Northern Rail

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RE: Northern Rail

(16/02/2013 15:30)Sprinterdriver Wrote:  

(14/02/2013 15:53)wirralbus Wrote:  

(13/02/2013 23:18)Sprinterdriver Wrote:  Other than the stuff into and out of Trafford Park, which only covers the bit from Trafford Park terminal to Deansgate, no there isn't.(Between Trafford Park and Liverpool South Parkway.) Occasionally there are diverted freight trains, but they are very rare.

Am i right in saying that the mix of stopping and express work on the CLC line would really make it hard for a straight through path from Allerton Jnct to Castlefields Jnct.

The limiting factor on the line is the long absolute block section between Warrington Central and Glazebrook East Jn.

Thought it was, as I do occasionally do some spotting on the clc line and the ony freight I recall is a freightliner class 57 hauling a intermodal train and thats going back some years. The only other intresting thing I have ever seen on this line is a diverted pendolino hauled also by a 57 thunderbird.