Trains at Lockerbie (WCML) - 30/05/2025

Описание: The 271st video of my train spotting adventures.
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This video follows on from my stay in Glasgow, filming along the northern stretch of the WCML for the final day before heading home. The first of two videos is here, at Lockerbie railway station. A small, 2-platform DfT category E "Small staffed" train station, it was opened along with the first section of the Caledonian Railway's (CR) main line from Carlisle in September 1847. The line initially terminated at Beattock, but was completed through to Glasgow and Edinburgh early the following year. A branch line from here to Dumfries via Lochmaben was completed in September 1863; this was constructed by the independent Dumfries, Lochmaben & Lockerbie Railway (DL&LR), but was absorbed by the Caledonian company two years later. Though this route allowed the Caledonian company to reach Dumfries and thus compete with the rival Glasgow and South Western Railway, it never developed beyond country branch status.
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On 4 May 1882, an accident occurred when the branch service from Stranraer via the DL&LR passed a signal and entered the station at 23:25. It collided at low speed, with a goods train already on the northbound line. This collision, though minor, forced carriages from the goods train onto the southbound line and into the path of the speeding Glasgow Express, which smashed into the wreckage and derailed onto the station platform. Seven people were killed, including the driver and fireman of the express. The guard from the express ran down the line to warn another approaching train of the accident and prevented a further collision. There were 300 injuries. The driver of the first train, the Lockerbie stationmaster and the local inspection regime were all criticised for their actions in the subsequent report on the crash.
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The branch to Dumfries was closed to passenger services by the British Transport Commission in May 1952. Goods traffic continued until 1966, when the line fell victim to the Beeching Axe. With the exception of Lockerbie, all other local stations on the main line between Carlisle Citadel and Carstairs were closed during the 1960s. British Rail's first electrically-operated passenger services ran in May 1974, when the West Coast Main Line electrification project between Weaver Junction and Glasgow was completed.
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Filmed on the:
West Coast Main Line
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Services seen:
AWC) Services towards Motherwell, Glasgow Central, Haymarket, Edinburgh Waverley, Carlisle, Penrith North Lakes, Oxenholme Lake District, Lancaster, Preston, Wigan North Wester, Warrington Bank Quay, Crewe and onwards to Stafford, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and London (Euston).
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TPE) Services towards Motherwell, Glasgow Central, Haymarket, Edinburgh Waverley, Carlisle, Penrith North Lakes, Oxenholme Lake District, Lancaster, Preston and onwards to Liverpool (Lime Street), Bolton, and Manchester.
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Trains seen:
AWC) Class 390 Pendolino
TPE) Class 397 Civity/Nova 1, Class 802 Nova 2
DB) Class 66
NR/GBRf) Multi Purpose Vehicles (MPV) (DR 98912)
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