Probably my favourite shot ever of the West Coast Main Line - despite being taken through a telephoto lens which reveals the limitations of the film's definition.... At a time when Class 87 reliability left much to be desired, with EWS skodas being drafted in to make up the numbers, they were rare north of the border. After a long wait in the car, with the weather changing by the minute, patience was rewarded as the sun broke through just as 87007 City of Manchester appeared on 1S75, in August 2003. The location is just north of Crawford, in the Clyde Valley - a quite magnificent vista which to me typifies this incomparable railway.