Full 'Steam' Ahead

A sign of the times at Blackpool North Station today with an impressive rake of contractor coaches and equipment required in the preliminary work to electrify the railway line to Preston. Parked on the southern most track alongside Sainsbury's petrol station it proved an irresistible subject for the images below. Meanwhile construction of the new road bridge at Plymouth Road continues apace with the specialist cranage becoming a local landmark. Images : John Woodman