Share Your Desktop – March 2025

Middle of the month and it’s time to once more join in with Clare’s Share Your Desktop Challenge…

As usual we start with the Gaming PC…

…Normally I’d have a lot to tell you about what’s in the image but this time I don’t! On Friday I loaded a new map into Farming Simulator 25. I had been waiting for a good one to appear as I really wasn’t a fan of the ones supplied with the game. Finally, I think I’ve found one that I will enjoy working, Pallegney. This is a map set in the Lorraine region of France and is based on the real village of the same name but employs a bit of artistic license. And I can’t tell you any more because I have yet to do more than fire up one of the tractors and drive it to the main entrance for the screenshot 😅 I’ll have to do a post about it once I’ve done some work on the fields.

On the Photo PC we have a shot taken at Willesden Junction back in January…

…It shows 710271 operating a ‘Lioness Line’ Watford Junction to Euston service. The tracks it is running on are usually referred to as the DC Lines and are 4-rail electrified between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone to allow Bakerloo Line trains to run between Lioness Line services. On the left of the photo a London North Western Railway train formed of Class 350 units passes at speed on the Euston mainline. The yellow structures you can see are the redundant container cranes of Willesden Euroterminal – Its tracks are currently used for trains of spoil wagons removing the waste from the High-Speed 2 tunnelling work. Where the yellow fence is, behind the 45mph speed limit sign, there used to be a Cattle Dock – The cobbled ramp leading down from Station Road still remains. It is now used by Network Rail to access the tracks for maintenance purposes. On the right of the photo are the tracks of the Kensal Green-Harlesden Chord which allows freight to come off the North London Line and run into Wembley Yard from where it can join the West Coast mainline for destinations in the midlands and beyond. Also on the right, behind the wall and railing is another track. This used to be part of a goods yard – you can see several points and tracks branching off in the distance. The yard has long since closed but the lone track remains in place because it can be used as a headshunt. The land where the yard was has been repurposed and is now Willesden Junction Bus Garage – you can see one of the inmates beyond the fence.

As usual, click on the images to see them full size on Flickr.