Copper and an amusing entry!

Two little snippets from today for you ladies and gents. Firstly the electrification of the Chat moss line seems to be really taking shape now and yesterday morning I noticed nice new bright copper contact wire had gone up running along the length of the M602. Hopefully we'll be seeing 'new' EMU's down there before long.

Second, I had a 142 on loan from Heaton Depot to Newton Heath today. One end had a original Regional Railways NE blind in it which someone here on 'the west' decided he was going to note as a defect! I enclose a photo of the said defect report!
You've got to love the comedy reply from the fitters at Newton Heath!

That's all for now.

More soon!

The Guard