Image 850, outward leg of Cumbrian Mountain Express, Carlisle-Skipton, Keld Farm
850, outward leg of Cumbrian Mountain Express, Carlisle-Skipton, Keld Farm
850, outward leg of Cumbrian Mountain Express, Carlisle-Skipton, Keld Farm I salvaged this slide from the rejects box! I was in two minds as to scan it or not but have decided to as I had gone all the way to The Northern fells from Wiltshire to see this train! Former SR 850 'Lord nelson' works hard on the climb to Appleby passing Keld Farm with the outward leg of The Cumbrian Mountain Express. On arrival at Appleby, about three miles south of this location, the train would pause for one of the fabled 'photostops'; something that does not occur today on railtours. This gave us gricers a chance to scramble back into our cars and get past the train to attempt another shot further along the line. On this day we raced at breakneck speed to Ais Gill summit. I have in my notes that the 1100, complete with five of us onboard, actually launched itself into the air on crossing a humped back bridge somewhere on the B6259 south of Kirby Stephen! Along with a procession of gricer's cars, we made it to Ais Gill but in the end, it was delayed so the racing was unnecessary! There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see...https://youtu.be/7Pdd4TRvBpk Keywords: 850, outward leg of Cumbrian Mountain Express, Carlisle-Skipton, Keld Farm 850 Lord nelson Maunsell
850, outward leg of Cumbrian Mountain Express, Carlisle-Skipton, Keld Farm I salvaged this slide from the rejects box! I was in two minds as to scan it or not but have decided to as I had gone all the way to The Northern fells from Wiltshire to see this train! Former SR 850 'Lord nelson' works hard on the climb to Appleby passing Keld Farm with the outward leg of The Cumbrian Mountain Express. On arrival at Appleby, about three miles south of this location, the train would pause for one of the fabled 'photostops'; something that does not occur today on railtours. This gave us gricers a chance to scramble back into our cars and get past the train to attempt another shot further along the line. On this day we raced at breakneck speed to Ais Gill summit. I have in my notes that the 1100, complete with five of us onboard, actually launched itself into the air on crossing a humped back bridge somewhere on the B6259 south of Kirby Stephen! Along with a procession of gricer's cars, we made it to Ais Gill but in the end, it was delayed so the racing was unnecessary! There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see...https://youtu.be/7Pdd4TRvBpk Keywords: 850, outward leg of Cumbrian Mountain Express, Carlisle-Skipton, Keld Farm 850 Lord nelson Maunsell


I salvaged this slide from the rejects box! I was in two minds as to scan it or not but have decided to as I had gone all the way to The Northern fells from Wiltshire to see this train! Former SR 850 'Lord nelson' works hard on the climb to Appleby passing Keld Farm with the outward leg of The Cumbrian Mountain Express. On arrival at Appleby, about three miles south of this location, the train would pause for one of the fabled 'photostops'; something that does not occur today on railtours. This gave us gricers a chance to scramble back into our cars and get past the train to attempt another shot further along the line. On this day we raced at breakneck speed to Ais Gill summit. I have in my notes that the 1100, complete with five of us onboard, actually launched itself into the air on crossing a humped back bridge somewhere on the B6259 south of Kirby Stephen! Along with a procession of gricer's cars, we made it to Ais Gill but in the end, it was delayed so the racing was unnecessary!

There is an audio recording of this event on my youtube channel, see...https://youtu.be/7Pdd4TRvBpk