Back at Bamford, Dynamic Loop line & classes 68 & 37 head west - 3098+105+121

            Back in the Hope Valley after a break of 8 months for 2 specials running along into the west from Gascoigne Wood and from Derby R.T.C. to the Manchester area and Buxton, respectively. The most noticeable change in the area is, of course, the progress with the work on the so called 'Dynamic Loop', 'goods' line, running parallel to the down line, towards Sheffield in the first set of 3 pictures showing the regular passenger traction. At far left, a  Northern Rail class 195, 'Civity', 195112 is slowly running into the station on the 2S77, stopping service from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly. It has just passed the extensive workings in the background where now, a short stub of the loop line, with a sleeper positioned across the end, has already been laid off the down line which looks to have had a new section installed and re-ballasted. At centre, a few minutes later, another 'Civity' arrives from the west on the counter-balancing service, this one 2S76 from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield with 196116 in charge. There is a large amount of ground work being undertaken on the steep bank-side along the loop line at left, making space for the line and bank stabilisation I guess. The loop line is set to extend from the turn-out here, just beyond the eastern end of platform 2, and pass along and under two bridges, MAS 25 & MAS 23, both of which are to be widened to accommodate the extra line. The line will terminate at a junction with the down line, just before Jaggers Lane bridge in the distance beyond the two bridges seen here, 1km from the start point and about 1km to the west of Hathersage; it is therefore a major piece of railway civil engineering work. In addition, there will also be three construction compounds at either side of the line, about half-way along to Hathersage and further storage of materials alongside Bamford Station on the north-side, as can already be seen in these photographs. At far left, the last of the passenger traction types for today, a T.P.E. class 185 rattles through on a fast service, this one, 1B72, from Liverpool Lime St. via Manchester and Sheffield to Cleethorpes, with two sets of class 185, 185110 leading and seen here, at the back, 185149. Earles Sidings Signalbox, to the west along the line further west, controls the down line here with ES04 now showing a red aspect after the passenger train passed the signal. Presumably this and other signals along the line here will be replaced when the new loop line is ready to be used, this particular signal would presumably indicate a 'turn-out' option for slow moving freight trains, allowing the faster passenger services to pass.
   

Taken on: February 13, 2023

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Bamford Station

Hope Valley

Harry Needle Railway Company

Network Rail Test Train

Class 37

37607

3Q20

Derby R.T.C to Buxton U.R.S.

Up Reception Sidings

D.B.S.O.

Driver Brake Standard Open

9702

P.L.P.R.

Plain Line Pattern Recognition Train

Coach 9523

Brake Force Runner

Coach 6261 - Generator Van

Coach 9810

Ex-Caledonian Sleeper Coach

Caledonian Sleeper Mk2E Brake Unclassified Open Coach

Coach 999606

UTU-4

Ultra Sonic Test Unit #4

Improving Your Railway

3Q21

Buxton U.R.S. via the Hope VAlley & Walsall to Coleham L.M.D.

Transpennine Express

Class 68

68020

Reliance

D.V.T.

Driving Van Trailer

E.C.S.

Empty Coaching Stock

5Q32

Gascoigne Wood Sidings to Longsight T.M.D.

Class 185

185110

185149

1B72

Liverpool Lime St. to Cleethorpes

Northern Rail

Class 195

CAF, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A.

Civity

195112

2S77

Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly

195116

2S76

Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield

Dynamic Loop Line

Earles Sidings

Derwent Valley

Edale

London Midland Scottish Railways

Hathersage

Stop Board

Road-Rail Vehicle

Signal ES04

Signal GD12

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