Hartford near Northwich

[yv47r]

Hello again, my second pylon fieldtrip in July was another local affair the day after my trip to Stalybridge. In the other thread on pylon plans & drawings you will have seen my notes about getting an etched kit for a Milliken PL1B made.

So a sunny afternoon sees me hopping on a train to Greenbank then a nice walk in the Cheshire countryside to get to the PL1B circuit. This is a circuit that runs from Crewe to Runcorn I think with a break at Hartford and joins an double circuit route near to Runcorn.

Looking across the fields towards Chester west direction sees the PL1B S2 tower
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Some unknown towers to sub 33kV design, primarily used here to take the line over the railway line and deviate the line
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Looking the other way, another PL1B S2 and the other unknown sub 33kV pylon used to deviate this line after which it becomes a pole line
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Side on view of a PL1B S2
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Close-up of crossarms and suspension insulators on a PL1B S2
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Ah-ha! A PL1B S30 tower, just what I was looking for!! ;D
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Side view on 45 angle
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Close-up of crossarms and tension insulators on PL1B S30
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Penultimate tower in this section of the circuit PL1B S2
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An L7 ST tower with bucket terminal connections. I believe that the line originally continued southwards from this point and joined up with the other half of the circuit somewhere near to Hartford Ind Est where there is a substation with a PL16 DDT
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Enjoy! Paul

[lesc]

Lots of 132 goodness there... nice stuff. Love the pre-grid pylon in 0191.



les

[yv47r]

Updated link to the Hartford set
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