With the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, Whernside, towering in the background 70810 brings the 1252 Carlisle Yard to Chirk Kronospan through Ribblehead on the 25th June 2024. Having not long conquered the 1/100 gradient to Ais Gill summit there is little rest for the GE PowerHaul P616 engine which still has Wilpshire Bank near Blackburn and Gresford Bank near Chester to negotiate before arriving in Wales.
Location: Ribblehead
Original line: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Photographer: Oliver Wilkinson
Contact photographer: Oliver Wilkinson
Date: 25/06/2024
Image number: 91498