Cumbrian Mountain Express 6th June

Cracking vid Steve, the Scot definitely put on a show today, wonder what the 'Scot Knockers' will have to say now?

 

Thanks Shep , she was 15 late of Carnforth but had made up four minutes of that so some climb with 11 on the hook .

 

Im half Scottish and take exception to you mentioning my boobs in that manner lol

 

9E at Ramsgreave & Wilpshire, regulator was closed not far past the end of the platform and the train coasted over the summit.

 

Certainly half somewhere!!

 

46115 in fine form charging up Wilpshire..........



Hope you enjoy.

 

Probably along the lines: 1. Your remarks are fatuous; 2. 11 coaches is trivial for a Scot; 3. Only anorexic passengers were allowed; 4. if it was a DBS crew they would have been doing wheelies on the rear coupled axle.

 

What a difference with an engine up to the job and no can hitching a ride on the back, spot on Steve .

 

Why dont you come out of the closet now and admit,as some of us know that you are David Smith lol

 

But the disadvantage of 60+ mph winds in the Lune Gorge and its approaches !!

 

Ah but are your boobs in the Scottish half or the other (unmentioned) half of your being ?

 

Hey luckily they are in Northern part Fred.Good to have someone to share some humour with on here it gets very serious at times

 

Agreed - but some posters don't understand the northern sense of humour - and sarcasm / irony doesn't translate well to the written word.

 

Only if other factors such as coal quality are also favourable. The same loco ran much slower up Grayrigg and Shap on 1st March last year.

 

Maybe WC have re-trained their maintenance staff or brought some in

 

Do we know which one?

Thanks

Don

 

90029 on the northern leg but I believe it suffered a broken windscreen heading south and had to be swapped at Crewe. I'm afraid that I don't have any further details.

Edit: Full story of smashed windscreen and replacement loco can be found at
https://flic.kr/p/tivDHT
90035 Took the train forward from Crewe south.

 

Thanks mate , the Scot was on top form I must admit .

 

Thanks

Don

 

Been looking at realtime for 46115 from Carnforth and it was pretty impressive as she made up the 15 late off Carnforth to being on time at Penrith so not bad for a cold engine out of Carnforth .