Michael Ashworth
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 3 days ago
Northern DMU’S and a Stone Blower passing Huncoat Station on the East Lancashire Line 20/12/2024
I spent a short while at HuncoatRailway Station on the East Lancashire line and observed the following passing through on a grey December the 20th 2024.
The 2K67 passenger service running from Blackburn to Headbolt Lane…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 4 days ago
Network Rail Video Inspection Unit VIU1 at Rishton Station on East Lancashire Line 19/12/2024
I spent a short while at Rishton Railway and observed the following trains running non stop on the 19th of December 2024.
The 1B27 passenger service running from York to Blackpool North was operated by Northern Class 195…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 5 days ago
Should have got Elon Musk to do HS2 it would only cost £1,156,069.
https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/18/transatlantic-tunnel-elon-musk-boring-company/
dezeen.com
Elon Musk claims Boring Company could build transatlantic tunnel for $20 billion
Tech mogul Elon Musk has claimed that The Boring Company could create a transatlantic tunnel for 1,000 times less money than previously estimated.
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Yes, But his controller is President Trump, Who no doubt will be over here for many a round of his favourite golf! Maybe visit Plymouth steps from where some 30 odd million Americans were seeded of some years ago! Some west country rail tour! A cup of tea to visit the Mayflower steps? Im sure Saphos or similar could entertain a sitting…
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My word! Titanic might of taken the transatlantic Blue Ribbon but for that Iceberg! Planetary vacuum tunnels over the globe? I K Brunel had that sussed in the 1800s? In a thousand years if you delude yourselves? Then the UK and Brunel vacuum pods will be the distant history!! I’m sure some distant relative will be about in a thousand years? But…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update a week ago
The 1B18 passenger service running from Blackpool North to York was seen passing over the Accrington Viaduct and was operated by Northern Class 195 Diesel Multiple Unit Number 195107.
#1b18 #passenger #service #blackpool #york #accrington #viaduct #northern #class195 #dmu # 195107
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Michael Ashworth posted an update a week ago
The 2N86 passenger service running from Colne to Preston was seen departing from Huncoat Railway Station on the East Lancashire Line near Accrington and passing over the level crossing and was operated by Northern Class 150 Diesel Multiple Unit Number 150107.
The Rail Head Treatment Train (RHTT) Service 3S58…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 2 weeks ago
My cousin in the USA, sent me this link of two SNCF diesels and a Steam Locomotive pulling a TGV set through Villiers Saint Georges, in France.
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Thats got the beating of all video!!
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What a funny consist! Not quite the same, but it reminds me of when 5820 Big Jim hauled the Prototype HST at the KWVR
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What a fantastic video, I just want to know the story behind it.
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 2 weeks ago
When looking to confirm unit numbers for my latest video on Realtime Trains I could see that a number of services where cancelled due to ‘Vegetation’, not sure if that was just leaves on the line ir a tree blocking the line around the Burnley/Todmoreden/Halifax area. Anyone any ideas? Thanks.
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There was flooding between Blackburn and Preston and at Walsden (Manchester side of Todmorden). I believe there was also a tree down at Hebden Bridge 🙂
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 2 weeks ago
Trains and Train Fans In The Rain
On a storm afternoon the Northern Belle: Christmas Lunch running from Manchester Victoria – Blackburn via Lancaster and Hellifield is seen passing through a very wet and rainy Huncoat Railway Station on the East Lancashire Line and was operated by West Coast Railway Class 57 Heritage Diesel Locomotives…
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 2 weeks ago
WILL THE MODEL TRAIN FLY OFF THE END OF THE LAYOUT?
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Michael Ashworth posted an update 3 weeks ago
I spent a while at the Blackburn and East Lancashire Model Railway Exhibition 2024 at Oswaldtwistle Mills
Layouts on display where:-
Arcadia Pennsylvania – O Gauge
Backfield – OO Gauge
Tight End Yard – OO Gauge
Hill Port Goods – O Gauge
Coke Town – N Gauge
Bryn Crug Sidings – O 16.5 Gauge
Bradley – N Gauge
Trawsfynydd & Maentwrog Road -…
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