And where on 1st June??

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[grahame]

First picture is indeed Brigg ... follow up was Kirton Lindsey.  The majority of people on the train were going to the seaside for the day, but at least six got off on at Gainsborough Central and off at Bring.  I undertstand that they are Saturday regulars on family visits - a short train ride is far better than over 2 hours by bus, zigzagging via Scunthorpe.

Also to note - lots of positive feedback about the hourly Sheffield train now running to Gainsborough Central to reverse - people love it compared to Gainsborough Lea Road for most of the town.

Saturday train should have been 2 cars, I understand ... train manager said he knew it would be packed if run with a 153 but that was all that was available.   Great fun getting a wheelchair on at Brigg, with the space already occupied by wheelchairs.

Message for wider readership .... it may be Saturday only but it's blooming well used.  How about other days??

More images from yesterday morning.

--- Retford, Retford, Barnetby, Scunthorpe, Doncaster and York ---

[rogerw]

Thinking back, when I caught it 3 years ago ago it was a 4 car pacer about half full in the front set where I was travelling.  That would easily translate to a rather full Cl153.

[paul7575]

My first thought would be Brigg, but the train looks too full.  Otherwise somewhere on the York - Harrogate line

It's sometimes best to go with your first thoughts 

Brigg - now there’s a station that wouldn’t win any prizes in a “best forecourt competition”.  Odd how the approach road stops a few yards short of what seems a bit of a wasteland...

Paul

[JayMac]

While some of you were charity specialising up and down in the west, I had a meeting in far far away.  A couple of pictures taken before and after the meeting - but where are they?

Ever get that feeling of déjà vu?

Hadn't planned on walking through the Middlesbrough station underpass, but I needed to find a cashpoint after discovering the Transporter Bridge tolls and visitor experience were cash only.

Incidentally, while I remembered the murals from grahame's post I didn't look at said post before I took my photo. It looks like I stood in the exactly the same place and got nearly the same angle and the same focal length. Total fluke.