A selection of photographs of Poole Station's sidings. April 2002.

Image 1-1: Track gang performing routine maintainance on the Down Mainline at West end of Poole Station. 03/04/2002.

Image 1-2: Tightening a few fishplate bolts. 03/04/2002

Image 1-3: Checking railchairs, clips etc. 03/04/2002

Image 1-4: Stop block at West end of Poole sidings just before Sterte Bridge. 03/04/2002

Image 2-1: End of `platform' between sidings, looking West from the concrete footbridge at Sterte which traverses the mainline and sidings providing an excellent vantage point :-). 03/04/2002

Image 2-2: View over mainline, West from footbridge. 03/04/2002

Image 2-3: View over mainline, East from footbridge. 03/04/2002

Image 2-4: View over sidings, West from footbridge. 03/04/2002

Image 3-1: Stop block at West end of Poole sidings just before Sterte Bridge. 03/04/2002

Image 3-2: Stop block at West end of Poole sidings just before Sterte Bridge. 03/04/2002

Image 3-3: Sterte Bridge, viewed from footpath that runs alongside the railway from Poole Stadium to Sterte Road near the foot of the bridge approach road. (out of shot to the right) 03/04/2002

Image 3-4: Virgin Inter-City 125 HST set at Poole sidings. Loco 43078. 03/04/2002

Image 4-1: Inner end of 43078.

Image 4-2: 43078 exhaust port & roof detail.

Image 4-3: 43078 exhaust port & roof detail.

Image 4-4: 43078 roof detail.

Image 5-1: Outer driving end of 43078.

Image 5-2: Outer driving end of 43078 with it's nose just below the the pre-cast concrete footbridge that replaced the original LSWR structure in the early 1970s.

Image 5-3: 5WES `plastic pig' passing Poole sidings on Down line on it's way Westward to Weymouth. You can also see the line speed limit sign, facing point connection from the Up mainline into the sidings, and overhead lighting that is designed so that the lamp units can be lowered for bulb replacement by winding them down with two small winch mechanisms on each pole, the winch can be seen near the foot of the supporting pole.

Image 5-4: 5WES passing below Sterte Road over bridge. Details of the top of the lamp supporting pole and third rail placement, On the mainline the third rail is on the inside (between the up & down lines) whilst the third rail is fitted on the outside of the pair of sidings.