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Flying Squad
For those of us in the North West there is a current program to electrify the railways in the Fylde, the Preston to Blackpool (and surroundings).
I found this video blog a couple of months ago covering some of the many changes going on. It started 3 or 4 years ago with a bridge rebuilding program but it has escalated over the last 6 months. The posts and "fizzy knitting" is starting to be erected. The line has recently reopened after a signalling upgrade (all LED and controlled from Manchester I'm led to believe). This has led to existing signal boxes along the line being demolished. The latest blog post covers the last signal box, Poulton, being demolished (9:30).
I'm just posting this entry to highlight this bloggers effort. He's been out all weathers covering details on the line, highly entertaining and mixing personal video with aerial drone footage. I consider it a very entertaining and valuable video record of the changes we are currently seeing around here and thought it might be of interest to others. Replacement rolling stock is being sourced from Zaragosa, Spain.
I found this video blog a couple of months ago covering some of the many changes going on. It started 3 or 4 years ago with a bridge rebuilding program but it has escalated over the last 6 months. The posts and "fizzy knitting" is starting to be erected. The line has recently reopened after a signalling upgrade (all LED and controlled from Manchester I'm led to believe). This has led to existing signal boxes along the line being demolished. The latest blog post covers the last signal box, Poulton, being demolished (9:30).
I'm just posting this entry to highlight this bloggers effort. He's been out all weathers covering details on the line, highly entertaining and mixing personal video with aerial drone footage. I consider it a very entertaining and valuable video record of the changes we are currently seeing around here and thought it might be of interest to others. Replacement rolling stock is being sourced from Zaragosa, Spain.