VERY RARE & UNUSUAL VISITOR TO BRIGG

There was a very rare and unusual visitor to Brigg. It was big and yellow and glinted in some glorious autumn sunshine but didn't linger long before disappearing into the distance.
Neither a phantom creature nor a UFO, it was caught on camera while visiting the town.
It was a Network Rail road-rail vehicle, undertaking essential drainage work on the trackside.
The RRV, as it's better known, can travel on the road under its own power and also on the tracks by virtue of a rail wheel guidance system.
Pictures forwarded to us by the Independent Brigg Line Rail Group (IBLRG) show the RRV close to the level crossing where the A1084 runs over the rails on Bigby Road/Bigby High Road.
Motorists queueing while the red lights were flashing and the barriers were down must have been very surprised to see a lorry on the line!
Brigg trainspotters in the 1960s were always on the look out for unusual visitors to our local line, in the shape of steam locos which had names as well as numbers.
What would they have made of a road tanker running on the tracks?

 

There was disappointment for passengers waiting at Brigg railway station on Saturday morning (November 6) to board the first passenger train of the day (and the week) running towards Barnetby, Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

The diesel unit from Sheffield suffered severe delays and was said to have arrived in Brigg 105 minutes late. We gather this was due to signalling difficulties along the route.
A potential passenger from Brigg took to social media on Saturday morning to express his frustration. He waited and waited on the station to board the train to Grimsby.
There's a telephone provided in the shelter on platform one which waiting passengers can use to contact the train operating company, but we gather it was faulty on Saturday morning. However, most people these days have mobile phones.
Passenger trains serving Brigg are only timetabled to run on Saturdays; it's been like this since 1993. 

Barnetby railway station has very helpful illuminated displays on its platforms which inform passengers about any train delays or cancellations. There are also loud-speaker announcements. Brigg station is without displays and speakers.