Sprinter passing Holgate sidings
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The photograph on this page of Sprinter passing Holgate sidings by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 20 Aug 2020
The sidings south of York station, originally constructed for race day specials in the 19th century Image, are now used for holding freight trains (or storing freight wagons) and by charter trains for changing to/from steam haulage. The main line train here is Sprinter unit 155345 bearing Northern branding. According to the 'live departures' board that I was following, this should be a TransPennine service (08.54 from Liverpool, due to leave York at 11.00 for Scarborough) - there was no Northern service timetabled around this time - but perhaps a train had failed and this one had been hired in at short notice.
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