A multi purpose vehicle train stands at Rufford station on the evening of the , it was being used to spray weed killer along the tracks
Cw 7125 MPV DB 98962 Weed killing at Rufford A multi purpose vehicle train stands at Rufford station on the evening of the The train had been fitted on this occasion to spray weed killer along the railway lines. The service had left Wigan Springs Branch depot at , travelled the line form Wigan to Kirkby, returned to Wigan then travelled up to Preston. It then made this trip down the branch line to Ormskirk and return before travelling to Blackburn and then returning to Wigan. This was the first train to have travelled the Ormskirk branch for the last six weeks. The trains have been replaced by buses due to the coronavirus. The line runs between Preston and Ormskirk and at one time was a mainline route from Liverpool to Scotland. The track now is a single line branch with a single passing loop at Rufford, where the driver of this train is collecting the single line token to allow him to safely travel to Ormskirk and back. The train has two carriages or cars to it with the front one here being numbered DB98962, and the one at the rear is DB98912 and the time is Image Cw 7125 copyright Colin Wareing of Colin and Carole’s Creations E-mail Phone no 07931 356204
Size: 3880px × 2272px
Location: Rufford Railway station, Rufford, Lancashire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Colin Wareing / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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