20061 and 20093 lead 47444 on the 0825 Leeds to Carlisle service on November 25th 1989. This was one of a series of freight locos piloting the more usual 47 to mark the forthcoming end of loco-hauled services over the S&C. The misty scene was captured north of Culgaith. (AD)
20061 leads 20093 and 47444 on the return working, the 1202 from Carlisle. The cavalcade is captured in superb light approaching Kirkby Stephen. (AD)
25048 passes the signalbox at Garsdale with a ballast working from Ribblehead quarry during July 1976. Note the headcode blinds wound around to 0O00, dating the shot nicely. (MD)
25303 splutters north near Culgaith during August 1983 with a ballast working from Ribblehead to Carlisle, during the period when great efforts were being made by BR to close the line - and thankfully even greater efforts by support groups to keep the line open. (MD)
26028 was the first 26/1 to be refurbished in 1983, when it lost it's boiler and gained dual brakes, amongst other cosmetic changes. In August 1983, it work the Kingmoor-Eastriggs trip, light engine up, returning with a single wagon... Seen at Floriston crossing. (AD)
27029 heads north at Floriston crossing north of Kingmoor yard with the 8 vehicle Euston to Stranraer vans in August 1983. Parcels workings are also to be seen on Airthrey Park, these being dominated by a similar mix of BGs and GUVs, so common (and mucky) in the 1980s. (AD)
27204 crosses Petteril bridge on the way out of Carlisle with the 1740 to Glasgow Central in July 1983. Note the weathering on 27204, hand-washed cab sides but filthy bodysides between the cab doors! Do that in model form and be laughed at as 'they never ran like that!'. Proof! (AD)
31427, in rather run-down state, passes Salford Crescent on the 1714 Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North club train on August 14th 1992. (AD)
31435 gets away from Grane-over-Sands with the 1335 Barrow to Preston on June 27th 1990. (MD)
31446 and 31405 have just come off their stock at Carlisle station on April 22nd 1989, the working possibly being a charter over the S&C. (AD)
31449 heads north from Kirkby Stephen on May 28th 1990 with the 1325 Leeds to Carlisle service, formed of a uniform rake of Mk2s. (AD)
31469, converted from 31277 as an ETH fitted replacement for 31436, rolls into Garsdale with the 0935 Carlisle to Leeds on May 28th 1990. (AD)
40030 pounds up towards Ais Gill summit during May 1981 with a southbound air-barked freight from Carlisle. (MD)
40036 in a delightful view at Garsdale during July 1976. The loco is shunting a defective pressflo tank out of a southbound fright, into the rarely used cattle dock sidings. (MD)
40057, one the last class 40s based at Gateshead, heads a rake of empty car transporters south from Bathgate at Floriston, on August 6th 1983. (MD)
40094 captured from the window of Dent Signalbox during July 1976 as it heads south with a rake of cement Pressflo wagons. Many hours were spent in and around Dent during holidays during this time, note the family Cortina in the station car park! (MD)
40124 trundles south down the WCML at Strickland, north of Penrith, with a Mossend to Hardendale working, conveying empty limestone PCAs on August 5th 1983. (MD)
40124 was one of the more common class 40s captured on film, in this view it is heading south at Floriston with a rake of bituman tanks on March 18th 1983. (AD)
40137 on a Leeds Hunslet to Carlisle Kingmoor mixed freight passes Dent during July 1976. (MD)
40139 at Dent, again on the same day as sister 40137, with a southbound working from Carlisle. Note the former Blue Spot fish vans immediately behind the loco. (MD)
40174 is in charge of a Healey Mills to Carlisle vacuum braked freight during May 1982 as it passes Garsdale. At this time the box was locked out with a long section from Blea Moor in use. (MD)
47146 heads the daily 6C61 Crewe to Carlisle MOD working past Scout Green on the climb up to Shap summit on the morning of August 7th 1992. (AD)
47570 heads the morning Nottingham to Glasgow service during May 1982 past Garsdale station, with a rake of motely MK1s in tow. (MD)
81005 roars past Southwaite, near Penrith, with a southbound Speedlink working from Mossend on August 5th 1983. (MD)
85028 was captured at Southwaite on August 5th 1983, heading a rake of MCV vacuum braked coal hoppers - an unusual sight to have an electric loco on such wagons! (MD)
85032 wheels south near Southwaite on August 5th 1983 with a superb rake of vacuum braked pipe wagons. (MD)
86008 was another of a series of AC electrics captured at Southwaite on August 5th 1983. The class in original form heads a cross country service from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Plymouth in the early afternoon sunshine. (MD)
86402 was one of the first class 86/4 conversions and become one of the last of the class retain BR Blue livery. On July 6th 1988, it was in charge of the 1032 Edinburgh/Glasgow Central to Brighton cross country working, leaving Oxenholme. (MD)
87017 Iron Duke hauls a rake of lime hoppers through Floriston on August 8th 1983, returning from Ravenscraig and Mossend to Hardendale, near Shap. (MD)
87031 passes Strickland, north of Penrith with a Glasgow Central to Euston working on August 9th 1983. Note the odd formation with 2 mk3 Buffets and a Mk2 FO. (MD)
DMU1. A 3-car class 110 set heads north out of Blea Moor tunnel with the 0947 Leeds to Carlisle on June 1st 1987, no doubt due to the failure of the booked loco-hauled formation. (MD)
DMU2. A 3-car 111 set trundles along the Little North Western route with a Lancaster to Leeds working during the summer of 1976. (MD)
