Friday 15 September 2017

Settle and Carlisle


I had never travelled on the S&C in the days of steam, so at some stage I was going to have to put that right. In the autumn of 1988, my friend, John, asked me to join him on a charter that was coming up from London and off we went.

It was steam from Hellifield to Carlisle and back, with Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48151. She performed well, as we have learnt to expect from this stalwart of the preservation movement. We all disembarked at Dent and the 8F reversed for a photographic run-past.


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