{"id":2993,"date":"2013-02-16T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2013-02-16T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T16:17:03","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-driver-training-to-rochdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2993","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink driver training to Rochdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As reported earlier this week driver training has now started on the section of the Oldham and Rochdale line between Shaw &amp; Crompton and Rochdale as an opening date approaches (although no official word from TfGM has yet been forthcoming). <em>British\u00a0 Trams Online<\/em> reader <strong>Ken Walker<\/strong> provides us with a few images of the driver training featuring <strong>3061<\/strong> and <strong>3059<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2997\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2997\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2997\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2997\" title=\"kw-3061-milnrow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3061-milnrow-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3061-milnrow-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3061-milnrow-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3061-milnrow.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Tuesday 12th February 3061 is seen between Newhey and Milnrow running on the inbound track. (Photo: Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2995\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2995\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2995\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2995\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2995\" title=\"kw-3059-newhey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What a difference a day makes! The following day the area had been hit with a dusting of snow as seen in this view of 3059 at Newhey. (Photo: Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2994\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2994\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2994\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2994\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2994\" title=\"kw-3059-approaching-newhey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-approaching-newhey-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-approaching-newhey-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-approaching-newhey-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-approaching-newhey.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3059 is seen in this view approaching Newhey. Whereas the previous day the training had used the inbound line today they were using the outbound line. (Photo: Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2996\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2996\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2996\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2996\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2996\" title=\"kw-3059-newhey-outbound\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-outbound-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-outbound-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-outbound-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kw-3059-newhey-outbound.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One final view of 3059 near Newhey on 13th February. (Photo: Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported earlier this week driver training has now started on the section of the Oldham and Rochdale line between Shaw &amp; Crompton and Rochdale as an opening date approaches (although no official word from TfGM has yet been forthcoming). &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2993\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3001,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions\/3001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}