This is your Hudson line semi- express Train #8871 calling at Harlem-125th street on it's way to Poughkeepsie. Next stop, Yankees- East 153rd street to pickup fans after the Yankees win a game against the Mets during the subway series
Installment 12 in a chronological pictorial depiction of a stopping passenger service faux heritage rail-tour QuickDrive on AP's Wherry Lines - Norwich to Greater Yarmouth & Lowestoft, a somewhat recent purchase when these images were captured during mid-late April 2024. To it is added AP's route enhancement pack. This is the most consistently visually appealing, primarily rural route in my possession. So pleasing that I drove and captured images of four passenger runs in rapid succession. This series showcases the first of those runs, from Norwich to Lowestoft. Motive power is Caledonia Works' "Single-Wheeler" GER P43 4-2-2 tendered steam loco, another recent acquisition when this run was driven, seen in its super-heated coal-burning variant. The train is, admittedly, not ideally suited for stopping passenger duty; the P43 primarily an express locomotive, the consist overlong for the route's often small station/halt platforms. (Coach count is reduced for the remaining three runs.) (Note that I neglected to designate any clump of images as Installment 11. Nothing has been skipped.) This installment finds us en route to Haddiscoe, which we arrive at in the next installment. En route to Haddiscoe: As above, a fireman's side cab leanout: En route to Haddiscoe: as above: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clouds+RouteEnhancementPack TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Driving the super grain train over Cajon Pass.(The downhill after crossing the mountain top is quite a challenge for this train, which weighs over 14,000 tons.)
ScotRail Class 158 is seen just outside Georgemas Junction while working the 07:00 Inverness to Wick service:
ScotRail 158714 and 158718 heads south as the 11:58 Wick to Inverness service, seen passing Sordale on 8th June 2025:
Combined installments 20 & 21 in a seemingly endless, chronological depiction of a mid-autumn morning stopping passenger service faux Heritage Railtour QD, from London to Peterborough, on ECML London - Peterborough route. Motive power is Caledonia Works' GER T69 4-6-0 tendered steam loco, seen in LNER B12 Lined Black Livery. It hauls what QD terms the 1936 Queen of Scotland Coach Set. As such, I selected Queen of Scots for the loco's headboard. We travel the "slow" track, allowing stops at all stations along the way. This installment finds us en route to, stopped at, and departing Huntingdon station. En route to Huntingdon: as above: as above: Stopped at Huntingdon Station: as above: Departing Huntingdon Station: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
