Mid-afternoon shadows in the cutting at Heaton Chapel on 20th January 2022. 331006 is the rear unit of a six-car EMU working from Hazel Grove to Blackpool North and has stopped in Platform 2. 150141, the lead of a pair of Sprinters, is heading for Buxton. It is on the slow line but not stopping here. There are long sight lines at Heaton Chapel in both directions, and plenty of variety on the four lines with Avanti, TPE, Northern, EMR, Cross Country and TfW passing here, but the freights for Trafford Park mainly take the Styal line to avoid Stockport.
Location: Heaton Chapel
Original line: Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 20/01/2022
Image number: 79934