other side of the passenger station in the right background; the track-bed is now a 'nature area'. If he sees these shots, just like to say hi and thanks for the chat.. Others like me were wearing face coverings and it all felt stress free though I guess the events which had already occured with the Charter were probably praying on folks' minds.. and it wasn't over yet. There had been a few passengers accruing on platform 2, waiting for the train into Barnsley on the line at left, this was the Norther Rail service, 2B39, from Huddersfield heading through here then via Barnsley to Sheffield with class 150, 150274 on the service. Passengers could not get onto platform 2 whilst the Charter was in the station as the back of the train was blocking the foot-crossing seen earlier, the DMU service however couldn't leave until the Charter had pulled out of the station, the DMU was also running a bit late, 10 mins by the time it reached here, which is probably why the Charter was held a bit longer, so the line could clear to the north. In the centre picture, walking back along the train to the other end to see the rear 37 come along the line and a quick shot looking into the cab of 37423 with a 'Branch Line Society' steward talking to the driver, fold were now getting back on board and it was less than a minute before departure to Denby Dale and Huddersfield after which a section of the line was missed out, through Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Rochdale, Castleton, Vitriol Works, & Brewery Junction, between Bradley Wood Junction and Ashburys West Jn, presumably to pick up some of the lost time which it did, recovering about 40mins of the now 77mins delay. Can't imagine there were happy people waiting in the missed out section, for the Charter to come through their area. At right in this 2nd set of 3 shots, the rear class 37, 37422/266 ex-D6966, 'Victorious' is now just about to clear the accommodation crossing, allowing the possibility of getting shots from the other platform but that proved a bit fruitless. There haven't been all that many occasions in recent years, when two class 37s were in Penistone Station, in fact I just looked, and I haven't got any, as far back as 2010! One I did find was from fellow Flickr Photographer, Marcus.45111, where a nighttime shot of the seasonal R.H.T.T. can be seen at the Station here-
www.flickr.com/photos/92367454@N02/50562226281/
with 37402 on the back of the working, heading north to Huddersfield. With the set now picking up speed, time for the final set of shots of the rear 37 passing through the station. This is the continuing 1Z41, York via reversal at Brightside Sidings & through Penistone Station heading to Huddersfield and then on to Rose Hill Marple, in the south-eastern suburbs of Manchester City arriving 13:12, 52 mins late, some a little more time has been lost...

Taken on: July 4, 2021

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Penistone

S.R.P.S. Railtours

Branch Line Society

Martin House Hospice

The Sinfin Syphons

The Primary Colours

D.R.S.

Direct Rail Services

Electro-Diesel Locomotive

Class 37

37419

ex-D6991

Carl Haviland 1954-2012

37423

ex-D6996

Spirit of the Lakes

37422/266

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Victorious

D.B.C

66053 66044 66066 66041

60065

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37419+37423+66053+66044

Carlisle via Wakefield Kirkgate to York

0Z38

37423+37419

Wakefield Kirkgate Goods Loop to Knottingley L.I.P.

1Z38

37422/266+37423(1)

York to East Midlands Gateway

1Z39

37423+37422/266(1)

East Midlands Gateway to Stanton Gate P.L.C

Rolls Royce Sinfin Sidings

1Z40

37422/266+37423(2)+60065

Stanton Gate P.L.C. via S.Y.J.R. & Doncaster to York

1Z41

37422/266+37423(3)

York via reversal at Brightside Sidings & Penistone to Rose Hill Marple

1Z42

37423+37422/266(2)+70011+70019

Rose Hill Marple to Crewe Electric Traction Maintenance Depot

1Z43

37423+37422/266(3)+66066+VT90039?

Crewe E.T.M.D. via Hope Valley & Sheffield to York

1Z44

66041+66066

York via Leeds & Darlington to Hartlepool Docks Area

Northern Rail

150274

2B39

Huddersfield via Barnsley to Sheffield

L.N.E.R.

London & North Eastern Railway

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London Midland & Scottish Railway

Penistone Viaduct

Woodhead

Huddersfield Junction

Barnsley Junction

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Signal BY1051

Signal BY1050

Signal BY1052

Signal BY1053

Cammel Laird Steelworks

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