Network Rail Colas Test Train at Woodhouse & Darnall Stations - 1972+2015+007+009+011

* Woodhouse Station
A 'round-the-world' return of one of those canary-yellow Network Rail Test Train moves, the service operated by Colas Rail with one of the U.T.U., Ultrasonic Test Unit sets in tow and with a D.B.S.O. at the back, well, or front... The set came through the area along the old G.C.R.'s Lincoln Line, passing through Woodhouse and Darnall Stations and on into Sheffield for a reversal.
First up, other traction, passenger-wise, was about the place during the wait for the class 37 test train set, now on this line, predominantly Northern class 195s with the odd 158 thrown in as well, the old class 142 and 144 having long since gone... This first, 6-part mosaic shows some of the action along the lines during the hour or so waiting for, and then delaying a little, before moving off to Darnall Station for the Test Train return in just over an hour... At top left, slowing for a stop at Woodhouse Station, is Northern class 195, 'Civity', 'CAF, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A.', 195014 on the hourly service, this one 1L52, Lincoln Central via reversal at Sheffield to Leeds stopping service. Below this one, heading in the other direction, the hourly balancing service, 1L42, the other way, with another class 195, this time 195002, on the Leeds via Sheffield to Lincoln service. 'Floating' in the top right corner of this shot, a zoomed inset shows the scene looking behind the station building, and the roof-lines of the houses shown in an earlier pair of pictures, one by Les Nixon with a class 40, 40198, passing on the back line behind the station building in July, 1976, see-
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this being just another opportunity to show how much the station layout has changed in the intervening 46 years... At lower right, 195002 has set off from its passenger-less station stop, and is heading towards Woodhouse Junction to take the east-bound line towards Kiveton, Shireoaks and Worksop. The new, large, dominant signal, erected a year ago when the old signalling and junction signal boxes at Woodburn, Beighton and Woodhouse were all swept away, is WN8116 showing a green aspect and the left-hand signal feather lit for accessing the east-bound Lincoln line at Woodhouse Junction. As may be seen from this picture and the one at upper left, the Woodhouse sidings rail-head is looking rusty once more, the last freight reversal occuring here some two months aga when a class 66 from Tunstead Sidings at Peak Forest, stored some large box wagons here, but only for the weekend, see video here-
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Finally, at upper right, another 'Civity' heads this way along the line atop the bank in the Woodhouse Washlands area next to the River Rother and the Rother Valley Viaduct, just a short distance from the station to the south-east. This time, its the next hourly service from Lincoln Central, this one with 195003 on the 1L56 move via Sheffield Midland for a reversal and then on to the City of Leeds. The new MAS signal to the left of the approaching 195 is the one controlling access to Woodhouse Junction from the eastern approach and is W8113, Rother Valley Viaduct is just beyond the signal to the far left. Just ahead of 195003 a group of Network Rail personnel were out and about, working track-side close to their old compound between the Lincoln Line here, and the line from Woodhouse Junction to Beighton Junction beyond the rampant tree growth...

Taken on: May 19, 2022

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Woodhouse Station

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Barnetby via all over & reversal at Sheffield to Doncaster West Yard

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Brake Force Runner 1

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Support Coach 1

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Ultrasonic Test Coach #4

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Leeds to Lincoln Central

Woodhouse Junction Sidings

Woodburn Junction Signalbox

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