DRS 66s on the re-routed R.H.T.T., pass through Penistone Station - 0822

The last time I was here in Penistone was almost 6 months ago for the Branch Line Society charter, the 'Sinfin Syphons' with a couple of 37s on the service and which 'ran all over the show' and provide the enthusiasts with plenty to look at. The shots and a video at this station are here-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/51299265115/
and a video, here-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/51298255231/

Today its a little less auspicious with a well coated set of blue RHTT, FEA-B RHTT A Tank Wagons, spraying sandite on the rail head to remove the oily leaf gunk which causes issues with adhesion, due to significant amounts of leaf fall, at this time of the year. Barnsley's BY1050 signal at right, is for traction moves wrong line as this is the north-bound line and I can only assume this is ever used for engineering work when the east-bound line on the left, is not available; this operation can't happen very often? The Woodhead line which once diverged here at Huddersfield Junction, is behind and to the right of the BY1050 signal, the tall Huddersfield JUnction signalbox was positioned there as well, controlling the layout at the station; there being many more lines and sidings in those days. Two double track sections left the junction and went at the back of the station at either side of an island platform with a further building on it, it was all quite a busy layout and with coal trains coming through to the power stations in the west at the rate of about 10 per hour along with the empties returns, hauled by class 76, EM1, electric locomotives. Class 77, EM2s ran the passenger services along with other traction types, the EM2s being withdrawn in 1968 and passenger services terminated at the beginning of 1970 just before I made regular, weekend journeys between Sheffield and Manchester, to undertake my 3-year 3-Dimensional Design B.A. at the then Manchester Poly located at All Saints, the Poly now having become the Manchester Metropolitan University. Having said all this, the return train fair between the two was more than my meagre grant would stretch too and for 2 years, I hitch-hiked almost every weekend, non too pleasant in the winter months back then though, and occasionally getting free lifts or the bus.. What a chance I missed for photography, all of this I ignored but do recall often seeing the EM1 coal trains going into or out of Woodhead tunnel and running alongside the Longdendale reservoirs, having hitched lifts from the north of Sheffield.. enough!
Today its sadly not EM1 or EM2s passing along the lines at the back of the station but class 66, 'Sheds', D.R.S. style, with 66426 leading and at the back, seen here, 66431 on the R.H.T.T., 'Leaf Buster', 3J14, from Sheffield via Barnsley & Penistone to Huddersfield for a reversal and then, this one, Huddersfield via Penistone & Barnsley back to to York Thrall Europa for an early afternoon termination at 16:22.

Taken on: November 23, 2021

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