Somehow, to my annoyance, I messed this shot up, through not picking the right angle for the picture. Still, 87001 STEPHENSON looks OK storming up Shap at Greenholme with 1S83, 14:30 Euston Glasgow, on a sunny August evening.
Somehow, to my annoyance, I messed this shot up, through not picking the right angle for the picture. Still, 87001 STEPHENSON looks OK storming up Shap at Greenholme with 1S83, 14:30 Euston Glasgow, on a sunny August evening.
WCML 4: Preston - Carlisle
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How I shall remember the West Coast - 87001 STEPHENSON, heading 1S55, cruises round the curve at Beckfoot, towards Low Gill, prior to a flat-out thrash through the Lune Gorge, followed by the assault on Shap. Superb traction, beautiful scenery - the Premier Line indeed.Previous | NextAugust 2003 finds 87002 (erstwhile Royal Sovereign) now nameless and sporting a colour scheme which most agree is little short of hideous, but such was the apparent trade off when 87001 was repainted into 1973 rail blue. Nonetheless, she was the best of the class in their final year or so, capable of blistering performance coupled with near bullet-proof reliability! Here she heads north at Beck Houses Bridge, between Oxenholme and Grayrigg. The train is 1S47; at the helm on this particular day was one of the WCML's top drivers, whose all-round skill at the controls is outstanding.

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