01543 Long Marston 24 June 2024

Viewed through an inconveniently small gap in the hedge, Porterbrook's 01543 moves a single Imerys JIA china clay wagon into position, ready for 66084 to take it to Warrington Arpley. At the same time 01544 can be seen in the background bringing EMU 701005 from the back of the depot. 01543 and its wagon would have to wait for this to pass by, before it could proceed. As so little happens at Long Marston, you would have though the timing could be better. In the centre of this picture is brand new Merseyrail EMU 777053.