For anybody who takes Traction magazine, a bi-monthly publication for which I produce occasional articles, they will have seen an almost identical picture to this image on page 11 of edition 247 (September/October 2018). Admittedly, my shot does not have a pair of 40s and some Mk1 stock but the semaphores are the same but with a bit more lineside vegetation! In this view, looking south, the hills in the distance are those to be surmounted on immediately leaving the station. This involves some three miles 1:54 climbing to Pinmore Tunnel, then, following a decent, a sustained nine miles of climbing through Barrhill to milepost 16½.
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