Looking absolutely superb, as usual, 86259 'Les Ross/PeterPan' races through Wolverton station running some twenty minutes late with The Cumbrian Coast Express 1Z86 from Euston to Carlisle. As it was running late, control sensibly kept it on the down fast here rather than running it on the slow as far as Hanslope Junction to then switch it to the fast. On arrival at its destination, all lost time had been made up. The return leg was also unaffected by the extreme weather that affected many parts of Scotland and northern England on this day, despite its exposed route back south around the Cumbrian coast.
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