46233 - Appleby Explorer - 25-10-14

Hi guys. Unfortunately I was on the train. I spoke to the driver on the 47 at Crewe. Unbelievably - with a Duchess and 11 he said it was there to assist because of poor rail conditions!! We even seemed to be assisted out of Crewe - no slips whatsoever. All the way to Carlisle the rails were shiny and clear with little leaf fall. Even worse at Appleby, passengers and some misguided so called enthusiasts believed it when they were told the diesel hadn't been assisting over Grayrigg or Shap. WRC are a waste of space. Buyer beware on trains this time of year if they are the TOC. Listening to SGT's clips on Ais Gill I'm really surprised. Peter Kirk was driving and he doesn't generally allow assistance. For an assisted climb it was really poor, taking almost 31 minutes.

 

A late offering from myself with the rest of the days takings found on my website: http://richardsteampics.weebly.com/recent-images.html

Auto focus let me down, then my car let me down, should have stayed in bed!


alternative view at Saltherwath

No sun at Hale Grange.

Richard

 

46233 seen at Bay Horse, Salterwath, Plumpton and Armathwaite.