I am not a fan of West Coast Railway's rather drab livery as it does not always photograph particularly well. However, with a (sort of!) matching locomotive in the form of 90039 and in the early morning summer sunshine against lush greenery, it looks quite good. A uniform set of their stock heads north past Ashton Road bridge just south of Roade, as the outward leg of The Cumbrian Mountain Express. The charter left Euston at 07.10 running as 1Z86 to Carnforth where passengers enjoyed haulage behind 46115 'Scots Guardsman' over Shap to Carlisle.
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