Frosty Morning Trains at Milton Keynes Central, WCML + Extreme Pantograph Arching!! 06/01/22

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Well first of all let me say happy new year to you all. I’m back with my first video of a 2022 and sparks were certainly flying!
A bitterly cold, crisp winters morning at Milton Keynes central station. With temperatures of -4 degrees & clear skies meant one of the thickest frosts of the winter season so far. I thought it would be an interesting idea to head down and catch the epic arching display that is created when ice & frost forms on the overhead wires. The more power the train is drawing from the overhead wires, the more arching is created. So you’ll notice some doing it more than others, depending how much power is being applied. It certainly turns a few heads, both the sound & the epic cascading sparks. It is however, quite normal in the early morning after a sharp frost but it doesn’t last long once train services start to pick up & the wires get cleared of the frost. Plus you’ve got to be up pretty early & the weather conditions need to be just right for it. So I got to the station for just after 6am and stayed until 8. The entire time the temperature stayed at -4.
Worth noting is you can see gaps in the arching as the trains go under the bridges or between the sheltered parts of the platforms where the wires are slightly less exposed.
Also worth mentioning is the amended timetable in place at the time of filming. The fast lines via Weedon which avoid Northampton are closed for essential engineering works for 10 days. Meaning an amended timetable in place while all trains divert via Northampton, adding approximately 20 minutes to the journey times of services north of Northampton.
All service information, times & headcodes have been added on screen for each train in the video.

INCLUDES:
Avanti West Coast Pendolinos, London North Western 350’s, DRS class 88, Freightliner class 90’s, Freightliner class 66 and of course the Caledonian Sleeper lead by a class 92!

Certainly spectacular to see & quite an eye opening reminder of just how much power is in those overhead wires. A force not to be reckoned with.

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