The Carlisle Thunderbird went on a Rescue Mission! 57304 Pride of Cheshire 15 May 24

Описание: When the Carlisle Thunderbird went on a Rescue Mission!
57304 Pride of Cheshire
15 May 24

I was on the station with some friends when I noticed a Very Short Timed train appeared on Real Time Trains. From Carlisle to Lockerbie. Aha, something has failed. Soon identified a southbound working from Motherwell to Kingmoor Depot was stopped near Kirtlebridge, south of Lockerbie.
Then realised why 57304 was being started earlier than usual.
Thunderbird is Go! (sorry for the corny Thunderbirds references).

So I headed to Springfield via Black Rigg Farm (in case it was already heading back south). No southbound trains were running. Three were stopped behind the broken down train with some were being cancelled.

The weather so far had been warm and dry. After the three delayed trains followed the rescued train (Three locos hauled by a fourth now!) I decided to get some snacks and then spend another couple of hours at Springfield. However it got very cloudy until the lack of light was causing speed blur. Then it rained so I gave up!


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