Rainford Junction
I didn't expect to be photographing Pacers in 2020, but several have been put back into service with Northern to increase train capacity during the Covid emergency. However, they must run coupled with PRM compliant Sprinter units. 142087 is on the rear of a train departing from Rainford and joining the singled line to Kirkby on 14th August. See image 21273 taken forty years earlier at this spot, since when the vegetation growth has been considerable both around the signal box and on the old curving Ormskirk platform. The catch points have gone too but the time honoured handing over of the single line token continues.
Location: Rainford Junction (former)
Original line: Liverpool and Bury Railway (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway)
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 14/08/2020
Image number: 74539
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