A rather head-on photograph but it is from an era

now long gone so has made the final cut! Peak 45016 leads the 08.20 Newcastle to Penzance 1V22 as it climbs the western side of Rattery bank passing the village of Tigley. At this point, the rising gradient will be 1:52 with the train having been climbing for the last three miles or so with another eight miles to the summit at Wrangaton between Brent and Ivybridge. 45016 looks very smart due to it being released from a works visit in the last two weeks where its centre headcode box was replaced by the marker lights seen here. The Peak remained in service for another five years until the summer of 1985.