Thanks Philip, this was the first mainline steam catch of the year.

Exactly right. But money talks, then sensible alternatives get pushed aside to suit the mood music of the day.

One of the reasons given for the cancellation of this service was that it held up the commuter services operated by Northern Rail, due to it’s slow speed, it also broke down and failed due to slippery rails. The real solution was to run the service overnight, timing it so it was no where near any commuter services at busy lines.

@BegudMaximan-zp2tc agreed

@@pn112upfast No the railway operator has lost the contract to deliver the bitumen which is now being delivered via road. The tankers in the video are going to be cleared out at Preston.

@Ashworth-Media got 56 049 at Settle on its way to Eastriggs with a rake of Bitumen tanks. Wonder if it dropped off some tanks then picked up more at Ribble Rail exchange sidings?

@@pn112upfast From the information that I know, the tanks in this train where taken to Ribble Rail Preston to be steam cleaned out, I have no knowledge of the tanks coming from Eastriggs.

@@allan5919 Thanks for your comment, this is a fairly regular working for this location.

@@BarnabyDrury thanks, it’s not a bad place to spot from, and the crossing keepers are usually helpful with train information

Thanks for your comment, the junction has been worked that way for years.

Thanks for your comment, these log flats are well made for amount of logs that they transport. They will only have a 26 metric ton axle loading, which is the usual limit here in England. The livery is fairly bold and does stand out.

Thanks, it seems that line side vegetation has been allowed to grow causing problems operationally

@@railwayscene thanks, this location is a bit hidden away on the back streets of Blackburn.

How else would you leave?

@@BarnabyDrury Thanks, I was not sure what this was going to be until I saw it.

Cool

There is a lot of mine workings in the area, looks like the ballast needs resetting.

@@FeckHallBahn due to the direction the train arrives it diverts off the main line and onto the branch line, a little further up the branch behind some trees the locomotive runs around it train and then reverses the train into the cement works. This is the normal shunting movement for trains arriving, for loaded trains the locomotive will pull the train out of the cement works and depending upon which way the train is going it will either pull out onto the main line or used the run around loop to push the train out onto the mainline. Thanks for subscribing, I have had transport issues recently but that has now been resolved and I will be uploading more videos in 2025.

The normal operating procedure for cement tankers go enter the castle works is for the train to be reviewed in.

What’s Ot????

I thought you may have been up at Huncoat on local ground.

@@trainfanboy98 did you catch this one Network Rail Video Inspection Unit VIU1 at Rishton Station on the East Lancashire Line 19/12/2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5qnqpSIp7p4q5Y

@@ianhughes7805 it’s a bit hit and miss if you get an acknowledgment from the driver. However you do get some drivers who see that you are filming and will give you a quick toon to let you know that they are about to set off

You sound too organised, thanks

@@Ashworth-Media Yes I tryed making it so we werent all cramped and we could all get a good video but unfortunately for trainfanboy it kicked him of his phone which was sad.

I saw you and atomic frog stood out in the rain, it’s no wonder that your phone decided not to work with that amount of rain, at least I managed to get it from the dry, who was at the end of the platform?

@Ashworth-Media one of my friends was at the platform. He would have sent me his video either way so I didn't really miss much. Just going to have to upload a few less tones from the 57, but he's still got the video

Thanks glad you liked w

You don't as nobody asked

It’s still known as castle cement and there is still old signage in use

@@sdstewart87 in years to come people will remember these just like the class 37’s

@@pn112upfast I thought the marker lights were tied into the cab control system, so if the no.1 end is the driving end then the lights are tied into that system.

@@pn112upfast I did this short as a bit of fun considering what it was off to do Thunderbird Are Go 0Z57 Carnforth Steamtown to Newark Northgate 57010 ECML Thunderbird Duty kzbin.infotk9mVl3xWWc?feature=share

@@Ashworth-Media not sure I've seen a Pendolino go out of Preston with tail lights on. In some instances like trains at Hexham that terminate and go back to Newcastle the reversing move to change platforms the tail lights are on for "against main running direction." I'm wondering if the 57 after reversing after coming out of Carnforth Steam Town forgot to change to marker and headlight. Easy to do

@@williamharmsworth755 I had a very good childhood, riding horses, making dens and go karts, flying a kestrel, but at the bottom of the school yard was the sidings for the local power station and even in the 70’s they used steam power.

Yeap, he looks happy in him self, I am no racing snake though.

@@jimperkins2446 very true, but it didn’t stop the driver getting off a chat or rather a complaint that he was nearly an hour late and they has put a slow stopper out in front of him at Clitheroe.

@@Thechoppersofcardiff you are roughly right

😂that’s sounds plausible and definitely a case of Yin and Yang. Everything in balance. There were 5 people at Clitheroe directly involved in this and probably plenty more on it’s route up so the numbers may not be that much different.

Yes they have, disgraceful when they’re trying to reduce road pollution and road deaths? It doesn’t make sense.

@@jonathanmaybury5698 they appear to only use car DMU sets. I don’t know if they have a matching middle coach.

@@Ashworth-Media yes, they did have a middle carriage made especially for the DMU101.

@jonathanmaybury5698 I don’t think that they will have had one special made, more likely they have found one somewhere and had it repaired and repainted.

@@Ashworth-Media No they had a bespoke middle carriage made especially for the DMU101. static.wikia.nocookie.net/locomotive/images/f/fd/BR_Class_101.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111115005537

@@Ashworth-Media Google DMU101. I am sure you will find some. There are plenty.

Lol

And they were 1000%better than the pacers

NOPE I USE MY OWN

@ I am using my own logo’s. The long’s MAC address log is not copyrighted

There does seem to be a few about, although if I do see one I will usually call it a heritage diesel. The class 37's where the workhorse of the railway and could be seen with a heavy freight one day and then bombing down the WCML with an express, and they probably has a wider share of traffic than the Class 66's that seem to have replaced a good number of the37's roles.

I am getting to much hassle over the logo an have now gone back to the pre 2020 version, although Mac Address logo is not copyrighted and mine was AM and not MA

@@brickleyyard4966 Very true but the reduction in road tanker movements out of castle cement is very noticeable.

@Ashworth-Media I rather see people in work wich would be more likely to get the uk back on its feet Instead of finding ways to reduce the number of people to have to pay or worring about Road traffic with enough people back in a job there would be the means and the justification for the road networks to be improved like thay are doing with the cornwall a30

@brickleyyard4966 Rail transport for this application is a no brainier for efficiency and reducing emissions. For this application they were five people involved in this movement withe the driver, the signal man, the two shunting technicians and a supervisor. There would been many people who would have interacted with this train on its journey north . I have always favoured the A30 to get down to Cornwall.

Yeap

@@geoffcapper769 A lot of people liked it, this type of video of shunting is always going to be slow as it’s not a top flight express train zooming down the line. I have not forced you to watch it and you are allowed to speak your mind.

@geoffcapper769 Not sorry to offend, what did you expect, a freshly imported Bullet Train to be shunting wagons over a remote countryside level crossing? On reflection, your time could have been better spent researching the correct use of the words to and too. Myself, I found it a very interesting video, albeit some of the camera angles over signage and those too close to the train at times, could be dramatically improved. Thanks to AM.

Each class have there own sound

It’s surprising how many people tell me that they have spotted themselves on one of my videos.

I has been that way for years, also DMU's terminating at Clitheroe used that crossover to switch tracks.

Ex Midland Railway Track, NO facing points on a main line, worked this job for years

They are nicknamed 'Sheds' due to the angle of the roof, which is due t the very restricted loading gauge.

@@Ashworth-Media yeah I was close to the right spelled word but that makes sense as its as tall as an SD45-2 maybe not 100% sure

@Foxymorris9236 what is a SD452?

@Ashworth-Media it's an common American diesel locomotive where I'm from

That explains it the English class 66’s and class 70 are basically American EDM sunk down to fit our very small loading gauge

No need to know with through piped air brakes

@@Ashworth-Media no I mean reserving shunting like this is dangerous, the driver can’t see, and the poor Network Rail guy has to run around everywhere to tell the driver what’s happening.

@abloogywoogywoo the shunting technicians are in there own words kept very busy with this working. On this occasion they were making sure that they did everything correctly as there boss was keeping an eye on them and I would not be surprised if he watches this video. Have a look at a video I took at the ELR.

@@Ashworth-Media I still think them hopping abroad a van, and can slam on the brakes in an emergency is safer.

Very true

Nope it’s due to the layout of the track and the need for DMU’s to switch tracks.

Facing points are dangerous.