B.R. liveried class 37 on the October 2020, Saturday R.H.T.T. - 7516+521+531

* Brightside, revisited after over a year.
I did these colour subtracted renditions shortly after the Autumn 2020 R.H.T.T. passed through here on October 10th, mid-season, so to speak. This manipulation was partly done to both 'try it out' once more and to get rid of the irritating, old, and non-working blue lamp-standard which appeared right across the class 37 in the centre picture. A similar one was removed at the other side of the old station just 4 months earlier when a class 43, went south along the goods line at the right in the first two shots and, at the same time approximately, that a red, DBS class 66 also went south on a scrap freight working, see-
www.flickr.com/photos/vinc2020/50011771988/
the result there was very good and so, thought it worthwhile to apply the same process here, to remove the one at the other side.
Once here, the first passage through, which didn't make it into the shots posted originally, is a Northern Rail service, 2B52, getting the same colour treatment but now avoiding the irksome lamp standards, class 150, 150203 on the interval service from Sheffield to Hull. This is 20 minutes to midday and the R.H.T.T. is about to leave Sheffield and come along here in just 10 minutes. Having passed the still extant 'Station Hotel' in the background, the outside having been recently re-furbished, making it stand out more prominently in the background, but unfortunately in the angle of this shot, sans-ladder, that damned tree is in the way, the DMU will turn off shortly and head north the along the Blackburn Valley line via Barnsley to Huddersfield.

At centre, looking south from Jenkin Road, a similar view but now with the lamp standard removed and the frame once again colour-subtracted to just leave the class 37s in glorious colour, and fortunately, the B.R. liveried, class 37, 37419, ex-D6991, 'Carl Haviland 1954-2012' is at the front.On the bridge, I think, is BonsoirBaz and all the 'enthusiasts are maintaining distance as this is the Autumn of the 1st year of Covid-19; we are now at the beginning of the third year and have the new, infectious' 'Omicron' in populations all over the world. 'Direct Rail Services' 'Electro-Diesel Locomotive', Class 37s, 37419, ex-D6991 is at the front 37423, ex-D6996, 'Spirit of the Lakes' is on the back on this day's run back to the north, 3S14, Sheffield via Selby to Hull with the 'Rail Head Treatment Train' and a rake of the blue 'FEA-B RHTT A Tank Wagons'.

On the right, passing through the 'not-so-'Bright'side and, as this is a passenger line, the Sandite units should be in full spray but I see no evidence for this, nor in the approach shots showing the other side, as the set prepares to pass though Meadowhall Interchange; maybe this is the reason as folk can get wet through on the platforms, if they are on. Although the station site looks in need of some T.L.C., I guess there would be no reason for this to have a face lift, given that the then new, Meadowhall Interchange, replaced this station in the mid-1990s. The former being more convenient for main-line and Blackburn Valley services when the area took on the mantle of being a bus, car and train interchange, surrounded by shops instead of steelworks of course. Fortunately, in the grand new schemes, the Brightside 'back line' has been retained and recently re-railed and re-ballasted and finds often use for diversions and moves directly along the Blackburn Valley line, as required, this line looking new, but rusty, in the left corner of the picture. The link given above shows just such an odd-ball move of H.S.T. coaching stock with 43257 leading and 43307 at the back en-route to London St. Pancras. Meadow Hall station is in the distance and the Blackburn Valley line curves off to the left at Wincobank Junction, just along the line ahead of 37419; 37419 has the green on Signal S0199, for moves along the Midland Main Line to the north through platform 2 at Meadowhall Station.

Taken on: October 10, 2020

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